Today, I baked

banana bread with chocolate chips and nuts, banana bread with chocolate chips and no nuts, pumpkin pie desert with cinnamon chips on top and i wept as it just made me miss mom so much. Before she departed from our life, it always made me feel closer to her when I baked....reminded of so many different memories of her cooking. Today, it made me miss her terribly. I always miss her terribly.

She is all that is sweet and good.

The good news is...

there is nothing wrong with my knee. The pain is from a muscle that goes from my hip across the knee. The reason why it hurts is because I've had to accommodate how I walked so my feet didn't hurt so bad. 6 weeks of physical therapy and that will be better.

The bad news is my feet need some reconstructive surgery. I will start those surgeries after my physical therapy.

Does anyone remember this?

Thanks to Martini and THIS post, my memory was jarred and I ended up buying this book from amazon.com! It's the only book I really remember checking out from the elementary library and reading! WOW!

Not last weekend, but the weekend before,

we went for a lovely drive up past Redlodge. The grasses are starting to turn...
We found a nice little trailhead, hadn't planned for the 26 mile hike...we just went a mile or so...

and it followed the beautiful Stillwater river.
There's nothing like a man and his dog...

Some parts were so slow and peaceful...

while other parts tumbled down over the boulders. Keep in mind, the water is incredibly low in the fall. I"m anxious to do the hike in the spring or early summer; the water level will cover most of these rocks.

We had the most spectacular view of the Beartooth Range as we hiked along...

Someone got grouchy because she didn't get to go...
while others slept because they were exhausted from all the fun...