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.