Dog Love

This is my niece's dog Hula Hoop.  She is a very BIG girl.  As she's gotten older, so have I.  I don't mind so much that she uses my couch as a dog bed.  Us old girls understand each other.  I love her and she's always happy to see me. 

  

 

An Ordinary Day

There is something sacred about an ordinary day. I've said that many times and will say it many more. What is an ordinary day for me? Everyone I know is healthy. The sun is shining and the garden is alive with colorful flowers. I sip coffee while I work the newspaper's crossword puzzle.  After my morning part-time job I drive to the grocery store and buy good food for dinner. American Ninja Warrior is on TV tonight. I have a lamp to see by when I read in the evenings. I go to sleep in a bed with clean sheets. 

An ordinary day.  Isn't it wonderful?

Purple People

It's okay to be different everyone from everyone else.

These iris are all lovely. All the yellow ones are a little bit different from each other. The purple one is doing only what a purple one can do... being the best purple she can be!  

So if you get a chance be a purple person. But watch out for the one armed, one eye, giant, purple people eater!
 

Funny Crows

This is a good time of year for me. I work in the yard and miss my Casey but I can still feel her with me.  

Funny story... I put out a shallow dish with some mealworms in it. The crows (Heckyl, Jeckyl, & Moe) love mealworms. Anyway, Heckyl saw the dish and went crazy! He gobbled up all the worms and then when there was nothing left but dust he kept pecking. I guess crows have tongues but not long enough to lick the dish. It was funny. Almost as funny as me flapping my arms and saying "caw caw." I don't think they understand my dialect.
 

Perseverance

The rover Perseverance just landed on Mars.  If mankind can land on Mars imagine what we could do if we aimed for peace on Earth. 

Raw images from Mars

This rendered image from NASA Live