Good Morning!!

Busy Time Square in New York City.  It has been a long while since I set foot there.    Someone said that if you stood in Time Square long enough you would meet someone you knew.     Can't prove that by me, but then I didn't stay there very long.

Ha, ha,   talk about getting even....I still love to check out the sky and enjoy the art gallery in the skies.

A man of talent.  No easy task . . . what an artist.    Wow!!

It is Thursday already;  daughter Patricia is visiting old friends and today she is going out turkey shooting.    She will have tales to tell on her return.        She missed out on the first session of painting one hundred and fifty rocks of all shapes and sizes.    There were ten of us ready willing and able to the task.   We didn't know what to do or how to do it but it was fun trying to follow a few pictures and create some little garden bugs.    I think the two little ones caught on right away and had such fun making up garden bugs of their own.    Clever and they really did a good job.    We will have one more session next week and finish up the job and we will all be superior bug artists by then.  The pizza treat was delicious well worth another visit and a chance to finish up our artistic talent for painting rocks.

 

Here at Ridgemont, everything was quiet.   There was a special tea at Stafford House, which is down the road, but I opted out as I had the rock painting to do.   I will hear about it today if any of my table mates attended.    There were not many at dinner yesterday, maybe the sunshine is giving them the wandering bug and they are all out and abut having a good time.  I hope so.   Vinnie and I had a nice long read and we are a bit more than half way through the book.    He delights in following the old battle lines and has a retentive memory so fills in some of the details of the battles like one of the generals plotting an advance.    He would have made a good leader but he was too young to be in the fray.   When he joined the Navy it was a time to 'see the world' and he did.

 

Our published author, Rose, has a new book out.   not sure if she is going to put one in our library or not.  She used to be a roving reporter for the local newspaper here in Port Orchard, for years, and did a tremendous job.   She decided to write a novel when she retired and then a sequel to it.   I am looking forward to reading this one.  Meanwhile, Doris has come back to the dining room.  I wondered if she had moved away as she disappeared and no one seem to know where she went or what happened to her.   I found out she had broken her arm in a fall and she spent a lot of time with her daughter until her arm mended.  It is nice to have her back.    Our ninety-nine year old Doris, the cookie maker, has been out more than in for the last month.  Everyone loves her and she is being wined and dined.   She said she will be glad when all this feasting is over as her clothing is getting tighter by the day.   She is such a lovely lady and has a terrific sense of humor.    Forever young. . . what a way to be.

 

So keep that in mind and be forever young and you will find yourself smiling a lot.    Be a good friend, a mentor, and help a younger member along.    I am sure there are younger members of your family that could do with a little encouragement and a lot of hugs from 'an old soul' like YOU....well, you are not 'that' old but experience counts, so share . . . tell a tale or two;  not all as they are still to young for all that worldly stuff....smile...... be a sweet loving human being who loves to share YOU with those you like and love.    You can share tales with me anytime.   Be good, be kind, be gentle and give away a lot of hugs today. . . send a verbal one, I can always use a boost or two from friends like you.    Hugs to all.