• Sky Mountain Golf Course, Hurricane, UT

  • Maureen O’Shea at Torrey Pines

For those of you who truly love golf I don’t need to explain how we went golfing that Saturday at 1 p.m. For everyone else, I’m sure you would think we were crazy. It is late October and you can already see the snow to the west in the Rocky Mountains. And the forecast was for wind from the west as well at approximately 20 kms. The golf course is closing for the winter. Sunday will be the last day to golf till spring.

My daughter Bridget made the booking a few days earlier and really didn’t think it would be warm enough for us to play with a possible high of 9°C. Then by 11:30 a.m. the sun was shining and there was not a cloud in the sky. Bridget called me and said “Let’s go golfing Mom. I’ll pick you up shortly.” In 15 minutes we were at the golf course. Wehit a few balls on the range before our tee time.

On the first hole the wind was at our backs and both of us hit our drives long and straight. I was on the green in two shots and made a Par. Bridget had a Bogey

Bridget said, “Maybe, Mom, just maybe, today is the day l can score less than you”.

Bridget regularly out drives me on every hole. Hole #2 she said that she really loses her”tempo” and misses her shots. Well she ended up with a bogey and I had a double bogey..

The wind came up and was quite strong from the west. We both had a few problems, keeping the ball on the fairway and/or on the proper hole.

After nine holes I told Bridget that she had to play better on the back because she needed to make up more than seven shots.

River Spirit Golf Course, the Birch trees on #8 Millburn Nine

We were joined on the back nine by a man and his son. They were very nice people and good golfers. It turns out that the son had gone to Luther College in Regina, Saskatchewan the same time Bridget was going to Notre Dame College at Wilcox, Saskatchewan. They knew many of the same people so they had lots of conversation at the tee boxes.

On the back nine would you believe Bridget and I had identical total score with only a few holes that were different. We both scored 39 and if it wasn’t for that few holes on the front nine, Bridget probably would have scored less than I did. Maureen 79, Bridget 86

Fast forward to May 29., 2024. We played at River Spirit again. Bridget was the winner on this day by 11 strokes. Maureen 97, Bridget 86 .`

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Great memories. Bridget is so much fun to golf with. She doesn’t take the game too seriously but tries to get better every time she golfs. Like most of us we need to polish up our short game.

Bridget and Maureen June 8, 2017 Pinebrook, Calgary

Ttyl

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The flight from Calgary to Las Vegas was early and only two hours and 26 minutes.  Of course when we did arrive, there was no gate available for us to park. So we sat on the tarmac with nothing to do but wait and finally we were parked at a gate. Then the hustle bustle through the busy airport to the escalator that takes you down to the rapid trains. Take the Red Line to terminal 3 where our luggage is waiting. And waiting also were Tracy and Lisa. Soon Tracy had my luggage and my golf clubs loaded into the SUV. In no time we were out of the airport and to their home.

The weather here has been beautiful. I sit by the pool with my coffee early each morning with the temperature already about 60°F and no wind!

Lisa was out running errands on Wednesday and when she came home she had purchased seven large Honeycrisp apples. She promptly went to the pantry and brought out the sugar, flour, oatmeal and cinnamon.  Grammo, she said, “ Your job for tomorrow is to make an Apple Crisp.” In the morning I found an apple crisp recipe – Easy Apple Crisp by Chef Dennis. In no time I had the crisp in the oven and here is the result.

Hey it is even great for breakfasts!

Thursday night we had a small celebration of Tracy’s Birthday. We went to Biscuit’s and Bourbon on Water Street here in Henderson.  

It’s a cute little cafe just started up by locals.  The food was good and we were home early.

Happy Birthday Tracy

Yesterday afternoon Lisa and I got to work on preparing a chuck roast for the oven.  The braising of the roast and browning the carrots and onions took about one hour. Then add the broth and seasonings, put it into into the oven and wait 3-4 hours for the desired result. We made gravy to go with the baby baked potatoes and heated some green peas. Then we sat down to a delicious dinner.

 Just in time for the first pitch of the Dodgers/Yankee’s game of the World Series.Needless to say I was on pins and needles with every pitch for nine innings.

After the top of the 10th inning and now the Yankees were ahead 3 to 2.  The Dodgers had one (Taylor) and two (Edman) on base with singles.  Then they walked  Mookie Betts to bring up Freddie Freeman.  I said to Tracy that we need a walk-off win now.  With two outs he said it was do or die for Freddie…..

AND Freddie Freeman made MLB History by hitting a GRAND SLAM HOME RUN. This is the first time EVER for a grand slam homer in the World Series.  Did you hear: EVER, EVER, EVER.

Way to go Freddie

Game 2 tonight.  Go Dodgers.

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In case you are wondering about the heading —–Digs is derived from the earlier term diggings, which shares the same meaning of “living quarters” or “lodging.”

After the hustle and bustle of moving in to a new place you always wonder what you will like and dislike. Is the traffic on Glenmore Trail, just a stone’s throw outside my window to the south, going to be too noisy? That’s a no. I only hear the revving of the odd motorcycle.
Every day I seemed to find another reason to appreciate my surroundings. Simple things: the washer works well and spins so much of the water out of the clothes that the clothes dry quicker with less wrinkles, the pot lights in the kitchen give great lighting for working in the sink (no shadow from your head), the fridge and freezer both beep if the door is left open too long, the A/C is efficient with low, medium and high fan speeds, the entrance, elevators and hallways are bright and clean as well as the underground storage and waste collection area.

My social activities have increased immensely since I moved here. The Social Committee has done a great job of meeting new and original residents with coffee parties, card games and monthly BBQ’s. The collection by the social committee of recyclable bottled, cans etc. garners money to subsidize the costs of these BBQ’s. Residents also donate extras such as beans, salads and desserts.

Pictures in the collage include: the view from the fourth floor, the Social Room next to the courtyard, a number of pics of the courtyard itself, BBQing, main entrance and a sunset with a partial rainbow.

I noticed on the monthly bulletin that Bridge was played here on Thursday nights starting at 6:30 p.m. so of course I have been playing almost every Thursday. I was told there was Bridge Tuesday mornings at a place in our community called the Good Companions Club. I was invited by one of our bridge group to go there on a Tuesday and try it out. I loved the group right away and promptly bought a membership. Since that time I have not missed one Tuesday.
This club has just celebrated 50 years in operation and has a lot to offer from trips, yoga, dances, foot clinics,cruises, dinners, Pub Nights and so much more!

I am enjoying the people in our building and those at the Good Companion Club. Everyone has been so kind and caring. That is good.
Ttyl.

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