From Head to Toes

I went to a salon today and got my hair cut and styled.

And while I was there, I got a pedicure, too.
It's very luxurious.
You soak your feet in a whirlpool bath and they use various masks and wraps with peppermint oil that leave your feet tingly for hours.
And their toenail painting is much neater than mine.

A Short Trip to Goblin Valley

On Tuesday Aug 28, there was a full moon scheduled.
I have been longing to try some full moon night pictures, so I decided to go down to Goblin Valley.
I invited Jesse and Susannah Staples to come with me.
They were great company!
We got there in time for great evening light, which made me very happy, as I have wanted to do that for years, too.
I have tons of great goblin pictures. Below are just a few.

This was Susannah's first visit to Goblin Valley (in fact, to southern Utah.)

The sky was full of clouds and the strong golden sunlight was sometimes softened, or even blocked, by them.
But they added beautiful texture to the sky.

We walked out to the Grand Council circle (above) and photographed until the light faded.
Then we headed back to camp and made dinner, and when the moon had risen and it was well up we went out again. It was magically beautiful, walking among the goblins in the moonlight. All the pictures I took were long exposures and I took them with conventional black and white film. Hopefully they will turn out well. If they do, I will scan some and post them on my blog later.

Mortimer Again

Mortimer decided that hanging off a chair edge was a comfortable place to take a nap!

Scary Hairy Monster

Pancake Experiments

I stayed overnight at Joe and Kathleen's house, so that they could have a short anniversary getaway, this weekend.
Saturday morning, I tried to make pancakes by adapting a white-flour, sugar recipe to the whole wheat, no baking powder supplies available in Kathleen's ultra-healthy kitchen.
After some web research by Caleb and experimenting on my part, Benjamin helped me cook up the batter, and the boys gamely ate the results.

Fortunately, there was lots of apple sauce and maple syrup.
No peanut butter... but Hyrum, resourceful, found a way around that too, if you look carefully.

Picnic at Monte Cristo

On my way back home from Bear Lake, I drove caravan style with Mom and Dad over the Monte Cristo summit, from Woodruff to Ogden canyon.
We stopped for a picnic at the Cache National Forest campground near the summit.


We had a marvelous Green River watermelon and fresh tomato sandwiches!

The drive over Monte Cristo isn't as pretty as Logan canyon, but it has a few bursts of long-distance view that are quite lovely.

Good Eats at Bear Lake

Dad and Mom and I tried out a new recipe for chicken.
We used a "40 cloves of garlic" recipe.
Mom peeled the garlic.
Dad lit the dutch oven fire and placed the coals.
I browned the chicken and seasoned the dish.

Then, we all enjoyed it on the back porch!

Mom also made potato salad and cooked fresh beets and made homemade French bread to spread the softened roasted garlic cloves on.
YUM!