“MY DAILY VISITORS!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

……………….There is a group of 5 deer that frequently appear on my property……sometimes all together sometimes one, or two, three or four…Today there were three of them foraging for food of which there is little…..I do feel badly, but I know come spring when they start to eat my new plantings and my shrubs I will not be so happy….I have tried many different products to keep them from eating my plants, but the few that do work, only work for a short time……I have discovered that in the spring the females like to give birth on the side of my garage which is far from the house and secluded from the road…..so I expect the deer population to grow this spring! I do try to keep them out of my back yard with barriers that Franco has put up, but they can jump very high, and they can still get over my gates that I can’t do anything about……Maybe if I left out food like apples they would leave my plants alone, but unfortunately you can’t bargain with a wild animal, and I’m afraid it would only encourage more to visit!

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“IT’S ABOUT THE PERSON”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…………………..If you take a true HARD look at yourself….can you say you are proud of who you have become…….and/or are there still things you can work on?……..For me TOLERANCE and PATIENCE are two things I can definitely work on.

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“A CRAZY SNOWMAN”

…………………..That’s my oldest brother Mauro at the far left, and me at the far right, with my brothers friends in between….I was a senior in high school, so that would make me 17….I really don’t remember this day or making this snowman, but that’s what pictures are for! I don’t remember everyone’s name either except for the two who were my brother’s closest friends….Tommy is standing next to my brother, and Joey is third in from the right, next to the snowman….They were both kind of crazy….so I will guess they were the main creators of the crazy looking snowman!….All of these guys are 7 years older than me, but I look the same age as them! I do remember they gave a “wild and crazy bunch” a new definition! They all drag raced and had soup-ed up cars. I remember my brother getting into big trouble when he took my mother’s  BRAND NEW Fairlane 500 turquoise and white car, and totally rebuilt the engine for racing!!! He trimmed out the whole car in turquoise and white accessories….door knobs, fancy floor mats etc etc….it really looked SHARP!!! My mom complained to my dad that every time she stepped on the gas the car would “take off”….She was afraid to drive it, because she couldn’t control the speed! Of course my father said….”Edith, it’s a brand new car….you just have to get used to it.”…..but she continued to complain until my father finally brought it back to the dealer to have it checked out. He got a call from the dealer with unexpected news, and was told he had better come in. My father was totally confused and in the dark as to what he was going to be told! When he got there he was told the engine in the car WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL ENGINE THE CAR CAME WITH, and that someone had soup-ed it up for racing…..My father knew immediately who the culprit was, and told my brother to return the car to its’ original condition at his expense PRONTO!!!….My mom was redeemed, but of course felt badly for my brother for the money he lost redoing the car engine,  and now having to spend even more to get it back to it’s original condition! This was the car my mom taught me how to drive on! I loved tooling around in this fancy car!!….This was just one of my brother’s stories! He and his friends were always into something until they each got girlfriends, and then it all changed….Their lives changed from having wild adventures to lives of “domestic bliss”……No more great stories! It all became rather BORING!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“THE WAY IT WAS!!!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…………….I remember when I was a child….It seemed EVERY winter we used to get a huge blizzard, and snow falls in between…..That’s my Dad with his new snow blower clearing my Aunt Mary’s driveway. who lived next door….in the 60s….That’s her in the background…He loved his snow blower…like a kid with a new toy, and the best thing was we hardly had to shovel anymore!!!!…I also remember trudging to school wearing many layers….sweaters, hats, scarves, gloves, and snow boots….The weather and the seasons used to be much more predictable……Those days are long gone. I can’t remember the last time we had 12 inches and more of snow?! let alone a BLIZZARD……Of course now they are getting snow in places they never had snow, or rarely got snow before….Charleston…..Louisiana…..and FLORIDA!!!………..and people STILL SAY there’s no such thing as GLOBAL WARMING!…….Global warming creates unusual weather patterns….more severe hurricanes, more droughts, stronger and longer El Nino due to warmer oceans, and even more unusual rain falls and snow falls where it is unheard of to have these conditions…where some get no rain and the temperatures soar, other get a deluge of rain and freezing cold……..plus the fact that it has been proven the Earth’s temperatures are getting hotter and hotter every year! Here in Ct., where I live, the winters have gotten milder and milder, and my perennials are coming up earlier and earlier…. but in southern Cal. they hadn’t had rain in over 200 days!…..They are saying this is the coldest winter we have had in years where I live…..It will probably be the hottest summer too!…..It’s just getting worse and worse, and our government is doing NOTHING to turn this problem around!….Actually, they are doing the opposite!…..It’s ironic that countries like Saudi Arabia, who produce enormous amounts of oil….are doing the most to curb global warming with all kinds of new systems they are developing to harness the power of the sun…Of course it is the desert, and they have unlimited amounts of money!!!…With new deregulations our country is making it worse!!….ALL FOR THE MIGHTY DOLLAR!!!.. God help us all! I feel badly for the younger generation and the newborns who are going to have to deal with the future consequences of our lack of action!

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“JUST WHEN I THOUGHT!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

………………Just when I thought I had put EVERY single Christmas decoration stored away……one more shows up!!!!!……..I can’t tell you how many times I have passed this pie shape tilt top table going from the living room to the gathering room!….Sitting on top of the table is a large antique English tea cup FILLED with LARGE candy canes!……How could I have not seen it….I guess either I just wasn’t looking or it just didn’t register…..it happens!……I have removed all of the assorted candy canes, and put them in the freezer for my display next Christmas! They are already from the year before, and since I have no intention of eating them or letting anyone else eat them….why buy new ones when these are still perfectly good?!…..I think I am done now with Christmas!!!…..until I happen upon something else I haven’t “seen”!……LOL

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