Beauties

The latest or I should say the newest car on the market, or it will be next year, as Volkswagon has done it again . . . a six hundred dollar one seater car that gets 258 miles per gallon and China gets first crack at it. The caption said it was a 'four wheel motorcycle with a roof'. I'd like to buy one for my granddaughter to toodle around in but how would it stand up in the California traffic patterns. She would probably love it and it wouldn't bother her a bit. On the other hand I bet she and her friends would love a trip to the New Jersey park that came up with the latest roller coaster ride. The friend that sent this picture on said 'it is insane, and so is anyone who would venture to ride it' and the last picture showed the people who braved the first ride with very wet slacks!

Here it is the end of February, twenty eight days passed like the wink of an eye. Erin and her friend Ernesto came to visit us for Valentine Day . Of course the visit wasn't long enough, it never is, and Erin got to meet her 'sister' Emma, the new puppy who thought she was such fun to be with. They had no trouble playing out in the yard as they got to know each other. Emma is growing very fast and I think has doubled her size already. Pat was telling a story on her yesterday. She has a collection of sock monkeys and Emma was told they were off limits to her. A big 'no' whenever she thought to take one to her basket of toys, but Emma didn't want to hear that and when Pat wasn't looking she took one of the sock monkeys from the chair and hid it under her bedding along with some other toys figuring Pat wouldn't notice . . . sneaky little devil, but she got caught and the sock monkey is still off limits and the door closed to further forays to forbidden treasures. Erin usually has her camera ready, wonder if she took pictures of Emma while she was here. I'll have to ask. As a photographer she is busy and knows her stuff. Finding extra work to do like taking portrait pictures or weddings is like second nature for her.

Here she is with her friend Jessica and you can see by their expressions they love being together. 'that's what friends are for'

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I almost forgot, speaking of cars, I had an e mail attachment showing the celebration of the Ford Model T built by Henry Ford and his workers back in 1909. The film was fascinating as it showed the assembly lines 'filing' wooden wheel spokes. The Model T sold for $950. which was a lot of money back then, hand cranked, not always easy to do; and all of them black as there was not color preference in those days. It was ten times faster than the horse and buggy and went over roads and places our modern day car would never dare venture.

So today, go outside and drive your mode of transportation around, that is if you have passable roads. More storms on the east coast and we, here on the west coast have a very, very, cold morning with sunshine. Pat came in and put her hands on my neck and I froze. Brrr.... but you are tough so get out there and have some fun. John is watching the dog racing in Anchorage and hopefully taking some pictures. Pick up the telephone and invite someone along.