Happy Birthday, Julia

A major milestone, but we won't say which . . . Happy Birthday, Sweetie . . .

Love always, John

Charles Keeps on Bee-ing

Bees being bees, he says.

(Ed:  Levitating bees, I says.

Love the Mycenaean beehive.)

Almir and Dragana at Our House in Milna

Hey captain and Julia' we are sitting in a garden, no music from Fjaka tonight, and i am "old"man i am enjoying with my wife and I don't care too much about that:-)

(Wait a second,we are catching snake in Fiko's house . . .

hey buddy, Fikos wife come to us she was so afraid, snake was on her

Second floor in their apartment, Fiko goes to Sarajevo and she was alone, helpless saw the snake and doesn't what to do . . .

Snake goes away . . . .)

Lori Shares: Canoeing the whole story

Canoeing 101. When you have a small canoe that is only suitable for 2 normal size people, DO NOT try to fit 3 large people in it!

Then when that doesn't work make the big boy get out and try to kick and propel the canoe.

This was all in the Skagit river too. No thought to the current or the water temp. John and I were quite entertained at watching this. they paddled and paddled but big boy kept dragging them downstream right at us. They kept yelling at each other "we're going to hit that boat!"

Finally big boy lets go, the canoe shoots forward as it is made to do with out a heavy anchor on the back and big boy swims to shore. He starts walking up the beach and his two friends start heading to the beach to get him. So they headed up stream again.

We sat there for almost 40 minutes, not seeing them so figured they made it back to the launch. We head in and I see big boy clinging to the mud and roots on the river bank! we go over and the dummy decided he would swim up stream since they were too many for the canoe, well it was farther than he remembered and he didn't make it.

We drug him in the boat, he was in the water almost 40minutes and his stupid friends were just sitting at the launch with his girlfriend trying to call his cell phone! really think he was going to answer? Didn't cross their mind to maybe go see if he needed help???

So we did our good deed and drug the guy out. really wish people would think about the whole picture and how serious situations cant get in a hurry if you are not prepared or have no common sense! Rivers are wonderful but have a dangerous side as well, then throw in dumb people and you can have a mess in a hurry.

The guy goes from "thank you so much I was so scared and couldnt hang on any longer," he shaking, very cold, then when he saw his friends went to I woulda been fine I just needed to rest."  ya he woulda been "resting" in the bay front not much longer! 

Our fun sat night! My vent" for the day!

I

Charles Shares his Ann Arbor Summer Garden

Here are some photos from our garden this summer.  With the rains and heat, the prairie plants are over 6 feet high.

-- Chaz

Spencers New Wheels

Phew! 13.6 Pounds of Nails!

Now that our doggie is gone, we are replacing our old carpet with new wood flooring.  In preparation, I have been ripping up carpet and particleboard underlayment, nail by nail by nail by nail.  I just finished yesterday, a broken man, after pulling  out 13.6 pounds of nails.  Here are photos of one of the battlegrounds and the casualties.

Almir at Milna

Almir relaxes on our patio during his vacation.  Photo by Dragana!

Eason, Kyra and Texas

Last day. Pony camp.  Braided mane!

My First Sunflower of the Summer

Charles Realizes: Warhol

-------- Original message --------
Subject:Warhol
From:charles grimes <charlesgrimes9@gmail.com>
To:John <jhurd@qsoup.net>
Cc:


Warhol

Maybe I ought to Bee
Like the Andy Warhol brand
And wash over the world
With Pop Icons
All over and over and present
Elizabeth and Marilyn and Mao Bees
Branded and disguised as
Artifact oh Elizabeth and Marilyn
You make my heart sing but
The Warhol brand fooled me and
Made me forget for awhile Mao's
Murders and his repeated inhumanity
To humanity to further his. Brand
And for awhile you call Mao Art
But one night it creeps up on you
That Mao is not Art but just
Disguised rage towards you but
You still have a deep warmth for
The Warhol brand even though
Your clan is still at war with
The Campbell brand
And  you overlook the clash
With the Campbell's and just
Bee with the tomato soup can
Brand and just be and be and bee
And just softly ask your mother for another can of the Brand with some crackers from another brand
And you don't really know what it means to be and be and Bee.             but you are warm and protected from your clan's clash and you don't think about this duality until
You think about the Bee Brand
A lifetime of brands into the future life of Brands and Brands and Brands

Our Garden - 3

Charles Paints a Bee-Bull

I have created a new
Art Brand
The Bees
For Clothing
And
Shirts and
Purses and shoes
And sheets and
Towels and
Whatever else you
Can brand and brand
And market.and live the
HighLife and be Prosperous and live
Like Coco Chanel and just leave out the sleeping
With the Nazis part and now that I think of it
And really just think
And think and think
I'd rather be like the Picasso brand and just
Bee and Bee and Bee
Paint and sculpt masterpieces over and
Over and be and be and be and be a lasting forever brand and be and be and bee


(John: Wings?
Charles:  I thought about that and then I felt wings would be out of character on a bull.
John:  A bull doesn't have stripes.
Charles:  Yes but bees need stripes.)

Beginnings of Second Painting

Battle above the Susquehanna

Hi Chaz!