Fruits and Vegetables !

Doesn't this look YUMMY.  I can not tell you how much I love this.  It just makes my heart sing.  I have made so many things.....mini cherry pies, small apricot pie, a yummy soup that's to die for.  To think I am going to get this about every other week is just amazing.  I am not kidding.  I am so happy to have this delivered.  It takes the guess work out of picking them out myself at the store and wondering where have they come from.  Once I was at Winco and in the produce a man was putting out veggies, can't remember what they were but the box he was taking them from was from China !  WHAT !  I have bought the organic labels there and really other than the Farmers Market the only places I have bought fruits and Veggies were at BelAir, Raley's and of course my favorite Sunflower.  But  now I have a variety in my kitchen.  This way I will try new and different ones.  So here's to eating, enjoying and loving life.  It pays to join a CSA.  Thanks Paula.  Tootles

 Lady Bug, Lady Bug !  What a mystery they are.  If they land on you it means Good Luck.  This one didn't land on me but it did land close by, horse shoes or not I'm going to count it.  I did move it down on the flowers.  It is just interesting finding the different bugs and such in your own yard.

Then of course we have Elviria.  What a sweet kitty she is.  Where ever we are in the yard or in the house she is right beside us as well as our dogs.  But she is so pretty just had to take her picture.

Today is Memorial Day.  My Grandmother always called it Decoration Day as we would go to the Cemeteries and put flowers on the graves.  Growing up did not really understand just what we were doing and my cousins and I would end up playing tag or just tumbling down the hill much to my Grandmother's dismay.  It just took a stern look from Mother to get us all in line.  Now I realize how sad it must have been for my Grandma and my Mom and her Sisters as they had a Brother who died in the war and two Sisters who died very young.  One was a few weeks old and the other 14.  By the time I was old enough to understand we had already moved to California so never got to go back.  I did go several years ago but of course Grandma wasn't with us but she was there so it was very sad indeed.  I think that is one tradition that is not followed so much but I will say this, if I were still in Kansas or happened to be there at this time we would be going and decorating.  I am lucky enough (thank God) to not have family in Cemeteries here.

Well, on that note will leave you all with "Living Life to the Fullest" and don't put off anything.  Tootles