Recent content by Dennis S

Hello, Freddie. Just dropped in after a long time away, mostly hoping to hear about my old friends. Glad to hear you are doing well. Things are mostly going well here in Colorado Springs, were we still care for our grand-kids (7, 5, an 13 months) every day. Today I got a nice bonus. I was...

BTW, we still own the house in Jemez Springs, and a small fire started on our neighbors property a few weeks ago. We had done a lot of work to diminish fire danger on our acreage, and because the fire was small, it stopped right at our property line. This is going to be a tough summer in the...

We are all good, and no reasonable concern for our homes. Actually, as I post this I am on an iPhone in the Great Sand Dunes National Park, over 100 miles from Colorado Springs. We have the grand kids, and our daughter headed back to Denver early this morning to give a lecture on some treaty to...

My name is Dennis Smith. I don't believe my parents ever thought about it, but with a first name that ends in "s", and a last name starts with "s", my name turns out to be a tongue twister for too many people. Your choices are both great, and I would gladly exchange "Dennis" for either of...

As many of you know, our daughter just had her third child. I am a nostalgic kind of guy, and that caused me to go back and find something I wrote for her six years ago after she discovered she was expecting. We were all so excited, and I wanted to capture at least a portion of that amazing...

Last picture.

A second picture. Here he has heard something (me) but not enough to scare him off.

This bobcat was very focused on the hunt for breakfast. While he was trying to catch a large bird (who got away), I was able to get the camera and sneak outside. A very healthy and beautiful bobcat. I will include two other pictures. I will put these on Facebook later.

So, I am driving back from church with six year old Ellie and four year old Frisco. Ellie is trying to explain her Sunday School lesson to Frisco. Ellie is starting to carefully explain the doctrine that God is everywhere. Frisco is having problems with this, so Ellie basically repeats that God...

It was a fantastic experience. Plus, after showing the mid-wife several of the pictures I got right after the birth (and getting hearty permission from my daughter) , I am going to be sending some pictures to be placed on the mid-wife's web site.

Our daughter had her first baby in the hospital and then decided she wanted to deliver the last two at home. I was, and still am a little nervous about that, but she is very confident. I have to admit that in this particular case everything worked out great. It was wonderful to see the bonding...

Sammy was born today, about an hour before this picture was taken. I am, of course, incredibly prejudiced, but what a beautiful baby boy. Like all of her three children, our daughter, with the help of a midwife, gave birth at home. At her request, I am going to send a few pictures for the...

I definitely remember the breathing tube. It is a real blessing that you don't.

I had a recent chance to get back to the tiny town of San Luis, and get answers to some of my questions. First, the art itself is about 20 years old, much more recent than I had expected. Second, the art itself is made from adobe, as is the building. Finally, the artist---it turns out that the...

I also love exploring old roads. I remember driving in Minnesota on abandoned railroad right of ways. Barb and I got badly stuck when the "puddle" we thought we were driving through turned out to be a natural spring. After about two hours of laying in icy spring water trying to jack our VW van...