Day One Hundred Sixty Four 2013

I love Autumn more than any other season, but even I recoiled at the sight of all these scarecrow people dressed in Fall colors right here smack dab in the middle of June in Hobby Lobby this afternoon. For the love of Pete, it’s not even Summer yet! On the other side of the aisle was Fourth of July decorations. That I can deal with. I wandered into a far corner of the store where the first hints of Christmas can be found. Thank goodness, you don’t have to look at it yet. Probably not until July anyway. Time flies by fast enough, folks, without having to see all the seasons flash before my eyes all at the same time. Tomorrow is Flag Day [June 14], by the way. Now there’s a decoration I can live with all year long.

Day One Hundred Sixty Three 2013

“If I never met you, I wouldn't like you. If I didn't like you, I wouldn't love you. If I didn't love you, I wouldn't miss you. But I did, I do, and I will.” ~unknown

These two have been next door neighbors and best buds for the past two years or so. Grandson Elijah and his friend Anthony have had some great times playing together. Elijah’s dad has said that Anthony is at their house so much of the time that he should declare Anthony a dependent on his tax return. Elijah’s mom says they’ve been together so much that they’re more like brothers than friends ~ and they fight like brothers. Today is their last day to play together. Anthony is moving out of state tomorrow. Elijah says they can talk to each other with Face Time. I hope they do. I hope they stay in touch. Good friends are hard to find and harder to let go. I know they’ll miss each other terribly. Bye, ‘Anfony’, we’ll miss you!

Day One Hundred Sixty Two 2013

Lunch Bunch Peeps in Dogwood Park today: niece Julia, hubby Neil, sister Ann, sister Jane and brother Ken. Missing from this picture are niece Sarah who came and ate and had to leave, and nephew Chris who didn’t make it at all because he forgot and was tied up at work and couldn’t have made it anyway even if he had remembered. We always enjoy getting together, no matter who’s there. Thankful for the shade and the nice breeze. Don’t they look like they’re having fun?

Day One Hundred Sixty One 2013

The Better To See You …

Time for the annual eye and vision checkup. Neil and I have a most excellent eye doctor. The older my eyes get, the more I appreciate him, and the more I’m thankful for insurance that pays for these exams and glasses/lenses. This is our year to get new frames if we want them. Since my prescription hasn’t changed much since last year, I’m sticking with my current frames, but I did opt to get some prescription sunglasses, which I think I’m going to enjoy. [The lenses are polarized, which makes an amazing difference in blocking out glare~I’m so excited to get these]. Neil had to have new frames since his rimless were beat  to death. Over all, our old eyeballs are in pretty good shape~certainly a blessing and something precious to be thankful for.

Day One Hundred Sixty 2013

“I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.”   Genesis 9:13  New International Version (©2011)


Awesome [double] rainbow this evening as the setting sun shone through the falling rain. My little cell phone camera couldn’t capture the whole width of it. Would love to have had a wide angle lens for this. Neil and I stood in the rain in the Subway parking lot, gaping at it. Pretty cool.