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think there were at least 150 people waiting on saturday we drove onto the strip and parked 50 at the bellagio and walked through their lobby and the conservatory which was decorated for christmas if i ever figure out how to get back to posting photos on the blog you ll be the first to know we went through the casino and as i can never deny the call of a slot machine we stopped and i promptly lost 20 that was my limit so we proceeded to walk down the strip and see other hotels and whatever sights presented to us it is an interesting place to say the least i was told by a family member that it was somewhat tamer than she had noticed in the past maybe due to the influence of christmas and cooler weather on saturday night we had tickets to see the eagles at the sphere it was a fabulous show and i recommend it wholeheartedly the facility is magnificent of itself and when the show starts you are totally amazed someone who planned it all is a technical wizard if you ever have an opportunity to so to the sphere don t pass it up there are no bad seats that i could see although i would not want to sit on the floor as your neck would be craned up and back throughout the show check it out on utube on sunday morning after a leisurely breakfast we headed out to the grand canyon two of us had seen it before but i would never turn down the opportunity to see it again we got there about 5 minutes after sundown so we decided to cancel our hotel at the next stop and stay in grand canyon village so we could get up early and see the canyon at sunrise we recommend it and i really wish i could show you my pics luckily we found a hotel with a room available and free breakfast to boot we ate dinner at a mexican restaurant i can t remember the name but it was really good the next morning when we set out to see the canyon it was 21 and windy soooooo cold we saw it from several different vantage points and then we left for our next stop page az where antelope canyon is on navajo lands antelope canyon is a slot canyon google it to see pics and very narrow in some places the floor of it is sandy and that sand is the consistency of baking powder very fine i am a bit wobbly and lose my balance easily and it is especially true on such surfaces as that i had a cane but it didn t help me at the time the indian guide named arlee was excellent but she kept herding us we were through the canyon and i wanted to get a picture of the end of the trail so to speak she beckoned me to come closer to her and when i did i lost my footing and fell onto my left side yet again breaking my new glasses and losing my left hearing aid although i didn t realize it at the time i was bleeding like the proverbial stuck pig and that was topmost on my mind my son lifted me to my feet and they could see that i had not lost consciousness even though i hit my head on a rock it apparently didn t affect my brain not too much at least the kids took me to an urgent care where a p a named joel stitched me up and bandaged me joel gets a gold star as it looks as though i will not have a scar we made it to our next hotel a spring hill suites in springdale ut just outside of zion national park it was a lovely place surrounded by steep rocks and reminiscent of our time in the canadian rockies back in may they had a great breakfast too we set out early enough to catch the sunrise in zion and it was a great idea as the sights were beautiful as the sun came up after driving through zion for a bit we started the drive back to las vegas to catch our plane back home it was a wonderful trip full of interesting things to see and lots of people watching which i love but the best thing for me was being with my three children all at once for an expended period i see them individually fairly often but only on holidays are we all together so this was a very special treat for me but thanks to my being wobbly there was never a dull moment i know how lucky i am and believe me i am most grateful posted by kenju at 4 55 pm no comments wednesday october 02 2024 no news there is no news to report i have not been able to figure out how to add photos again when i try it says i must sign in to my google account and when i click on that link there is no sign in area so i am stumped posted by kenju at 1 45 pm 2 comments saturday july 27 2024 our granddaughter s wedding was really special and all of us enjoyed the festivities starting with the rehearsal dinner at gravy a local italian place they have a large room on the second floor where you can have parties and it was perfect for the rehearsal dinner my bil came in from cleveland and jim s cousin robin came from nyc all my children and grandchildren were there and i was very pleased to be with them the wedding was nearly perfect the only problem was excessive heat something we have been dealing with for months at least there was not a monsoon that was the day before the ceremony was outside on the terrace at the grove in downtown raleigh locals can find it to the right of big ed s a breakfast lunch restaurant just behind what used to be the former greenshield s at city market it is perfect for smaller weddings ours had about 75 people and it was not too crowded i have to say the food was outstanding the owner chef outdid himself and the service was excellent too the dj was great the string quartet was excellent the cake was one of the best i have ever had it came from publix and some of you may already know how good their cakes are it was pretty too once i can show you photos you will see how good the flowers are my long time friend pam hartigan flowers by design did them and we got many compliments throughout the night i did the bouts and corsages per the bride s request i only wish i could have been more involved the ceremony went well i was tapped as the flower grandma as we have no small girls in the family at present who could do it the tiny ring bearer nephew of the groom was adorable and did just as he was taught running down the aisle to give the ring to unka matt the officiant came from durham and i am sorry that i did not catch her name as the ceremony was lovely after the recessional the guests went inside seeking relief from the heat and a cocktail or two families stayed outside to have photos taken the photographer did a great job if the sneak peek was any indication and none of us can wait to see the rest of the photos after the excellent dinner dancing proceeded and a good time was had by all i stayed in my seat the best place to be as my balance is not the best these days for me the best parts of a wedding consist of seeing family and good friends who you may not get to see often we had a few of those present and it was so nice to sit and chat we also met all of matt s family and they are very nice people of course they are they raised him and he is one of the nicest young men who i ve had the pleasure to know i welcomed him into the family but truth be told he has been considered a member of our family since we first met him jim thought the world of him too and it is such a shame he did not live long enough to see jessica and matt joined in matrimony or her brother james who married last october to a lovely woman named caitlin we all love her too it seems that i am being prohibited from uploading photos to my blog i m not sure why but i will investigate it says i need to sign in to my google account before i can access photos but when i try to it sends me to a different page yikes anyway i thought you should know if i ever get to the bottom of it i ll post pics posted by kenju at 2 34 pm 4 comments wednesday june 05 2024 the latest trip those of you who are my friends on facebook have already heard a lot about my latest trip to canada and western usa i will try to tell you all about it without boring those who have seen the pics already my daughter and i left raleigh on sunny very warm day and flew to minneapolis where it was monsooning and the rain was sideways after a short layover we boarded a plane for calgary alberta where we landed about 11 pm it was rainy there too but only slightly after spending the night in a really nice residence inn we drove to banff a distance of about 127 6 kilometers or nearly 80 miles the scenery is spectacular as long as it is not rainy and cloudy as it was for us the canadian rockies get notably higher the further north or east you go from calgary at least that is what we saw the landscape is beautiful no matter where you look and waterfalls and streams are plentiful and well marked for tourists we saw 3 black bears on this part of the journey and when i say black you must understand that it is the blackest anything you ve ever seen especially in the sun one thing i must say about canada is that there are absolutely no potholes in their roads and no litter on the roadsides oh how i wish that were true in the usa the people were friendly and helpful and we enjoyed every aspect of the trip banff is quaint and has good shops and places to eat plus places to rent boats canoes and kayaks you can do rapids or slow floats down the rivers or lakes the famed hotel fairmont in banff has to be seen to be believed and we had a lovely luncheon there they have a number of gift shops ranging from moderately priced goods to items in the range of thousands jewelry and furs but it is fun to window shop and dream after seeing all the sights in banff we drove to jasper and bit northwest from banff and just as quaint the scenery there is gorgeous too and on the way you can visit the famous lake louise of aqua waters and another fairmont hotel which is not as large as that in banff but good to see the temperatures in these areas ranged fro 33 to mid sixties while we were there but it did snow a bit at lake louise there was a bride there having photos made in her strapless gown and i feared for her body temp but apparently it didn t bother her greatly as she was there for over an hour and appeared to be none the worse for it warmed by love no doubt to be continued after my granddaughter s wedding in a few weeks posted by kenju at 12 25 pm 3 comments sunday may 12 2024 happy mothers day to all my three children took me out for mothers day yesterday as that fit all our schedules better than today we went to kanki japanese steak house a long time favorite of mine it has been quite a few years since we went there and many things have changed notably the menu offerings and their usual service including soup salad appetizers entree s and dessert which was usually sherbet they no longer include dessert the ginger dressing for the salad has changed a bit the soup has fewer veggies in it and yet it was a good meal and an interesting experience the chef cooks on a large flat grill right by your seats and sometimes they put on a show knocking the salt and pepper shakers together in rhythm laying out the veggies in a heart pattern etc we used to see a guy who could flip a hard boiled egg off the grill and catch it in the top of his toque chef s hat but our guy yesterday didn t do that he did however delight the children at the table with fire the children belonged to another family not ours we went on to enjoy our onions zucchini mushrooms rice shrimp steak and salmon way too much food salty food for one person to consume in one sitting but who s telling the doc no one when we left i asked if we could get a photo i was prepared to take one of the three of them but hoping some nice person would come along and offer to get all four of us in the pic lo and behold he appeared and we lined up of course my baby said if i posted it she d tear me limb from limb or some such threat but i am not thoroughly dissuaded she would carry it out so i blocked her face so you can see the others lol i hope all of you had a great mothers day and if your mother is not with you any longer think of all the good memories you have of her and give thanks for the time you had together posted by kenju at 11 58 am 1 comment monday april 15 2024 my new garden the last post was about the tear out and replanting of my front garden this is an update the tree is growing and leafing out the rose bush i was worried about losing has resurrected itself and sent up shoots to announce its impending arrival the peony shoot has turned into 5 6 different shoots and now i will have to move one of the camellias out of the way to make room for them liriope lines the walkway on both sides much better than the scratchy low growing evergreen that was there before spring always gets me thinking about planting and transplanting i bought a beautiful red begonia half price at lowe s i m not sure why it was on the sale table it looks great as it is and my croton which is at least 14 years old and has never been put into a larger pot also the croton has been inside the house all that time never getting enough sun and it has lost all its bright color because of it i am hoping that after being outside for a while it will start to gain color again here is what it should resemble my latest house guest jim s cousin robin gave me a basket of beautiful blue hydrangeas i have decided to put two of them in pots by the front entry and one will go in the back garden near the sun room door here are the pots i bought for them at home goods i decided on pots because if they get too much sun in the front they can be moved to a shadier location easily robin i hope you approve here is a pic of the hydrangeas in the basket i think they will look great in the white pots i didn t mention in the earlier post that the back garden area though very small has been partially redone as well the gardener put in day lilies and you can see that they are already setting buds after just one month in place the next plants are something i d never heard of before loropetalum alias chinese fringe flower here s what mr google has to say about them my red climbing rose the one that usually puts on a gorgeous show every spring but not this year since it was severely pruned has spun off a baby apparently it like being pruned who knew i cannot wait until they bloom next year lastly my wind chime that was given to me my our best man matron of honor and their daughter right after jim died continues to remind me of jim and all of them it hangs in the crape myrtle outside my bedroom window it s quiet today but when it rocks back and forth and chimes riotously i know who s ringing my bell posted by kenju at 12 35 pm 3 comments monday march 11 2024 there were some big changes here today my front garden and i use the term loosely was torn out today to make room for a new tree and some plants of my choosing here are some before photos can you spot the nearly dead trees a rosemary plant a rose bush and some others i cannot name here s another view where the damage to the trees shows up better you can t see these in the large photo but this is the first time in the nearly nine years i ve lived here that they have bloomed it s too bad we could ...