Have you heard the call for, “no more daylight savings time,” from the masses which includes me and probably all the way back to my great, great grandparents? Spring after spring. Fall after fall. To no avail since again soon the time will change, falling back. Soon we can rest assured we will have the delightful chore of making 2 o’clock a.m. magically become 1 o’clock a.m. I … [Read more...]
Desert Snowmen
As fall falls around me I am already thinking of the snow of winter and what it will bring. Then I smacked myself around and decided not to get so far ahead of things. Well except for the little window I keep open in my phone that today tells me it is a mere 191 days until next Easter. But I only look at it once a day. Okay maybe twice. No, I am not wishing my precious life … [Read more...]
Sun Up To Sun Down
When we were kids chances are that we took no mind to the fact that every day when the sun comes up and then when it goes down it is an amazing show to see. That’s alright because, thankfully, it happens today just as it did when we were kids and when our ancestors were kids. The show the sun puts on for all those who take time to watch is nothing more than time moving us … [Read more...]
Hitting The Nail On The Head
There’s something in me that really does not like to make phone calls. Oh I like to talk on the phone. Talking and I are grand friends. But for some reason, my insides get squiggly when I have to make a call. Very strange indeed since I come from a very long line of telephone company worker bees. This phobia goes all the way back to the CB (Citizen’s Band) radios. We had them … [Read more...]
Long Ago Close-Ups
In the world today we all have our pictures taken daily. Nearly everywhere and nearly all day long. Well hopefully not in bathrooms. You just need to assume cameras are everywhere. I am not a fan of the picture taking world. I have come to realize that no matter what you look like in your head, the camera certainly does not lie. On top of that, those sneaky cameras like to … [Read more...]
Milestones Make Smile Stones
Milestones Make Smile Stones On the path of life, milestones are huge. Even little ones. First tooth. First steps. Have you seen the commercial where a guy gets up from the couch where other people are watching a baby do baby things. When the guy is out getting snacks the baby takes her first step. When the guy gets back he wants to know if everyone can make the baby take … [Read more...]
Is this you? Dripping and spouting off about drippers
If I were queen of the world I would decree that everything made and sold would last forever. Yes forever. There is no reason that dripper hose and especially the little dripper nozzle things last only a few years or so. Why do I go out every day to check my little drippers only to find that at least one has popped off and the line that is suppose to be saving water is now … [Read more...]
Is this you? The Movies we Choose
Life is so full of choices that sometimes I find myself ducking decisions instead of making them. Movies are a great ample example of this. Not long ago I read a funny thing. It referred to people who get to a certain age who happily are driving down a highway listening to music loudly as to drown out the cars and other things. Then when they get to their exit and they begin to … [Read more...]