
When the Montana spring weather is this nice, it’s hard not to skip work and school to enjoy a picnic, painting outdoors, and throwing rocks into Flathead Lake.
I guess, as grandparents, we’re a bad influence on the youth — though, to our credit, we didn’t encourage any smoking or drinking.





Just because we have to synchronize the astronomical year with the Gregorian calendar, I now (as of today) have a grandson who exceeds me in birthdays.






Our daughter’s family is enjoying a mask-less vacation in sunny California, while we dog-sit on the home-front.