Remember?

Do you remember where you were and what you did on this day back in 1980??
Granny

Grass.

Volunteer day at the Senior Center.

Little bit cooler than it was this time last week. Hard to believe
how fast the weather can change down here in AZ. Summer one day then
winter the next.

What a mess the food give away is getting to be any more since some
jackass down in Pheonix seems to think he knows what's best for
Seniors. Damn turkey sent a full pallet of spaghetti squash, a pallet
of green chilies, only one bag of white onions and a pallet of
tomatoes. Half green and half rotten, along with a pallet of SMASHED
bread. Good thing we still had a few boxes of filled bags of
Macaroni, rice and lentils left to add to the mix.

We went out on the desert for a little while since we were already
down that way. Took some stuff to an old homeless guy who lives in a
plastic makeshift shelter behind a gas station in Agulia, Thought
maybe we might find an arrowhead or two, but too much grass now. I
did stumble over that old rabbit hole I fell into way back in 09, ( as
Grandpa would say). Hey! No way! I damn sure don't want to go there
again. I'm tired of all those political nuts residing down there.
Got out by the skin of my teeth. Good thing too, I;m getting too old
for that crap any more. Can't change anything anyway.

Oh heck, I forgot I was going to tell you about my latest dream. Yeah,
I know, yawn, yawn. Well tuff stuff, Maybe next time.

Love ya'll, Granny.

Dump day.

Have you ever seen such a plant? Can't seem to find out anything
about it. First time we have ever seen it in bloom. Just seen it
with those bulb looking things on it before. Real strange plant.

Had to gather up the trash and head off to the dump. On the way there
we have to go thru a small town called Skull Valey. Should be renamed
"Skunk Alley', because ever year about this time there is always a
dead skunk or two in the road. All the vultures( about 6 of them) all
lined up on the fence posts, waiting for a chance to dive down and
grab a bite before the next car comes along, while up on the telephone
lines the mixed bird chorus is singing out lustily. "Theres a dead
skunk in the middle of the road, there's a dead skunk in the middle of
the road, there"s a dead skunk in the middle of he road, stinking to
high heaven". Happens every year. Kinda puts a bookmark on your life.

But then life goes on. Speaking of time, Tomorrow is David's birthday,
(HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE). Looks like he is joining the rest of us old
folks. Retirement age if you dare.

Had another of my weird dreams. I'll save it for another day, then
bore you with it.

Love ya'll, Granny

As time goes by.

I thought for a while this morning I was going to spend a little time
painting, but the sky was over cast and the lighting was poor. So I
did what a lot of us old timers have time to do anymore, I just sat on
my butt and recalled the brain echoes of my youth.

Seems like I have time to do this, even when I'm out and about, well
out anyway, because the about is a lot less frequent now days. Have
you ever done this?? Just sat and remembered?

As time goes by, I can recall a lot of things I did, I shouldn't have.
My gaurdian angel would just have a tizzy. She would shake her head
and say,"Ginia, I don't know what the heck I'm going to do with you".
She always called me Ginia you know. She would hold me and scold me.
"Ginia, I will do all I can to help you out of this mess, AGAIN, but
you are in deep doo doo this time". Oh! but, but all I did was sneak
out the window to go chasing up the river with Carol Peterson and her
pals. How was I to knpw Mom would be standing out there waiting for
me to do it. I feel like I am being spied on, don't you think?.

Oh wow! Must haved dozed off a bit and lost my train of thought.
That's not hard to do any more, dozing off I mean.

Any way, didn't get any painting done but I did get a nap until the
thunder woke me up. Hey!, It's raining out there. Boy we really do
need that right now.

Phillip made Goulash for supper and now it is time to eat. Bye now, Granny

Another day

Still looking for rain, I know, I know, soon I'll be wishing we
didn't have so much rain, but for now, we really need some.

Been doing a bit of painting, Still have a ways to go on the two I'm
working on now. Been doing a bit of writing as well. Just a bit of
fiction and fantasy.

Been too hot down on the desert to do any rock hunting. After the
monsoons start, then maybe we will get out and look for arrowheads.

Phillip is working on the garden as usual. The tiny necturine tree
and the peach tree we found up in the woods are loaded with fruit.
Phillp will have to pick some off or the branches will break. he has
been hesitating to do it , because sure as hell we will get a hail
storm that will knock them all off. Last year most of the leaves got
shredded with the hail. Such is life.

Granny

On the desert.