Good Morning!

It's another beautiful morning in the Flint Hills! Actually, it's still dark outside, but I know it's going to be beautiful. We leaving in an hour for Overland Park; Gene is taking Andy and Dave Lewis to a hunting preserve outside of Lawrence, along with dogs Birdie and Belle, for a little warm-up before the opening of bird season. While they're doing their thing, I'll hang out with Kristin and the 2 little ones.

This picture is from last Sunday's lunch at mom and dad's house. Lovely young ladies.

Have a good day, much love to you all.

Joan

Camping

Last weekend, Gene, Birdie and I went horse camping at Eisenhower State Park, on Melvern Lake, just south of Osage City. We met up with some friends from Fort Scott. It was Birdies first camping trip and my first official trail ride in 3 years. Everything went fine, no wrecks, good weekend. Saturday evening we drove into Osage City for supper, so I gave everyone the guided tour, pointing out the cleaners, both houses, the old campgrounds (now a Sonic drive-in and grocery store), even where mom was born!

Right now, we're having the outside of the house painted. It's looking really good! And we recently replaced the kitchen and bathroom windows along with the sliding glass dooor (french door now). Home improvements!

The band is going to begin recording next week, so we'll have something to use as a marketing tool and to sell at shows. No shows scheduled for October, which makes this a good time to record. Tomorrow night, we're going to audition a bass player...we'll see...

That's all for now, much love to all!

Joan