on my mark... get set... busy on.

Monsoon on to September...                                                                                                                                                 9/6/2013

It's been a wet season... wetter then i have seen in these parts, and looking at the weather maps there is lots more out there, the Pacific Ocean, streaming our way... so keep it a coming... we always need some good wet weather. These greyongray days are cool and we really have some humidity this year. The skies are not the blue canvas  they have been in years past, the cloud shows have been wonder-filled and always changing all day long. The Visitor Center has had a dip in visitors the past two weeks but i believe that most of the kids have returned to school so the grandparents are heading for home and shopping for the big red & green holiday at the end of the year... so the numbers are starting to pick back up. The year end volunteer lunch and dinner thank you's are here this week and we are starting to scramble for help to keep the center open... we shut the doors on Monday October 28th this season, then shut-up for five months... ahh no talking!!
But we got to get through September first, the busiest month of the season!! The best time of year to be in southern Utah... Sept-Oct, yes a little wetter this year but good hiking weather none the less... cool mornings warm mid-day cool evenings and it will be greener and the rabbitbrush is just now coming on to blooming, the edges of the roadways are yellow.

Rainwater run-off stripes...                                                                      9/6/2013

New landscape patterns we see
gray on grey clouds building...
Wash runnings, wall to wall.

Gray clouds blooming... lightning...
treat for the dog... thunder rolling...
pull weeds, harvest peas & beans... rain.

Me & dog ride around the outside of town...
share leftover bag of Cheetos, yellow/orange lips...
wipers slapping time too falling rain.

Red rash right foot between 4&5...
holiday after hours hospital ER...
home for garden supper potatoes & peas.



Why does primitive man Dream... and modern man Imagines...??

Back into the canyon, white clouds gray bottoms...
medical issues volunteers departing Friday, scramble...
nice evening no rain... colorful sunset... boring tv... sleep.

Cloudy morning... dog out... yellow sunrise...
talk with God... read Alma 46...dress toes...
!DENTIST! mouth full of x-rays... glow for the day.

Things were developing... nothing blurring...
boring wallpaper... ugly picture... inside a box...
spring, teeth out... months no teeth... new teeth.

Dough-nut thursday... new red canyon tote... recycled bottles...
intriguing couple in VC... great spirits... high $$$$ cameras... 
rain after dark... new music "Ceremony" Anna von Hauswolff.

Dark gray cloud over VC... volunteers last work day...
lunch at pines... say see ya later... pie first then food...
see the doctor about 4&5... cream and powder... walk on.

Prep sheet done... drivers license form done and mailed...
leave town for the rest of the day... first time in months...
cedar city... food... shop... washer and dryer, home depot.

West tunnel, red canyon...                                           9/6/2013

Church meetings... sow & reap... Alma24:7
journey/journal... write and keep records...
improve that which you have been given.

Gray clouds... rain... read to sleep... nap...
rain after dark... hundreds of flies on window screen...
always me... glad that weeks done...whew!

Fs office... email... timesheet... weekly report...
brief/up-date the new/old boss... up and speeding...
kick off shoes... powder feet... lunch & hunt and peck.

Well that's about it for this time around, the busy is coming, less hours per day but more days per week for the next two months. Will try to get back as soon as time allows... maybe some short blasts with more images then wordstheniwillrunallthewordstogethertosavespaceanditwilltakeyoulongertoreadanicangolongerwithoutwriting. wow!! that mightbe afunidea ya know?!

Well here's to the "boys of ^%" if ya checked in welcome... to my world... maybe see ya in '14. Hwy.12 in southern Utah is the #2 best scenic drive in the world!!! come drive this one first and see if ya want to spend those big bucks to drive #1 in New Zealand?? i think not. Stop listening to pres. O man's hyperbole and the beating of his "dead horse" war drum... according to my numbers and talking to the Americans traveling they are sick of listening and are out seeing this great country!! (Sojourns 8:2 summer + fall 2013 is out... come have your eyes opened by the awesome spectacle of the national parks on the Colorado Plateau... and if you don't have your "old farts pass", excuse me... senior pass, and you are all old enough, ten bucks at any national park, and its good for the rest of your life... free entrance to all National Parks in the entire United States of America! 

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