Past, present & plans

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Past

Me, my brother George and along our neighbors Steve and Paul, went frog hunting. We didn’t gig for them or eat them, we would lay down next to the creek and sneak up on them with our hands in the water and catch them. Afterwards we would always let them go, it was just something to do. This one particular day I caught 34 frogs. Way too many for my jar, so I had to empty it back into the creek several times. I won that day.

    I guess we were around eight or so and this was before the was school built. When the school came the trees left. Shortly after that more and more trees were leaving, then the houses started coming. Street after street, it seemed like they never stopped coming.

Present

    The heat wasn’t as bad today as it has been, but last night it was very humid and I felt it in my lungs. My COPD acted up, because I tried to help a friend smoke some ribs. My problem was, when I tried to move faster than I should with my condition. I’m paying for it today. If I overly exert myself today, I will definitely pay for it tomorrow.

Plans

    I want to start walking, but it’s much easier to want to do something, than to actually do it.

Your three words, my little story

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Wally’s words: seismic, barren and tomato

    He was surprised to find a TOMATO in such a BARREN place. He stopped, as he often does, to take a picture of some impressive scenery. This one was of a very symmetrical barn in a desert field. Nothing else was around except for a lonely tomato plant, sand, blacktop and sunshine. As he did a three sixty he could see mountains far off in all directions. With the heat rising from the sand it gave the mountains an erie wavy look.

    It was another twenty or so miles, before he saw anything other than scorching blacktop or steaming sand. It was a gas station. He was so grateful for his airconditioner, he thought giving his car a rest wouldn’t hurt. Might as well top off the tank and visit the mens room, while he had the chance.

    Inside, he paid for the gas, a soda and some chips, then said to the store keeper, “hot today.”

    The store keep replied, “oh it’s nice today. You should have been here last week, now that was hot.”

    “Hotter than this. Oh my, I’m glad I wasn’t here.” Wally sat down, then felt the ground shake. “What was that?”

    “Oh that. That’s just a little tremor, we always have SEISMIC activity out here all the time.”

    “Well, I don’t like it. Think I’ll leave.”

Your three words, my little story

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Jen’s words: snuggle, rhinoceros and teal

    This was an adventurer Jen and husband has been looking forward too for years. The ten day tour of Kenya encluded the flight, hotel and of course a safari. The safari is what Jen wanted and she could hardly wait to see the wildlife. Lions, tigers and bears, oh my. Well no tigers and bears, but they’ll probably see some lions, elephants and RHINOCEROS.

    Her hubby didn’t care as much about the safari as she did. He was anxouse to lay down on the king size bed. They left their kids with mom, so he was looking forward to no cell phone, no work and no alarm clock. Resting and just being able to SNUGGLE with Jen was his prize. They made a deal with each other, the first couple of days will be rest and relaxation, next four days a safari, then round it out with a little night life.

    The last day was coming and it was such a let down. However they missed their kids, so they couldn’t wait to get back to their normal life. The last night was dancing and Jen was surprised with two gifts from hubby. One was a little trinket for her charm bracelet and the other was a beautiful TEAL evening gown, that he hid from her the whole trip.

How ya like my hat?

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How ya like my hat?

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I was at this dude ranch trying to look cool and lose some weight. Realizing I couldn’t do either, I decided to shop.

Waisting time in the foyer of the business, I saw a number of hats for sale. The male clerk told me how nice this one looked on me, of course he was trying to make a sale. I figured he didn’t know what he was talking about and I thought I might look a little pretentious. However, while in front of a mirror appraising myself standing under the hat a very attractive lady strolled by saying, “nice hat, you look good.” Needless to say, I bought the hat.

Just messin, bought it for $4 at a local thrift store.

 

Random thoughts: Independence Day (true story)

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Random thoughts: Independence Day (true story)

 

     Happy Independence Day to all my fellow Americans. Thanks to our founding fathers of the original 13 states, we seceded from the British in 1776 to form our very own country. The UNITED States of America. I am very proud to be an American.

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