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I can't believe it has been like two weeks since I have posted or even been activ on Hive. Time flies when you are bogged down in administrative stuff. The good thing is that most of the paper work and

...the midnight oil that is. Not burning the other if you know what I mean. Not that I don't partake when my pain gets bad. Anyway, I just finsihed up some online "paperwork" and getting some

As I sit here typing, the thunder is booming and rain is coming down. It is kind of a relief really, as we have needed a good rain for the grass, flowers, and other plants. Of course my bailey girl hates

This weekend has been a good one. My brother-in-law drove up from Virginia to spend the day and night with us. I love this guy as he would take the shirt of his back in a snow storm for a person. He is

It has been a while since posting for the #silvergoldstacker community. Even though I haven't shared anything for a while doesn't mean I stopped collecting. That said, I have a corner of the dining room

This last couple weeks has been a blur again. As I write this, I am being powered by Dark Roast Reaper coffee from @wwwiebe. I imagine if I still smoked I'd be killing a pack a day as well. Glad I stopped

This past weekend must have been one to remind me to reach out and reconnect with friends and family in the present and not put it off. In that vein, we were asked what does "Hindsight is 20/20"

A deep and thought provoking topic and question was presented for the #weekend-engagement writing topics. The question is: "If you had two lives available to you how would you use the second one

I am looking forward to October. I will enjoy the cooler temperatures that it will bring. However, what I am really looking forward to is all the activies planned with one of the local veteran groups I

Before retiring I spent most of my professional life in some sort of leadersip position. This has given me a lot of experience and insights into leadership. The funny thing is now, I seem to not be able

Image taken using iPhone SE This last couple weeks has been a blast. Not really. Right after my last post we had a little hiccup with our plumbing in the house. After preparing dinner and using the garbage

Yesterday evening the wife and I ate dinner with a local USMCveteran organization I am a member of. It was the first time out in a while. It felt good to get out of the immediate vicinity of our yard for

Time to get back to sharing some of my journey in collecting classic commemoratives. This week I wanted to share with you the 1900 Lafayette Commemorative Dollar. I just picked up this coin about a week

We received it in the mail today. I am nervous as hell. As usual I try my best not to show it, but the wife sees right through me. She knows me well enough after all these years, she can tell when something

Wooden flag made by father-in-law. Trying to get him to sell his wood work at flea markets. I don't like shopping, but I do like to go to flea markets. Flea markets provide that special something for the

After doing some work with the light box yesterday morning, I decided to get outside in the afternoon with my Kodak Z1012 IS Easyshare camera. Looking for an easy target, I grabbed some shots of a few

This is my continued journey working with my new light box. This time around I changed the background to white, brightened the lightening, and tried to ensure the subject was better centered in the box

View of Bridal Veil & American Falls. I have been on a roll the last couple of days with writing posts. Usually, I just don’t have the ooomph to bang out three posts, three days in a row. For some

This weekend I wanted to take on the challenge of writing about two topics from the #weekend-engagement writing topics. Yesterday I posted about Aging Healthy responding to one of the topics. In this post

This week we are challenged in the #weekend-engagement writing topics to talk about what age we would like to live to and why. We are also asked on this same topic if we have plans to ensure we make it