If I listen to my new Beach Boys' Cd often enough will I be 18 again?
This ol' Granny can still dance and sing along with these icons!
Even a little Iowa farm girl could feel like a California Girl or wish they were named Barbara Ann riding in a Little Deuce Coupe when the Beach Boys sang.
Having nothing new to say nor the time for a new post Lucy will update a Springtime 2009 post. That makes this a double dose of mundane. I hope it is not an overdose of mundane since there is no known cure for that.
Having nothing to say has never kept Little Lucy quiet. To keep this from being too mundane I will place my entry in numerical order, thus making it a touch more than the ordinary. I could use Roman numerals to make this post really extraordinary but can not remember them.
#1 There has also been comparison of Facebook to Xanga. Xanga is my choice, my #1 favorite for many reasons.
a: It is my 1st love, my 1st blogging discovery
b: It has brought my family into closer contact than we had before, a sweet closeness I cherish
c: Xanga let's you be as fancy,creative or mundane as you choose to be
d: There is no big deal on Xanga made of adding "friends" Come on, how can anyone have 997 "friends". Xanga sorta' has this feature but I never check it. The adding of "friends" on Facebook or the deleting of "friends" can say far more than you may like it to say. Giving way too much power and control to others.
e: I like Xanga because I spent $100 for a lifetime of it's use and can post unlimited pictures. I do not know whose "lifetime" I paid for, Xanga or mine but I want to protect my investment and stay with Xanga.
f: I like Facebook because I can play online Scrabble in real time with a few chosen people who if they do not begin to let me win a game or 2 will lose this "friend" LOL
g: Facebook is great to see pictures posted by my Xanga friends. The pictures are all easy to access and I do very much like to see how that Dori is growing and to wish a friend's dog Happy Birthday, sweet keeping in touch this way. A short and sweet way but not as nice as Xanga.
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#2:Here is our Oreck air purifier. It needs to be cleaned as you may be able to tell.
We believe it is very nice. Some of you may recall the constant sore throat I had for well over a year. No reason for it was diagnosed. Possibly was GERDS. Maybe more likely there were pollutants in the air. Shortly after buying this air purifier my constant sore throat stopped hurting. It also freshens the air so the house smells nice. The filters inside and the outside case have to be cleaned periodically. It has cut down on the dusting I have to do.....except for cleaning the purifier....
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#3:Lucy has exchanged her winter boots for her summer hiking boots
The calories expended on these hour or 2 hour hikes are rapidly replaced by a ravishing appetite. Fritz will not allow Lucy to pack a lunch so she is tempted to try these mushrooms raw
but she didn't. Note that now Lucy and Fritz carry plastic bags when on their hike. This bag was 1/2 filled at the end of the hike.
#4: We try to visit the beaver pond often to check on the progress of the dams they make
These beaver we never actually see must be, well, "busy as beavers" as they say.
#5: The Canadian geese are back and nesting near a pond we pass.
None too happy to see us either.
#6 The hills are alive with green or is it music? I guess the sound of honking geese, the spring peepers, the birds, the splashing of frogs back into the water and the song of Bella's baying is indeed music to us.
The actual land owner of this hill brush cuts open areas through the trees and brush making ideal walking paths for us and areas for his sons' to 4 wheel on.
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#7: Granted Fritz and Lucy are easily amused. Just how easily amused are we?
Fritz grabbed a camera when we saw Bella keeping Polly in a tree for an hour or so.Note the thumb, nice touch! Do you see Polly way up there? Bella is also easily amused as is Polly since they are actually good friends and sleep together at night.
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You see even when Little Lucy has nothing to say she doesn't remain silent. What you might consider mundane may be quite interesting to others as we like to peek into your little corners of the world. If nothing else posting this kept me amused for a while.
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Last week at this time we had just received word that a friend of our family had died suddenly. She was 39, married and had 2 teenagers. For several days she had been having pain between her shoulders, her only symptom she had complained of before she suddenly passed away. Maybe there would have been nothing possible to diagnose this before hand if she had known the symptoms, then again there might have been.
I have been having high blood pressure and heart palpitations and have appreciated so much the seriousness my doctor has taken my complaints. Of course I am 67 years old and not 39 but nevertheless young or old all the symptoms for women are not the same as for a man. More women die from heart disease than do men since our symptoms are so different. As a Christian I do not fear death but am not eager to embrace it or to be disabled if I can avoid it. Online are many sites that list the possible symptoms of heart trouble for women as well as for men and I recommend that if you do not know then maybe you'd want to look into it.
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Getting out and about with my camera does my heart good.
Not the sunny day I was hoping for, note the drab gray sky.
Years and years ago this barn was red. The old gray barn ain't what it used to be could apply to Lucy as well LOL.
42 degrees here and raining this early morning. A good day to get a crock pot of soup going, take up my knitting and stay cozy inside. What do you do on a rainy day?
In this area we have many old barns and abandoned houses. Because many of these old barns remain on inhabited farms I try to contact the owners for permission to photograph on their property. For a number of reasons I do that, one is for my own safety so I do not fall into open wells or meet up with a raging bull and also I know how I'd feel if I looked out my kitchen window to see someone traipsing around our place without permission.
Because of this rule of mine I have slowly gained a list of places where the owners have okay-ed my being on their property. I have a dozen or so places in my little notebook. Now all I need is a bright sunny day.
Meanwhile here is a shot of one of my very favorite things.
This charming little pump was a find my husband thought I'd like. He placed it so it looked to be over a well. I like it muchly!
The sun is now shining so I'm off to see if I can get a few barn shots. It is 37 degrees here at the moment.
How is it where you are?
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If you can identify this object then you know it is a major necessity in your home and can greatly improve your life when it works as it should. Possibly it's not on the cutting edge of technology but it can noticeably cut down on your water bill.
Do you know what it is called?
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If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around does it make a noise when it falls?
If someone is around it assuredly makes a sound.
While out for her hike Little Lucy heard an unfamiliar sound, rather scary since she was hiking alone and the timber area is secluded. As she hurriedly continued on her hike this is what laid across her path.
If Lucy had not been there would it have made a noise?
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May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey be plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs!
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Last week we received our 1st snow of the season.
Other areas received far more but we got just a whisper of what is ahead for us.
We have been taking our daily hikes.
While driving to an errand along an unfamiliar road I found not one barn in disrepair but did find this old barn that has been well cared for.
Note the line of old iron wheels placed along the base of the barn.
I hope you have a nice week. Other than taking more hikes I have few plans for this week. Do you have any major plans?
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