Wires

 Once upon a time . . . back in the good old days....this is what telephone lines looked like...now you can carry a tiny gadget in your pocket and not worry about connections.   

The Florida Keys.   I visited there once some years ago and remember the ride down through the Keys, arriving in time for a delicious lunch, a visit to Hemmingway's home, saw huge turtles that were very old, and happy that I finally got there. 

I thought this was a lovely picture, and if you are in a funk because of weather, you can look at it and think of where you would like to fly off to...maybe the Florida Keys;  or Hawaii;   or somewhere where you can get a sun burn and shine, and blister and burn and laze about in a string bikini.

Some days you wake up and wonder . . . what part is dragging?   What part has snapped?  and what part is not working up to full steam.....we are creatures of many parts and we don't know how important they are until we wake up and find they do not work like they used to.    The fact that they still work seems to be the a reason to be thankful. 

 

Sunday morning and it is quiet....not a creature stirring, no car noises, no wind or rain, just silence.   Even I am quiet this morning, not a lot to talk about as I didn't go anywhere or do anything that was memorable.    A quiet day inside, to catch up  on balancing the checking account, tear up some of the old papers.  I missed my shredder.   

 

Here at Ridgemont it was quiet also.   I met Betty in the hallway and she told me she has some pictures of her trip to Africa that she would like to share.   She had three trips cancelled this year, signs of the times with all that is going on in our world.  She was afraid she might come off as being a braggart but I think I assured her that there are some of us truly interested in seeing the pictures and hearing about a trip we may never get to go on.    I love to travel.  Always did, just didn't have the money and saving up for a trip like that took a few years so the trips were few and far between but oh so enjoyable.  I am thankful for each and every one. 

 

One of our men just came back from a two week movie tour.  Not sure where or what it was all about but it had to do with watching dozens of movies.    Sounds like fun, especially if they were good ones.    Maybe he will tell us a little about it when he is rested.  

 

The head chef is down to his usual menu , no surprises,  There are more citing their dislike for the dinners but were told to write their complaints down and the cards would be taken over to deliver the message that his cooking 'stinks' for want of a better word.     All starch, fattening, tasteless, ...wait, I'll get my dictionary out and see if I can find some stronger words......well, you get the gist of it.....institution food means saving..  taste, quality and thoughts for ones fellow man.  The only redeeming feature is that on some Sundays they serve a crème pie;  a store bought one but it taste pretty good especially if it isn't banana.....smile.......even that one gets a poor vote.

 

So now that you have heard the negative  side of living in a senior apartment complex, you will start saving your money so you can go to one that is fancy and costly and get your moneys worth.    Save now, or you will be here eating the chef's dregs.    As for me, I have a small kitchen and it works just fine.   I had lentil soup and some good crackers and topped it off with an ice cream bar.    Hot tea later in the evening;    a TV show about Nostradamus and his predictions . . and not one of them a happy thought;   he tells of history repeating itself over and over.....fires, storms, floods, sheesh...if he couldn't say anything good he shouldn't have said anything at all.....they did agree the world didn't end 2012.   I had no idea it was suppose to...did you?

 

Off I go, coffee time, time to wake up and look forward to dinner at Pat's....Haddock....now that is going to be some dinner....I'll be ready.    You would be invited if you were here.    Know you are missed...every day....stay healthy and happy;  work on being content.    Give the best of you to get the best back....it works that way.    Smile and the world smiles with you...weep and you weep alone.....so the old adage goes....but for some there is a shoulder to cry on and that helps...So be a shoulder today.   Make someone glad they know YOU.  Hugs to all.