Ooooohh, no warmth today.

I just stepped outside and there is certainly no reprieve from the cold, like there was yesterday.

I wish I could capture the image of the two silly squirrels sitting in the tip top of the trees,
blowing in the breeze.
I wish I had gained more aptitude with the video camera to feel worth the effort
of getting it out.
I figure by time I would have the camera figured out... find a blank tape and all that...
the squirrels would be long gone.

Happy Day

Petty annoyances, but annoyances just the same
I am sure that my parents can remember the early days of television, when
TV would fuzz out in the middle of a program.  I remember.  Then things
improved and most of my life that problem disappeared... but now in my
late life, before mine is even over, it seems we have come full circle...
TV is now as bad as ever it was when it was still a new thing.  It irritates
me no end to have the channels cutting in and out.  It irritated then...
it especially irritates now.

Watching:

Eating:

Dunkin' heart-shaped donuts... thanks to my sweet daughter.

Now on to

There is a stiff, cold wind, blowing tonight....

I am taking tea on my porch.
After a freezing cold night... 24 degrees... I awoke to hear that it is 61 degrees outside.
Now I don't know about anyone else, but that was enough to make me want to leap from
my bed and head outdoors... and while I may not be able to leap as I might've done in
younger days, I most certainly was drawn from the bed, grabbed a book and headed for
the porch, stopping only to make some tea and toast to take with me... because after
this unusually warm day, we will be plunging back into the 20's overnight again, and
only a high of 40 is predicted for tomorrow.  Better enjoy while I can, I say. 

So much for getting away with an easy winter....
I just checked the forecast for tonight, and saw that not only will it be 33 tonight,
we will be steadily dropping into the 20's the rest of the week, and even expected
to go down to 16.

  Feeling glad I took the time to sit outside yesterday while it was still warm. 

I wish I could just go somewhere to sit and people watch for awhile.

Oh my gosh, what have I done to get on the spam list !!!
Anybody else getting flooded with spam comments?

DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO GET OFF THIS SPAM WAGON ? !!!

Are memories a bad thing?  Bad to hold on to?  Is it wrong to want to hold onto
the things that bring back the memories?  Are we to live only in the present
(well, God says, Yes), clinging to nothing of our past - of the lives we have lived
- of the lives we have built?  Clinging only to God.  Discarding all mementos
- all reminders.  I try to tell myself this would be setting only the best example
for my children... and yet...  How does it affect our children when we give away
all the memories, holding onto no thing of theirs from their childhood?

I am trying to convince myself to do as Yshwe commands... go and sell all that
you have... leave everything but Him...
I can't seem to bring myself to do it, no matter how much the prodding is there.
I can't abandon the things of my life - of the days of raising my children.
I feel though, I am being disobedient... ignoring what I am being told to do...
stubbornly resistant... not trusting.

in other notes:
Something is missing this morning... or someone... where oh where has my Frankie gone?

... rainy days and Tuesdays ?
It is windy today too....
1 + 1 + 1 = melancholy

 
update:
Oh my is it nasty out... I was not prepared for how cold when I stepped out...
coming back in... How can it be so warm up here? ... so thankful for warm home.