Friday!

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder......

Some words to think about.

If only I had someone to love me.

Here it is Friday already, the week is ending and a new weekend is here to enjoy. The Fall colors are fading as the leaves are disappearing and the rains have come to stay awhile.   Yesterday was visiting day here at Ridgemont as I had three ladies stop in and visit awhile.   Doris brought up her picture of a little girl painted by Renoir to show me before she gives it to her granddaughter.   It is lovely and I am sure her granddaughter will love having it on her wall.   Doris is downsizing and giving away some of her treasures.  I have some of her tiny pewter figurines on my bookcase shelf;  a gold miner, a donkey, a couple of pine trees which tell a story all their own.   Lois came to have tea and we visited for an hour or two;  lots of conversation and a bit of reminiscing of traveling with small children way back when.   Then Doris II came with some homemade cookies and stayed for a short visit.   Our marvel lady, almost one hundred years old and still walks without a cane.   So having an 'in' day was a bit more fun than I thought.

    I have a new book to read, came in the mail from Andrea and Bob.   An Irish read they tell me is fascinating.   I am mid way in a book so when I finish it I will take myself off to Ireland and visit awhile.    I'd rather be on a trip there, a real one, but a good read is satisfying....well, not as much fun as traveling there but beggars cannot be choosers.  I am thankful they sent the book and I am sure I will get lost in the pages and a few memories of my trips over there will surface.    I'd like to do that all over again.

   It was a lovely way to spend a day, the tea was great and the cookies scrumptious, and ,of course, the company was the icing on the cake.

Today is laundry day.   We have to adhere to our own time so I have to wait until this afternoon.  I a a morning person so that is hard to do.   I think I'll ask for a time change as a lot of folks here in Ridgemont like to sleep in.  Me...I'm up before the birds.  Have no idea why my body clock thinks four or five a.m. is wake up time.  I go to bed after eleven p.m. and read awhile, yet the 'rooster' in me trills like clockwork and I'm wide awake.   I get to spend my first hour with you folks and it is a great way to start my day.    Now, if I only had some interesting words to share but nonagenarians  lead a quiet existence unless one gets an invitation to share an adventure.    A trip to the grocery store will have to be "it" for today.

So off to check and make a list, put my shoes on and walk the aisles.   One way to exercise.   I am going to buy some hot dogs and have beans and hot dogs for my dinner tonight, chop up an onion and I might even buy a jar of pickles...want to come?   You are welcome, the door is open....

Be good, be kind, be gentle and use your seconds wisely.   Someone you like, someone you love, someone you want to share time with today is thinking about you ....don't sit there, pick up the phone and make a date and get up and out that door....stop by and light a candle at your church...there are many folks in need of a prayer.    Buy some funny cards today, don't forget the stamps, then get busy and mail them off to cheer up those you like and love.    Share YOU ...who could ask for anything more???? smile!!!   Hugs to all.