SNOW ??

 OF COURSE IT IS??14 degrees it is. I see white outside. The Golf-T is covered. Don't know how deep and I will let someone else discover that one. It looks pretty from the Balcony and I will enjoy it from the 3rd floor. I really think it is ice and jut a light layer of snow. Daughter in Memphis got plenty of snow. The pictures she sent are so pretty. She loves it. It was a time for oatmeal this morning. Mine was full of banana and strawberries. So satisfying !!!! As the old folks used to say--"stick to your ribs"  What did that mean?  Just stay with you  and keep you full all day? Does not work that way. Time marches on and we learn new things every day. Keeps you as they also say-"on your toes" . I could go on and on. Just nonsense , Let's go look at the "snow." 

BETTY BOOP 

BLUEBERRIES FOR LITTLE DOT

 One of my favorite children's books is BLUEBERRIES FOR SAL. Sweet little girl who lives on the coast of Maine. What a place to live. Digging for clams and watching the wonderful thing that live on the sandy beach. I "forced" it on all generations that I read to. I think they liked the part where she picked blueberries and met a baby bear picking blueberries, Do you think it is cold on the sandy beach of Maine this morning? I always liked to read to my girls. They all love to read for pleasure now. I do too.

I had blueberries on my waffle this morning. Jan's sister-in-law sent me sugar-free blueberry syrup. My it is good. With fresh from freezer blueberries on top. All set for now. 

BETTY BOOP

STORM OVER FAST

 I give up on the weather. What will be--will be. But the cold and threat pf snow or ice is something to pay attention to. I remember as a child when threats of freeze came, it was a  major thing for us then. Pipes were more exposed with foundations high off ground. Daddy would get so upset as he tried to wrap the pipes with old quilts and rags just to keep them from freezing. Mother would draw water in the tub for flushing Lot going on for little Dot. Oh well. there are many things to worry about. I guess I grew up in the middle of it. Still too much a part of my days. And I have to work hard at controlling it. Maybe Memphis will get snow!!!Do you know someone there who will be excited?  I do.

BEWARE OF THE WEATHER

 Weather is "look out the window day" for me. Plans put on hold, will wait for a nicer day. Something to look forward to. What will I do. After I got a dryer. in the "olden" days, I loved to wash and dry on rainy days and laugh at the weather. I used  to like to cook something special, like cookies or something chocolate.  Nothing good for you. Now I think about soup. I remember something funny about the rainy weather. We had a really strong leader at Boyd School,. Miss Powel was a strong force to follow. Remember her? She was amazed at the cars picking up kids on a rainy day after school. She said as she drove home she saw the same kids happy and playing in the rain at their homes. So Be It. As a child, I was allowed to play in the rain if it was not stormy. Don't remember if it was safe or not, but fun to wear rubber like boots and rain coats with hoods. Mama did not really like for me to do it, but I do remember being allowed to if it was warm rain. Did you ever play in the rain.?

BETTY (not a water baby really)BOOP

P. S. i NEVER LEARNED TO SWIM.

BEAUTIFUL DAY

 A day before predicted storms. Will they come? Who knows for sure, Sometime I think God is just laughing at the Weather People. Speaking of weather girls. I am tired of just looking to see how they look in those look-a-like dresses. Plain in pattern, jewel colors, beautiful long blond curls winding around their pretty heads and talking so fast that this old brain can't keep up. Give me the good looking men who are patient with us who have slight hearing loss and who don't try to show you how much they know, but tell it short and simple what to expect. There!!!  I feel better now. So, tell me something new and fresh. I am ready for SOMETHING  else besides the weather.  And related subjects.

BETTY BOOP

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ==== FIRST BORN

 BIG event. first born. Lot to learn and really too excited to be afraid. Of course, I did many things wrong. but forgive me, Nobody tried as hard and yes had as much fun with the first. I guess, loving dolls as I did, I treated you that way. Dressing you in all the outfits I had been planning and playing with. You were dressed like a doll. Bathing you and dressing you were my favorite things at first. It got harder when I had so much to learn. I tried hard and since I did have a lot to learn, it was a new adventure. Soon wanted a second as you grew out of the tiny baby stage. and 22 (or was it 21) months later a second one came, bringing lots more to do, but also much more joy. I am what I meant to be---a Mother. When that little P. S. came 7 years later, I thought I was a pro for sure. And I was. Thank you, FIRST BORN for getting the ball rolling. ROLL ON. 

BETTY (just remembering) BOOP

p. s. Thanks for the memories.

 

IT WASA DARK AND STORMY NIGHT

 My, the sky lit up with light and loud thunder last night. Poor little doggies that are afraid of the noise and people too. The rain was welcomed. Everything is well washed. My brother had a little dog that was sooooo afraid of thunder and storms. She would hide in the closets and under the beds and anywhere she could bury herself. I felt so sorry for "Quiney". One of the McNeil dogs is that way too. 

Sun is shinning this morning. And it is O. K. for all the little nimals and human ones too.I need to wash clothes today.