bright blue bright blue 
my choice for sky
my choice for you
add the sun for accent 
the clouds for softness
the stars for dreams

this is a picture of you

LILY'S LUCKY #7

My sweet Lily is now in Dog Heaven. She has lots of company. Susie, Chokum, Sage, Blue, Mcduff, Ellie and our sweet little Aspen. Did did a long hard fight. The toughest dog I know. I will probably miss her the most.

SNORING

I do believe he is snoring. He went on a crazy rampage and then he was done. Sweet Robbie.

RAIN DANCE

Papa taught the boys how to Rain Dance!

THE BATHTUB

Since the last post I wrote, it has turned from snow to hot! But that's ok because now our beautiful cement pond is filled with a tired, sweaty rancher who finally takes a few minutes to relax. It has dogs cooling off, grandson's who will be here for 4 days using it as a bathtub, neighborhood children who come knocking at the door, shyly asking if they can swim.

I do have another "bathtub" in my yard. Last April I had the "pleasure" of attending a dinner at a local restaurant which has a decor of an old country house. As I'm sitting there not listening to someone talk who lied when he said he would cut it short, I studied the scene outside the window of this room. It had an old water pump, surrounded by rocks, buckets with flowers popping out, and old time claw footed bathtub filled with colorful pansies,..........wait! an old time claw footed bathtub with colorful pansies........just what my yard is missing...OMG!!! I nudge Wess awake, sleeping with his eyes open, "honey, look out that window", and to my delight he said "honey, find a tub". Off on my quest to find an old tub who people have bathed in for centuries, (yuck) I look on a local classified website. To my heart's dismay everyone who had one thought they were worth the sun and moon. I, however thought they were only worth a piece of sand. Not wanting to spend my retirement on one I pretty much gave up. Wess finally said, try again. I set a goal to look for one within my hometown and if I couldn't find one for the right price then it wasn't meant to be. I stuck in my zip code and to my utter amazement I find one. $250. So I email them back, offer them $125 and wait for a reply...and wait and wait. Finally I get an email.....It's my neighbor 2 houses down........I back the truck in, we heft it up and now it is yard art....and it's beautiful.

WHAT I DREAM ABOUT BUT REALLY SEE

It's my party

I have been listening to 60's music while working on my XM Radio on my computer. It's scary to know every word to just about every song. Once in a while there is one that I have never heard. Of course I sing along, off key, but no one hears me but the dogs. They just tilt their heads and look at me in wonder. Little snots. I came across 2 songs which I know every word but never realized they were so connected. "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to". Now the story goes this girl is throwing a birthday party for herself and her boyfriend Johnny disappears. And so does Judy, oddly enough at the same time. Where in the hell did they go??? Later Johnny and Judy return, holding hands. I can only guess what they did. And to boot Judy is wearing Johnny's ring. Holy cow! And on her birthday no less. Worse birthday of her 16 year old life...so leave her alone, it's her party and she can do what she wants...CRY.

So the next song is "It's Judy's turn to cry." Well the girl who got dumped realized it was a foolish thing to do, to sit down and cry. Now at another party, she sees Judy and Johnny kissing. And being the 16 years old and that time of the month (I'm guessing) she just wants to make a scene. She grabs some other guy and plants one on his lips. Pissed Johnny off to no end and he beats the other guy up because he still loved her. So now it's Judy's turn to cry, Judy's turn to cry cause Johnny's come back to her. Thank you Lesley Gore for 2 wonderful songs that show girls then and now. Only now the girls just beat the crap out of each other and the boys just do what boys do..love to watch those girls fight!