Sunset to Sunset

Last evening (Sunday) the gloaming was lovely. And inside Rob was turning Lucy into Jim Henson for a school biography presentation that will take place tomorrow (Tuesday). This morning (Monday), prior to taking Clara to the Atlantis (see previous post), Anna took me on a beautiful walk along Thomas Creek. The creek runs though a gully in the middle of sagebrush-covered foothills just a couple of blocks from their home on Thomas Creek Road. The gully is lush with trees and grasses. I have seen chokecherries in the canyons and on the foothills of Utah, but I have never seen as many as I saw this morning. The walk was beautiful and blessed with a breeze that apparently is omnipresent in Reno.

This evening we went to the binkers' piano recital. They did a fantastic job. We capped off the evening with yogurt and doughnuts. Returning home, the sky was spectacular again. Anna says that along with wind, Reno is blessed with beautiful skies. I concur.

 I am my father's son: I, too, love a view: Sunday night

 Lucy channels Jim Henson

 Anna leads the way up the Thomas Creek Trail

 Thomas Creek

 Where the sagebrush meets the water

 Chokecherry blossoms

 Thomas Creek with Reno below

 Anders masters the Steinway

 Lucy was brilliant

 Tucker's piece was a triumph

 The yogurt reward

Reno captured my heart once again tonight

Tomorrow we head back to Utah after a terrific, if short, visit. Thanks to the Hastings for the invitation and the hospitality. It was a great trip.

That's all for now.

OXO

D.