Bruce's Personal blog

I love people; I also love 3 cities & have wanted to live in all three -Portland, Or; New York City; & Seattle, Wa. My sweetheart,of more than 33+ yrs, and I have lived in Seattle and now live v. close to Portland. Laura tells me N.Y. won't be happening anytime soon. We'll see! Always remember to lv people & use things; never the other way around. Risk to adventure; invest deeply for great friendships. Always have a team for all things you want to do well, even golf.

12.04.2007

Big Trees & Memories

As our boys were growing up we would remind them each week, "We were made to love people and use things, never love things and use people."

We keep looking for illustrations from our previous week to remind us.

That's what the Christmas season should be about. Two Mondays ago, with the help of some "curly fries" and the borrowed "Blue Bomb" we motored up into the wild mountains above Camas and cut down a couple trees! We cut our little guy first, a 8 ft. "family room" tree. Then we went hunting for the "big guy." We selected, by committee, a 25' fella, then trimmed him down to about 18 feet. The curly fries came in between the two trees. Photo op time and two beautiful horses (they pushed against the fence begging for some attention) added to our memories. Here are a few pics - you fill in the commentary (THE TREE IS NOW UP - 16.5 ft. of pure beauty! Be watching for the final footage). Coming soon - a new video of Johnny Driver and myself trying to bring Portland some holiday cheer!