DICK AND ROSIE HAWKEY

HI THERE DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS,

SEEMS THE REST OF THE FAMILY DECIDED ON A BLOG, SO DICK AND I HAVE FOLLOWED THE YOUNGER GENERATION....................SINCE I AM NOT AS COMPUTER SMART AS THEY ARE , WILL HOPE THIS COMES OUT ALRIGHT.

THE SUMMER IS ALMOST OVER AND SOON IT WILL BE SCHOOL TIME AGAIN, AND DICK HOPES TO GET SUB JOBS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ACROSS THE COLORRADO RIVER IN WINTERHAVEN, CALIF..........LAST HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR LAST YEAR HE WORKED USUALLY 5 TO 10 DAYS A MONTH, AND THAT WAS GREAT.......AND HE LOVES WORKING WITH THE YOUNGER KIDS, ESPECIALLY THE KINDEGARDEN..............
HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON OUR YARD AND I MUST SAY IT LOOKS GREAT.........AND HE IS AS EVER VERY ACTIVE WITH HIS CHURCH CALLING AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

DICK AND I ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME WITH SEVERAL FRIENDS HERE IN YUMA, AND PLAY CARDS EACH WEEK AT ONE OF OUR HOMES...............OF OUR REGULAR THREE COUPLES, EVAN AND BARBARA SMITH, AND JOHN AND SUE MAXWELL, AND OURSELVES, BETWEEN EACH OF OUR AGE'S AND THE LENGTH OF EACH OF OUR MARRIAGS ...ADDED UP......WE GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME ........."ALMOST"...........BOTH COUPLES ARE JUST LIKE PART OF OUR FAMILY, GREAT PEOPLE TO BE WITH. ........AND OF COURSE THERE IS NOTHING LIKE SANDI AND DAVE BEING HERE IN THE WINTER AND OUR WEEKLY DINNERS AND CARD GAMES AND MUCH FUN AND LOTS OF LAUGHS............WE ARE LAREADY ANXIOUS FOR THEIR ARRIVAL THIS WINTER.

I AM SETTING UP MY ART STUDIO IN OUR GUEST BED ROOM, AND HAVE PAINT TO RE DO PART OF IT SO IT HELPS THE PAINTINGS "POP" AS THEY SAY..................SOLD A COUPLE MORE PAINTINGS A WEEK AGO, AND HOPE THIS YEAR WILL BE A GOOD ONE FOR ART.
AM THINKING OF WRITING A CHILDRENS BOOK ON AFRICA AND USE ALL MY AFRICAN FUN PICTURES TO ILLESTRATE IT.

ALSO JOINED A WOMES'S BOOK CLUB, AND THERE ARE THE MOST INTERESTING WOMEN IN IT.......AND EACH OF US WILL HAVE A MONTH ASSIGNED WITH THE BOOK AND INFORMATION TO REPORT ON IT TO THE CLUB, NO NOVELS ALLOWED.................ALL EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIVE.......MUST DO LIKE A BOOK REPORT AS WELL AS BACK GROUND ON THE ARTHUR AND TIMES AND ETC..... THIS IS TO KEEP OUR MINDS ALLERT AND YOUNGER...........LET'S HOPE IT WORKS.

DICK AND I ARE STILL READING THE OLD TEST. AND SURE HOPE GOD OVER LOOKS THE BUTCHERING OF MANY OF THE NAMES..................THIS IS OUR 5 TH TIME THROUGH IT, AND SOME HOW WE NEVER IMPROVE ON THE NAMES................BUT I SUPPOSE IT IS THE DOING IT THAT COUNTS. AND OUR HEAVENLY FATHER MUST HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR................OR SURELY HE WOULD NEVER HAVE LET SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE CHOOSE THE NAMES THEY DID....CAN'T WIT TILL WE GET TO THE NEW TEST. ...........MUCH EASIER READING.

AS YOU KNOW YUMA GET'S HOT IN THE SUMMER, BUT THE GREATEST REWARD IS THE LACK OF ALL THE SNOW BIRDS AS FAR AS TRAFFIC AND CROWDS ARE INVOLVED..................AND WE LOVE THE SUMMER AS WELL AS THE GREAT WINTERS WE HAVE HERE , AND THE SMELLS AND JOY OF THE DESERT......................BUT SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR WE GET WIND AND SAND STORMS, AND COULD DO WITHOUT THEM, BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE EASY CLEAN UP.
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE WE HAVE LIVED HERE GOING ON 10 YEARS............WHERE DOES THE TIME GO ?????

WELL , THIS IS OUR LIFE AND WE LOVE IT, AND WE ARE SO GREATFUL FOR EACH OF YOU. ENJOY EACH DAY..........LOVE TO YOU EACH,