MountainRoadRanch

All of these photos taken of trees in our yard... Click on the photos to open a larger view slide show.

Climb a tree - it gets you closer to heaven. ~Author Unknown

Popcorn poppin on the Apricot tree

Pine draped in Virginia Creeper

Maple

Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world. ~John Muir

Gingko

Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are. ~Osho

There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~Minnie Aumonier

River Birch

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.
~Joyce Kilmer, "Trees," 1914

Peach

Apricot

Apple

Aspens

As the poet said, "only God can make a tree" - probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on. ~Woody Allen

Peach

Dead Pine with Boston Ivy

Pear

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. ~Martin Luther

You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night. ~Denise Levertov

We all need a little pruning...

Or we "self prune"

Sumac

Who cries over a tree? Me...my favorite tree in the yard...a Linden, blown by wind.

I really do have a sense of humor. It just may not be on the same wave length as yours. I may not laugh in the same places or even at all at plays or movies or TV shows. (There are a couple of TV shows in which I have actually laughed out loud, The Office and 30 Rock.)

At the end of the year, I was reading my dream journals as I prepared to begin a new one for the new year. I decided to compile a few one-liners or statements that I thought funny. Now, you may not even care to see what I thought funny, but here goes. (the "color" goes as follows: Black are regular dreams. Brown are dreams where I am vaguely aware it is a dream. Red are Lucid dreams.)

November 18, 2005

Then baby threw up all that he had been eating, coins, shampoo bottles, so much kept coming back up. Poor baby all empty now.

January 5, 2006

Hot. I said to everyone, why are you all wearing black? When it’s so hot. Then everyone just stared at me. I had on a black outfit too.

January 3, 2007

I was arriving at a work assignment, except I flew in on a broom. I was teased, but said I actually got my aerobic exercise because I had to pedal like a bike.

March 22, 2007

I asked if they had ever seen “The Gods Must Be Crazy”. I said it was a really old movie that took place in Africa about the natives and a journey and a coke bottle falling from the sky. … “Why is this old lady, telling us about a dumb movie, that she can’t even remember very well?”

April 15, 2007

I was concerned about the fish, because the enema bag fish tank didn’t seem to be sufficient. I wanted to put them in the bigger tanks, but knew the sharks would eat them. I wanted to get rid of the sharks, but they were Bob’s and I wasn’t sure what plans he had for them.

May 6, 2007

“Does anyone have any cayenne?”

May 7, 2007

We had a week that we all came to work in costume. I got mixed up on the days and came to work dressed as a wizard, when everyone else was in Marie Antoinette costumes.

May 13, 2007

NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL.

July 5, 2007

…the doorbell rang and it was the visiting teachers. We told them we were busy with wild animals.

August 10, 2007

The family members had gathered there at the ranch to discuss what to do with the horses and to plan my funeral. I tried to communicate with them, but no one could hear me. I tried to remind them that I wanted all music and maybe poetry and a slide show presentation.

November 6, 2007

I usually like the front row. Since I was in the back, I thought no one would mind if I levitated to see better.

November 21, 2007

I thought it was weird that I dreamed this so many times and now it was really happening. I decided to test it to see if was a dream. I pinched myself and touched others to see if it was a dream. I could definitely feel them, so I figured it was real.

December 12, 2007

They answered with “We don’t want to learn to dance, we know how to dance—we want you to tell us your adventures in your detective business. We heard you have had some amazing breakthroughs and cases.” I wasn’t sure how they knew about my other business, it was supposed to be a PRIVATE Detective.

March 24, 2008

“why did we move all this crap with us?”

April 29, 2008

Then everyone left, making sure to avoid the thing dripping water in the garage.

May 30, 2008

I still KNEW it was a dream and wanted to control it, but instead was just watching it play out because I didn’t know HOW to control it—as in HOW to have it play out, or the mechanics of HOW to manipulate it.

August 5, 2008

The tubes were flexible and iridescent, almost having a life of their own, seeming to take enjoyment in their duties, weird as it may seem. This gave “catheter” a new meaning.

September 18, 2008

I was miffed that someone had placed an elephant on my wall, because it associated me with the Republican party.

September 20, 2008

I thought as I climbed the stairs for the umpteenth time, wow, I have dreamed this so many times, but now it is REALLY happening. If it’s a dream, I can stop it. I tried stopping it and couldn’t, so it must be REAL.

October 15, 2008

I constructed or put together something like a “solar liahona” made of blue lego-like things, about the size of a large grapefruit. I was so elated that I had actually put this together without assistance or instructions.

December 15, 2008

I replied something like, “I have plenty of money, the abundance of the universe flows to me.”

January 1, 2009

I realized it must be a dream! That meant I could make a decision and change something.

February 3, 2009

…I now told Bob of all the happenings of the previous dream. He kept saying, “How could you NOT know it was dream?”

March 6, 2009

I said to everyone—be careful of the dog poop, don’t walk in it. So, of course, they did.

April 9, 2009

The feelings were of frustration and of having huge obstacles placed in my way of what I was trying to accomplish (a simple "get away" to Goblin Valley).

May 1, 2009

“I guess they don’t require people to clean up after their dogs here…oh, wait, it’s their own yard. I guess they enjoy being surrounded by dog poop!”

May 11, 2009

I said something like “Ugh, Texas, no way”.

September 30, 2009

I would have REALLY liked Brandon or Tristan on my team.

November 23, 2009

I was really surprised and delighted that the church had added a line of “colorful” garments and a line of “lingerie” style ones.

March 2, 2010

The groups of young men especially paid us notice because we had so many beautiful daughters and grand-daughters with us.

May 5, 2010

I dozed off (in the dream), so I was dreaming that I was asleep and also dreaming. In the dream within a dream, I dreamed of someone telling me about some important documents. What I didn’t realize, the dream was within an actual dream…About that time I actually awakened and realized the WHOLE thing was a dream.

July 9, 2010

It was unusual in that the horse wore shorts and somehow pulled them down to potty.

September 30, 2010

Do you know anyone in Panguitch we could stay with…

October 8, 2010

The last scene was us being crushed and suffocated in blue and white plastic walls and I was thinking “this is it, I am dying in this weird way.”

October 10, 2010

I am very agitated and start yelling at him, saying that it’s exorbitant for a stupid clock. We could get an awesome horse for that price!!! And … it’s not even a cool Cuckoo clock!!

December 10, 2010

…all this craziness was costing me extra money, even though the government was paying, they wouldn’t pay for my stupidity! I mean how could I have brought a cat that I wasn’t planning on taking and forgetting my luggage???

January 8, 2011

He was a Bad Rap, meaning he was a Good Rap. Sure, he was carnivorous, and ate meat, but he tried not to eat his friends or humans.

January 26, 2011

I looked at a clock and it read 2:40. No wonder everyone was hungry.

February 13, 2011

Heather was rolling up the loaves, making bolsters (but, how would they last…being made of bread?)

February 18, 2011

….I wish we had “walkie talkies” and/or a battery operated communication radio

February 25, 2011

I was in my pajamas with mismatched top and bottom and hadn’t done my hair or anything.

March 9, 2011

…it would be cool if I could actually SING that song.

March 14, 2011

Someone said “every one duck!!” so, I flattened on the ground. (as if that would prevent something)

April 4, 2011

“I am an old woman”. Those sitting around us chuckled and thought this was funny.

May 2, 2011

I have dreamed this so many times; I just have to make sure it is real this time." Each one told me that it was NOT a dream. Then, I woke up and found that it WAS a dream.

May 27, 2011

…if this is a dream, I can leave it. I tried to stop it, but couldn't, if I can't stop it, I will try to change it. The only way I could change it was by moving myself, so I began walking, leaving the house and going outside. it seemed to be very cumbersome just walking, I will just fly, so I levitated in the air and began soaring over the landscape, like in the movie Dinosaur. I came to some very big and scary dinosaurs, so I just reached out my hand to them and willed them into cute, little cuddly creatures.

July 8, 2011

"I have dreamed about this so many times. Now it is REALLY happening."

July 10, 2011

I not only had lost my friends, but my belongings AND my memory.

July 26, 2011

It doesn't seem to be as much fun in a dream. Where are all the interesting people? the REAL people disappeared as soon as I realized it was a dream.

October 23, 2011

Then, I realized I didn't have lipstick or a cute outfit on, and felt unprepared for whatever was in store.

October 25, 2011

You're kidding me of course. You all are fired as architects. I just want a normal triple car garage with room for storage. What in the world were you all thinking???

October 29, 2011

I pondered on what it felt like to die as I was surely going to. I just relaxed as best I could hoping to avoid too much pain and felt as if I were floating into a sandstorm with a light vortex.

Have I inspired you to keep your own dream journals????