McCall Sky

McCall Sky

There is at least one exceptional thing about very cold nights after a winter storm.  The clouds move on – the  stars appear so close you could touch them and the tiny lights are so clear and bright that the sky glows. The phenomenon may seem more magical and...
DNA

DNA

I have shared my phone and iPad passwords with Hank. We had a long discussion about the importance of keeping them secret.  Hank promised me he would not tell a soul. The next day I overheard him repeating my not so secret passwords to his mother.  I asked him if he...
Tracks!

Tracks!

Hank and I went in search of the bunny whose tracks we saw on the patio after a recent snow storm.  We descended the stairs and walked over a half a mile down the golf course.  We saw many tracks but we never saw the bunny. Hank believed they may be frightened by us...
Mind-boggling! Space!

Mind-boggling! Space!

Is Space the last frontier? I recently finished the biography of Elon Musk written by Ashlee Vance. The book is a fascinating look into the visionary world of Musk. Musk says that people will go to Mars by 2025 and he is building the space technology to make it happen...
In-spire-ing!

In-spire-ing!

Eighth and Main, also known as the Zion’s bank tower, is a modern downtown Boise land mark building. The Gardner-Ahlquist team jump started the newest expansion of Boise’s commercial sector wth the tallest building in Idaho.  Part of that elevation is a...
Leave it

Leave it

Under the spreading Oak tree-Hank and I raked up a very large pile of leaves last week end. He had a wonderful time playing in the soft but crinkly bed.  The Oak leaf turns to shades of brown- we wondered why not other colors? You can throw them, build a fort out of...