Kites

I think this is rare and beautiful and we should have one in our yard.   

Yep, I mean it...I am blessed.   Thank you for being my friend.

Brookings Oregon annual Kite Festival  . . . missed it again . . .  but. . . Marge sent pictures so I got to enjoy the sights, but not the sounds.  They have a great turn out and the weather cooperated so a good time was had by all.  

A little like a lightening strike.

Ah!!   Love is in the air!

Wow, now that is a lot of kites.   How pretty and awesome .

Looks like a boogie man to me.  Hey there 'big guy'

Soaring!!

Polka dots and moonbeams....looks like a flying tiger or a colorful toad..

 

Well Sunday is here and it is cool and we had a droplet of rain yesterday as I rode down the lanes with Sheila who picked me up at seven a.m. to have breakfast at her house.    She took me for a walk around her gardens and this lady has a very green thumb.  Her tomato plants are at least six foot tall and loaded.   She has promised me some real true tomatoes when they turn a luscious red.   She has planted an assortment of good vegetables and herbs.   The smell of basil fills the air. She has filled the garden boxes with all kinds of good vegetables which attract slugs and she is out there at the ready as they are not welcome.      Her home is lovely, the three cats are now eight and all from the same litter. Two were friendly but one never showed.   the table was set and tasty little potatoes and some really delicious Kiech (never could spell that egg dish that has a bit of every thing in it) was served; yes, I did have seconds.    This young lady works all week and usually keeps Saturdays for her work day at home and she cooks up all of her meals for the week.   Her day is a twelve hour day as she has to take the ferry to Seattle every day. where she works as a paralegal.    She asked what I'd like to do for the day and when I asked if we could got to the casino for a short while she said why not, and off we went down the back two lane roads through beautiful scenery and small towns until we got to the lovely little town of Poulsbo.   Our first stop was a the local bakery which is something to see.   If you want the old fashioned donuts and breakfast rolls this is the place to go.   I bought three of the cinnamon rolls, four little coconut cookies for Christine's taste buds, a loaf of the cinnamon bread which is one of their trade marks and it totaled $16.00 ....I wont be stopping there again.   We did make it to the casino for two hours and I played the bingo-keno machine which is very different than my four card keno machine at Lucky Seven.   I watched the lady next to me win an eight spot for $1,350.00 playing five dollars a play, while I paid my fifty cents and went up a few dollars and back down , then up until I played it all and we left for home.   

The puzzle didn't do anything by itself and it is going to be the worst puzzle I have ever tried to do.  It is all silver colored, no scene, pieces that are different shapes and many the same shape and can be put in from both directions.   I doubt I can do it but I am going to try.   Sheila told me her sister did one in all red which was called Red Riding Hood's cape, and did it in one day.   She must be a genius.

Today is shopping day so I will be heading for the big Fred Meyer store and the fresh fruits.   The apples here are really delicious and I am hoping to get a buy on the blueberries.  They have been exceptionally good this year.    Daughter Pat came over and had beans and hotdogs with me.   The alarm went off earlier when someone was baking cookies as you could smell the aroma and hopefully there will be a gift at the door today.   Doris has been down with a sciatica problem and hasn't  been doing her usual baking.   She is a whiz and makes some really good and different types of cookies.  I didn't trigger the alarm this time.   Just wait a bit.

So, if you are going shopping for groceries, be wise and choose the fresh fruits and vegetables to keep you healthy.    Get your morning exercise while you are at it and walk up and down every aisle.  Light up the place with your smile and you will find friendly faces everywhere you look and you are sure to get a return smile;  besides, it is good for the facial muscles.    You are bound to meet someone you know and like so get those arms ready;  hugging in a grocery story is permissible.   I miss my friendly clerks at Fred Meyers in Brookings who always had smiles and hugs for me.    I wonder how long it will take to get a hug around here.    I'll have to work on it.    Enjoy a peaceful, serene Sunday and say a prayer for those in need.   Hugs to all.