Grateful.

Been feelin' like I haven't been getting much 'done'... lately,

felt a little guilty about that, again, today.

Then... got over it, quickly.

; )

I'm working on a couple of 'Projects'... 

Difficult 'Projects', that have little to do with what used to be my life.

I've gotta stay focused, so... what doesn't get done, won't...

for a bit.

; )

Indeed... Indeed... Indeed.

That... was quite a 'Birthday Present' for John.

: (

Often wonder... had John been 'Here', through this mess, thus far...

what he might have said... or, thought.

???

I... sadly, sadly.... 

believe 'this'.... All of 'this'

IDOT/Fairfax 'Bullshit'

 would've killed John, 

and... 

taken much longer to do it, than the cancer did.

I remember the day John captured the above, and below... images.

It was in late May, 2011, I believe....

We were getting ready to go visit the Cemeteries.

We used to go visit Friends, and Family...

'Loved Ones'... at several different Cemeteries, 

after The Memorial Day Weekend Sale, here... at Home.

I forget what I was doing... that morning, but... was inside the house, hurrying, John... 

was waiting.... patiently. He... grabbed my camera, and took several images of Flowers... Trees, his Beloved...

Nicky,

 {Shepherd <3}

while he waited on me.

: )

{Above is the center of a Beautiful Poppy, that one of his Dear Friends, had given John... many years before. It's gone now, as are many, many... of the Trees John, 

and The Kids planted,

  IDOT Took Them... for... Fairfax's Bike Trail 'Accommodations.}

: (

John drove... Miss. Sally, that day.

That may have been the only time, he ever drove her.

John preferred to have me drive. 

: )

Grateful he did.... because I'll never forget capturing that image by

 The Lake, 

of 

John...

It's Priceless.

; )

Happy Heavenly Birthday... John.

<3

July 19, 1946 -

May 25, 2014

Love to Ya...

Prayers for All.

Barb C.

{I'm thinking that packet that came by mail... wasn't 'Condemnation' papers. They, I believe... 

were... the 'offer' to purchase our land, 

{taking land up to 12 feet from our Home.}

: (

which I knew, would turn into 'Condemnation', after 'dealing' with IDOT in the 1990's,

and... seeing what they had in mind, this time.

: (

The Linn County Deputy Sheriff 'Served' me, here... at the house, with Condemnation papers, in

September of 2018...

just as I was leaving for Santa Fe, with Allyson, to visit Pal, Jan.

It was in Santa Fe, that I reached out to Lawyer Meardon.

{Beyond Grateful... for him.}

'This'...

Has 

Been

A

Nightmare

Crazy

Train...

that

Never

 should've

 been.

but... 

It Is.

so...

All Aboard.}