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Show and Tell: Sheltering in Place with My 89-Year-Old Mother
I posted back on April 13 about sheltering in place with my 89-year-old mother.
I could not figure out how in the world to post the pictures from that experience. Max tried to help this baby boomer to no avail. Oh, well. Now that I have returned to Flagstaff and have access to my own computer, I have downloaded those pictures. When I was in elementary school, we would have “Show and Tell” in September about our summer vacations.
My mother and me shortly after I arrived. My beard had not yet started.
Food that was dropped off by beloved niece.
Our daily walk
Welcome to Elgin, the home of women stomping on grapes.
Welcome to Sonoita! Three great signs greeting people entering Sonoita.
Why waste money for a wider bridge when someone crosses it only a dozen times an hour?
“Tribute to Ranching” at the local fairgrounds.
What do you do if a cow and goat wander onto your land? You post a “Found” poster at the mailboxes.
Home to Flagstaff.
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A noble undertaking! Thanks for sharing!
You must be adopted Gary. No way you are the son of that beautiful woman.
My many thanks to Max for his patience in hanging in there with me.
I miss my Mom. I have gone back only one time, but since I had been out in the world, had to stay 6 feet away from her.
I have my maternal grandfather’s hair, or lack thereof. She is wonderful.
Gary, you are rockin’ those shorts. Well maybe you’re waltzin’ them. Even more accurately, you’re doing that awkward dance that Elaine does in the Seinfeld show to those shorts.
Cute! Camp Quarantine.
Next up in lessons, teaching Gary how to post pictures large enough to see.
If you are editing the post and click on the picture, a menu will pop up, and one of the options looks like a pencil. That is the edit button, which will bring up a dialog.
One of the drop-down/combo boxes is for size. For some reason, for most people on Ricochet, it defaults to Thumbnail, which is tiny. Large is usually a good size to choose. If you choose Full Size, and it is larger than the typical screen setting, Ricochet will adjust it to be smaller on the screen.
If you change it inside the Add Media dialog, the change is apparently saved.
Note that you won’t see the size control unless you select a picture in the Add Media dialog, and then you have to scroll the right pane all the way to the bottom.
Join Ricochet, and folks will teach boomers like me how to use a computer! Thanks so much!
Did you know that horses like apples?
And carrots. And sugar cubes.
“Family Owned and Female Brewed”
Uh. Copper Brothel? Family Owned? Hmmmn…
My mother next to a blooming iris! Aren’t both of them beautiful?
Shorts or boxers? Inquiring minds are asking. :)
The Cafe where we ordered food. We would get a couple of days worth at a time of the Buffalo Burgers. I would order two for me to last two days, and she would eat a half of one for two meals.
They are swim trunks.
Below are the directions to local wineries.
Hmmn, he is wearing an undershirt and black socks…
I thought that this would be a funny picture of me practicing law on April 3, 2020 when I won a case, walking around my mother’s living room. This was a hearing I did by phone. Lord knows I wouldn’t do this by zoom.
A picture before the sun set. A great picture of my mother; me not so much.
God bless you for taking care of your mother, Gary.
Great red pants. I had a sweet pair of red bell bottoms in HS in 1976.
My nephew saw them from the state highway a half mile away, and came to visit!
Facing east from a hilltop
Facing south
Facing west.
Facing north
An important reminder.