tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73211609687525051162024-03-13T22:03:09.210-07:00hayson manningWriter of fun and flirty romance. Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-22445277070628596582017-08-29T16:04:00.000-07:002017-08-29T16:04:11.993-07:00Where is home?I am back from little old New Zealand where I hung with Clueless Wonder Two, which basically means I got to feed him, play ATM and try and decipher his grunty teen language. If anyone has a handbook, I'll pay. With a kidney or a vineyard.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvrHiOfgvCCtOvMtMgijMNF5XbsZ5GbYvx2KmYsvlPFlJTJHcemCnojD6-1tKzIufPmJV7OI61UCRVAjl0u0RAERTNmr4DEY9ZlY0Cbtfm6yhrH6a7lMRlKgnQ_fXVs3cq3mGui1XQ2c/s1600/IMG_2271.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvrHiOfgvCCtOvMtMgijMNF5XbsZ5GbYvx2KmYsvlPFlJTJHcemCnojD6-1tKzIufPmJV7OI61UCRVAjl0u0RAERTNmr4DEY9ZlY0Cbtfm6yhrH6a7lMRlKgnQ_fXVs3cq3mGui1XQ2c/s200/IMG_2271.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sydney where friendship never ends</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
I haven't been home for a while, and sometimes I don't know where home is. I've lived in Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, London and Redondo Beach, and each place has a special place in my heart.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Then there's London. We were in a tiny flat with the washing machine in the kitchen, no heat and had the best friends ever.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUitcn7jfb7bbUby8gn58nCRjdreMKQGwosZHpHlJbXYENDaAvOsTGmXedHhWCe1kSS-umaUBMxDSbEpHqwsm7W0IsQji-Cdfo2mocXPe5t3CjCyy8-i86odyJpgXmjNfsRH5dYtC3m0/s1600/karen+tracey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUitcn7jfb7bbUby8gn58nCRjdreMKQGwosZHpHlJbXYENDaAvOsTGmXedHhWCe1kSS-umaUBMxDSbEpHqwsm7W0IsQji-Cdfo2mocXPe5t3CjCyy8-i86odyJpgXmjNfsRH5dYtC3m0/s1600/karen+tracey.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This gorgeous woman and I found each other after twenty years! </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwsW6fdZmNknicMGZDF98LyjdOOw4Fn4t7cD1PEixHuZSfpCLReVaPqfUuRb9MtNAThjF6WGHPIp-Uvfx2tU-PzZ3XEQ10aJ6qAJfIdwDZzfiIhqlYA_JWvsOVRHFY5emz_9PskAA9hk/s1600/IMG_2148.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwsW6fdZmNknicMGZDF98LyjdOOw4Fn4t7cD1PEixHuZSfpCLReVaPqfUuRb9MtNAThjF6WGHPIp-Uvfx2tU-PzZ3XEQ10aJ6qAJfIdwDZzfiIhqlYA_JWvsOVRHFY5emz_9PskAA9hk/s200/IMG_2148.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">USA friends</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br /><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
There are so many people who are precious to me and who are scattered around the globe. Helen, Sarah, Alexis, Noorah, Kate, Kirsten - the list goes on and on. So, as I sit here, I don't know that I have a single home. Home is where my friends are, so I have homes all around the world.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-46617345185483290752017-06-13T19:59:00.000-07:002017-06-13T19:59:27.752-07:00Those three little words<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
Yesterday I
looked down as my cell rang and noted the number. I answered and started
walking to my computer to log ioto internet banking. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
We’d had many
conversations along the lines of:<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
Clueless: “The
diff on The Beast is wonky.”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
Me: “How much,” I
sighed. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
When he told me the cost, I slid off the chair. “Wait?
Are diffs made from pure gold?”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
As an aside, I don’t know what a diff is, what it
does or if it even exists.<o:p></o:p></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyb_JVzOkuOjAUu2IDgH5Q-gh3rP-cHUuJsTJj4vbf6mQ229_dMg90cfRmoaNSUuKwpragWPL8CumPT0PWya5ja_0ex_tYbiqkq_QSJT-4PTN6cme_cbyVGBE27NK9ESmWc9wn6gw4mI/s1600/giphy-tumblr.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="250" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyb_JVzOkuOjAUu2IDgH5Q-gh3rP-cHUuJsTJj4vbf6mQ229_dMg90cfRmoaNSUuKwpragWPL8CumPT0PWya5ja_0ex_tYbiqkq_QSJT-4PTN6cme_cbyVGBE27NK9ESmWc9wn6gw4mI/s200/giphy-tumblr.gif" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What it looks like and what is the dream.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
A background on
The Beast which is one of the first Holden Commodore’s that rolled off the production line. It was owned by my sister in
law’s father from mile zero, then my brother who treated it like a third child
with its throaty V8 engine. When my brother died tragically a few years ago, I
couldn’t bear the thought of Beastie leaving the family, and my sister in law
couldn’t take hearing it come down her
driveway, so The Beast is still in the Manning family
and shall remain so. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
Clueless is deep
into his degree and shares a house with five others. There have been calls for
books, food (I was horrified, I couldn’t bear the thought of him starving), so
three delivery trucks turned up the next day. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
To give Clueless his due, he works three jobs and pays his tuition.
(I won’t tell you what we pay in New Zealand for education, but divide your nation's debt by the amount of sheep we
have – sixty-six million, then halve it because it’s in New Zealand dollars. No complaints here from the cheap seats people.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1dLL63o3oKL3PsTh2ICqY0uHo7rylQtGz1F8OFaZUKHgqgvAfzkbLlR8-2EuYXGLe3qURCnANOFKLhN3fMWYPZaEnIysmgbFNRECTSCkxmj0OCCsXv13Sq2NcIaDD_xAfBWO3fKiYaM/s1600/giphy-downsized+%25287%2529.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="250" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1dLL63o3oKL3PsTh2ICqY0uHo7rylQtGz1F8OFaZUKHgqgvAfzkbLlR8-2EuYXGLe3qURCnANOFKLhN3fMWYPZaEnIysmgbFNRECTSCkxmj0OCCsXv13Sq2NcIaDD_xAfBWO3fKiYaM/s200/giphy-downsized+%25287%2529.gif" width="200" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicoNtXHF-xHe88WLY-idHTYfq1wgskcfj7Nx45KLg5PLoBRffluKYHFq0RvTnhrlBSntEx0YjcuoFy8LS_RRZKxfWB0krfprCTbD9hCgVFV0wklEOfGA055w8FMzLTPbx25FL8_h8NyU8/s1600/giphy+%25288%2529.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicoNtXHF-xHe88WLY-idHTYfq1wgskcfj7Nx45KLg5PLoBRffluKYHFq0RvTnhrlBSntEx0YjcuoFy8LS_RRZKxfWB0krfprCTbD9hCgVFV0wklEOfGA055w8FMzLTPbx25FL8_h8NyU8/s200/giphy+%25288%2529.gif" width="140" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
Back to Clueless
and the phone call. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
“Hey, what’s up?”
I said, walking toward the computer. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
“Nothing.”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
“What do you mean
<i>nothing</i>.” <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
Was he in a
police cell?<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
“Just wanted to
say I love you.”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
I grip the phone.
“Have you been kidnapped? We’ve only got about a buck fifty. I don’t think that
will cover it.” <i>Wait.</i> “Have you been
abducted by a cult? Are you playing the tambourine in public and working for
your body weight in kale?”</div>
<o:p></o:p><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
Clueless: “No, I
thought about all you’d done for me over the years and I wanted to say how much
I appreciated what you’ve done, and I
love you.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5ADqugBq_LWtZeLeCnsuW3rZGo2hDtCJhV0Vq3-TMRGe4EctjGNNrj3Nt7uYvI7YEs6xDj535Y_26yZqVjKkqzhpLBi6W-Z-4TdrGEMhdBxyvI1bUlj4o_DZ3Q6flLXLD6n0I0ID-lA/s1600/giphy-downsized+%25288%2529.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="126" data-original-width="250" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5ADqugBq_LWtZeLeCnsuW3rZGo2hDtCJhV0Vq3-TMRGe4EctjGNNrj3Nt7uYvI7YEs6xDj535Y_26yZqVjKkqzhpLBi6W-Z-4TdrGEMhdBxyvI1bUlj4o_DZ3Q6flLXLD6n0I0ID-lA/s200/giphy-downsized+%25288%2529.gif" width="200" /></a></div>
<o:p></o:p><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
I am rendered
mute as tears fall down my face. I’m glad he
didn’t mention the shoe throwing incident. I’m not proud people, I’m not proud,
but said shoe didn’t connect. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
Those three puffy
little words skidded over me and dropped neatly into my soul where they were
bundled up in soft cotton and cherished. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
I shall take out the package when I’m
shelving out for a thingo that makes the doovie go around. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-91115072023898773682017-05-30T16:06:00.000-07:002017-05-30T16:07:49.373-07:00Oh the places you'll go<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi469WFe5V12TdPN4WG_yOpskdgu_-6VRCnAYNG5O7fa0nmZak9Gp-T9RIzWrkdxVulv7rbyjcnxwTeGN8cXGWQ9U-IpUVxxDQN7P4yCVa-sw3CyMTdtvVHQpGdZvBn6OnXiGtAg7YmJ80/s1600/giphy-downsized+%25283%2529.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="500" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi469WFe5V12TdPN4WG_yOpskdgu_-6VRCnAYNG5O7fa0nmZak9Gp-T9RIzWrkdxVulv7rbyjcnxwTeGN8cXGWQ9U-IpUVxxDQN7P4yCVa-sw3CyMTdtvVHQpGdZvBn6OnXiGtAg7YmJ80/s200/giphy-downsized+%25283%2529.gif" width="200" /></a> I love to travel. Being from New Zealand, there’s not much down our part of the world, except Antarctica and Australia. I won’t go to the frozen continent, not because I don’t want to hang out with penguins because I do.</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hdQGimKwJV2QRswXAqRCyXwWD-gCnxGXVza0VqaWyK0DvNgTA56TkbOBOkSnLCIsxYXpzoNFIM7ZTQmGrKSBD-koFj8Hiy3zjVhX4UE3go1O6UIOOEFoiu2iPfeSPwiEphLtF04iVeA/s1600/giphy-downsized+%25285%2529.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="400" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hdQGimKwJV2QRswXAqRCyXwWD-gCnxGXVza0VqaWyK0DvNgTA56TkbOBOkSnLCIsxYXpzoNFIM7ZTQmGrKSBD-koFj8Hiy3zjVhX4UE3go1O6UIOOEFoiu2iPfeSPwiEphLtF04iVeA/s320/giphy-downsized+%25285%2529.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How freaking awesome are penguins? </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I don’t handle the cold well. When we lived in London, the Fake Gordon Ramsay insisted he would suffocate if he didn’t sleep with the window open. In Winter when it was minus four hundred degrees. Sleeping in a balaclava isn’t sexy. Believe me. I digress, one of my favorite trips was to Tonga. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3SzkNL_vb5awr84CXfQuhbUt3ORo3BNtc5i-XpMZeM6F1LTZ9CqTtz-QOQ_cWrqS8wLbBYOIM6T_vbY4WWiszsABIkclXSmngE7ZGN59r8V0_F7atbLdjd8zeRUAwQ0K_IHcv9TOTig/s1600/Tonga+017.jpg+%257E1..jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3SzkNL_vb5awr84CXfQuhbUt3ORo3BNtc5i-XpMZeM6F1LTZ9CqTtz-QOQ_cWrqS8wLbBYOIM6T_vbY4WWiszsABIkclXSmngE7ZGN59r8V0_F7atbLdjd8zeRUAwQ0K_IHcv9TOTig/s200/Tonga+017.jpg+%257E1..jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Tonga</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
It's exquisitely beautiful. The people were the friendliest ever, and you could see the stars for miles. There's something about a place that doesn't have the internet, newspapers or a radio. Hanging with the kids who didn't want to hang with us was refreshing. And normal. I remember trying to ditch my mum and hang with the cool kids at the beach and pretend she didn't exist. Ah, karma. How I wish I could take that back and have a do-over. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
And how can forget the Tongan flag bearer at the Olympics? </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTa8ohq_QUjb9Nb6CNVq08a5SJXkBGZS0NQ0SBm79oe7B1H9uUq8eVCdw-5LO6t9pwpWoJj9hxUZammmGNM6DJY1EkrbJI0r5iqYFUNjwGWCzAy0MDsXdjcpQ3mIedcjiBtLv5v2IV6ik/s1600/giphy-downsized+%25284%2529.gif" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTa8ohq_QUjb9Nb6CNVq08a5SJXkBGZS0NQ0SBm79oe7B1H9uUq8eVCdw-5LO6t9pwpWoJj9hxUZammmGNM6DJY1EkrbJI0r5iqYFUNjwGWCzAy0MDsXdjcpQ3mIedcjiBtLv5v2IV6ik/s1600/giphy-downsized+%25284%2529.gif" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I know right? </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-8165479368064546052017-05-17T12:03:00.001-07:002017-05-17T12:04:54.264-07:00Road Trip Baby! What I learned about New York<div class="MsoNormal">
What I learned about my recent weekend getaway with the fake Gordon Ramsay. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGOQ25Nk8eXC3gsqOcQPUcGs3VWjaymPAwAw7UrkPqdL41TZWxpZIpOsD4sqlwS3TulPnwwxBAvQ_KPFUEPa1F2-Lm2S3nSaU1DYXPFjcvU9Ld3bOdiJFqof2Do6EYXUkPnys0ewdi4w/s1600/giphy+%25283%2529.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGOQ25Nk8eXC3gsqOcQPUcGs3VWjaymPAwAw7UrkPqdL41TZWxpZIpOsD4sqlwS3TulPnwwxBAvQ_KPFUEPa1F2-Lm2S3nSaU1DYXPFjcvU9Ld3bOdiJFqof2Do6EYXUkPnys0ewdi4w/s200/giphy+%25283%2529.gif" width="200" /></a>New York is amazing. It doesn’t stop. Twenty-four seven there are people and apparently rats, but I didn’t see any or you would have heard me from your part of the world.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I’ve been lucky enough to live in a few countries, and guess what? All places have people who argue with themselves in their heads and would like you to know about it.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxCjAluTMAMuvpG1ZxDY_6XTNVJff3TYtV9TML9OMXQlxpmYB7_FmDz_MLxh9ToYaaNV2PSbt1Y0v8ZFc-CBQTqt1Or7Pz0OY3aEp1zo2kZiyBv1hYCCfPTMjNp03zwgWG_lF9PIXEFc/s1600/giphy-downsized.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxCjAluTMAMuvpG1ZxDY_6XTNVJff3TYtV9TML9OMXQlxpmYB7_FmDz_MLxh9ToYaaNV2PSbt1Y0v8ZFc-CBQTqt1Or7Pz0OY3aEp1zo2kZiyBv1hYCCfPTMjNp03zwgWG_lF9PIXEFc/s320/giphy-downsized.gif" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
People are kind. They will stop when a fool (me) asks them where the ticket machine is at Penn Station when I’m standing beside it. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
You can have amazing conversations with complete strangers in elevators. Thanks to this conversation with an English couple we headed to a deli for a sandwich which was out of this world. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
In New York, a pie is a pizza. I was a little confused. I think of pies are like this. FYI: The pizza was excellent. I crammed an indecent amount of it into by gob.<o:p></o:p><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfY6RhMkkzSM7Vh9p_awDXuxlpHqIS3tXx8OZLL6WDXUI4nn5fWWxg5lKO3yvO1nXDOu2NEXYDaUpUZr0KwJvQY4gbsNpsn1sv80gfaI43VKKIsLiJ25YckvAIByamHyhvKpU8XG8C9pg/s1600/Meat_pie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfY6RhMkkzSM7Vh9p_awDXuxlpHqIS3tXx8OZLL6WDXUI4nn5fWWxg5lKO3yvO1nXDOu2NEXYDaUpUZr0KwJvQY4gbsNpsn1sv80gfaI43VKKIsLiJ25YckvAIByamHyhvKpU8XG8C9pg/s200/Meat_pie.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Kiwi standard</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Central Park is an oasis. There was a Japanese choir singing gospel, (I teared up they were so good). A dance crew throwing in the moves, people in boats, about twelve good citizens who thought I need exercise (they are not wrong), as I needed to hustle by butt onto one of their bikes and ride around the park, pronto.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2K5d-Ogj-M2henfaot7yVtSndqn1A7L9eYHQC-H5nRmYzKtNkcy4jQQHoaE9nyo6eiSQSomYkQV0Ks4SGTj864prFFvbqWS3h3lUV3dHFojC6phnJDWVI820tXp38bZewfnLaludD_c/s1600/giphy-downsized+%25281%2529.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2K5d-Ogj-M2henfaot7yVtSndqn1A7L9eYHQC-H5nRmYzKtNkcy4jQQHoaE9nyo6eiSQSomYkQV0Ks4SGTj864prFFvbqWS3h3lUV3dHFojC6phnJDWVI820tXp38bZewfnLaludD_c/s200/giphy-downsized+%25281%2529.gif" width="200" /></a></div>
<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_eZEjWKHzdRAaFU87C1NPddY5VV_EuWf4tEC5nu3DEk5o6oidLarTPjf1z6Ao4hgXILAOD6XgXNuo_0rwb8QdsdLZrLQbMo5EMSwZoin8l85Jo6WrwXn6QyhpmyT0ZkHQ-fyyW_15-ys/s1600/IMG_1871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_eZEjWKHzdRAaFU87C1NPddY5VV_EuWf4tEC5nu3DEk5o6oidLarTPjf1z6Ao4hgXILAOD6XgXNuo_0rwb8QdsdLZrLQbMo5EMSwZoin8l85Jo6WrwXn6QyhpmyT0ZkHQ-fyyW_15-ys/s200/IMG_1871.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The twin towers pools. I can’t put into words. More tissues.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
New York, I love you and can’t wait to get back and love you some more. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjcUw1yxafbg1txAtaygiF6QNPqqJWmCN4zLdgAbmhbkjyNpwzzbbtmC4BissTjp5cwmZ5vgflKzoJkwCFzf-5cGJqFKycn1pggrjfCZX7lpAjwcQ0EFkHWAkofyu4GFFG2Ij39DfYTo/s1600/IMG_1922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjcUw1yxafbg1txAtaygiF6QNPqqJWmCN4zLdgAbmhbkjyNpwzzbbtmC4BissTjp5cwmZ5vgflKzoJkwCFzf-5cGJqFKycn1pggrjfCZX7lpAjwcQ0EFkHWAkofyu4GFFG2Ij39DfYTo/s200/IMG_1922.JPG" width="150" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-4085414858307052102017-04-20T16:15:00.000-07:002017-05-17T12:05:01.664-07:00Road Trip Baby! Part one<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Fake Gordo Ramsay and I took a roadtrip with the grunty teen who is here on holiday and would rather be mining uranium with his hands than hanging out with his uncool parents. After much whispered discussions we decided to commune with nature for a few days, and as we hadn’t visited Yesomite off we went.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We lost radio coverage rather quickly, so I finally figured out how to Bluetooth my phone and my tunes filled the car.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Grunty Teen. “What’s that sound,” he asked in a horror filled voice. </span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5grX5dnb87X1Fim3GBckYthGHlj4_26RgWkhOxe2Ho79AC1SCS_7_y4i7ghFOUpIRuGfk2zMF1xXARdl0hNpd_kWdjScxo1gKfTLCYTP7hIoo-RUVXZllnIcoXOYRzLe1y5JkkPMEz04/s1600/giphy.gif" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5grX5dnb87X1Fim3GBckYthGHlj4_26RgWkhOxe2Ho79AC1SCS_7_y4i7ghFOUpIRuGfk2zMF1xXARdl0hNpd_kWdjScxo1gKfTLCYTP7hIoo-RUVXZllnIcoXOYRzLe1y5JkkPMEz04/s200/giphy.gif" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moves, baby, Moves!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Me: “Disco, baby, where’s your glittering ball.” Some impressive moves were being made in the passenger seat. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Grunty Teen: “Can I walk to Yeosimite?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A little while later. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Grunty Teen: “You’ve got Kaleo, The Black Keys and Rihanna’s Love on the Brain?” Eyes wide in the back seat. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Me: ‘Yep, along with Dusty Springfiled’s ‘You don’t have to say you love me. (What a heartbreaker.) Midnight Train to Georgia (nothing else to be said), and a lot of The Boss, Pink Floyd, and The Stones.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Grunty Teen: “I didn’t think you’d know who Pink Floyd was.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ah, youth. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnlx02CG0M9tivD4yN0fVSGQv3vGleatXdoyFXmN0dJAC_8ClJS724Lwu0e6tw7LQLDXoQfvJWTVx7EjetA7bfc3xtXc0KGnIEi15UWlr_fYqqy9fZYCCM3198B5BFdWF8pbUP5BUzrw/s1600/giphy-downsized-large.gif" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnlx02CG0M9tivD4yN0fVSGQv3vGleatXdoyFXmN0dJAC_8ClJS724Lwu0e6tw7LQLDXoQfvJWTVx7EjetA7bfc3xtXc0KGnIEi15UWlr_fYqqy9fZYCCM3198B5BFdWF8pbUP5BUzrw/s200/giphy-downsized-large.gif" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As we approached Yosemite, I was alarmed at the temperature doovie in the car that was dropping at a rapid rate, so I lowered the window, stuck my head out and sniffed – dog style, whereby everything on my face froze. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Holy hell, it really is freezing,” I said to anyone vaguely interested. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Fake Gordon Ramsay looked at me sideways. “The snow didn’t give it away?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Me: “I was kinda hoping it was fake snow because you know with all the supposed fake stuff out there…”</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPdarveMa95rYGcTYkGQBMOcFUVUixmQoCsehvPlxRoRoqgJvlBxBV6pAZo4mLy6VpDriELTi4B3FlKONhU0uDj4KhPCgCYPv5yvufkxD8JZTxMwOxAZQdzMSzJggczQAUlOx-kM6WKAQ/s1600/fake+news.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPdarveMa95rYGcTYkGQBMOcFUVUixmQoCsehvPlxRoRoqgJvlBxBV6pAZo4mLy6VpDriELTi4B3FlKONhU0uDj4KhPCgCYPv5yvufkxD8JZTxMwOxAZQdzMSzJggczQAUlOx-kM6WKAQ/s200/fake+news.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy of LA Times</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Fake Gordo: “Yeah, because making snow and throwing it on the ground in random places seems like a fun thing to do.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sometimes I want the bad language that is in my head to make an entrance, but there is a grunty teen in the back, who I am sure knows a lot more language than I do. </span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">More to come. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi81HrQqsW6k3NETfrnwa9zlxq1PM_BbbDjmh3FSuTuQqMRhHiuJLMDlC77J77J6S_WotQeuKL8Lg98dL2q6oICDf7H7zKwi_4QYdOGT42bNLa5v8YVjdQRkpiluRdfiNXi0i1QDSMvFU4/s1600/giphy+%25281%2529.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi81HrQqsW6k3NETfrnwa9zlxq1PM_BbbDjmh3FSuTuQqMRhHiuJLMDlC77J77J6S_WotQeuKL8Lg98dL2q6oICDf7H7zKwi_4QYdOGT42bNLa5v8YVjdQRkpiluRdfiNXi0i1QDSMvFU4/s200/giphy+%25281%2529.gif" width="200" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-38961235040584207192017-03-31T10:34:00.002-07:002017-03-31T10:34:50.391-07:00Practical vs. Sentimental<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BCJNa_z_SDdoz_F0uQVBwdlv1IiY1LCAz3zyU_mxwHhdW5RRV0x1-xlcutbR3WkPwEVjRAlQ_7_P1W9-FbAhz5crVL68VGB3CMA0ivQGZ_lM7E-bfm5j4PcWVmZe6kd8yOiPmPv67xg/s1600/IMG_1676.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BCJNa_z_SDdoz_F0uQVBwdlv1IiY1LCAz3zyU_mxwHhdW5RRV0x1-xlcutbR3WkPwEVjRAlQ_7_P1W9-FbAhz5crVL68VGB3CMA0ivQGZ_lM7E-bfm5j4PcWVmZe6kd8yOiPmPv67xg/s200/IMG_1676.JPG" width="158" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNib4_n-cRGb47CNVEAy-ofd2EfVj7LxZyB3Uuqqel7u4-z5aiSh45EuML_T2aIagM6dfHIZ_suwjx7xgIZnSc95wlhrMOLsLR4GeaVFNqRHeBfCfXmcI8Bs9VTr59eSDPGqNc_pc7AJo/s1600/IMG_1679.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNib4_n-cRGb47CNVEAy-ofd2EfVj7LxZyB3Uuqqel7u4-z5aiSh45EuML_T2aIagM6dfHIZ_suwjx7xgIZnSc95wlhrMOLsLR4GeaVFNqRHeBfCfXmcI8Bs9VTr59eSDPGqNc_pc7AJo/s200/IMG_1679.JPG" width="150" /></a>Last night I was going through one of the many boxes that have moved with us around the world. You know the ones that you’re not sure what’s in them, but it must be important because, hey, they’re here. Anyway, I was looking for a recipe for a cake I’ll probably never make. I was heavily into box number seven, affectionally labeled ‘Documents’ by the removalist, but which the fake Gordon Ramsay had labeled ‘crap we haul around the world with us.’</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
Hub’s sighed and said in a slightly exasperated voice “You kept all of that?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
Me: “Yes.” I stared at him dumbfounded. “Of course.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
Hubs: “Why do you keep every single picture?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrsO-OaJ3kc_UsHEdRU_R6bHFkiIuXzWMJ481rlxYvsX5nzJRO-WJ5bopE3S4sEBgGpnATq9E1QOgZIBbkreFmh8sXD20yczYkt4BkuctWZEkaN-r8yzY4mkuDE9I_9p1MbXbnOFbrGo/s1600/IMG_1677.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrsO-OaJ3kc_UsHEdRU_R6bHFkiIuXzWMJ481rlxYvsX5nzJRO-WJ5bopE3S4sEBgGpnATq9E1QOgZIBbkreFmh8sXD20yczYkt4BkuctWZEkaN-r8yzY4mkuDE9I_9p1MbXbnOFbrGo/s200/IMG_1677.JPG" width="188" /></a>Because as women and mums are we more sentimental? I’d never get rid of their first school report, my first love letter (carefully printed in seven-year-old writing), a crumpled flower that was clutched in a tiny hand for hours because he wanted me to have something pretty. I’ve kept the newspapers published on the day they were born and every Mother’s Day card. The flower soap I’d had for years sadly didn’t make it. It hit humidity, and well let’s say box number four smells nice.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSm7GPtDvTM-eLU8sNr8OElBYs2FfjHp8nCEN1Bl1ITXUthtzcrCdRtv59McCpieVXoyF5xML4hsXnS5sZJ6UxnrEtqstTAr7sgTvBoOXtlKX6tn1zcxWg3SNCtkNAXSaKwlB9Ivl1IvA/s1600/IMG_1678.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSm7GPtDvTM-eLU8sNr8OElBYs2FfjHp8nCEN1Bl1ITXUthtzcrCdRtv59McCpieVXoyF5xML4hsXnS5sZJ6UxnrEtqstTAr7sgTvBoOXtlKX6tn1zcxWg3SNCtkNAXSaKwlB9Ivl1IvA/s200/IMG_1678.JPG" width="200" /></a> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
Is this just a Venus and Mars situation or is it just me being terribly sentimental?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
Are you sentimental? Do you keep ‘stuff’ like me or are you like the Fake Gordon Ramsay. Is there something that you’ve saved?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilw9AVfOgQ4W1v0Wplo_KcWJlCKeoA86aOVOYbbrF_dcvVAObV-gxWT1qbNtP9N-j-kHpjF9lnJ0jKYVkLNK-khNxXbRzVrjAtgn8VOcJEpUZMZ0LpXU320b5VrMB94NBzOKNMi7ztsrE/s1600/IMG_1675.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilw9AVfOgQ4W1v0Wplo_KcWJlCKeoA86aOVOYbbrF_dcvVAObV-gxWT1qbNtP9N-j-kHpjF9lnJ0jKYVkLNK-khNxXbRzVrjAtgn8VOcJEpUZMZ0LpXU320b5VrMB94NBzOKNMi7ztsrE/s200/IMG_1675.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can't get rid of footprints!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-21015455851567596812017-01-12T15:19:00.000-08:002017-01-12T15:19:54.195-08:00Holding onto resentment - that big ugly word<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9vvLYANs8UngMULNqwH-flQ8O9cP3TtFz4OVZ_a1ytKYLDOY7PNulWf1sBRJzjrq-1fr1jOocz3kGt7mQovHH9hHVHgvdd7q26TPZFwYlbNPZFR9uz6bNkzh0hdIZZ1aBvdLXiekd1U/s1600/nz+20.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9vvLYANs8UngMULNqwH-flQ8O9cP3TtFz4OVZ_a1ytKYLDOY7PNulWf1sBRJzjrq-1fr1jOocz3kGt7mQovHH9hHVHgvdd7q26TPZFwYlbNPZFR9uz6bNkzh0hdIZZ1aBvdLXiekd1U/s200/nz+20.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have pretty money</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Clueless Wonder Two is in between school terms. It’s summer down under so he’s here. It’s been a while. <i>Quite</i> a while. He’s a teenage boy who speaks in grunts, a language I am slow to understand. If anyone has a manual, I will pay in liquid gold, tequila, the Yen or any currency you want. Name your price.</div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
So, we were having <i>that </i>conversation. Again. The one that goes. Holy crap, it’s three a.m, and someone is breaking into the house. Wait. They’ve already broken in. I can hear footsteps. But, how would they know the alarm code? Armed with a flat-iron, I ventured into the living room. Clueless was eating a mandarin in the kitchen.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7iLUAiFuQ8PuJy89fSC50sWXXrqlEjKusjP6iiVp-afqEte1a_h9ea2Z0EWNrekjNbC1IOlF96jSTAHx99Z_TESdTV8jSpH0DKxzn_3b2utTP1VsCQHGHhpnw-hGMOQsXlM44cRYa_qc/s1600/killing+you+in+my+head.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7iLUAiFuQ8PuJy89fSC50sWXXrqlEjKusjP6iiVp-afqEte1a_h9ea2Z0EWNrekjNbC1IOlF96jSTAHx99Z_TESdTV8jSpH0DKxzn_3b2utTP1VsCQHGHhpnw-hGMOQsXlM44cRYa_qc/s200/killing+you+in+my+head.gif" width="200" /></a>Me. In a state of heightened panic: “It’s three a.m. I thought you were staying at Kevin’s?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Clueless: “Got bored.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Me: “How did you get home?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Clueless: Another mandarin down. “Walked.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Me: Trying not to blow a vein. “You walked! Why didn’t you call me, or Uber?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Clueless: Shrugs shoulders.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4pw6hYOZooKfToLAOdAr_PHrxFc4KuaV43CIqB_8OxSMoHXIhp4s8B520jkA0p52H8fQR8J2Q1SEMuUbnYLFdpi8jHMlxgy0VeZZ74ZxbDDR3l4w5quXK7lNx0jt_YESY1JU00puvUM/s1600/hissing+camel.gif" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4pw6hYOZooKfToLAOdAr_PHrxFc4KuaV43CIqB_8OxSMoHXIhp4s8B520jkA0p52H8fQR8J2Q1SEMuUbnYLFdpi8jHMlxgy0VeZZ74ZxbDDR3l4w5quXK7lNx0jt_YESY1JU00puvUM/s200/hissing+camel.gif" width="200" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
He went to bed to sleep hopefully (that’s another blog post), and I went to bed to fret over all the things that could have happened. So, the next morning, after a calming herbal tea. I wanted a quadruple shot of coffee, but I needed to have this chat in a calm and composed manner. Well, out came the camel spitting attitude. He’s okay, nothing would happen, it was only five miles (I nearly faint), I’m too over protective, and this is exactly like the time I wouldn’t let him go trick or treating by himself when he was seven. Even with me hiding behind lampposts and pretending we weren’t related.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Me. Doing a quick match calculation: “That was nine years ago!”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDlnhr7IlubRVqV55t-vVeMx6KRZVLMA3fv-t_Zhcmytz-OVgyXayVmvtG6szMUTpiFqN_R9RHKsFcc_bmneHmZbsND1-trFsO3wGg5Lpncqcc45Mrcites7YCVak6VzmLyEgjy3Yyy4/s1600/halloween.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDlnhr7IlubRVqV55t-vVeMx6KRZVLMA3fv-t_Zhcmytz-OVgyXayVmvtG6szMUTpiFqN_R9RHKsFcc_bmneHmZbsND1-trFsO3wGg5Lpncqcc45Mrcites7YCVak6VzmLyEgjy3Yyy4/s200/halloween.gif" width="200" /></a>Clueless: With a look of evil triumph: “I walked home last night, and nothing happened. It would have been the same then.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
It wouldn’t, but debating with the equivalent of a hissing camel was getting us nowhere. But, holy hell. He’s held onto this for nine years!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Admittedly, I have held onto stuff, but I don’t think for nine years. I do remember hanging onto resentment at my mother not letting me go to a party when I was sixteen, and all the cool kids were going – to a beach without any adults there but probably bucket loads of cheap alcohol. In hindsight, I can see her reasoning, but I don’t think I’ve held a grudge for nine years. I’m not Freud, but I think that’s unhealthy.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
It should be noted that The Fake Gordon Ramsay was in Chicago or off with his new and improved family.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I guess that means Clueless and I will sit down and examine if there’s anything else festering in there that needs to come out.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Is there anything you’ve held onto for too long?</div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-62440605961455208382016-12-13T12:43:00.001-08:002016-12-13T12:43:14.960-08:00How I know technology has taken over my world!<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdo4DOFayQeeeoNtXid_baa6eWtspF1VGhU4GenGHG6kJZLbI0w_H1yhCDtHspE_5r-QxJa3lt4yENdQhpvDd8ClvFv-kzUge19isthnk8Fe6IBw5GuMEH9OH1k8BuTrmix-1quKbTf4/s1600/teen+gif.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdo4DOFayQeeeoNtXid_baa6eWtspF1VGhU4GenGHG6kJZLbI0w_H1yhCDtHspE_5r-QxJa3lt4yENdQhpvDd8ClvFv-kzUge19isthnk8Fe6IBw5GuMEH9OH1k8BuTrmix-1quKbTf4/s200/teen+gif.gif" width="200" /></a>Grunty teen texted me from his bedroom asking if I could put
a piece of toast on for him so he could
have an extra three minutes sleep. I was texting out a furious reply when I realized what I was doing. I was
texting! What’s happened to me? (therapy and medication are helping, somewhat). I yelled at him to get his sorry
butt into the kitchen and make his own toast!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEzZKlYRqxhAflnpp3Lv8ekpNg3wdJ-jTcygXhfXhBLrmleJHSAmyTxGHFXwjHsevj7JJPN_O5apB0YMcEfTYExxyD1oEoybmaf_mrNEOp9tY9YB6oOnZ40QXezdT5_foBf-nw7SIj18/s1600/texting.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEzZKlYRqxhAflnpp3Lv8ekpNg3wdJ-jTcygXhfXhBLrmleJHSAmyTxGHFXwjHsevj7JJPN_O5apB0YMcEfTYExxyD1oEoybmaf_mrNEOp9tY9YB6oOnZ40QXezdT5_foBf-nw7SIj18/s200/texting.gif" width="200" /></a></div>
<o:p></o:p><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Instead of phoning a friend on her birthday, I wished her
happiness on Facebook, sent an email and thought back to when me and Fred Flintstone grew up, and there wasn’t
the technology around today. I miss hearing human voices who aren’t trying to
convince me I owe the IRS millions and a bailiff
is coming to my house (bring it). Someone wanting
to sell me solar. I phoned my friend, and
we chatted for ages. Dissed our kids,
complained about our husbands and lamented the fact
we haven’t won Powerball. We laughed, smiled and hung up with a promise to keep
phoning. All without an emoji in sight. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgge245-Y4PV0pr5-_HTuN_67pHMAIOkm3aRkF0kLB_Sky-6hL6MZM7stdzSxYT1d1b8lwJeNu_tqcd-dFSwg4tqJ5DyMonhrMi6kdpv-cyRXI-LMQjlmNwm3AuCpQG-kgA512vtYHvKEQ/s1600/medusa.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgge245-Y4PV0pr5-_HTuN_67pHMAIOkm3aRkF0kLB_Sky-6hL6MZM7stdzSxYT1d1b8lwJeNu_tqcd-dFSwg4tqJ5DyMonhrMi6kdpv-cyRXI-LMQjlmNwm3AuCpQG-kgA512vtYHvKEQ/s200/medusa.gif" width="200" /></a>A beautiful handwritten Christmas card landing in my mailbox
instead of an electronic one. I too have been guilty of this. But the line at
the Post Office will be huge? I’ll have to get out of sweats and look somewhat
decent and go into a shop, so people don’t turn to stone when they see me. Medusa
and I are quite tight, just quietly. A Christmas card with thoughts from across
the miles landed in my mailbox, and the delight of opening it, checking out the
Snoopy stamp, reading the heartfelt message means I’m returning the favor to
everyone. I am showered, there are no visible snakes in my hair, and I’m off to the post office. If I’m
not back in a week send a search party, please. </div>
<o:p></o:p>Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com8Redondo Beach, CA 90277, USA33.8322129 -118.387099133.779452400000004 -118.4677801 33.8849734 -118.3064181tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-16503907592321215632016-09-28T14:43:00.000-07:002016-09-28T14:43:53.700-07:00Who's Clueless now?<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It has been a while between posts. Clueless Wonder Two is here and wanted to shop! I'm all up for Clueless Two to not look like the child who sleeps under the pier. Shopping with a grunty teenager when you don't speak grunt is 'frustrating.' </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBeYYyn8pbLpvMZuvsjEawp0rZhdXb9zYhK-_6Nx9VoD2UShIEyY-uMwxC-3R3Ee3R7lvxdbliYv22FuV1UOMsLyyeV-zyQNvHAn_IfNuh57jKKNhImnbzuiOL5KU4uiJGHwzy6B0Bs3Q/s1600/frustrating.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBeYYyn8pbLpvMZuvsjEawp0rZhdXb9zYhK-_6Nx9VoD2UShIEyY-uMwxC-3R3Ee3R7lvxdbliYv22FuV1UOMsLyyeV-zyQNvHAn_IfNuh57jKKNhImnbzuiOL5KU4uiJGHwzy6B0Bs3Q/s1600/frustrating.gif" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">`
The fake Gordon Ramsay and I swanned in this week after date night and stopped inside the front door. Backstory - it has been sweltering here in Southern California.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ACERQGckLRoczbJ1zmoP1uEzNmuoyLJ1jntgBlzQRf37JiCaFV8UEZ8ql-256WJsMBxVcpGmJF9ggGSeTXRiABpEEMU3UQaBzvO7rX4MDJV9OCV1S6pgzi7iJzREggG8yrHYfjlIbTo/s1600/redondo+swelters.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ACERQGckLRoczbJ1zmoP1uEzNmuoyLJ1jntgBlzQRf37JiCaFV8UEZ8ql-256WJsMBxVcpGmJF9ggGSeTXRiABpEEMU3UQaBzvO7rX4MDJV9OCV1S6pgzi7iJzREggG8yrHYfjlIbTo/s200/redondo+swelters.png" width="111" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Me: "Has the house been possessed?"
Gordon: "Not sure."
Me: Looks around nervously. "Should we call a priest?"
Gordon: "Do they make house calls?"
Me: Stares at the icicles forming on the windows. "They did in the movie, and that's always a reliable source."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTHAqMg39yzRDv_6odFGl0EP2PxQHa8PudPnXi-pBWmCeqHGyx-DPHqLj48XUxvk7LxjkpQTGpRx99BImuoMQbzD4XHXqZRfnroCRCdF9QFix6yT2LW_PWcEq_Uwcq87vzBBJ9MR6X5Y/s1600/icy.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTHAqMg39yzRDv_6odFGl0EP2PxQHa8PudPnXi-pBWmCeqHGyx-DPHqLj48XUxvk7LxjkpQTGpRx99BImuoMQbzD4XHXqZRfnroCRCdF9QFix6yT2LW_PWcEq_Uwcq87vzBBJ9MR6X5Y/s200/icy.gif" width="162" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Clueless Two then informed us we have air conditioning. We've lived here a year! Talk about who is Clueless. I thought it was the non-working security alarm. Right, I'm off to see if there's a hidden hot tub in the back yard.
The picture is of Clueless at Redondo wearing shorts without holes. Thank you, Nordstrom Rack.</span>Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-6691588192428772772016-08-23T12:20:00.002-07:002016-08-23T12:26:24.654-07:00What's in your drawers??<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today is Clueless Wonder's birthday! </span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTp8mVJtZlbQOtfeult_CE2eWwsNxbu1ysTX3WQbW4UZ1XOtfK-lqjO3wp299eZ0Hn5MGx5laexBj0Pl_wshMIVZGcuVR8O65KoUUoxRz9mS8CRCh8LROYqnvi09VT5EgqHDUfX3dqyCY/s1600/IMG_1253.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTp8mVJtZlbQOtfeult_CE2eWwsNxbu1ysTX3WQbW4UZ1XOtfK-lqjO3wp299eZ0Hn5MGx5laexBj0Pl_wshMIVZGcuVR8O65KoUUoxRz9mS8CRCh8LROYqnvi09VT5EgqHDUfX3dqyCY/s320/IMG_1253.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clueless when he was little in his fat, bat hat</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today I was supposed to be writing, but really all of the drawers in the bedroom had to be emptied the clothes folded with military precision. After the clothes, I really should Dr. Google how to concrete the driveway. Wandering the aisles at Staples for a hole punch I might need is on the horizon. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hello, queen of procrastination! </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBes9bmshBMDgmlbUj_9Iuo5IkQ2Q4-2PC__aqmzUMcuDWeCfVJxzVFREux9zM455wZDdWHLngxAmHy6_OmV4TE9qlq5qE1prcMmCDn9RDOBDeUssqT9J-eM93UNj4J5JO7-CPlJJ4FxQ/s1600/queen+of+procrastination.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBes9bmshBMDgmlbUj_9Iuo5IkQ2Q4-2PC__aqmzUMcuDWeCfVJxzVFREux9zM455wZDdWHLngxAmHy6_OmV4TE9qlq5qE1prcMmCDn9RDOBDeUssqT9J-eM93UNj4J5JO7-CPlJJ4FxQ/s200/queen+of+procrastination.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">During the drawer procrastination, I came across the fat, bat hat from the above photo. I adored that hat and thought Clueless looked quite jaunty wearing it.</span><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAsWyr-PPCvCrhv2IyinxgVuCX1TnmN0OpJ1RD45aw6gapgnV5wTYskfrTbY0mbl-qC08zTXVpIssZSTgUUn4El4sgsLsDfprBE4WtEnIAesHbAOeY8dusIccsTfhf0IEh8runhf22Xk/s1600/IMG_1254.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAsWyr-PPCvCrhv2IyinxgVuCX1TnmN0OpJ1RD45aw6gapgnV5wTYskfrTbY0mbl-qC08zTXVpIssZSTgUUn4El4sgsLsDfprBE4WtEnIAesHbAOeY8dusIccsTfhf0IEh8runhf22Xk/s200/IMG_1254.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jaunty Hat</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nostalgia for days gone by creep up now and then. He's getting older and the days of skipping a couple of meals to lose a few pounds are <i>way </i>gone, if they ever existed. Eating only carrots and hummus for days, turning slightly orange and not losing <i>anything </i>is upon me</span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next week is green apple week. If you see a strange woman in the aisles of Staples muttering about the perfect hole punch while lugging a bag of apples, give her a small smile. She needs it. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Is there anything nostalgic you've kept? </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I do promise to post why I call him Clueless Wonder. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span>
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span>
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com7Redondo Beach, CA 90277, USA33.8322129 -118.387099133.779452400000004 -118.4677801 33.8849734 -118.3064181tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-1523846019489492862016-08-16T15:51:00.000-07:002016-08-16T16:08:36.649-07:00How I overcame my fear of tomatoes<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-j3tZLCJ27h3cUMvKT0fSsCGZkz2e7NBrvx-H843Zgyuh2DEI6Lm_fhgcMnKcvwP1-7a2mUxBek77WEwqDD2svuQXVmoUyDMzkHtxAEQyeNtmbpiEn6KLLAk8k-RxmSmxJ9Y1dC_OnI/s1600/happy+tomato.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-j3tZLCJ27h3cUMvKT0fSsCGZkz2e7NBrvx-H843Zgyuh2DEI6Lm_fhgcMnKcvwP1-7a2mUxBek77WEwqDD2svuQXVmoUyDMzkHtxAEQyeNtmbpiEn6KLLAk8k-RxmSmxJ9Y1dC_OnI/s200/happy+tomato.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm a tomato and I rock. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
Bunch in tight people, this is a personal one. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
I loved tomatoes. Wait. I <i>used </i>to love tomatoes. Not a day would go by when I didn’t munch on the red blast of sunshine. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
Fast forward to when my mum was in Critical Care, barely hanging on. She’d gone from feeling mildly unwell to hooked up to tubes in a matter of days. I asked the lovely doctor what could have happened. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
“Could be something like a tomato pip that got stuck in her bowel.”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
One tiny, tiny tomato seed could do that?<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
Whoa. <o:p></o:p></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAjRYDvHo5nzv6qGAHcUTg711r_ElS8NFKiLMqYWLF-RYG5nHt45fHBL2neQe5HX4KWBGn0Z6oWsuIGqtMPlU_AGX9xVlR6XV-QEzp70ip4gdOt7O4HAQINwTGIKBJH50uYwfTvMz6cM/s1600/IMG_1240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAjRYDvHo5nzv6qGAHcUTg711r_ElS8NFKiLMqYWLF-RYG5nHt45fHBL2neQe5HX4KWBGn0Z6oWsuIGqtMPlU_AGX9xVlR6XV-QEzp70ip4gdOt7O4HAQINwTGIKBJH50uYwfTvMz6cM/s200/IMG_1240.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The strawberry vacherin I will never make</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
Tomatoes and I parted ways. Over the years I missed them, but, the old ‘what if…” hung in my brain. I couldn’t take the risk. I had children. I hadn’t cooked even one of the five thousand recipes I’d painstakingly cut out. I had so much still to do.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
Then one day, not long ago, I ate a cherry tomato. It was heaven. It was delicious. I’d been torturing myself and missing out because of ‘what if’. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
What if has turned into ‘why worry about stuff that I have no control over’.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
I could be felled by a tomato. I am more likely to get run over by a bus (I always look the wrong way – I blame my Kiwi roots.) The likelihood is the stress my children induce will bring me closer to hanging with my mum. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
So, for me, no worrying about ‘what if’ instead I’m going to concentrate on ‘no more worrying about what I can’t control and have a blast while I’m here’.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFCI3Feei-ytpschyphenhyphenvYH157hVIRLgNFWNr_WF018nQAl1oasvvjoT1t6UvtmkIX4T14th74w1ddnM2KCD9HMm98-q_OFO71nyhBc2KhqLYII4XxzpZ7YtZREMSmMM0hmYMwPX-Opqeu8/s1600/IMG_1243.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFCI3Feei-ytpschyphenhyphenvYH157hVIRLgNFWNr_WF018nQAl1oasvvjoT1t6UvtmkIX4T14th74w1ddnM2KCD9HMm98-q_OFO71nyhBc2KhqLYII4XxzpZ7YtZREMSmMM0hmYMwPX-Opqeu8/s320/IMG_1243.JPG" title="Me and mum hanging with Skippy" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and mum hanging with Skippy.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-88428802234614335682016-08-02T12:23:00.001-07:002016-08-02T12:23:54.079-07:00Today is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="43l52" data-offset-key="6o9k8-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6o9k8-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="6o9k8-0-0">Today is national Ice Cream Sandwich Day, and I am rejoicing. Becuase I am not in 'whipping down to the shops' shape. (I think it is only fair I don't turn people into stone with my Medusa hair, stretchy pants, and my fav Buffalo Bills T-Shirt with holes.) I am making my own. I give you peanut butter cookies and banana ice cream. Do you have a fav flavor?</span></div>
</div>
<br />
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="43l52" data-offset-key="6qr3d-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="43l52" data-offset-key="2igt9-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fnW4SL5EOS91f4tnGEBUc_na-a9alFrD_TtU_yRgCdGJm-QBBP4zq5HqKOgThdgM09eEzu8NUU0KMtRBlgV6ysQMvGO79nJd5i1adCX6mHnnLSAr5kulvKFsxyvCKUK_hBjo4_sPVA0/s1600/ice+cream+sandwhich+day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fnW4SL5EOS91f4tnGEBUc_na-a9alFrD_TtU_yRgCdGJm-QBBP4zq5HqKOgThdgM09eEzu8NUU0KMtRBlgV6ysQMvGO79nJd5i1adCX6mHnnLSAr5kulvKFsxyvCKUK_hBjo4_sPVA0/s320/ice+cream+sandwhich+day.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2igt9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<span data-offset-key="2igt9-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div>
</div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-82358673441657025752016-07-29T11:43:00.001-07:002016-07-29T11:54:09.106-07:00I bring you the Fake Gordon Ramsay's balls! <br />
<br />
Last night the Fake Gordon Ramsay and I had this conversation. (Gordo is looking remarkably tanned after a 'tough' trip to Honolulu. Note to self: Check out jobs in the scintillating world of freight. <br />
<br />
Fake Gordon: "Doll, fancy my balls tonight for dinner?"<br />
<br />
<div>
Me: Looks up in despair from editing porny manuscript that Larry Flynt might be interested in.<br />
"What?"<br />
<br />
<div>
Fake Gordon: My balls tonight what do you think?"<br />
<br />
Me: Thinking - do I go there?<br />
<br />
Fake Gordon: They're pretty juicy."<br />
<div>
<br />
Me: "Help me sweet baby Jesus." <br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
I bring you coconut laksa with corinader fish balls.</div>
<br />
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7186e" data-offset-key="fctoo-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7186e" data-offset-key="10qh5-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="10qh5-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span data-offset-key="10qh5-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjk5yjv5mbFi8A7efgAIMM9_JnxU1mJp8oZxtXddG_epbydc-vQ69B1lvOOR2GfTCrbrtAogWuntrJul7pVaW56O89Z9VAeqYvBFTvBRTpBES-qGYkd0PpkQ2_4Odv0MBvQO4OjbuJsg/s1600/IMG_1195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjk5yjv5mbFi8A7efgAIMM9_JnxU1mJp8oZxtXddG_epbydc-vQ69B1lvOOR2GfTCrbrtAogWuntrJul7pVaW56O89Z9VAeqYvBFTvBRTpBES-qGYkd0PpkQ2_4Odv0MBvQO4OjbuJsg/s400/IMG_1195.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></span></div>
<span data-offset-key="10qh5-0-0"><span data-text="true">
</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-41151396613347175602016-07-18T14:24:00.000-07:002016-07-18T14:24:05.882-07:00Book News!After seventy-four years Bound to the Bounty Hunter is <a href="http://www.entangledpublishing.com/bound-to-the-bounty-hunter/" target="_blank">Available here. </a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://haysonmanning.com/bound-to-bounty-hunter.php" target="_blank">Read first three chapters. Click here. </a><br />
<br />
Check it out on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30136179-bound-to-the-bounty-hunter" target="_blank">Goodreads</a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIU5L5ZaAFXBmDCJoqS7Wc31U_m0f48tDyjlnIICDXh_2OfR6fVFGNRROAH7IRlbleXRPEpPTRnvleLpayGpYPXkJvpjcZ14F6cbZCibHtDoCCdUEf0VFN5t9SJLheElp9CE0ipz_Af7E/s1600/Teaser+-+Dairy+milk+chocolate.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIU5L5ZaAFXBmDCJoqS7Wc31U_m0f48tDyjlnIICDXh_2OfR6fVFGNRROAH7IRlbleXRPEpPTRnvleLpayGpYPXkJvpjcZ14F6cbZCibHtDoCCdUEf0VFN5t9SJLheElp9CE0ipz_Af7E/s320/Teaser+-+Dairy+milk+chocolate.png" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7WVTlqSGhN9McnvLz1B9XDsDV4SsgcVJhzMXySE_MmkeCDB09Ouev7idVF2y2uU_qTzydB4q2xXB6aXGD1aTm3hPCdmq84vWg564R0UTTR8tfgfWs3FXukDVp0QPwN9lQZKY7kT6-Zw/s1600/Teaser+-+Raspberry+scent.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7WVTlqSGhN9McnvLz1B9XDsDV4SsgcVJhzMXySE_MmkeCDB09Ouev7idVF2y2uU_qTzydB4q2xXB6aXGD1aTm3hPCdmq84vWg564R0UTTR8tfgfWs3FXukDVp0QPwN9lQZKY7kT6-Zw/s320/Teaser+-+Raspberry+scent.png" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBicbvAgh7OsxA7JF8W-ZvyYJwf82tlYrTY-m1A5ERH4CVMR5VaOxh_n3Wr2HFN8lZNt6A9SSGGN8G6SKKp40NrcowTGITcEbkq1TzusTle_-i4HyPhV9FqY7-tBUwBvuaa6W544tg0o/s1600/Teaser+-+Groupon.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBicbvAgh7OsxA7JF8W-ZvyYJwf82tlYrTY-m1A5ERH4CVMR5VaOxh_n3Wr2HFN8lZNt6A9SSGGN8G6SKKp40NrcowTGITcEbkq1TzusTle_-i4HyPhV9FqY7-tBUwBvuaa6W544tg0o/s320/Teaser+-+Groupon.png" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-65230876152316217962016-06-28T17:42:00.000-07:002016-06-28T17:42:31.116-07:00Book news! Cover Reveal<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"><b>I am very, as in (VERY) excited to reveal the cover of my July 18th release with Entangled Publishing - Bound to the Bounty Hunter.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"><i>Where alpha males meet their match.</i></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLWIVcynfLxsVQxCX0oQbSFkmuIHSy3qwlIyrRZAR_RABub3C-lHqV8ocOuUQvK2u9UFI9gfKFco1ZYFewh7Lu10CjhL_SgqUWF2j0TgUpQm3GM862sDbENiVVogTMVuz-CxM3gJB5bM/s1600/Bound_to_the_Bounty_Hunter-Cover-Hayson-Manning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLWIVcynfLxsVQxCX0oQbSFkmuIHSy3qwlIyrRZAR_RABub3C-lHqV8ocOuUQvK2u9UFI9gfKFco1ZYFewh7Lu10CjhL_SgqUWF2j0TgUpQm3GM862sDbENiVVogTMVuz-CxM3gJB5bM/s400/Bound_to_the_Bounty_Hunter-Cover-Hayson-Manning.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: none;">
Harlan Franco, Colorado's busiest bounty hunter and security expert, lives by his own rules: be in control, be detached, and never mix business with pleasure. These rules are tested when the woman he's being paid to secretly guard is none other than the sexy, unpredictable, pain in the butt, Sophie Callaghan––a woman determined to stay away from him. If Sophie finds out he’s in her life on an assignment, he'll never get the info he needs. But those lips, those curves, that attitude… If he could only have her for one night where she'd play by his rules.</div>
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: none;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: none;">
Freedom-loving private investigator Sophie Callaghan is on a mission. The daughter of a con-artist is not going to be used by a man again. What she doesn't need is hot, broody, and controlling Harlan barging into her life. Her brain may say no, but her body craves this bad boy.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: none;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: none;">
After a night where both live out their darkest desires, Sophie tries to fight the explosive chemistry between them. But the ties that bind her heart to this bounty hunter are tight and tangled.</div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-73552023336536863222016-06-27T15:12:00.000-07:002016-06-27T15:12:02.299-07:00Nature Challenge LA style!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxthCYsWc81SnTAdzVE_VxaaIseIB1989NJJxofP4feYCZaPWbM0hSasIfcYCbzxyXgYEmhw-qhVcv2_hsJcHMVVejcHGPaRdbz36lKDymXr1Ut_65ECw4p3W6Z5ZUXGpvkgttxgX-DtI/s1600/IMG_1121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxthCYsWc81SnTAdzVE_VxaaIseIB1989NJJxofP4feYCZaPWbM0hSasIfcYCbzxyXgYEmhw-qhVcv2_hsJcHMVVejcHGPaRdbz36lKDymXr1Ut_65ECw4p3W6Z5ZUXGpvkgttxgX-DtI/s400/IMG_1121.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">Nature challenge LA style. On Saturday in blistering heat, in the middle of the day, Head of the Clueless Wonders Tribe (me), bitched and complained my way to the top of the Hollywood sign.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">It took two hours round trip and shortened my life by three years. The views were great. Fake Gordon Ramsay decided he is now the fake Edmond Hillary and is planning more hikes. I'll go if there's wine, a misting cabana bagels smothered in cream cheese, smoked salmon and capers (my go to bagel). Anyone want to come?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOOFgxNI_f6gXttzBrC6LKKNE54egIkD9Q93aEFchNwVlFMMBflw0rowiXxpqjuHQRuWY3xxdLORx6RUFIEhBbuGwqmZ3HMKmLFJIadwz5xMLqQOdil2RBGI5fy_SSpE23pJDtz-UibE/s1600/IMG_1119.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOOFgxNI_f6gXttzBrC6LKKNE54egIkD9Q93aEFchNwVlFMMBflw0rowiXxpqjuHQRuWY3xxdLORx6RUFIEhBbuGwqmZ3HMKmLFJIadwz5xMLqQOdil2RBGI5fy_SSpE23pJDtz-UibE/s640/IMG_1119.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ViWNwm4Sjoppw_7tiL_x8EpvKAAaXyR_ApcVIvMveKgNcdflUY45O8h1X7KbWagrYBBTE_F5JqZ4cSHzOIrmNJmnet5iL4C47VBD84O4fP78Gj5udfLuOwkgyGtcbMX3PalgCQT-JTY/s1600/IMG_1117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ViWNwm4Sjoppw_7tiL_x8EpvKAAaXyR_ApcVIvMveKgNcdflUY45O8h1X7KbWagrYBBTE_F5JqZ4cSHzOIrmNJmnet5iL4C47VBD84O4fP78Gj5udfLuOwkgyGtcbMX3PalgCQT-JTY/s640/IMG_1117.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-88756861286195694312016-06-14T17:22:00.000-07:002016-06-14T17:23:20.733-07:00Lets make today 'hug your chicken' dayThat's it! What the world needs every day is a hug from a chicken. I know I do and I'm off to find me a chicken.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sX-ib_rFvnc/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sX-ib_rFvnc?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b> What do you need everyday? </b></div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-61327437623186358832016-06-06T14:47:00.001-07:002016-06-06T14:49:36.436-07:00Four things you need to know. <div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="js_46" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38; overflow: hidden;">
<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_5755e4ac8c5c97018664600" style="display: inline;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
My awesome friend <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=568316299" href="https://www.facebook.com/michelle.ponce.mazuros" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">M</a>ichelle tagged me and I thought this would make a fun post. </div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
Let's see what we can learn about each other curious to read other peoples' (if they fill it out).</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9YJaBvAhFqZtKqIX_YN6xQDZO9VDul10KnGzOVhycctEPWnQjRb4P_GH-eFucz779z2TTO8DSi_pk7x-D8dSNISuawipaZ1Pwt0nOSO3uYTtI1zc9F4XLXhXhVJrthaIc78B4DGBGuI/s1600/auckland+scene.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9YJaBvAhFqZtKqIX_YN6xQDZO9VDul10KnGzOVhycctEPWnQjRb4P_GH-eFucz779z2TTO8DSi_pk7x-D8dSNISuawipaZ1Pwt0nOSO3uYTtI1zc9F4XLXhXhVJrthaIc78B4DGBGuI/s200/auckland+scene.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Auckland - my home town</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<b>Four names I go by:</b><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />1. Hayson<br />2. Hay<br />3. Yo, Mom where'd you hide my shoes?</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">4. Roman Sandals Footwear (long story best told with wine)</span></div>
<div class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<b>Four places I've lived:</b><br />
1. Auckland, New Zealand<br />
2. Sydney, Australia</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJT66FcRE5k5oCayORd8oRFWfBWjZe_UQlFJQuNv9HEA-IgFOCBQgGyevtlhpnEFZFudbJzcRisWVr0wI4cHnpa4X2nA-2hABmpL0YyR5jouk-FLv94jDblzLIqmk2il3SXYmCAunT5Zo/s1600/savusavu+2005+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJT66FcRE5k5oCayORd8oRFWfBWjZe_UQlFJQuNv9HEA-IgFOCBQgGyevtlhpnEFZFudbJzcRisWVr0wI4cHnpa4X2nA-2hABmpL0YyR5jouk-FLv94jDblzLIqmk2il3SXYmCAunT5Zo/s200/savusavu+2005+005.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Savusavu, Fiji</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
3. London, UK<br />
4. Redondo Beach, CA</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<b>Four things I love to watch on TV:</b><br />
1. Deadliest Catch. Never missed a single episode.<br />
2. Thee Young and the Restless Newman or Abbot?<br />
3. Survivor - love Jeff Probst. My cracky addiction.<br />
4. Game of Thrones Game of Thrones Enthralls me and kills me at the same time</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPH6sAOcd2b45E6cc8MaQ12LR4NMDSAcptHGWN4TycjKRbh1C7YDExZ8wvgrmq5rKFqxwE6nZEKw0_4BmNd0YIeIIxfcAer3te4lERiAKFfZYxxHwLA7nEkFQDOE81Mlo22pU7akaTvc0/s1600/IMG_1094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPH6sAOcd2b45E6cc8MaQ12LR4NMDSAcptHGWN4TycjKRbh1C7YDExZ8wvgrmq5rKFqxwE6nZEKw0_4BmNd0YIeIIxfcAer3te4lERiAKFfZYxxHwLA7nEkFQDOE81Mlo22pU7akaTvc0/s200/IMG_1094.JPG" width="150" /></a><b>Four places I have visited</b>:<br />
1. Cairo, Egypt<br />
2. Upper Slaughter, UK, solely for the name. It was gorgeous<br />
3. Fiji<br />
4. Malaysia</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="line-height: 1.38;"><b>Four Things I love to eat:</b></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
1. Margarita pizza (clearly eat a lot)<br />
2. Handfuls of smoked almonds<br />
3. Marmite on hot buttered toast.<br />
4. Feijoas (a New Zealand fruit. Yum)</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzGS84oKjtGhb8qgBIblKfQmWgBz5qx0UrtKZNehXBNXl7oAB3E_elRDd7dErV5CxRpq_OU5qQ4sRuI8MgAMf912faxlpOQdBcd2XNovieuL_kSCurRVuKM-4bwPPEohZyGGljFm2osU/s1600/feijoa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzGS84oKjtGhb8qgBIblKfQmWgBz5qx0UrtKZNehXBNXl7oAB3E_elRDd7dErV5CxRpq_OU5qQ4sRuI8MgAMf912faxlpOQdBcd2XNovieuL_kSCurRVuKM-4bwPPEohZyGGljFm2osU/s200/feijoa.jpg" width="199" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feijoa. Yummmmmm</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<b>People I think will respond and hopefully be fun.</b><br />
1. I'm not a tagger, but if people would love to respond then cool! I'd love to read about you as well.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="line-height: 1.38;"><b>Favorite drinks:</b></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
1. A skinny flat white coffee, hold the sugar<br />
2. A crisp Sauvignon Blanc<br />
3. Coke Zero<br />
4. Margarita, lots of salt and lime.</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNcSR-TfUvDoySAa9Zylm6oE8aBVn0NZ8Dqclzondu8zzBi1QigUkH9uNvc7c0IQLwp-8z7aV8SLCCAAHUJW6LT87UaqB5WzDmOmv8ohfl_47wIjKI9FdGFBO8U0Xnm5SwRxeXM27s7g/s1600/IMG_1071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNcSR-TfUvDoySAa9Zylm6oE8aBVn0NZ8Dqclzondu8zzBi1QigUkH9uNvc7c0IQLwp-8z7aV8SLCCAAHUJW6LT87UaqB5WzDmOmv8ohfl_47wIjKI9FdGFBO8U0Xnm5SwRxeXM27s7g/s200/IMG_1071.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Genesis</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<b>Four Pets names growing up:</b><br />
1. Genesis - horse<br />
2. Muff Moh - cat<br />
3. Bleebs - dog<br />
4. Chevy - horse</div>
<h3 style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
I'd love to know something about you. </h3>
<div>
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-50628738958254068752016-06-05T10:41:00.000-07:002016-06-05T10:41:27.545-07:00Day seven of the nature challenge and we're...<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
Day seven of the nature challenge and we're everywhere!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
It's the last day and I'm a little sad. It has been fun to go through photos that trigger great and poignant memories.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
The first photo is an orange from a friends tree. I can just hear that orange screaming 'eat the lemons'</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCt0boyKjE5SA9G7uZc9UnKBxo_7F28XOBmOeJIKitAlAH8F1iHpvvmTw1XbQjGYWmfcuTpguib3I4vnGz0jHSYKQmIFqXNy8Z_HH9bTEd3XjrvU4cE9bhUls5PD7gMJyijRONngJF9I4/s1600/IMG_1038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCt0boyKjE5SA9G7uZc9UnKBxo_7F28XOBmOeJIKitAlAH8F1iHpvvmTw1XbQjGYWmfcuTpguib3I4vnGz0jHSYKQmIFqXNy8Z_HH9bTEd3XjrvU4cE9bhUls5PD7gMJyijRONngJF9I4/s200/IMG_1038.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eat the lemons!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCFfYYdIv35ppwwhBlmngAnfhzQ4TEHZs1pE728b6_mNZQZV8qr6zsgLSomzqnZLYbVAf12atwIpADL9iZIgBi4qKTScnPMu0V7wI-wwkLsY3j50ltLxzRReUiVkomqQ0blQqSqfCHNM/s1600/IMG_1069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCFfYYdIv35ppwwhBlmngAnfhzQ4TEHZs1pE728b6_mNZQZV8qr6zsgLSomzqnZLYbVAf12atwIpADL9iZIgBi4qKTScnPMu0V7wI-wwkLsY3j50ltLxzRReUiVkomqQ0blQqSqfCHNM/s200/IMG_1069.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me on Genesis. A feat of nature really - me on a horse</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZ6LuPy9pOzl-ri95ndUEGNu2XgGQmFmNXBYgnZOtBmgg6jWB_uEF8ZNqMoRc9epeQjyhZa0pURHmGzov8d9AS80pBntAPzJzelchgz2JBqNjMkEF-KqSOwNHLH_bcfSydtwf2wR3ibE/s1600/IMG_1076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZ6LuPy9pOzl-ri95ndUEGNu2XgGQmFmNXBYgnZOtBmgg6jWB_uEF8ZNqMoRc9epeQjyhZa0pURHmGzov8d9AS80pBntAPzJzelchgz2JBqNjMkEF-KqSOwNHLH_bcfSydtwf2wR3ibE/s200/IMG_1076.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: start;">A tiny coastal town - Bland Bay in New Zealand where I spent every summer. It's gorgeous and still has the same twelve people living there.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmv9DDf8DwxmvLpquETHwfif-G7aJureEgzPa6-CPYhd-oE4rrANXGJFIsBXn6Hkr6O5MzuIUl07BpWMT62eYBJoyMhi5cu6L3q8rmtAz4fsx9kLUsND4K0wTwM1YZ8C-BBCXZtat9SDA/s1600/IMG_1079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmv9DDf8DwxmvLpquETHwfif-G7aJureEgzPa6-CPYhd-oE4rrANXGJFIsBXn6Hkr6O5MzuIUl07BpWMT62eYBJoyMhi5cu6L3q8rmtAz4fsx9kLUsND4K0wTwM1YZ8C-BBCXZtat9SDA/s200/IMG_1079.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: start;">We drove for hours through freezing fog. It was all druidy. I think I might have chanted</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtIrU5jpvzNXuZgJyS_Q1CfBAUidAuwx4nx20hGkzqN3iyXtWq4F_69eiLghJMoGe7lxpcRhxSr6ahz5KHku0Hbyy5J4gZk4W5WVcXP1T3hVNzz2gImQww1hHcjlVGc8UOL35xaDO7H4/s1600/IMG_1064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtIrU5jpvzNXuZgJyS_Q1CfBAUidAuwx4nx20hGkzqN3iyXtWq4F_69eiLghJMoGe7lxpcRhxSr6ahz5KHku0Hbyy5J4gZk4W5WVcXP1T3hVNzz2gImQww1hHcjlVGc8UOL35xaDO7H4/s320/IMG_1064.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clueless One and Two who have forbidden me to post photos of them, but I snuck this one in </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="line-height: 19.32px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="line-height: 19.32px;"> I have loved doing this. I might slip some new ones in. What do you think?</span></div>
</div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-20267299174989680392016-06-03T19:08:00.000-07:002016-06-03T19:08:03.137-07:00Day six of the nature challenge and we're in...<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
Day six of the nature challenge and we're in Australia!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
Pass me some Vegemite, I'll crack a Toohey's and we can swoon over the All Blacks performing a haka.... I may have lived in Australia, but I'm a kiwi girl at heart and yes us Kiwi's did invent the pavlova. Check out the last pic).</div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQCOYj70v6sli5wx22hWzm5zydweeT9R-JNjoHCro1KHy5cR49VDFLii3F2rF6iUtNqqsKsa-sQSv-tA-QI6sJwQiiZKXYwll58LhTz1BJ1CP20JQ-2uY9iDaeWnZJG8ogA_Uy7KKYV3U/s1600/danger+cliff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQCOYj70v6sli5wx22hWzm5zydweeT9R-JNjoHCro1KHy5cR49VDFLii3F2rF6iUtNqqsKsa-sQSv-tA-QI6sJwQiiZKXYwll58LhTz1BJ1CP20JQ-2uY9iDaeWnZJG8ogA_Uy7KKYV3U/s200/danger+cliff.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Who knew cliffs could be dangerous</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWu-NaLz50VkQeDBfKFjg-btt4cijbMQMOFSgCIeQm_oYAAcf5T4XwUbyuGrS2nWMiJNdLIZyTL_b9mYuwcgh0OMDX61uw6fUDrtFzUg3SlKbf-MetpO4ikFrLUaAjMi4ydyxjg2j53ko/s1600/cockatoo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWu-NaLz50VkQeDBfKFjg-btt4cijbMQMOFSgCIeQm_oYAAcf5T4XwUbyuGrS2nWMiJNdLIZyTL_b9mYuwcgh0OMDX61uw6fUDrtFzUg3SlKbf-MetpO4ikFrLUaAjMi4ydyxjg2j53ko/s200/cockatoo.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: start;">The second is a little guy who came and hung with me while I worked outside. He was rewarded with the gift of a plum.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSpTXYvqTRjLPa12JnaM8_-Lqkq3e7osrO3hMUPiP1KfXbGeQtbq7RJdsGuqiLrd4ofvV9biIkBNPrUyCdgReo5qP88whb-2-7yF7vwX4-oZUtDw-zhPYdG-ERI-WDqCBG-OMFQTkQSw/s1600/bondi+beach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSpTXYvqTRjLPa12JnaM8_-Lqkq3e7osrO3hMUPiP1KfXbGeQtbq7RJdsGuqiLrd4ofvV9biIkBNPrUyCdgReo5qP88whb-2-7yF7vwX4-oZUtDw-zhPYdG-ERI-WDqCBG-OMFQTkQSw/s200/bondi+beach.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: start;">The third is Sydney's Bondi Beach. Sadly, the lifeguards had caught onto my act of pretending to drown so they could perform mouth to mouth.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM04hdJLy1e-NDHeC-9d7kWnzsp0rI1ZexNSebfXDYxoQljQXs3QmPwis-PUzXka394qDdhKtq-aNVP3UsKpTdPn21sHmP_Bt3y9jQQG_nGtaZAUzYYc4E6Q66O1sQ2zwMEuJuo2sVF6M/s1600/crocodile+man.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM04hdJLy1e-NDHeC-9d7kWnzsp0rI1ZexNSebfXDYxoQljQXs3QmPwis-PUzXka394qDdhKtq-aNVP3UsKpTdPn21sHmP_Bt3y9jQQG_nGtaZAUzYYc4E6Q66O1sQ2zwMEuJuo2sVF6M/s200/crocodile+man.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: start;">Cairns where a fool of a man does a fool man thing. Clueless Wonder One thought it would be the coolest job ever. Cue lots of scowling at the fool of a man.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReXtQP9MGNXPmTNxjCp2udJmytaMorg_RJ-CK9ySuKWK3ChehmZrZUzRm6RvzFa6lj0Kal3obnvz62lyAQ-av2TsTTn_nkBwrJAp3aYOXA5q_Yu369ygxQYS7rNIeL88LUIX4xSnwrIw/s1600/clovelly+sunrise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReXtQP9MGNXPmTNxjCp2udJmytaMorg_RJ-CK9ySuKWK3ChehmZrZUzRm6RvzFa6lj0Kal3obnvz62lyAQ-av2TsTTn_nkBwrJAp3aYOXA5q_Yu369ygxQYS7rNIeL88LUIX4xSnwrIw/s200/clovelly+sunrise.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset at Clovelly Beach in Sydney</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="line-height: 19.32px;">Bondi to Coogee walk. Who knew a cliff could be dangerous?</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMWhFFhPN3feNtgXUm1GhF3Pn1e_Io3Kv7lxgbX1FZIeS3VE41uS2bkuSP4tyuTwmhvAhwBuv25IEovuhEwIuQPjECDrU4SU90UinQpBXMAZwVLKht98CYkh7xNXj6Qx5AGMdyeNBTCk/s1600/pav.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMWhFFhPN3feNtgXUm1GhF3Pn1e_Io3Kv7lxgbX1FZIeS3VE41uS2bkuSP4tyuTwmhvAhwBuv25IEovuhEwIuQPjECDrU4SU90UinQpBXMAZwVLKht98CYkh7xNXj6Qx5AGMdyeNBTCk/s200/pav.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My kick ass pavlova</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-30622193911042947302016-06-02T17:41:00.000-07:002016-06-02T17:42:48.376-07:00Day five of the nature challenge and we've hit...<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="64n2p" data-offset-key="f9423-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f9423-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="f9423-0-0">Day five of the nature challenge and we are in the South Island of New Zealand. If you don't know where New Zealand is, head to Australia and hang a left. If you hit Antarctica, say hi to a penguin then back up a smidge. </span></div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f9423-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="f9423-0-0"><br /></span></div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f9423-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="f9423-0-0"></span><br />
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="64n2p" data-offset-key="f23d1-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f23d1-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="f9423-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f23d1-0-0">The first picture is a lake. I know. Go figure. I should know the name of it, I absolutely should. I went there, but I have no idea. </span></span></div>
</div>
<span data-offset-key="f9423-0-0">
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="64n2p" data-offset-key="feqth-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="feqth-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="feqth-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="64n2p" data-offset-key="1mh6j-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1mh6j-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</span></div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f9423-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="f9423-0-0"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbS1nlVR9MWCTxd8MmHFpXxhmY_We1ibMBTWPlU4P2rNnYWhH09IAQBoajDCnmANxDXKlG9EAM3y7cgeYfcc2dsaAsZ_RlEnDoMHQNisGREcLXMto-vMCfpDFIZKHTjxyB3XVwAJ20Jk/s1600/IMG_1059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbS1nlVR9MWCTxd8MmHFpXxhmY_We1ibMBTWPlU4P2rNnYWhH09IAQBoajDCnmANxDXKlG9EAM3y7cgeYfcc2dsaAsZ_RlEnDoMHQNisGREcLXMto-vMCfpDFIZKHTjxyB3XVwAJ20Jk/s400/IMG_1059.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: start;">The rest are of Kaikoura. Gorgeous part of the world where family hang. That's me hugging a pony or a mammoth.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwxokxanAOCEhjmKYLM3jPjL8FU8oe-ZhUzbhM0k85aWaUtzTxdX562NJVG7hEuy0Mf216lpaMb47fLUT4GzDL1usazz8N_Es66NA5i17lCxomxku5luaIQKtb-Hm7BsRrlResb0qnc7w/s1600/IMG_0331.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwxokxanAOCEhjmKYLM3jPjL8FU8oe-ZhUzbhM0k85aWaUtzTxdX562NJVG7hEuy0Mf216lpaMb47fLUT4GzDL1usazz8N_Es66NA5i17lCxomxku5luaIQKtb-Hm7BsRrlResb0qnc7w/s200/IMG_0331.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jmn_pNb190et3djmmwSOCy2pYkeHREmMp1hIUiY4wDiNAvg6mtdgpxFs1iTF_gC0_FVIQ0VwoQ71CyxqRduxVcwPmWsrfeNy031I7ElaEDTdtyNwIw3yjWQKAaWypXgKl9khYipjii4/s1600/kaikoura+from+the+lookout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jmn_pNb190et3djmmwSOCy2pYkeHREmMp1hIUiY4wDiNAvg6mtdgpxFs1iTF_gC0_FVIQ0VwoQ71CyxqRduxVcwPmWsrfeNy031I7ElaEDTdtyNwIw3yjWQKAaWypXgKl9khYipjii4/s320/kaikoura+from+the+lookout.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXIPv-oo2JTSBUkwxyg8GfPyaRUiX9RrzZ1MBxtzc1eIbOIQTpk68lcFgwMSkx5BoSY1MW8sLYwg2pDCc3TXmolwDdLS7KiqokygI5wdHGgSbJfZG3O6UUrCiFEr-eOZRpKYwuU7SSzc/s1600/IMG_0082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXIPv-oo2JTSBUkwxyg8GfPyaRUiX9RrzZ1MBxtzc1eIbOIQTpk68lcFgwMSkx5BoSY1MW8sLYwg2pDCc3TXmolwDdLS7KiqokygI5wdHGgSbJfZG3O6UUrCiFEr-eOZRpKYwuU7SSzc/s320/IMG_0082.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f9423-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="f9423-0-0"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="64n2p" data-offset-key="6930r-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6930r-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="6930r-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="64n2p" data-offset-key="f23d1-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f23d1-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<br /></div>
</div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-62400417493084985442016-06-01T16:51:00.001-07:002016-06-01T16:54:40.033-07:00Day four of the nature challenge and we're in...<div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="js_3" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38; overflow: hidden;">
<div style="display: inline;">
Day four of the nature challenge and we've poodled off to Cairo.</div>
</div>
<div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="js_3" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38; overflow: hidden;">
<div style="display: inline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="js_3" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38; overflow: hidden;">
<div style="display: inline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJmWe_Fw45yTDDJOmECmC8lV7JtxabE_RGouG850NCeRU64Iziot5KWmsU36StESg6KpaSj4MWipwvI-stph035Lufc_GF-tnOKZXE-lEw6TJsN-saUliZ0COvoPjSrqKhlyGhHlsRKk/s1600/IMG_1045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJmWe_Fw45yTDDJOmECmC8lV7JtxabE_RGouG850NCeRU64Iziot5KWmsU36StESg6KpaSj4MWipwvI-stph035Lufc_GF-tnOKZXE-lEw6TJsN-saUliZ0COvoPjSrqKhlyGhHlsRKk/s320/IMG_1045.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"> Such an amazing city. I thought we'd have to drive miles to catch the pyramids, nope, right there on the outskirts of the city.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57VisT0iq7cjMDdiFiA6pw_fOJhF59P6kUFsRFGki-ie7jT13R7s1fWQgHRBOBBH9ZPwqlaPkj1ybb4j4kl4M-A5d9bCTPGxUrt3UlOatgfIdThC_EnuHvEGLz-BsvxV0qWb5QLwjcEk/s1600/IMG_1053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57VisT0iq7cjMDdiFiA6pw_fOJhF59P6kUFsRFGki-ie7jT13R7s1fWQgHRBOBBH9ZPwqlaPkj1ybb4j4kl4M-A5d9bCTPGxUrt3UlOatgfIdThC_EnuHvEGLz-BsvxV0qWb5QLwjcEk/s200/IMG_1053.JPG" width="200" /></a> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">I can't believe we walked, scrambled hunched over through that tunnel until we reached the sarcophagus room. It was a long way in. Couldn't do it now!</span><br />
<br />
<div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="js_3" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38; overflow: hidden;">
<div style="display: inline;">
<br /></div>
<div class="_5wpt" style="border-left-color: rgb(220, 222, 227); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; padding-left: 12px;">
</div>
</div>
<div class="_3x-2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.08px;">
<div data-ft="{"tn":"H"}">
<div class="mtm" style="margin-top: 10px;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4jFqsyu-rWaduXnmmwwSNDHOjkEQ-DEIilMaQRAOKd-siZXB_idCGSn1RMvIdkRx5uJZWS8wCfSlHtjyyrLBSoGLgs4TZVySSgDzpIAah_R5BjGb4BoZg0ekJ35LpVNCmiyCsX1R2NM/s1600/IMG_1049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #1d2129; float: left; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4jFqsyu-rWaduXnmmwwSNDHOjkEQ-DEIilMaQRAOKd-siZXB_idCGSn1RMvIdkRx5uJZWS8wCfSlHtjyyrLBSoGLgs4TZVySSgDzpIAah_R5BjGb4BoZg0ekJ35LpVNCmiyCsX1R2NM/s200/IMG_1049.JPG" width="150" /></a><br />
<div class="_2a2q" style="height: 470px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 470px;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #1d2129; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuwvPibrnIODo-Cen88pU9pSdYcHwsD2PNmWNvPnvgpgjOzS5BGjX8sDiBUW2fQrpoZFZaZYa1THE5x1vxe_kX6wGNvCx4ITXjlIr1qlJAKuaRRDkvQ0jsZDfJqPLPvO851Ek2y84ZTrA/s1600/IMG_1047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuwvPibrnIODo-Cen88pU9pSdYcHwsD2PNmWNvPnvgpgjOzS5BGjX8sDiBUW2fQrpoZFZaZYa1THE5x1vxe_kX6wGNvCx4ITXjlIr1qlJAKuaRRDkvQ0jsZDfJqPLPvO851Ek2y84ZTrA/s200/IMG_1047.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNy9lhdso0Hurur0IYyn1gLz8plEAI30gRqa93iAHUxV_6NfAEKfb7eTUzKn9pxj63-ygYmNy-1vRF7gIvNq83B-zbbAm2cEV0LC3HzZKsu3w8tYiLfjiQSWSqCGiHtiN1J-LpreXAvQ/s1600/IMG_1050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNy9lhdso0Hurur0IYyn1gLz8plEAI30gRqa93iAHUxV_6NfAEKfb7eTUzKn9pxj63-ygYmNy-1vRF7gIvNq83B-zbbAm2cEV0LC3HzZKsu3w8tYiLfjiQSWSqCGiHtiN1J-LpreXAvQ/s200/IMG_1050.JPG" width="150" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #1d2129; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #1d2129; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #1d2129; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #1d2129; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Is there any monument or city that you want to see? </div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-59971674988760126312016-05-31T14:26:00.000-07:002016-05-31T14:26:00.474-07:00Today we're in gorgeous Tonga!<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">Day three of the nature challenge and we're in Tonga! </span><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnqPKhJ92Q71qi8H4Ab9tzO72cN02M9fG4MwpYZHQvlJiCSzX8hlfajftCdmU5XJV9490-20HLD2DVGW9aWO_g592WzrT-K0q4Qn5-ShyWQQ9TOO40myiu4bSUo6nCE9TBIIfpzwdIHI/s1600/Tonga+062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnqPKhJ92Q71qi8H4Ab9tzO72cN02M9fG4MwpYZHQvlJiCSzX8hlfajftCdmU5XJV9490-20HLD2DVGW9aWO_g592WzrT-K0q4Qn5-ShyWQQ9TOO40myiu4bSUo6nCE9TBIIfpzwdIHI/s200/Tonga+062.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the lookout</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZ-48M2c42My6AqBuLVtRGVOSr8JyHkBPOlhDhuoNLptejJG8Lzo4xiZ1AD-w8SbRpDU0QRuwRQTEhvFy9bAnzdYx3vIInmf3rt11Atl5nlLMp49uCNH4Rvr9tONB_DyPopgbBH6Zl48/s1600/Tonga+034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZ-48M2c42My6AqBuLVtRGVOSr8JyHkBPOlhDhuoNLptejJG8Lzo4xiZ1AD-w8SbRpDU0QRuwRQTEhvFy9bAnzdYx3vIInmf3rt11Atl5nlLMp49uCNH4Rvr9tONB_DyPopgbBH6Zl48/s200/Tonga+034.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes the fool on the bike is me<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: start;">It is like stepping back in time to paradise. The island we were on had no electricity, no WiFi, no TV or radio. Perfect....If I never have to play Monopoly again it won't be too soon, just quietly.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimxvgvFE8BqfRuUPC9cVn0JR17qgg0LFVUSvKrP1fUc0m2nN8KmRBvwCUJYkF8IRq7qdSjfpbRnV2CNu2vgVr6TFXkAn7rAlMralIfyJpofQCt7UC52mRyTbmClLObd-tBBEXXyUAOLo/s1600/Tonga+053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimxvgvFE8BqfRuUPC9cVn0JR17qgg0LFVUSvKrP1fUc0m2nN8KmRBvwCUJYkF8IRq7qdSjfpbRnV2CNu2vgVr6TFXkAn7rAlMralIfyJpofQCt7UC52mRyTbmClLObd-tBBEXXyUAOLo/s200/Tonga+053.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThyphenhyphenm568IiGjd5hxRqDFGXJ6aeQsB3WE-LmYBEnpOc3oUHg_46ryCl0pQxSVm7D0dSLu1h-fqWdisXGcCuZCOIrhUAkyc2ke4GicsUwWkiQEGaplhStaQPcCdHzWKd-GtKo4qe0_ZvuBQ/s1600/Tonga+019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThyphenhyphenm568IiGjd5hxRqDFGXJ6aeQsB3WE-LmYBEnpOc3oUHg_46ryCl0pQxSVm7D0dSLu1h-fqWdisXGcCuZCOIrhUAkyc2ke4GicsUwWkiQEGaplhStaQPcCdHzWKd-GtKo4qe0_ZvuBQ/s320/Tonga+019.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-73807247606111537762016-05-30T17:40:00.000-07:002016-05-30T17:42:25.724-07:00Day two of the nature challenge brings us too...<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">Day Two of the nature challenge brings us to the Grand Canyon. I don't know what I was thinking, but it was bigger, bolder and breathtaking.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"><br /></span>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOtj8Aj62SUi8LSt8zlxbmwXYc1WKtruvmkzYqEQTSMPkPwpBT7Sl5rygtpqKmF9AbS8qGjFCbD7cBvP7n0APyAim8qvS6on2XUYkuiqR4spJwV9Bfbo_vjTcL4vw2c7o2nfTTMe5qio/s1600/Cairns+2009+020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOtj8Aj62SUi8LSt8zlxbmwXYc1WKtruvmkzYqEQTSMPkPwpBT7Sl5rygtpqKmF9AbS8qGjFCbD7cBvP7n0APyAim8qvS6on2XUYkuiqR4spJwV9Bfbo_vjTcL4vw2c7o2nfTTMe5qio/s320/Cairns+2009+020.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOnz-SA1YnFpWZz84jMxssJBWWSJySX9CWFPoeSg9MOY9l1fMr2KGotNrv-chjOQlGAlGBunXGoGW97KoCxGpohHh_tAaQKWwwIZy8V2RjW7Ca7zgmORcIjIAXIXxf3EamTDUBfxjmlE/s1600/Cairns+2009+021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOnz-SA1YnFpWZz84jMxssJBWWSJySX9CWFPoeSg9MOY9l1fMr2KGotNrv-chjOQlGAlGBunXGoGW97KoCxGpohHh_tAaQKWwwIZy8V2RjW7Ca7zgmORcIjIAXIXxf3EamTDUBfxjmlE/s320/Cairns+2009+021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KqWtOOgrwYyqsfPcFhcdFXLztJi5A9pPYi8mjDY-IM3y2ZZKkhGr37HE1QlHZbDBPIp7iBXEeS6c8dAnwO_P9OtjuUV3tlqLZ00s9FAtSmUYpAoC6ni3LT5TlCuSaaWoFSl6HCkG7dE/s1600/Cairns+2009+025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KqWtOOgrwYyqsfPcFhcdFXLztJi5A9pPYi8mjDY-IM3y2ZZKkhGr37HE1QlHZbDBPIp7iBXEeS6c8dAnwO_P9OtjuUV3tlqLZ00s9FAtSmUYpAoC6ni3LT5TlCuSaaWoFSl6HCkG7dE/s320/Cairns+2009+025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">Yesss, those are my two trying to get as close to the edge as they could whilst I whisper begged them to step away from the edge. Still for sale - two boys. </span>Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321160968752505116.post-15688769470857746432016-05-29T18:29:00.000-07:002016-05-30T17:43:00.867-07:00The nature challenge. Pictures of me. <div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="ear92" data-offset-key="fqjem-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fqjem-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqi67x6uNvgcvthhgiQn7IyoAsHqyMOxIcdVTaPi5UXI20xDL2ZqBQuaRmR0Rty63oZ4yca9zE5GlLjTX81s5U31fJaWMmrQfdGa8Ps4K1iMM0TYBiNtB-WSzLabAUMELcv45jcXc_us/s1600/303.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqi67x6uNvgcvthhgiQn7IyoAsHqyMOxIcdVTaPi5UXI20xDL2ZqBQuaRmR0Rty63oZ4yca9zE5GlLjTX81s5U31fJaWMmrQfdGa8Ps4K1iMM0TYBiNtB-WSzLabAUMELcv45jcXc_us/s320/303.JPG" width="320" /></a><span data-offset-key="fqjem-0-0">I was tagged to do the nature shot challenge which I think is cool. I'm not comfortable about tagging people to carry it forward, because some people don't like being tagged. Please feel free to carry on or not, but I wanted to share some of me. </span></div>
<span style="text-align: center;">Niagara Falls. Beautiful. The boys thought it was hilarious to get as close to the edge as possible. For sale. Two boys</span><br />
<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGx_XvELdcbuud1XhjEQMxvnWDZi8P7TXOqt_iNHmHvSufuHewafiOeIAPxNeps8Q7irXekPF41p9g6yCLcFiOGhPfL1U5Y-YVIU5glTBCA0EYMyU4EgdJzIubU-grF_e-Azlm4UMuPU/s1600/353.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGx_XvELdcbuud1XhjEQMxvnWDZi8P7TXOqt_iNHmHvSufuHewafiOeIAPxNeps8Q7irXekPF41p9g6yCLcFiOGhPfL1U5Y-YVIU5glTBCA0EYMyU4EgdJzIubU-grF_e-Azlm4UMuPU/s200/353.JPG" width="200" /></a>. </div>
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbXIpp4jc_2rAGlAJSG9VNgxVzYx_IwqPjMAXsfdsnbUavDLiOlu7_XPLvpu33HyTZcZytRgvDug3gnpmA0V3fsasfJAwAma-qFy0kH5KKUj-0YFFz4f1UnMk-fTlCE1JW-76pqucz9Q/s1600/304.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbXIpp4jc_2rAGlAJSG9VNgxVzYx_IwqPjMAXsfdsnbUavDLiOlu7_XPLvpu33HyTZcZytRgvDug3gnpmA0V3fsasfJAwAma-qFy0kH5KKUj-0YFFz4f1UnMk-fTlCE1JW-76pqucz9Q/s320/304.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeiOpQo22f_Q8tAtjZDqjJl437H95VhUJIirnIynAEkxBcDI1cX2e8ikyegPy0WBOBLA2Pz5BCf8h98mjdoUJRm7uhnIoukTlhlLhTBpYqtzfX1nTCahmriHye_WFcBvRdEOSxYKYS5S0/s1600/349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeiOpQo22f_Q8tAtjZDqjJl437H95VhUJIirnIynAEkxBcDI1cX2e8ikyegPy0WBOBLA2Pz5BCf8h98mjdoUJRm7uhnIoukTlhlLhTBpYqtzfX1nTCahmriHye_WFcBvRdEOSxYKYS5S0/s320/349.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fqjem-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="fqjem-0-0"><br /></span></div>
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fqjem-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="fqjem-0-0"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="ear92" data-offset-key="1lfcr-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1lfcr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="1lfcr-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="ear92" data-offset-key="79dmm-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="79dmm-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<br /></div>
</div>
Hayson Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945522718079445534noreply@blogger.com2