Tea Anyone?

Lot's to talk about for the new year.  I have tried loose tea and I love it.  I swear once you do it's hard to use a tea bag again.  I do, of course as I make the loose tea a special occasion.  I'm knitting again and doing much better.  And I am reading lots of books.  Will be listing them and why I enjoyed them.  So here is to 2013 and all that implies.  Tootles

New Years Eve 2012

Welcome !  The last day of 2012 and what a year it has been.  Great things have happened and some not so great but that's as it should be.  That is life after all.  Well, Happy New Year to everyone and will be back soon.  Tootles

Counting your Blessings

No, these are not my tulips.  I have not put my pic's on this computer yet so am using what they have here.  They are pretty and maybe we can have a blessing for each flower you see.  Start counting everyone.  That is what is so beautiful as we all have different Blessings and to have a flower and a very pretty one at that remind you of each Blessing, well that is just plain wonderful.  Enjoy, and Happy Thanksgiving to all.   Tootles

Just Down the Road

What a neighbor to have, uh?  Well, to be truthful , it's not exactly in my neighborhood, but wouldn't it be just too cool if it was.  I can smell the ocean spray and the trees as the waves come up on the shore.  The sound.  Oh, to close your eyes and hear the ocean as it's whispering it's secrets and you are telling yours. 

I'm working out my numbers.  The birthname number and the birthdate number.  It's really quite interesting.  Plus for some people, if you marry then of course your name has changed as well as your name number.  I'm just in the middle of it all now so will let you know if anything exciting shows up and I missed it.  Ha!  I'm just kidding because I do believe in numbers.  To me it's the same when people say,  "It just worked out", or "It was like clock work", or "It was a chance meeting".  I guess you could say I just believe.  I believe in Magic, Faeries, Numbers, Tarot, and of course God, where it all began.  Here is to all of you Believers out there !  Tootles

Welcome

 What a great day.  It's Sunday, it's a lot cooler than it has been and how I love mornings.  The Sun is just starting to shine through the trees and it is beautiful.  You can see we still have the porch light on.  This is taken from my bedroom window and I am sorry to say in the next photo you can see the screen.  I think it has taken on a different quality.  It's like you wonder if it's real or imagination.  The kids really do have a good time on the swing set and I must admit that is one of my favorite things to do.  I swear your cares and worries just blow away when you are on the swing.  Of course I no longer jump out any more, that would not be a good thing nor would it be pretty to look at. Ha!
There is a picnic table at the bottom of the picture.  It's nice having everything right together and we do enjoy our yard.

My, can you believe October is half over.  I swear time is flying by.  Why is that ?  When you are young and in you teens it crawls by.  You think you are never going to be a teenager, then comes 16 and that comes even slower.  You feel 18 and 21 are never going to get here and after that someone speeds up the clock and wow your amazed how fast it goes.

Hey,  I read something on line, a mystery of some sort and I think I have that same thing happening in my house......  This woman said she keeps seeing this mystery women in her house, especially when she looks in the mirror.  She wonders just who is that "old lady", and where did she come from.  I know what she means.  I walk by my window and just get a glance of an old women also.  She seems to be following me where ever I go.  I think she is the one turning down the TV, that I can't hear and I don't know how she has done it but the wall the TV is on seems to be a lot further than it use to be.  Well, let me tell you, I am on the case and I will figure this out.  Now if I could just remember where I put my teeth but first I have to find my glasses or it's no use looking as I can't see anything without them.  I sure hope she hasn't put them somewhere just to get my goat.


I was watching PBS this morning and they came up with a wonderful recipe for killing weeds.  WITHOUT POISON ,  It's 5 to 1.  You take 5 parts of water, boiling and add 1 part salt, (any kind) let it dissolve.  Put it in a container that will pour and go get those weeds.  You just pour it on the weed right in the middle.  When it's fallen over pull the whole weed out and sprinkle some salt on the soil and it should not come back.  Tootles

Our Sweet Cats (well one is,anyway)

Hello and Welcome to a whole new month.  October !  What a great month as this is when the weather changes.  The breeze is a little cooler, more cloudy days, and no more hot,hot,weather (we hope).  Elviria is on the left and She is the sweetheart, very loving, very kind, well, if I could just get her to put her nails in when she is hugging me.  I swear she has never learned to do that and she always catches me off guard.  Now Edgar, the cat on the right is big, soft and you just want to pick him up and hug him to death.  DO NOT do that or you will see your death.  Not kidding.  He came to us on his own.  You see we have a cat and dog door so our animals can go in and out whenever they want.  Well, lo and behold one morning we woke up to meowing.  At that time we had Elviria, Eleanor (her sister,who passed this summer), and Baby.  They are full grown and this meow sounded like a baby kitty.  That is just what it was.  He's sitting on the kitchen steps meowing away and our other cats have made a circle around him.  Of course we go to pick him up, at least Jim does and he's a little scared, probably a lot scared and is scratching his arm.  Let's just say never did we attempt to pick him up again, other then getting him in a carrier and having him fixed. He let us know from the beginning he does not like to be held or even touched.  He does like to rub up against your legs but just don't touch him.  We have fed him and talked to him but never picked him up.  There have been a few times he has come in really tore up.  I mean it looked like a coyote (that's my guess) actually had Edgar's head in his mouth, that's how bad he looked.  He curled up on a blanket I had in the window and recovered. We made sure he had the basics and talked to him but then just let him be and he did recover.  As you can see he looks great.  Sometimes we call him Sparky.

Here is Elviria and Eleanor together.  They were sisters and like sisters had their moments of fighting, nothing bad but the occasional hiss at each other.  I know Elvira misses Eleanor, as do Jim and I.  We have thought about getting another kitty but then we change our minds.  We will just have to see.  Tootles

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