What a Wonderful Day

I want to thank everyone for the wonderful birthday greetings yesterday.  I had a fabulous day.  Started off with a nice walk.  Then hubby and I played a round of golf at the beautiful Lost Tracks Golf Course.  We ended the day at our favorite restaurant - Trattoria Sbandatti.  Weather couldn't have been better.  Blue …

Three Score Years Ago

"You aren't really 60. Just 21 with 39 years experience!"  On my Birthday: “Three scores is 60 years ago,” It is poetic as the shadows grow. I selfishly holds memories a bliss while yearning mom's forgotten kiss.    While whispering the numbers to myself, Longing the days of dolls and elves. My hair has lightened, …

Cemeteries

For as long as I can remember, I've had a sort of macabre fascination with cemeteries.  And the older the cemetery the better.   I wonder what the lives were like for these people who lived here so long ago. Whenever I travel, if I happen to pass by a cemetery,  I have to stop …

More Critters

I've added a gray squirrel to the menagerie of animals visiting us at work.  I suppose the corn cobs I'm leaving for them helps bring them around.  Between the gray squirrel, ground squirrel and scrub jays, the corn doesn't last very long. Maralee

Cactus Flower

I was at a friend's house recently and the cactus plants in her garden were flowering.  I'd never seen a cactus actually flower before so I took some photos of it.  It was at the worst time of day to take photos . . . noon . . . but I did what I could …