Finding intrigue and interest wherever I am in the ordinary- in everyday flailing about.  That is one of the goals I am working toward thru the discipline of this Photo-a-Day effort.  In our home, an interesting light tumbled in thru a high ‘clear story’ window submerging this box in clarity … caught my eye.

Shortly after retirement, several years ago, I succumbed to the addition of Family History. It has proven to be a seemingly maniacal relentless mistress.  Now with over 27,000 of my ”most intimate relatives” identified in our Family Tree and likely 5,000 old family photos, I DO have fun making various family history charts, creations and the like.  This montage is built around my Danish great grandfather, Christian Madson. The center piece here is Christian-n-his clan gathered in front of his house in Halstad, MN.  Yhe House was  ordered from Sears circa 1918. The occasion for this gathering was the funeral of my Christian’s wife, my great grandmother, Kristine.

You can check out my Family History web Site, and our tree, Madson 2012,  is also on www.ancestry.com.  Contact me at ronmadson@comcast.net if you would like to see the tree on ancesrty.com.

Patricia and I are considering leading segway tours of parts of the coast near where we live.  We would do this thru Silicon Segway, a full service segway company in Pacifica a few miles up the coast.  Today, we took the segways out for a spin with the owner of the segway company. Our ride ended here today, at Half Moon Bay State Park.  I love living in paradise!

I seem to take way too many photos of our Himalayan kitties.

Patricia has turned a facet of her art focus to a form called Etegami.  She has been posting some of her Etegomi, as well as her other artwork on her blog.  Kitty, Dharma was checking out some of her Etegami this morning. Think she likes it.

Dharma with her ‘basket’ of Easter fruit.  And yes, her eyes are very yellow.

Groucho and Harpo (in the foreground) are enjoying breakfast this morning in Lake Madson (actually a very modest Koi pond).  Gummo, a little hidden under lily pads, is a little less aggressive and is waiting for a clear field before chowing down.  They are 7 years old Koi and have been with us since we built the pond.