Whilst on my morning walk....

....I happened by my childhood home. We lived here until I was 8 years old then moved a few blocks up the street but these were my early formative years and we had a good little neighborhood where we could roam free and play to our hearts content....part of that playing was on the grounds of the beautiful temple.....

.....so I couldn't find a picture of my house as it was back then but I found this picture to show the proximity of our home to the temple. These were simple times....we were practically on the outskirts of the town. I remember that I could walk uptown and know most everyone I would meet. East Elementary was only a block away and when we went to Woodward, we would walk the couple of miles uptown. Many a Saturday morning was spent taking the walk "uptown", doing some window shopping, getting a drink at the fountain at Dixie Drug or going to a matinee. I remember even walking home at night if there was a group of us.

Here's another one that shows the temple and our old Chevy.  My dad has been gone from us ten years now.....he was such a good father and I do miss him but I'm so glad he didn't have to get old. That's one thing he never wanted to do. He was always so young at heart.

Here's what the temple looked like Monday morning as I was out walking.....and appreciating the fact that we will all be together again someday because of the redeeming ordinances of the temple.

 Something else I noticed as I walked the old neighborhood were all the pomegranate bushes just bursting with crop.....I have just finished squeezing the ones I got from Grandma Rose's bushes (thanks Kyle and JoEllen for getting those again this year)....and I got a few from Josephine's tree but it's so tempting to knock on doors and ask if I can have them (and I may do just that)....but for now, I'll be satisfied with the six quarts of  "gold" that I have been able to harvest.

We do love our pomegranate jelly.....and if there's anyone out there just letting some of these little beauties go to waste, (I need the deep red sour ones), give me a call. You'd get a couple of jars of jelly out of it for sure. Speaking of families.....

...it was great to be with Mason's fam to celebrate his big day at Sakura....we always love the entertainment that comes with the good food.