Good bye Summer..HELLO FALL ...officially..

The last roses of the summer?

Now matter how we look at it.. summer is dead

and gone.. even with the teases of warm weather,

there is no denying it... Fall is officially here.

The mornings are cold.. the frost is slipping its

cover over the grass, and the garden is turning

yellow fast.

Most of the yard has been put away.. there is

a few things I got to get to before it turns completely

cold and I lose the plants I have left.  As it is, I have

moved the pots up close to the deck.. except for the

ones hanging on the pergola corners.

And the solar lights.. although those are the last to

go into the shed.  Some I leave out all winter long.

A glimpse of light on the snowy nights still are nice.

So GOOD BY SEPTEMBER... you were challenging

to say the least.  Sadness and surprises, and some laughter.

And HELLO, OCTOBER, please be kind to us as we let

go of Summer, gives us a long Indian Summer, before

you bring on the snow...

I know the chores start inside.. with winter clothes

coming out, summer clothes go back in the totes,

and flannel sheets back in the closet.

Only thing that helps, is the beautiful colors you

have started to give us, before the leaves all hit

the ground.   

September 29, 2015

Almost hate to put my pictures up

as there were so many out there that

are far better than mine..

My daughter has one that is in the dead

middle of the ellipse and it is RED. It

is a great picture.

I saw on one Texas television station,

where they did a time lapse of it.. really

great.

The next one is in two years according to

http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list.html

is in January and July 2018.   That is the

Luna ones.

So maybe I will have better luck with taking

pictures.. as it was hard getting these.

First I set the zoom as far out as I can go.

Then steady my body against the wall of

the deck.. and then stop breathing.  It is

funny when you think you are so still you

are weaving back and forth.  And when the

zoom is out that far.. it is hard to find the

dang moon.. as it blurs so bad until you

are so still.. and not breathing. 

KILL THEM ALL....

Kill them, Kill them all...

Kill every one of the sumofbatches...

No, I am not talking about Congress..

Killing would be too good for them, with

the way they are ruling right now. No, not

making rules.. ruling..

I am talking about flies.. Flies every where.

It is bad enough that they are outside.. but

now that it is getting colder, they are moving

inside. 

So I walk and keep a vigilant, my eyes

going like a radar... with fly swatter in

hand. And then they disappear, like they

can see the dang  thing.

But as soon as I sit down without the

fly swatter, in they come.. dive bombing.

I didn't think much about flies in the past.

I just swished them away..  off my food,

off my body.. and then  I saw the movie.

THE FLY...   O. M. G. .. uuuaggggghhhhhh.

FLIES THROW UP ON WHAT EVER

THEY ARE GOING TO LICK OR EAT.

THAT MEANS ME.. OR MY FOOD..

And they do it as soon as they land on

anything. 

KILL THEM. KILL THEM.. KILL

THEM ALL.... 

by the way.. RAID's fly catcher????

the spray might work.. but that new

catcher is crap.  in my humble opinion.  

They found me and know my age....

Off and on I have gotten some ads that

could be said to target me... but they are

rare..

Most are the usual.. charities, insurances,

PBS station, politic, and etc.. just like anyone

else...of any age...

But this week, they got me.. they found me

and know my age..... as  in  OLD...

I have gotten seniors life insurance for

me to have for my family... after all I can't

collect it, if I am dead...

Then there is the funeral insurance... I didn't

know I was that close.... guess I better check

and see if the expiration date has shown up

on my heel yet...

Then yesterday it was the HELP ME, I HAVE

FALLEN DOWN AND CAN'T GET UP necklace.

Geesh,  I don't need one of those.. at the age of 48,

oh, yea.. forgot.. I am 75... oh, well.. it all shreds

the same.  

LIFE IS FULL OF SURPRISES....

I am up to my elbows with a wet dog...

And the door bell rings... so don't dare

leave the dog in the sink..   so grab a

towel and wrap her up and answer the

door...

To my surprise.. my favorite gal Nancy

from All Season's Garden and Floral, is

standing there with flowers for me..

I am shocked as it isn't mother's day,

Christmas, grandparent day, or any the

other flower days...

But it is my favorite flower day.. the best

of all flowers day.... that would be the

"no reason, just because I thought of you"

flower day..  and that is just what these

are.. from my oldest daughter... what a

great surprise...

Well, how many do you wear???

Do you wear just 4 or 5 different shirts? or

3 different pairs of pants??  How about

your underwear?  The same top 3 in the drawer?

That is the hint.. the top of the drawer... What

I am getting at is.. out of the 25 different under

wear you have in your drawer... do you wear just

the top 3?  You know.. wear them, they go in the

washer and dryer and back in the drawer... and you

pick the same again.. Even though your drawer

has the12?  

Same thing with tee shirts.. do you wear the same

top tee shirts?  The black one, the blue one, and

maybe the grey, or the red.. There are at least 20

more in there, but you pick one of those, depending

on which color you feel like?

The pants are hanging there with at least 10

or more pairs.. but you have your favorite jeans.

So you rotate thru those 2.

Shorts in the drawer, same thing.. what goes

with the tee shirt that you are wearing that

day?  So you wear the black pair, the beige

pair, or maybe the blue ones.  Once in a while

you feel daring and wear the plaid... Even tho

the draw is hard to close with all those shorts

in there?

Are you a creature of habit.. and wear the top

3 items in the drawer, as they rotate thru the

washer and dryer and back in your drawer.

So it means you could actually own just 3

pairs of shorts or pants.. 5 different shirts,

and 3 different underwear... and life would

be  fine..but you have to own 25 of each.....

just in case.

How about the socks?  I am always buying a

package of socks for my husband..  So today

I decided they should be in his drawer, and

not on top of the dresser where he throws the

clean wash... and find out he not only has 1

drawer full of socks but he has 2.. one for short

socks and one for long socks.. He has 4 drawers

of tee shirts.. there is the LOST IN THE 50'S

tee shirt drawer, there is the car type of tee shirts,

there is the drawer with all the orange colored

from his days as a traffic director... and there is

the one with all the white ones... There is one

for the long sleeves.  There is a short drawer,

even though he has 8 pairs sitting in the chair

next to his side of the bed.  And then there is

the under wear shorts drawer that is cramped

full, not counting the rotating 6 he has on the

chair next to the shorts.

Just got to shake my head... but got to admit

I have a few favor shorts, that I rotate. I do

better in the tee shirt .. as I rotate about 8 of

them. 

The last rose of summer....

Here are some of the last ones hanging on.. quite a

array of colors.. the coral, the candy stripe, lavender,

one white one, and one Sun flower.. left over from the

overflow of the bird feeder...

As we wind down, our summer and flowing slowly in

to Fall.. we still have a lot of our flowers still blooming.

The garden, as in vegetable, are pretty much put to bed

for the winter.. We have a couple of large pots with

tomatoes still blooming, and producing.. just slower

than the past month..

We have light afternoons still giving us a taste of left

over summer, not quite into the Indian summer..

we still sit on the deck to bask in what is left of

the sun.

Early mornings are getting darker.. and nights

are falling faster, so we know it is just a matter of time.

So enjoy what you can.. 

h87b...mkh...

Once again...the SHIP OF FOOLS sails...

I didn't watch the debate last night... two reasons.

I don't get CNN and because even if I did, I will

wouldn't...  Wouldn't want to waste my time..

I like to wait until the, get near the end.. before I

get really interested in the debates.. Because I figure

why waste my time, listening to those who aren't even

going to make the cut.  And if there is anything really

interesting, it will be all over the internet and the news.

It is kind of like the contest shows.. American Idol, So

you can dance, Voice, Dancing with the stars, and

American Got Talent..   So unless you are really interested

in the contest subject.. it is a waste of time to watch at the

beginning.. so usually wait until they are down to at least

the last 12.  The ones with the stars, like the Dancing with

the stars.. I might watch because I want to see a particular

person..  Which I haven't tune in yet this time around.. but

was thinking of doing so, because I wanted to see Steve

Erwin's daughter and how she does.

So the debates are like that too.. so let the ones fall to the

sides.. Perry already has, and then see who is left, to

find someone who might be worth the vote.. or if they

end up at the end.. maybe who not to vote for.. 

Summer is over, and the real work starts...

I have been shredding zucchini's left and right.

I shred it and then bag it up into 2 cup bags..

That is for Choc. Zucchini bread in the winter.

Then there is the tomatoes... I have cooked up

so many batches of tomatoes, onions and peppers

for stewed tomatoes.. can use them in so many types

of sauces...

Then we cooked up spaghetti sauce for two days,

and canned that..

There is butter nut, and pan paddy, and acorn

squash that has been cooked and sliced and diced,

and into the freezer.

And  the peppers that are sliced and some diced

and bagged up for future use, and in the freezer.

Still have the prize winning Hubbard squash to do.

And then the King brought home a box of peaches.

This one is on him..   I will help him with prep work

but the rest is on him.. He wants to can them.. I hate

canning..

Oh, and did I mention the 4 gallons of blueberries

we picked which he want to make jam.....

All of this has to be done asap.. but he has two

projects he has to do before hunting season...

So much to do. so little time....

Oh, my aching everything....

This past weekend  I spent putting away the

yard for winter.  I have yard art everywhere.

Then there is the lights, and the hornet traps,

the net for the pergola and etc.  etc..

I filled 4 totes, clean up the shed so I

have room to store 7 rose plants in huge

pots that we never got around to burying.

Got to have room to put the lawn mower

away and the big two wheel weed whacker.

Out comes the snow blower. Got to figure

out what to do with the tiller. Up  on the wall

is the little weed whackers.  Got to around the

yard and do it one more time. Just don't have

the energy.  Maybe this weekend.

All of this involved bending.. going up and

down the ladder about 50 times.. removing

spinners, lights and etc.

I still have the solar lights.. up to 25 now.

And I forgot to take down the hummingbird

feeders and wash them.. did close the house

vents, rolled up the hoses.

Did all this while the King was in Oregon

going to his nephew's celebration of life.

The rest is up to him.. boat being winterized.

The beam he wanted to put up all summer and

never got it done.. and now he has to.

Then he has the "I have to get done before

hunting season starts" list.

Maybe I should leave the yard art in the totes

next year.. lol.. 

The new tv season...

This week's Entertainment Weekly came out

with their Fall preview.  After looking at all

the possiblies .. I don't think I will be watching

much.

Now in all fairness, I have over the air service. Antenna,

to those who don't know.. The price is the greatest..

it is FREE..  So that cuts my options a great deal.

but there is Netflix, if there is anything that is too good

to miss.

Most of the come back shows to me are long in

the tooth. Meaning some of them have been around'

too long.  I use to love the CSI programs.  But we all

know that there is no lab that brings forward the

results as fast as the show. It takes months. But

even thru that.. it was interesting to see how they

come together.. But here we are how many years

later, and the stories are getting to be all the same

mode.

I don't like boring shows.. I don't like shows that

try to scare the hell out of me.  I sure the heck

don't like ZOMBIES..ANYTHING.

Big Brother and the pimping shows (Bachelor and

etc.) leave me cold. Waste of time.

Holding my attention some what and even those

I am getting tired of.. like American Got Talent, and

Dancing with the stars.. I usually start watching the

last 3 weeks.. if there is someone who holds my

attention.  Lost interest in American Idol and So

you think you can dance years ago.  Bones and

Voice are getting thin as well.

So the pickings are going to be slim. And add the

elections coming up next year.. and some now,

well, that really leaves a lot to be desired...

Good thing I love to read.. and it  looks like

a great year for reading.  i have book shelves

full of books I bought when I was working.. to

read in my retirement.. And a few I have added

to it.  

What are the chances of.....

Ok, you have all the dishes and silverware in your

dishwasher, soap, shut the lid.. hit start.....

AND THEN... you see a knife and spoon in the corner

of the sink.  What do you do, wash it by hand?  wait

until the next load?  Or ... yes,  I do.... open the washer,

put the stuff in and shut it quickly, as the water is starting

to spray out..

You fill up the clothes washer, throw in the soap.. shut

the lid... hit start....................AND your husband comes

in, and says I need these clean too.  Luckily I have a top

loader, so it isn't a big deal... But when I did have a front

loader... it was a big problem.. Shut down the machine,

wait 10 minutes for it to completely stop, and the water

recede, and then it unlocks.. to throw it in.

You take the garbage out to the front for pick up on garbage

day... you hear the truck coming up the road... you throw

something in the house garbage only to see you forgot

to take it out for the garbage can... So you grab it out of

the can, tied it as you run out front to the truck as he is

throwing your garbage in the truck..

Been there.. to all of them.. done that...

I suffer from....L. W. A.

I suffer from L. W. A.... My mother use to

say that to me when I was little.

And as an adult I have

tried real hard not to practice it.

But my youngest daughter accuses me of it. And

really she is almost as bad.. and does suffer some

what herself.

You say .... good bye.. I say ...good bye.. You say

take good care of yourself..  I will reply, you do the

same.

You message me a few words, I answer with a few

words.. the conversation goes back and forth.. and

then one of us will say. well, got to go (for what ever

the reason)...and I will reply.. me too... You say bye

I say bye.. You put up a cartoon of a good bye..

I will return with a cartoon of good bye...

Or you will message me that you got the gift, and

thank you..  I will reply ....you welcome...  no matter

what follows.. I will answer it.. other wise they might

think I didn't get the last message...

So do you suffer from L. W. A.????? 

Last    Word... Annie.....??? 

well do you???

Happy Birthday.... Tim and Elaine 

Hello September, can December be not close?

So here we are, in September... the summer is

all gone..  Oh, yea, we can get a couple days

here and there in the 70's or even 80's.. but

we know it is all over but the crying.

And crying it is.. that is me.. i am trying to grab

and hold every day of this past summer.. I still

have my shorts.. but got to admit, I dug thru and

got my winter pj bottoms out the other night as

the temps dipped to the 40's.

Ah, summer you went thru so fast.. I packed

so much, and you tried to show us what hell

would be like, incase we decided heaven

wasn't all that it is sold to be. 

I had the MEET ME AT THE BEACH, with my

family on the Oregon coast.. it was so divine...

so sublime... my children, their spouses, my

grandchildren, and their spouses and my

great grandchildren... maybe not all of them,

but 30 was a pretty fine turn out.  It went by

in a blur, if it wasn't for pictures, I would almost

wonder if it was all just a dream.

The rest went by with cook outs, only one fishing

trip, and lots of yard work.   Now it is time  

to put summer away.. so out will come the totes

to put away the yard art and etc.

So you think I put the title in too soon  with the

mention of December??? really, think about it.

It was just June a few several days ago... June

as we were planting the garden we just harvested.

It will come soon enough...

So I will be the one hanging on to that Indian Summer

we all love, watching the turning of the leaves.

Our nephew

This has to do with my post of August 24

Travis Gors

1976 - 2015 | Obituary |  Condolences

Travis Gors

November 30, 1976 - August 21, 2015

Travis Michael Gors was born November 30, 1976 to Kimberly and Gary Gors in Spokane, Washington. He spent most of his childhood in Oregon where he attended McNary High school and then graduated from Silverton High school. Silverton High school is where Travis gained his love and appreciation of music and art. 

On February 16, 2002 he married the love of his life Emily Gors in Salem, Oregon. The couple made their home in Beaverton, Oregon where Travis found his career in the financial industry. While working full-time, Travis attained his Associates of Business from University of Phoenix. 

Travis was a talented musician and artist who believed that art, in any shape, was to be appreciated by the masses on a daily basis. Travis lived his art through drawing and writing; his love of comic books and table top role playing games influenced much of his art. 

While we only had Travis for a short time, he impacted us all for a lifetime. "The lifetime of a human being is measured by decades; the lifetime of the Sun is a hundred million times longer. Compared to a star, we are like mayflies, fleeting ephemeral creatures who live out their lives in the course of a single day." 

- Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Travis is survived by his loving wife of 13 years, Emily Gors; his Mother, Kimberly Nall; Father, Gary Gors; Sister, Brandie Lewis; Brother, Chris Reinwald; and the entire Rader family. 

There will be a Celebration of Life and a luncheon at 1:00 PM September 12, 2015 at the Red Lion Inn in Salem, Oregon

The question is.. when is it a vacation....

Really I would like my comment box fill up with answers.

Two households had this conversation, about vacations...

We all know that when you leave your job for 4 to 14 days

it is a vacation.. that is not the question.

The question came in another form.

So... first scene is... you go away for 4 days.. to see

 a relative.  You drive for at least 4 hours.. visit and come

back 4 days later.

Second scene... You drive to a relatives house for 4 hours.

you visit for 2 days, then leave that relative's house, and

drive another 2 hours.. and visit that relative for a day or 2.

Then leave that house, go across town and visit another

relative for a day or 2.  Then once again you are on the road

for another 4 hours to visit another relative, for a day or 2.

Leaving that relative, drive 3 hours, and spend a day or 2 and

then head home ......driving 4 more hours.  You have been

gone 10 days or so.  Vacation?

And lastly.... you drive for 4 to 6 hours.. You arrive at a hotel,

or rented house.. You spent 4  or 5 days there. Visiting the sights,

laying on the beach. Going fishing on a charter boat.. what ever

pleases the two of you.. And then after those days you drive back

the 4 to 6 hours back home.  Vacation?

Well according to the males they are all vacations.. And to the

females.... only the last one is a vacation...  the other two are

visiting relatives.  

This isn't to say, that the first two are not enjoyable. They are.

Busy, and fast, but enjoyable.. but just not a vacation.

The last one is a not scheduled out, laid out, but play it by ear..

vacation... Even you come across one of those relatives during

the time, it is still a vacation.

So here you go readers, tell me.. what is a vacation, to you?

are we females nick picking?  I honestly want to know.

REMEMBER this is not about which one is enjoyable. as they

both are enjoyable... just one is more laid back, and maybe a

tat more enjoyable as there is no responsibility to it.

a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used forrest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday:

: a period of time that a person spends away from home, school, or business usually in order to relax or travel

What are you allergic to?

A question every time you go to the dr. It is a

standard question.. what are you allergic to?

and my standard answer has been... NOTHING.

All these years, I have never been allergic to anything.

no foods, no meds, no plants.. etc.

NOT ANY MORE..  Last week, my finger got infected.

I tried to fix it myself.. that was not good.. ended up

a the Immediate Care unit. The great crew there was

very helpful.. They clean up the wound, gave me a

prescription for antibiotics... I was good to go. In 4 days

the wound was starting to look good. But I was starting

to not feel so good.  My stomach felt heavy, I lost my

appetite, feel like I was going to throw up, and sleepy.

By the 3rd day of that, I looked up the side effects of

the prescription, and found out .. yep .. all those and couple

others were listed.  But with only a couple more days of

the antibiotic left, I figured I could tough it out. After all

the finger is getting better.. And they were pretty strong

about taking ALL of the doses. 

Then Sunday, late afternoon.. I am turning red. little

dots all over. I asked the King to look at my back as it

feels like I have little needles all over.  He said HOLY

COW, YOU HAVE HIVES...  sure enough.. all over the

body.. down my legs, on my feet..  Not good.

So I got some bendriyl and cream..   By Monday, it isn't

getting much better.  So back to Immediate Care.

Wow, they said... you are allergic to the antibiotics..

So more meds, stuff to wash in..

So I took the meds, which they mention, oh, it will

make you sleepy.  oh, yea.. I was in bed by

7pm...

But this morning, I am wake and feeling good. No more

sick stomach, the hives look a little better, more like botches.

But as James Brown says...I FEEL GOOD.... LIKE I KNOW

I SHOULD..

And no longer will I say.. oh, I am not allergic to anything.

I will be saying...I am allergic to Spectra...