Tis the season again

The leaves are all gone
Now I can see the sky
In all its' robins' egg blue glory

Night sneaks in silently
As darkness comes early
With a breath of cool quietness

We draw our sweaters close
And doze by the fire
Making restful peace

Once again
With winter time.



(by Janet (aka chancy)

Good times

What a delightful weekend.

First, on Friday we went to our 11 year old granddaughter's elementary school for a Veteran's Day program.The entire fifth grade put on the program with music and reading honoring present and past veterans.

We were surprised when M had a solo called Freedom. She belted it
out perfectly on key and with verve and vigor. :) :proud Grandma here:

Friday night we went to the high school where our 15 year old grandson had a lead in the one act play. Very talented young man.

And our grown grandson visited from Alabama with his new girlfriend. A
lovely, pretty young lady. Definitely a "keeper'


On Sunday we took them to the country club for a delicious buffet to finish up a fun time together.

Life is good

Fall is Here

Sorry I haven't posted in a month. Just so busy doing nothing I haven't had a chance.

Been watching the leaves turn all sort of brilliant colors here in Atlanta. Just outside my townhouse windows the trees have been putting on a gaudy show of bright yellows, crimson and an occasional hot pink. The squirrels are dashing in and out of the hole in the big oak tree in the back yard. I suppose by now they have enough nuts laid by in their larder to last them until springtime.

Buddy is fast growing back his winter coat after the disastrous haircut grooming fiasco of 2 months ago when he came home looking like a shorn lamb. What's that old proverb," God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb"? I felt sorry for the little guy without his lovely, longish coat.

I made a big pot of aromatic vegetable soup last week. 11 year old granddaughter dropped by and said, "Yum. What's that you're cooking?'
There was enough to give her some to take home for her family's supper.

I have been watching the Republican debates and wondering how much more tangled up in their underwear they can get. Where is straight talking Harry Truman when we so desperately need him.

And Thanksgiving is just around the corner so I need to go catch a turkey and trap some mince for the mince meat pies. ;)

I have been trying to come up with something different for Thanksgiving. Instead of plain ole boring roast Turkey.

I have a "White House Cookbook"** from about the turn of the last century (1900) and it has recipes for dishes like smothered squirrel and possum. I will skip those dishes this year.:) and stick with turkey




** Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) by F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann You can go to www.projectgutenberg.org for interesting reading and some weird recipes like "Boiled Calf Head" :(

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!