We awakened to a 55 degree morning today; the sky is blue, the sun is shining and the air is cool. We're enjoying a typical October day on September 9. If all our days were this beautiful, everyone in the world would move here! As it is, half the world already has but that includes us so can't complain. In celebration of the cool weather break, the crock pot is simmering with pinto beans and ham, yum! I just might stir up some cornbread...
Our cup runneth over!
N.C. will be presenting us with a " bambina" in February. She is feeling a bit less queasy and ready to enjoy pregnancy. I had been thinking of" snails and puppy dog tails" but can readily entertain "sugar and spice".
Maria has passed the halfway point in Army basic training and after much stressing, has passed her marksmanship requirements. Keeping her head down during live fire exercises and the grenade throwing is yet to come. She is on schedule to graduate October 7.
Leslie, Mr. Blue Desert and Mr. Dooglesworth are basking on the beach with their toes in the Pacific.
At last report, our granddaughters are back in school and lovin' it. It's just reading, writing and mathematics with "no making nonsense" for these two.
The gala apples are yelling for attention. I peel apples as I watch old movies of evenings, cook them all night in a crock pot and can apple butter the following morning. We've given apples to neighbors, cooked apple crisp for a neighborhood cookout and frozen apples for future family get-togethers. Now, we must climb a ladder to reach the biggest and brightest and keep on peeling apples. The prickly pear fruit has a nice burgundy edge showing; another harvest is in sight. However, prickly pear is a great favorite of javalinas so can't count the proverbial chickens before they hatch just yet.
AAAH!
FROM THE KNOTHOLE: My, oh my. Is that ever a 50-cent word. Halcyon. I say, hmmmm. Yup, it's in the dictionary, so I guess we will have to go with it. It means a good day, or maybe, an especially good day. Like when all you want to do is have a picnic with your lover, or go sit on a cloud, or lie on a beach and watch the waves come and go, or just do nothing but day dream. Perhaps, as summer turns into autumn, that is what we are supposed to do: pause and contemplate how wonderful life really is.
a parting shot from bbman: in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth. first words in the bible, genesis 1:1
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