Day One Hundred Fifty Six 2013

The Mulberry tree in my back yard is loaded with ripening berries. They are so sweet. The grandkids [and kids] love them. One of these days, I’m going to make a pie with them. Better yet, a cobbler. [They're good for you, too.]

Day One Hundred Fifty Five 2013

Randomness

This hasn’t happened in a long time ~ Grandson Knox fell asleep in my lap on the front porch swing this afternoon while his momma and daddy packed up to head back home. Miss you, little boy.

All life is a journey, not a home; it is a road, not the country; and those transient enjoyments which you have in this life, lawful in their way,—those incidental and evanescent pleasures which you may sip,—are not home; they are little inns only upon the road-side of life, where you are refreshed for a moment, that you may take again the pilgrim-staff and journey on, seeking what is still before you—the rest that remaineth for the people of God.
~from an 1855 religious text by Rev. John Cumming

Pink day lilies in Solaris color setting on cell phone camera ~ they are laying on the ground under a red maple tree, trying to crawl their way into some sunshine.
Happy June 4th, y’all!

Day One Hundred Fifty Four 2013

Daughter Kelly and son in law Kerry treated Neil and me to a fabulous dinner at House of Thai this evening here in our little town. This restaurant has been here forever, and we’ve heard the food is delicious, but we have become set- in- our- ways old fogies who never try anything new. Neil and I had no idea what to expect, but we were pleasantly surprised by how wonderful the food is. I enjoyed the Avocado Shrimp [with onions, asparagus and almonds with rice]. I’m sure a return visit is in order in the near future. Thanks, Kelly and Kerry, for encouraging us to step outside our little box and try something totally different.

Day One Hundred Fifty Three 2013

It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Summer When……

…..your face is covered in mac n cheese at Cracker Barrel for supper………

…...you go for an evening stroll with your momma, grandpa, and granny around the block……..

…..you see the Red White And Blue on display on a neighborhood front porch. [Flag Day is June 14]………….

Mark 8:36  [KJV]   For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

…..the air is filled with the scent of honeysuckle and magnolia……..

……sunsets come later and later……..

…..you want to go just a little bit further down the road before you head home…….

…..lightning bugs flash around the yard……..

…..there is no limit to the bubbles you can blow…….Summer is coming fast [summer solstice begins June 21 at 1:04 a.m. EDT]. But it may as well already be here.

Day One Hundred Fifty Two

When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.  ~Ogden Nash