Dave's Cogitations: spring orchard and grapes

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

spring orchard and grapes

We sure aren't here yet. There is snow on some of the garden yet, but there is promise in all of those buds.

5 comments:

Emily said...: its so BEAUTIFUL! i miss you!; February 27, 2008 at 10:28 AM
dave said...: I miss you too. See you in about a week.; February 27, 2008 at 11:40 AM
StefanieRose said...: I can picture you up in a ladder in one of those tree's. Remember your not allowed to fall. ;-); February 28, 2008 at 3:03 PM
dave said...: I am almost finished with the tall trees. And, they aren't to tall. I use an 8' ladder and cut all the trees to about 10 feet tall.
Thanks for reminding me.; February 28, 2008 at 5:05 PM
~Betsy said...: Ah - green grass! I haven't seen any green grass in months. Think Spring!

Beautiful orchard, Dave!; February 29, 2008 at 7:52 AM

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This blog began as a spot to vent about my life with Miriam and her time with Alzheimer's disease.

She was diagnosed in '99 and her decline has been quite slow. In fact some of our best years of our long marriage have been these recent years.

Alzherimer's, at least her version is a disease of waiting. One shoe drops and it can be a very long time before the other one drops.

So life goes on.

At the beginning of this blog I told the story of our courtship and marriage, about out family and our personal journey with this disease. The part that scares the most is the anticipation as the disease slowly progresses.

So, I will touch on that subject from time to time, but the entries will tend toward comments on life. I'll leave politics and religion for others to worry about, not that I don't have strong opinions!

I have my hands full just looking after my wonderful Miriam.

We met when we were 6, began dating at 15 and have been together since. We will have our 56th anniversary this June.

We have four wonderful daughters. Smart, independent, awesome. They have given us 7 grandsons and 4 granddaughters. None of them are little any more. The oldest is 28 and married, the youngest is 14.

Until this last fall we lived in a hosue I designed and built in the '70's and it is pretty weird and wild, but very comfortable. Last summer the girls came to the conclusion that I really did need help dealing with Miriam. Now we live on a couple acres with daughter 1.

Life has been good. There is not much I would do different even if I could. We are rich beyond belief but chronically short of cash!

And, unless stated otherwise all the photographs are mine.

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