Saturday Morning.... Already!!!!

Good Morning!!!!   I am looking out my window at a lovely small tree which stands about six feet tall, a young tree, a tree of such beauty it is hard to describe as all of the Fall colors are shining in the sunlight.   Only God can make a tree, how true...and the beauty is indescribable.   The hospital building is across the way from me and I get to see the drawn shades each morning as the folks sleep in.  There is silence right now.  The sunlight is shining on the little tree which stands all by itself in front of one of the hospital windows.  It is an awesome sight, so beautiful in the early morning sunlight.  A 'thing' of beauty, a wonderful sight to see the first thing in the morning.   The little bird houses, all four of them are hanging but not a bird in sight.  There is one who hovers over the rooftop in a special spot that must be his or hers....soft deep grey in color and a fat little bird who has named that spot its own.   I am lucky to greet this little bird every day although if it could hear me it would probably fly away.  There must be a skeleton crew on in the hospital wing Saturday morning as there is only  two trucks and two cars parked out there this morning.   The blinds are down, silence in the air, nothing moving at all so no breeze this morning.  The sun is trying to break through as shadows are forming on the macadam and a beautiful day begins.   So, get up, get busy and enjoy today doing what you love to do best.  Be a good friend, be someone who cares.  My coffee cup is empty....so off for a refill and my Saturday cowboys....yippee ki-yeah as I ride off for a refill of hot black coffee and there is nothing good in this house....smile....you have heard that before.   Have yourself a day to remember.   Be good, be kind, be gentle, be YOU!!!  Hugs to all.

Friday Morning

Good Morning!!!  Sky is pewter in color, the trees are still, cars are parked on 'my' side of the parking lot this morning and everyone is in, no empty spaces this morning. Only one shade up over in the hospital wing.  Quiet prevails...and my coffee is ready so off I go to fill a cup, sip, wake up and visit with you.

AAH!!!!  Coffee, coffee....yum....hot, black, and Maxine is on my cup saying "I'm not grouchy by nature.  It takes constant effort."   Yep, a favorite cup.

The little blue bird is on the roof top across the way and has a really great view of a small tree with leaves of gorgeous red  and yellow, more gold than yellow. The worker cars are parked over here on my side of the driveway and three hospital wing rooms have blinds open and more not.  So the words do not change much each day....a new day...

You must get tired of the same old words every morning, but each day begins the same in its beginnings, but given an hour or two and plans begin to form and the door opens and out comes to mind;  but....Friday is a 'work' day with laundry to do, dusting is never finished and a trip to the grocery store might be in the offering;  yes, the cupboards are bare...they have a way of getting that way. 

Yesterday was a good day shared with my girls.   Today it is back to work, chase the dust kitties, fill the shelves with goodies;  soup is good;  crackers are good too;  maybe some hamburger for a big fat juicy hamburger for my dinner...with cheese....um....well I had better see to my coffee here and now and find a piece of toast..it is time to get off my duff and on to the 'working' world.   smile!!!  Have a good day...all day...doing what YOU love and like to do with those you like to do it with...be happy today.  Hugs to all.

Thursday has a nice 'ring' to it!!

Good Morning!!  It has to be at least five a.m. but I have not looked at the clock;  my body clock is enough!!  The sky is a soft night time blue, much to early to change color.  The trees are still, nothing moving even it is to early for the worker's cars to come in, but I am sure they are heading this way and a new day begins.

The quiet of a morning is fascinating.  Nothing is moving, even the little birds are sitting quietly on the roof top across the way and no workers are driving in right now so silence is profound.   It is good, calming, the body clock is waking up and the mind is beginning to function with thoughts of what to write about today...wish they were getting through as I have no idea what to write about right this minute....thinking it is to early to be up and about..but..it really isn't, the usual time and the brain takes a minute or two to motivate.

The scene out my window is calming as the sky is a soft blue;  the tree tops are still;  the hospital building is hidden in darkness and there are several cars parked in front of my window this morning.  I guess it is parking on 'my' side this week so I get to see in the car windows when the day light appears; right now everything is in darkness within the cars themselves.  I can see the roof top and the little birds are not there yet.  The night light is on and the orange glow reflects in the macadam of the road.  A tiny bit of moisture, so there must have been a drop of rain or two in the night.  If so...I didn't hear it, but then I never do.  I am thankful for my good sleeping habits especially when I hear some of the folks complaining about how they cannot sleep.  My eating habits have not changed either..ha.ha. 

I have no plans for today.  It is Thursday and that is always sort of a hump day.  It does mean the weekend is coming up and hopefully there are a few plans in the making for a good one.   So go, fill your coffee or tea cup and relax and enjoy some breakfast.  Some folks like a big one or just a sweet role or two, but whatever the choice be sure you relax, wake up slowly and put your feet up as you listen to the news of the day day, figure out what you want to do with YOU, and sip away.   Make today the best one yet!!!

It is Thursday...celebrate!!  Hugs to all.

Hump Day!!!

Good Morning.  .... Good Morning  ....   a new day is dawning..... Good Morning, Good Morning to YOU!!!!   and many more....yep...in good voice...but in whispers as it is very early.  The sky is a beautiful blue, the trees are still, not a bit of a breeze out there this morning.  No cars on the hospital side this morning but a couple parked on 'my' side right under my window.  It is dark yet so I cannot see in the car windows.   The night light is still on.  If the bird is up there on the roof top, I cannot see him...it is too early....and I am not awake yet...but am off to refill my coffee cup and that should wake me up and I will be back with words....or not...ha.ha...it is so early and the brain is still asleep.


It is hump day, Wednesday all day, and no plans to be had.  The girls are busy.  I have no plans for today, a down day, as the saying goes.   Mid week....could use a few groceries but have to work up a list first.  Maybe I'll suggest a shopping trip  a bit later, right now I only have one eye open.   It is early.....

So I'll let you off easy this morning.  I am going for a refill....watch some news...feet up....and relax...way to early to think about motivating...don't have to rush or fuss so mid week is good....off for a refill, feet up, a new day begins.....um......wonder what it has to offer.....lets go find out!!!!  Hugs to all.

Tuesday Morning...Very Early!!!

Something to think about this morning....who would it be???  I can think of a couple of folks I'd like to see this morning, a loved one from way back, a someone who was special and well loved and, although called back, is never out of heart and mind.   We all have folks we treasure.

One of the wonders of our world is our memory . . . how lucky we are to have a mind that retains some of the wonders of our life time.   We can sit quietly and close our eyes and remember...ah remembrance a gift in life.  Some days the mind recalls very early times and we can recall family members, friends, and events from long ago.  Memories are a blessing for the most part, even though we have a few that are sad because someone we cared about was called before his or her time;  according to us;  but not by the time issued at his or her birth.  It is amazing when you stop and think about the 'parade of folks' that have marched through our lives.  It is a wonder that they stay clear in mind and heart.  Stop and visit your past awhile and think of the people who have become a heart filled memory complete with the love and laughter shared during our life time.  A time to remember each one who contributed some love and laughter ...and maybe a tear...to add to our memory bank and the overflow of love we feel.  How lucky we are.

So today, stop at a church of your choice and light a candle of remembrance and offer up a prayer for the soul of the departed.   Spend a little time remembering the good and the bad times, the love and the laughter, the tears of sadness and joy and the love that never leaves the soul.    And it is okay to light one for me as I can use a bit of love and laughter.  I'll keep you in mind when I next stop to light a candle.  Today is going to be a good day, so go....enjoy every second.  Hugs to all.

Emma!!!

Emma.....a very special loving companion we wouldn't want to be without.  She is always happy to see each one of us and doesn't mind making the rounds as she enters the room and checks out who is there.   Those eyes speak for themselves and the story of love they tell is special.  We are lucky to have her.

Well it is a new Monday, all day, and I have no plans.   I have some catch up work to do like a trip to the laundry room but I might put that trip off for a day or two;  until I feel like it....ha, ha, who ever is in the mood for laundry, the necessary evil of our existence.   What ever happened to those disposable clothes once touted as a coming event?;  guess it proved to be impossible and we are stuck with our laundry days.   It isn't all bad though as we do meet and greet some of our fellow renters and pass a word or two in greeting. 

Today is a no plan day;  a day to do a lot of nothing if that is the chosen path today.   There is always something to be done but that takes 'a mood' to get it done, smile......and one is not always 'in the mood' ...yeah and Glenn Miller immediately comes to mind..smile. 

So I am off for a refill of my coffee.   I wish I had something 'good' to go with it but there is nothing good in this house...my cry...my lament....my wishful thinking as I nibble on a piece of toast that has no relationship with a doughnut that I can see or taste.    No use grousing, lamenting does no good....but I can plan a trip to a store later and find something 'good', I do too know where the doughnuts are.   So...be good, be kind, be generous to a fault and be loving above all....be YOU...be all you can be today.  Hugs to all.

Sunday Morning

Good Morning!!!!  September is going its own way leaving us with the onset of the winter months, a change of season, a busy time coming up as we think about the holiday season that is closing in on us.  The fun time of year.  The busy time of year.   A time we all have hot and cold feelings about as we prepare for all of the 'preparation' and have to start using our thinking caps as we head for the shopping  expeditions and search for that illusive gift for that special person.  Shopping can be fun or it can be a prize pain and that depends on your attitude.  So you have time, lots of it, get out that writing pen and pad and start your list, do your shop walking on paper then plan your days to go and find just what you want for that special person in your life.   Start with checking out your 'paper' products. Do you have anything left over from last year?   I don't so it means I need wrapping paper, some ribbon.....nah, its too early, I'll think about it another time...smile!!!!

It is Sunday all day and I have no plans today.   I may join the puzzle group and continue trying to find those illusive pieces that do not want to be found.   A beautiful puzzle full of color and hard to find pieces.   A challenge which we all enjoy.

So choose your activity for today;   be a friend, help celebrate today...Sunday, a special day to relax, to find reasons to laugh out loud;  hugs do not hurt;  maybe spoil a little but we all need a little spoiling.   Today is your day to shine...so get out there and shine.  Hugs to all.

A New Saturday, all day!!!

                                  A Fallen leaf....how beautiful.....Fall in all its glory!!!

A beaten pathway, a slow walk to the ocean, yes...I do miss that.

Saturday morning and it is pitch black out of my window this early of a Saturday morning.  The worker cars are already parked for the early workers but there are some empty spots  yet to be filled as the later worker comes in.  The sky is a night shade of blue, almost day light but has a way to go.  It is Saturday all day, a work day and the beginning of a new weekend to find things to do and places to go.

Silence prevails.   Nothing moving at the moment and 'big bird is sitting on the roof top across the way, all alone and lonely...or happy to be king of the hill....smile.

My coffee cup is empty and that is a no...no...;   a full cup of hot coffee is always number one on any day of the week, but Saturday seems to have a bit more significance.....hot coffee is a must....helps to open the other eye...smile.

So there is no new news as I tell you everything at the click of the blogger button.   I leave nothing to the imagination but tell it all....ha.ha....if there is something to tell.   Yesterday we had a meeting upstairs, and a fireman came to tell us all about how to act and react to a fire in the building.  How to be safe and secure and how to be prepared with a 'go' bag at the ready. 

So, I am off for a refill, have the television on but no Saturday cowboys yet.   Soon...it wouldn't be Saturday without them.   Workers are going in and it must still be drizzling as the road is wet and it looks like a bit of wet pavement out there.  A rainy Saturday...doesn't that sound good.....yeah!!! Haven't had one in awhile and they do have a tendency to let you slow down and hunker in...not all bad. 

SO!!!!  I wish you a day filled with love and hugs;  a little libation to wet the whistle and put a skip or hop in your step....don't forget a good deed or two....don't forget to be a friend....don't forget to treat yourself right so you can treat others the same....be good, be kind, be gentle, be YOU!!!  Hugs to all.

Friday All Day!!!

Good morning!!!!  Coffee!!!!!  Coffee!!!! Are you ready?  I am...in fact I am off for a refill and open the other eye....I'll be right back!!!

   AAH!!!!  A truck and three cars in front of my window this morning.  The lights are not on in the hospital wing that I can see.   The shades are drawn, silence in the air, no wind at all as the tree leaves are still and the bird is on the roof top waiting for the sunshine and a new day...just like me!!!

Coffee is good, hot, black, tasty and a wake up call.....I listen well as I am on my second cup.   AAH!!!!!  Coffee, coffee!!!!

It would have been okay if you had brought over some doughnuts;  yeah!!!!  I am quite fond of them.  I didn't get this girlish figure because I do not eat sweets...ha, ha....I'm the first in line, the last in line and always looking for more.  There is nothing good in this house...of course not...I eat anything that isn't glued down and if it had sugar I'd probably do away with that.

I could cook up some bacon and eggs but that would be like work;  nah...I'll be content with the left overs from the Gallery last evening...good food, good left overs and at the ready this morning.   I'd share if you were here, but you are still snoozing and I am up and hungry and ready for breakfast...I'll think about you and I would share if you were here but you are not...so....a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush as the old adage goes, and.....you know where the good stuff has gone...well you knew I couldn't resist...sugar...sugar......

It is Friday all day.   I have Friday chores to do and hopefully will go up and puzzle a bit today.   I wonder if the folks got much done yesterday.   So.....a new day, a Friday all day, and I have no special plans to run away today....but that could change..smile!!! 

Have yourself a good day, all day, doing what you love to do.   Be a good friend, share a hug or two and don't forget to do a good deed or two.   Have a Happy Friday doing what you do best.

Hugs to all.

A Thursday Morning!!

Today...Thursday all day...and a rainy day at that...didn't expect rain but then I was not paying attention to the weather.  A little rain wont hurt a bit, in fact it should do some good and make the plant roots absorb the water for the on coming Fall weather...it is changing every day and soon we will be facing a change in our weather to cold...a little snow??  ha..ha.  well I can hope.   The bushes are changing color to a deep amber and a little red peeks through some of the green.  Fall has a color combination all its own and I think it is really beautiful.  The trees are showing some russet shades and it is really very pretty.  The worker cars are all parked on my side of the street this morning.   I have two white, one black and a grey so there is variety..smile. 

My door is open but I have a sweater on..smile.   The sun is going to come out, or at least the sky is changing to a brighter grey, no blue in sight.  No movement in the trees, have I said that already?  Well, silence and quiet are the morning ritual around here.  There are two white cars in front of my window this morning, one with white beads hanging from the mirror.   There are two black on either side and a truck so the folks are in and working already.

I am going shopping with daughter Patricia this morning...not sure what we are shopping for but the junker store will have something we cannot leave behind.  I am not looking for anything special but then I never am...smile!!!

Thursday all day, the days go bye so quickly.   The weather is changing;  Fall is in the air....a new season and a busy one coming up.   Holidays....um...seems early to be saying that but days go bye fast and before we know it the season is here and we have to start thinking of how we are going to celebrate, yes, and make our list and start looking and see what the offerings are this year....shop until we drop..ha.ha...well we enjoy it in spite of what we say!!!!

Have yourself a good day, all day, do a few extra chores and get them out of the way.   Think of something you can bake or cook up for your dinner later...I am thinking lunch time and soon I will be out the door and having lunch somewhere...maybe a big Mac....haven't had on of those in awhile.   or????maybe something Chinese...or Mexican....or a peanut butter sandwich at home.  Food is always on the mind...um....maybe if I had breakfast I wouldn't be thinking lunch..smile.

So!!!!!  Be good, be kind, be someone who gives meaning to the day.   Hug a friend, maybe relent and hug an enemy now and then and see what comes of it.   I have my shoes on, my sweater as it is chilly around here this morning, and I am ready to go look around and see what is out there.   I hope you have a good day, a productive day, a day to make you smile.

Be YOU!!!!  Hugs to all.

Hump Day. . . All Day!!!

Good morning.   It is Hump Day...Wednesday....Mid week....and I have no plans for today.   I had a great day yesterday, got to sit out in the sunshine in Pat's yard, watched the birds and the bees for awhile...smile.  AND...I did some card shopping which is always fun.  I also bought some Halloween candy ..now, if I do not open it up and devour it, I'll be in good shape.

Right this minute the sky is a deep blue, an early morning shade, no wind at all, nothing moving...silence....no lights on in the hospital wing.  It is to dark out there so I cannot see if the little bird has arrived for its day in the sunshine.  Before dawn...silence....no breeze this morning so quiet prevails.    It is Wednesday, hump day, and hopefully a quiet day has arrived. 

I have had my first cup of hot coffee and my cup is empty, so off I go for a refill.  I will turn on the television, feet up, coffee cup in hand and relax awhile as I listened to the morning news.   I hope you are still snoozing in and having beautiful dreams...enjoy...no reason to get up and get going this early in the morning.   It is just a habit from way back for some of us;  um....habits can be broken...or can they?   Mine is ingrained so I guess I am going to remain an early riser.  AND, there is nothing good in this house....smile...well, there was but I ate it all up.   Nothing is sacred around here.

Have yourself a great day doing what you love to do best.   Don't forget hugs for those you love and like.   Be kind.   Be YOU!!!  Have a great day, all day.  Hugs to all.

It is Tuesday today...

Words from the castle this morning....well, I try to find something new and different to whet your appetite....I know, you would rather have a big fat jelly doughnut and a hot drink....my cup is empty and my toast gone....some things never last.

It looks calm, grey skies, no trees on the move, silence, stillness and the worker cars are parked on my side of the road this morning.  Blinds down in the hospital wing, one bird on the roof top and a new day begins.   I am going off with daughter Patricia to card shop today and that is always fun.    I remember going card shopping with a friend and we would stand reading funny cards to each other laughing out loud.  It didn't take long to attract some others to laugh along with us.  If you have not been card shopping, think about it, it is always fun and it makes the recipient smile all day.

I had a good day yesterday, a quiet day doing  a lot of nothing special..lazing about.  Lazy days are good for the soul, gives us a bit of stretch room...smile.

I hope your day is 'good' all day and you enjoy each second as it comes your way.   You have smiles to share, hugs too, and hopefully a drop in or two...company is always fun and welcome....you can drop in my doorway, but check to make sure I am back from card shopping...smile!!

I am off for a refill, some news, then shoes on, out the door and card shop, one of my favorite things to do.   Now if I can keep my thinking cap straight I'll be ahead of myself and that isn't always easy to do...old age...um....well it beats the alternative so it is said....

So.....make your day one to remember;   share smiles and hugs....and have yourself 'the time of your life'  be bright, be cherry, be YOU!!!  Hugs to all.

A September Monday

Good Morning.   It is Monday morning, pitch black out my window, one car drove in to park for the day and the worker is not in  a hurry to move...just laid on the horn and I bet that woke her up..smile.

I am off to make my coffee, cannot make any sense until I have my first sip...don't go back to sleep, I'll be right back!!!

Coffee!!!!! Aah!!!!!!  A new week begins and I am wondering what is in store for us.   Not one window shade up in the hospital wing;  not a bit of a breeze this morning and not a light on over there in the hospital wing.   I think I've said those words a dozen or more times...but those are the words that come to mind as I look out the big window and see the shapes of the tree leaves, the blue of the sky that has not turned bright yet and quiet, stillness, another new day.  Yes, a new Monday, beginnings, new week, new things to do and places to go after we wake up and discover there are plans to be filled...plans????what plans??? um....have to get busy and make some.   Monday...all day....

So, I hope you wake up to a bright and beautiful day filled with love and laughter.  I hope you get the planned chores finished and you open your door and go outside to fresh air and happy plans for today.  Take a friend to breakfast.  Take a walk down a lovely pathway and smell the flowers.   Look up and see if there is a bird on your rooftop...there is one across on the hospital rooftop.  A quiet time of day;  peaceful, restful....um....think I'll go back for a little more down time, it really is much to early to be up and about.   A coffee refill, my easy chair, tv for news....um....yes, a good morning...join me!!
Hugs to all.

Sunday, Sunday....la, la,

Good Morning!!!!

Hey, it is Sunday all over again...a new one, blinds not open, little after five a.m. and that is to early to do or say much of anything.   I am up....I am not really awake but I am working on it.

I have places to go and things to do today so I am not going to blog for long...first, I am not really awake, my coffee cup is cold and I am in a rush to get dressed and out the door....I am going off with my girls...smile!!!

So, with little or nothing to say this morning, I will promise to be back later and let you in on all the festivities of the day...if there are any....well, lunch out will take place either inside or out...we will find out before the morning is over....right now I am not awake, have to go and get ready and out the door and then I'll come back with some words for you....hopefully something to make you smile.

So...go...have yourself a day to remember doing something you really want to do and love to do.    Be good, be kind, be gentle...be YOU!!!  I'll be back...Hugs.

Saturday All Day!!!

My first cup is gone....my cup is empty....off for a refill.....the worker cars are all parked, under my window, all spaced evenly and one a little closer than they should be as they will have to open the car door slowly;  a bit close this morning.  The sky is a lovely soft blue, trees are still, blinds still down in the hospital windows and quiet prevails....silence right now.  It has to be all of five a.m. and one bird is sitting on the roof top across the way.  The night light has been shut off, no movement in the trees, Saturday...a new day...and, I am still waiting for a bird or two to visit the little bird houses across the way, four of them all lined up and one bird is on the roof top much to big to fit into one of them.  Someone meant well but they have to think pigeon size.

It is Saturday morning, a new day, a day to fill with all manner of choices and I haven't opened my eyes long enough to think of what mischief I can get into today...there must be something I can do....um......

My coffee cup is empty;   the t.v. is not on as yet;   I didn't buy any doughnuts and there is nothing 'good in this house' ...aha..you are beginning to know my song...smile.    So....I wish you a good day all day doing what you love to do best.   Stop by the church of your choice a light a candle for a departed soul who is waiting at heaven's gate to be welcomed in;   your day will come when a few of those prayers will be stored for you.   So.....all together now:  "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change  Courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference"   So.....you are in good stead....go....have yourself a day to remember filled with love and laughter.  Wear a halo today!!!  Sure,you can, there is one to fit you!!! 

Good Morning..It is Friday morning!!

Good Friday morning.  The sky is pale blue, the trees are still and the Fall colors are glowing early this morning.  The blinds are down in the hospital wing and the night workers are heading for their cars and home to bed.  A new Friday morning, to early to tell what kind of a day we are in for.  Right now the sky is pale blue, trees are still, and a new Friday begins.    I have grocery shopping to do;  I have good treats to buy and I am thinking of buying some real good hamburger for my dinner tonight.  Of course, if someone should invite me out,I might save it for another day.   One invitation and my shoes are on..smile.  Oh, my little bird is on the roof top watching the worker's cars come in and park for the day. 

I have no new news;  quiet around here, no one into mischief and I'd say all on their best behavior...smile.  So...it is Friday all day and I am going shopping for groceries and I think it is time for one of those big fat jelly doughnuts or a cruller, it has been some time since I invested in one of those....no calories..of course....but then I do stretch the facts now and then....but then I don't have to watch my girlish figure anymore....ha, ha,  it has been a long time since I even gave that a thought...

So, off for a refill, a bit of news, let time catch up with me and I'll be off, out the door and shopping...a favorite past time as I walk the grocery shop aisles and get to choose the foods I like....maybe a little hamburger and a slice or two of cheese to go on it;  pickle and onion...of course.   Is it supper time yet?   Breakfast!!!! There is nothing in this house....you have heard that before...smile!!!

Have yourself a good day, all day, it may rain, or not...we will take the weather in stride....I think it is sprinkling now.  The Fall colors are gorgeous this morning as the colors shine even without sunshine.   As for me...off for a refill, a bit of news, and a new Friday begins.   I hope each of you has a good day, all day, doing what you love to do best....your choice!!

Be good, be kind, be gentle, be YOU!!!  Hugs to all.

Mid Week!!!

I like to think of it as rebuilding time when you take the time to rebuild, renew, recall the good things in your life and how lucky to have so many ....bet you ran out of fingers to count them on....smile!!! 

Time Out!!!  Thank YOU!!!! Each one for caring, sharing and being a caring family member and friends who make my world go around and around. 

It is hump day, ... Wednesday, all day, and it is dark out my window right now, don't think I have hit the five a.m. mark yet...worker cars are parked on my side this morning.  The blinds are down in the hospital wing and the sky is soft blue as it waits for the sun to come up.  The trees are still this morning.  One bird on the roof top across the way, the night light still on, not a bit of movement right this minute but that will soon change.  A new day begins.

I am in good shape as my laundry is caught up;  the dusting done, and, one of the ladies shared her book which she thought I would enjoy reading.  I might put my rocker out on the porch and do that a little later on, but only if I do not get an offer to go off for awhile.   Junking appeals to my fancy nature, not that I need any more junk in this small apartment, but...who can resist...not me!!!

So, with little to say this morning, I wish you a good day, all day, doing what YOU love to do best.  Make someone, including yourself, happy by opening your mind, your heart and your purse...ha,ha...go..buy yourself a present today, you deserve one.

Hugs to all.

Monday All Day!!!

Monday, Monday...la, la, la.....there is a song about it but I don't know all the lyrics, lucky you, or I'd be singing to you right now..smile!!!

The sky is a light baby blue with a mist of cloud in it.  The trees are still.  The hospital shades are down, cars parked under my window this morning and all is quiet around here.   It is early.   Silence is fleeting so I enjoy this time of the morning.  The little bird is on the roof top across the way and my coffee cup is empty....that will never do...be right back.

AAH!!!! Coffee!!!!  Coffee!!!  Hot and tasty and a "waker upper"...one sip and 'aah'!!!!

A new week begins and I wonder what is in store for us.  We have a beautiful blue sky with soft white clouds from one window and my door is open to another view which is a huge dark cloud with a bit of pink thrown in for good measure;  the look of a big bird and not a bit of a breeze, nothing moving.  I have mentioned the bush here in the back of the apartment.  The leaves are beautiful, brilliant, the colors of Fall , so lovely, bright and the colors of magic.  I do get to 'hear' silence early in the morning and it is soft and peaceful.   I never took time to 'listen' to silence but I find that the older I get the more I appreciate it.  So a new day begins and I have to decide how to fill the hours...a bit of puzzling;  a dusting wouldn't hurt and maybe a walk out a bit later.   I have much to be thankful for, and a walk out doesn't hurt at all...smile.

I wish you a good morning...a good day....a fun day after the chores are done.  I hope you find things to do that make you smile.   Hugs are necessary....kind words, a smile as only you can give....so...practice, practice, practice....ha..ha....well practice makes perfect I'm told.   Go....have yourself a day to remember!!!  Hugs to all.

Sunday Afternoon

Good Afternoon, a tiny squirrel is running across the street, and, one bird, with a red like coat, is sitting on the roof top on the hospital wing.   It is cloudy in our skies today, but not much of interest, mostly a bank of white clouds, a 'patch' of blue and some grey clouds that are floating shapes, and a few very bright blue tiny wispy clouds in a sea of grey.   It is quiet.   It is still.   It is Fall as the bush outside my window attests to with its branches of russet shades,leaves of gold, a bit of green yet to turn and the beauty is awesome.   How lucky we are to have such beauty in our lives when the season changes...Fall is really beautiful.

It is Sunday all day  and I had a great start with breakfast out with my girls...nothing pleases me more and I do not have the words to tell them how much they mean to me.  I've used thousands of them over and over and there is never enough words to wrap them in the love I feel.   A wonderful way to start a Sunday morning...breakfast out....hot coffee.....and a choice from the menu of what you like and enjoy.   Tales to tell and listen to;   smiles, giggles and grins, hot tasty food served.   A great way to start a Sunday morning.

I came back and joined the ladies up in the dining room;  did a bit of puzzling; then came down to quiet.  It isn't all bad but...the proverbial but...it does get lonely and the television gets a workout...I thought of going for a walk, but did not...lazy....at this age hunkering down in an easy chair is so much easier to do....

So Sunday is a day of rest and resting I really know how to do....smile....I am nearing dinner time and am going out to my kitchen, and find some soup to heat up....chicken noodle is good;   chicken vegetable is better;   French onion ...nah.....um, wonder if I have any crackers....I'll have to go find out.   Enjoy your repast....make it a good one...share it if you can as that makes it all the more fun. 

I hope your Sunday has been a good one.  I hope you found things to do and places to go and folks to go along too....be good....be happy....smile...and don't forget to share a hug or two....I'll take a verbal one any time.

Go....be YOU...have the rest of the day to yourself.   Hugs to all.

It is To Saturday....All day!!!

 Good Morning.   A good way to start off and say Good Morning;   the sky is a beautiful soft blue, the trees are still, the bird is on the roof top, cars are parked and the blinds still drawn in the hospital wing...a new day...a Saturday all day, and it is quiet around here inside and out.  Good Morning!!!

We are never to busy to salute our flag.  It is such an awesome sight, really stands out and reminds us who we are.

Daughter Patricia has such beautiful hands,  long fingers, lender, beautiful and is an excellent driver.   We were off to yard sales yesterday, fun, and even found a treasure or two.

This is what one looks like when the brain begins to go off on its own path...I am getting that look more every day...smile!!!

Good Morning.  It is Saturday.   I am looking out my window and see the pavement is still wet, so we must have had some rain in the night and I did not hear it, but then I had some sleeping to do as I had a great day, a long day, a yard sale day and it was fun to go hunting for treasures.  I found a couple and have a new lazy Susan on my table.  I also have a new candy dish that is empty, but not for long..ha.ha....the big job is making a decision as go what to put into it....it really doesn't matter as no matter what goes into the dish disappears before you can admire the contents of the dish..smile.

So we have a new Saturday, grey skies, probably a little rain earlier  but  clear now.  The bird houses look cute over in  the window of the patient across the way, four of them, one a bright red, a long one and two short house like ones.  The birds should be happy, wonder if they put any seeds in them...bet not.  silence prevails.   A new cream colored car is out in the lot this morning.  It has a vanilla cast to it, looks new, shiny, bright and beautiful.  Next to it is an all black coupe with a huge window with something hanging from its window but it is to dark to see.  It is Saturday, the folks sleeping in, don't have to get up and rush about.  

So that is the news this morning...not much ...just a good morning, hope your day is wonderful, just like you...fill your hours with love and laughter and take a few minutes to stop by  your church and say a prayer for the 'departed souls' and a few for those of us who seem to lead the parade...smile.  Be a good neighbor, a best friend, a lover, a wonder who shares love and laughter today.   Be good, be kind, be gentle, be YOU!!!  Hugs to all.

A New Day!!

A wise woman with beautiful words;  and she is right, it starts with a smile!!

It is dark outside my window this morning, but then it is every morning.  No breeze this morning and it is early so cannot see if the little birds are on the roof top.  I have one eye open...thinking about opening the other but the smell of fresh coffee is beginning to permeate the apartment and that is getting my attention...I want my coffee and I want it now...smile!!!  Do not go back to sleep...I'll be right back.

"AAH!!!"  Coffee!!  Coffee!!   I am smiling!!!  I am sipping!!!  Delicious even with a bit of heat on the tongue.   There is 'nothing good in this house', yep, truth hurts but there really is not a crumb to be had.  It is time to shop. 

It is Friday, laundry to do, a bit of dusting wouldn't hurt and a bit of grocery shopping is a must.  The cupboards are bare...that is to say there is nothing 'good' in this house....when there is, it doesn't last long!!!!

So you have heard all of my words a dozen times or more so I'll let you off easy this morning.  I wish you a good day, all day, doing what you love to do best.  I wish you good health, a bit of wealth, a bit of sharing and caring and a hug thrown in the mix.   You know the drill.....be good, be kind, be gentle, be YOU!!!  Hugs to all.

It Is Thursday All Day!!

A sunshine morning.   Folks out in their 'go' cart, some walking their dog in the sunshine and the colors are beautiful and the air warm.  It is a beautiful morning.  I have a couple of trees, well rather high bushes, and the leaves are turning that burnish color, almost a brown but more reddish coloring and the sun picks up the  color and it is Fall in all its glory.   With all of the buildings and the parked cars there is more metal than floral, but the floral that is there is beautiful and the bushes which are now small trees, are a sight to see, a beauty all its own.  Fall has a lot to offer and all we have to do is relax and enjoy it as we gaze out our windows. 

I have been up since five a.m., don't have to be, just a bad habit..smile.   I am waiting to go upstairs for lunch and hopefully a little puzzling afterwards.   I have no outside plans today and a rest day isn't all bad.  I may go for a walk to the corner and back after lunch as it is really very beautiful outside this morning.  All of the worker cars are parked on my side this morning and there are a couple of 'silver' ones today, new I'd say and very beautiful.  There is a new white four door out there this morning....a real beauty, bet it gives a nice ride. 

On television there has been the program about pawning stuff and people have been on with a lot of things to pawn and have no problem asking a high price for their treasure.  The two men, on the show, are experts and they know the worth of 'stuff' and are not bashful about putting what they think is a right price.  No one seems to complain.   I get a laugh out of the way they toss the amount out;  I haven't anything to pawn and what I do have is probably not worth very much...well in beauty and love of what I do have, I have nothing to complain about. 

I am off for lunch time...I am hungry.  I may stay up for awhile a do a bit of puzzling with the ladies.   I think the puzzle we were working on is finished but I have not seen the finished product yet.  They do leave it up for us to get a peek at it.  I don't know what the scene is next but I am sure someone chose one that is not going to be easy and that is the way we like it.  A challenge!!!  We all need a challenge to keep the mind busy and the fun going...finding the illusive piece...aah....fun....and sometimes a bit challenging.  I am off for some food and fun.  Have yourself a good day, all day, doing what you love to do best.  Be sure you are a friend today;  be a good one;   a loving one.  be YOU!!! Hug to all.

Good Hump Day!!

Good Morning.   The sky is clear baby blue, the trees are still, the blinds down it the hospital wing, my coffee cup is half full and a new day begins....wonder what is in store for us????   Something good I hope...a little work, a little play, a visitor or two, a ride out, a trip to the store...so many choices....

It is quiet, two birds on the roof top across the way, not a bit of movement, no breeze in the trees and a couple of blinds have opened in the windows of the hospital wing, so someone is waking up and getting up for their new day.

The cars are parked under my window but the inside to dark for me to tell you what color the upholstery is, just looks black from here....but, the inside of the cars must have new upholstery as the outside shines with newness.  All cars in and parked but one open space.   Time to wake up and start a brand new day!!!

My coffee cup is empty so I am off for a refill, will blog a bit and try and think of some mischief to get into this Wednesday...all day...looks bright and beautiful and calm out there.  The workers are parking and walking in to start their new day.  I have four little bird houses, I think that must be what they are, hanging in front of a window across in the hospital wing.  Someone wants to encourage a visit from a bird or two.  Speaking of visitors, daughter Christine is due over this morning to do a bit of bookkeeping...have to keep my affairs in order....take about a second..ha.ha!!!

So....I am off for a coffee cup refill, sit in my favorite chair and put my feet up on the hassock as I watch some news on the television.   The sunshine on the tall trees is really beautiful, shades of bronze shine in the sunlight. 

Be good, be healthy, be wise and wealthy if you can..then adopt me...ha.ha.   I am off for a refill, a bit of news, feet up....aah!!!!  Go....have yourself a good day, all day, one you want to remember!!!  Love to all.

A New Day!!

I have a little bird, in fact, two of them but I cannot swear to their color as they sit on the rooftop across the way from me.   I would name them but my memory banks are getting stranger than strange and old age is catching up with me.   Hard to admit to the changes but it happens to the best of us and I, for one, cannot complain as I am still able to function...ha.ha...depends on who you talk with...ha.ha.   The cars are parked on 'my' side of the driveway this morning.  The sky is a pale baby blue and the trees are not moving so there is no morning breeze.  The blinds are down in the hospital wing and quiet prevails.

A new day.   I am off on a ride this morning and am not sure I want to go...the mind is fuzzy but then it is early and maybe a cup of coffee with clear the cobwebs away.  I am ambivalent, isn't that a nice word, but not sure, if and when the head will clear and I will make some sense for my new day.   Heading into the old age phase is one thing, getting there is scary as the thinking mode changes second to second.   So be patient with me, know I will tell you all about my day out.

Off to find my shoes,  have a sweater ready as it is beginning to show Fall colors and the change in the air.  It is a lovely time of year.   Have yourself a good day, all day, doing what you want to do and like to do..smile....I know there has to be some work thrown in the  pile but you will make short 'work' of it...smile.

Be good, be kind, be gentle...especially with family and friends.   Treat them well and teach them well and the mix is sure to make your day a good one.  Hugs to all.

Fall....How beautiful!!!

It is that time of year....time to choose a great big pumpkin, jack-o-lantern time....don't forget to carve a smiley face.

or a bird feeder....great, clever idea....why didn't I think of that!!

Good morning.  It is Sunday morning and the sun is shining and the trees are colorful, so beautiful in the morning sunlight.   No breeze, nothing moving and hardly any cars parked out in front of my window this morning.  Some one has a nice brand new light grey car and it is driving slowly out of the driveway....carefully...smile...no dents so far and hopefully not destined for the future.

I am being lazy this morning.  I don't have to be any where until lunch time.   I have no plans so I can take my shoes off and do a lot of nothing....although there are things to do and a book to finish and I am sure if I look around I might make friends with a dust mite or two.  It is Sunday...a day of rest....

So.....be good, be kind, be gentle, be YOU....make or take time out today to do just what YOU want to do.  Be a friend, generous to a fault and make someone you love, or even like, feel that hug like you really mean it.    Be a lover....of family and friends....maybe take on a stranger who has not had a hug in a very long time.   Be YOU, be good and be kind....you really don't know how to be anything else...smile!!!

AND celebrate FALL as it is a very lovely time of year.    Where is your camera?  WEll,   find it.....take if for a walk and find some beauty to capture...looking out my window, I can see some really beautiful colorful trees dressed in their Fall colors and glowing in the sunlight.   GO!!!! Take a walk out and snap, snap, snap.

Have yourself a day to remember.   Hugs to all.