The Wave

At the Mexican Market

Our Spanish class went out to lunch.

The River

Boston Fern

Living Flowers

The New Guinea empatiens plant is alive so far.

Letter to an old friend

Dear Jim,
Big news here. The foal was born. A little filly---I guess she will be named Cayenne Caprice---and called Ki. She is the cutest little critter I ever saw and not afraid of people---we can get in the stall and lie down with her---and Ruby doesn't mind us. She is really fun to play with. She has been a big event on the mountain---everybody knows about her and every body is coming to see her. She was born about a week ago---Linn checked Ruby about 11:00 at night and saw she was dripping a pretty steady stream of milk and then set his alarm for 3:00 am. When he went to the corral Ruby was just beginning to deliver so he woke me and we watched---the presentation was normal---first two feet and then a nose. When the baby was not quite all the way out Ruby started a maternal lowing to it and the foal answered with a strange little cry. Ruby chose to deliver in the middle of the corral---not in the flat place at the top we had prepared for her---and so when the foal tried to stand up she would fall over downhill and roll---Linn at that point picked her up (must have weighed about 85#) and carried her to the place we had ready and I led Ruby there. At that point we woke up Dan and Sarah---would have done it sooner except we didn't want to upset Ruby with too much going on around her---this being her first time and ours---but they got to see the foal just getting her legs. The foal kept trying to find the nipple to nurse and at first Ruby wouldn't let her. I called our horse teacher. He said to put hot packs on Ruby's milk bags and try to get the milk to flow---so after that Ruby was ready----but the foal seemed too tired. I expressed a little milk into a roast baster to get it into her mouth so she could taste it. One reason I think she is so friendly with us now is that she had her first contacts with Linn and me. She was born between 3:30 and 4:00 and by 7:00 she was nursing okay. We were worried for a little space of time there. She seems to be growing very fast. We take her into the riding ring for an exercise period and she races around with Ruby.

Sorry you didn't stop over with us on your travels west. How was it for you?

I have had two poems accepted for publication---one in a collection of Colorado poets and one by a small handset press in Oneonta, N.Y.---nice to get a little encouragement---if not money.

Let us hear from you.
Love,
Ida

Written March 28, 1978 to Jim Allen, my first husband, a gay guy. We were married in 1951 when 'gay' wasn't in the vocabulary yet.

BATS

Now that would be something to worry about.

Another Finish Line Photo

Linn coming to the finish line

He is in the white shirt, raising his right arm.

Roses

Linn and I at a Thai Restaurant in San Francisco

The first part of June we visited our grand-daughter and ate at a place near where she lives.

Out of the trunk

This is the publication that first put me in touch with Malay Roychoudhury, a poet of the Hungry Generation in India, almost 40 years ago. Now I see he has a blog. How very interesting! This computer age. This small world.

Asian Art Museum San Francisco

We spent four days in San Francisco in early June. This is a wonderful museum, moved from the Asian section in the De Young to what used to be the public library in the Civic Center. This photo is in the Tibetan exhibit. The new De Young Museum is a big surprise now.

Training for the Boulder Bolder

Linn and Sarah run on the high school track for the big Memorial Day event.

Testing beta photoshop with fleckr

This could be interesting.

Spider

This is a fine specimen. I don't know the name.

Jane

From our visit to Bend

Bird trying to get in the window

Yesterday coming through an alley we saw this young bird not understanding about glass. Bonnie took a photo.

Isn't this a great photo?

Linn, Sarah and Chris in Boulder

At the World Affairs Conference April 2008

Can you find Ida and Linn in this picture?

Spring

Flower petals have been falling along with some snow flakes.

Coffee in the mornings at Theo's

Here is Linn waiting for our friends to come so we can discuss the affairs of the day

Desert Wildflowers

Photo from the web. It is that time of year in the California desert.

Timely question

View from the window

The River Path

Lots of people walking along the path on Sunday, the first really warm beautiful day for a long time.

Recovering from flu

Winter has come to Eugene

Views of the Abbey and our deck

The Best Season

Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,
By Wu Men (Hui-k'ai)
(1183 - 1260)
English version by Stephen Mitchell
 
Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.
If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life.