Winter is here

It's been really cold here the last few days. We even had a bit of snow. It lingered in the back yard because the sun didn't hit the ground, and it stayed very cold. But by yesterday afternoon it finally was gone. Made me want to get out there and glue green painted leaves back on the trees and pretend it was spring. I unlike many i know and love, like the the cold weather. I can always can get warm but not always cool. Heat and i don't get on well. As a matter of fact i get my tan in the pool, not laying out in the sun. I like the clothes we wear in the winter better, i definitely like the soups, stews, etc we eat in cold weather. Comfort food i think they call it. LOL. I rarely wear a heavy coat outside. I think i may have been a Eskimo in another life. I love the spring and fall. Spring smells good and makes you feel good because of the beauty. Fall, just as beautiful as spring but with the air fresh and crisp. Winter is a time to just sit back and relax, and if you are lucky enough to have snow, to watch the beauty of it falling, and that makes the world around you quiet and beautiful. Summer on the other hand is sweaty and sticky. You get sunburned, in some cases it causes cancer. Good points are you can be outside with family at picnics etc. And put up with flies and misquitos. LOL! Get my point yet. Seriously we all have our seasons that we like, and i'm sure we can all find something we don't like about one or the other of them. But i have given some food for thought, just for the fun of it. Pick a subject, any subject, and you'll find something to talk about. I just seem to fall into one most of the time when i write here. I have thoughts i don't even know i have untill i start writing. Well i'm signing off now, Be blessed

Friends

I got an email from a friend today. It said "2 Things" Don't you love emails? And Do you realise we have been friends for 28yrs plus? Wow! We all need to go back and look at our friends and realise how much they mean to us. I have one friend that has been my friend since Jr High school. (Now they call them Middle schools.)That is 54 years give or take. We still email each other to this day, and if i get to High Point where i grew up, we try to meet for a few hrs. Some times it is short but it means the world. We have been friends long enough for a couple of marriages, and divorces. Birth of our children, deaths of one or both parents. Hundreds of letters and even more emails. Happy times, sad times, lonely times, and so much more. We have many other friends and lots of people in our lives, but we have never stopped being friends with each other. What a blessing to have a friendship that lasts that long and still is going strong to this day and will continue until our deaths. As we get older we start losing the people we love because they too get older. We need to (to borrow the phrase) reach out and touch. Life is too short to not tell some one how much they mean to your life and you. So Judy i just want to let you know you are loved. And Twila thanks for reminding me how valuable your friendship is to me. So get out there and reach out to your friends, you will feel really good when you do. I wish you many friends.

Where have I been?

Didn't realise it had been so long since i was on the computer. The holidays are over and life is back as it always is. It has been beautiful today after 3 days of wet and gloom. Plus the temps are in the low 70s. BUT..... It is going to get cold again for a few days. Living here is wonderful but the weather is strange sometimes. Oh well, i'm here to enjoy it so i won't complain. Robin gets snow, but we only got cold, cold and more cold while we were there. Yesterday was ceramics day. I finished another piece, i really enjoy working with my hands. Today was a clown day for the nursing home. Always a good experience there. The staff is wonderful and the residents are so sweet. They sing and today one of the ladies got up and danced with another clown. Tomorrow is movie day. I think we are going to see "The curious case of Benjamin Button". It looks like it will be good. We will meet and have lunch first. Friday Bill and I are going to Charlotte to help pack up Aunt Rachels house. She is moving to Goldsboro NC to a nursing home where most of her family lives. She has had a tough time with her leg broken. We all hope she will recover and be happier with that part of her family nearer. Not much else from this ole girl. When life is back to normal it's pretty quiet around here. Take care and have fun!!!!!!!