Is Fall Here Yet ?

I swear here it is Sept. 21, and we are still in the 90's.  It's time for Fall weather.  After all tomorrow is the Autumn Equinox.  How I love Fall.  I do have to say I really love Fall in Kansas, where I grew up.  The tree's are so pretty and that little feel of bitter cold early morning, well, you know the snows are not far off.  My Mom always loved the four seasons in Kansas.  It does make variety but don't know that I would want the freezing temps. and to have to drive in the snow, well that would be scary on the road.  The worst we have it here in California is a lot of wind and rain.  I do live in the country so I have to deal with mud.  Yuk!  Hey maybe it would be better to have snow, at least it's clean. Ha!  Oh Well, there is no more moving for me.  Believe me I have done my share.  I have lived in 50 houses throughout my life.  That means 50 different addresses.  That is just too many.  I envy the people that were able to move into Grandma's house or are living in their Mom and Dad's house.  I just can't imagine how lovely it must feel to have all the memories right in the same place.  Talk about walls talking !  Yeah, I guess so.  Of course the ideal place is big, two to three story, full basement and of course walk up attic just full of old furniture, trunks of old clothes and boxes of old pictures.  What a find that would be and to have all your relatives close enough to call them all over for the weekend and have room for everyone.  Hey, I can dream can't I.  It's just not like that anymore.  Now we are on our phones, computers, big screens etc.  Me too.  I can't say too much because I am right there with all of you but I guess the sad thing is my Grandchildren and G.Grandchildren will never know the closeness of family.  The Aunts and Uncles, cousins, second cousins and even third cousins.  They are the one who kept up grounded.  They let you know when your fashion style was stupid.  When your mouth got out of hand.  They reminded you to just be yourself.  You are special just the way you are and never put on airs.  I do miss my Grandma Shivers.  She was one in a million.  She had rules and you went by them or you were being ugly.  Now I ask you Who in there right mind would want to act ugly. Ha.  I love you Grandma and try to live my life so you would be proud.  Tootles

Cup of Tea ?

 

Come on in, sit down and start talking.  I will bring you a cup of tea and maybe even a scone.  Sound delightful ?  You bet, I'm all for delightful.  This was my room for pondering life and all that it brought your way.  I'm afraid I am still pondering and haven't really come up with any answers but I sure do enjoy giving it a try.

Our heat wave has traveled on to distant regions not to return again this season.  The heat is still hot for me, 90's, even the low 90's.  I want the temperature low 80's.  Hopefully fall will come soon.  Just saying. Tootles

August Heat Wave !

 We have had a couple of weeks of over 100 temps.  I was really hoping to escape the hear wave this year but nooooo.  It has just been miserable. So I have put on pictures of flowers from my yard from back in May when we were having spring weather and loving it.  Also along with the rose, which is so pretty, I have rosemary, mint and sage. Take a wiff----it smells wonderful. 

I was just reading somewhere about home care for the face. 

Take a little honey apply it to your face, lips and eyelids.  Leave on for 10 to 20 min. Rinse and Wow it feels great.  Really soft and glowing.

Next take 2 to 4 aspirin in your palm, crush them, then add a few drops of water to make a paste, add honey.  Mix together, apply to face only. It's great for pores.  Try it, you might just like it.

I have used Olive Oil on my face for a long time and really love it.  Now I have some new things to add.  Hey the way I figure it, if I get hungry in the bathroom I'm all set.
Today is my Granddaughter's birthday.  She is 12.  I have stated before that is the best age ever !!!!  Just think about it.   Tootles

Summer Time Fun

We'll call it the Bow and Arrow Club.  Shain and Kyra made their own and had a lot of fun doing it.  What can I say they both have imagination and use them.  Oh, how I remember being 12.  Feeling very confident and sure of myself.  Always wanting to try something new and loving life.  At that age in the late 50's girls didn't worry about hair, outfits, boyfriends (not that we didn't have any, we just didn't worry about them).  We just enjoyed life and what it had to offer.  I remember riding around town on my bike with my girlfriends
It was just the feeling of being.  I can't explain it but it's something you lose when you enter High School and all of a sudden boys enter the picture.  Girls change.  Of course not all of them but the majority of them do.  The bright girls dumb down they don't want to appear too smart afraid the boys won't like that.  I wish I had an answer for this I would give it away free.  All I can say to the girls......  Don't change, well do change but keep your confidence.  Tootles

Eleanor

We lost our Eleanor on July 18, 2012.  Isn't she pretty ?  We miss her so much.  She use to come in the bedroom and get on the side of my shoulder and sleep.  We called her steel toes because she seemed so heavy in her paws.  She insisted on getting a drink, sitting on one side of the sink and water running in the other side.  Getting a drink from the pan on the floor was beneath her. She has a sister who you have seen here on this site.  Her name is Elviria and she is all black and of course Edgar (sparky) the outside cat, mostly. Then we have our dogs, Tasha, Olivia, Bella and our newest one, Eddie.  We are all sadden by our loss and are remembering all the sweet funny things she did and to never forget how much we will always love her.

Getting her drink.

 Just being beautiful.

Doesn't Goldie look good enough to eat ?


Tootles

The City and other Things

 Now this is what I call a home.  Just look at the work around the outside and how big it is.  I would love it.  I bet the back yard is just as beautiful.  Oh, to dream my dear, it would be lovely.

Below are two of my dogs.  Bella is on the left who is a couple years old and Olivia is on the right who is 10.  Olivia is giving her some sage advice.  They are quite a pair. 

How is everything going for all of you ?  I hope just grand.  Me ?  Well, it's good, really it is.  I can't complain.  Life has been pretty good to me and my family.  Oh, I do have wants.  Like maybe friends.

I don't seem to have any.  I suppose and it is hard for me to admit, I didn't take care of my friendships.  Things got in the way.  Sometimes it was time, other times it was commitments.  You know, the things you thought were so important at the time and now that you look back you realize they were not important at all.  Then there is the, "I'm just too tired or I just want some peace and quiet.  Well, I have got that now.  I'm tired and I sure have lots of peace and quiet.  Ha! or lol. (not really up with a lot of the new text shortcuts).  I would love to belong to a Book Club, Quilt Club, Crochet Club.  Hey, show me a Club and I will join.  Well, not really.  There has to be a liking for what ever they are doing and maybe some of the Clubs I would be unable to participate but I think you get what I mean.  I know some people would say join it on line.  Well, it's still not what I want.  I miss the getting together.  The talking until you realize how fast the time has flown by and your hungry or you've talked so much your voice is sounding hoarse.  It's funny, I remember going to see my daughter when my three Grandchildren were little.  I would spend the day with them and we would have such a good time.  I would go home and tell her Dad my ears are on my shoulder, I have spent the day with our daughter.  He would laugh. Tootles

Golden Gate and Other Things

How we love San Francisco. There are so many things to see and do.  The Golden Gate is just one of the many places.

How is everyone this wonderful cool morning.  The delta breeze arrived this morning and not a minute too soon.  Hopefully we will not have to put up with anymore 100's. 

I'm working on getting all my books on the app. ibookshelf.  It's great.  Now I can organize my books better and be able to look up books to see if I have them.  I was going to wait until fall but I'm indoors now anyway because of the heat so why not.  Tootles