Showing posts with label elements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elements. Show all posts
Monday, October 28, 2013
Fall: Beginning of the end
I saw the leaves scurry quickly
across the street when pushed
by the angry wind which has
been howling the last few days.
It appears that autumn is
nearing its end this year.
But we have been blessed with
warmth and colors and
really awesome weather for the most part.
Some trees remain in their
brilliant state of gorgeous color
while others have been stripped naked -
skeletons ready for
the harshness of winter.
I hope it's not a harsh winter like
last year. It was cold.
Always so cold.
Miserably cold.
And summer was unbearably hot.
But autumn was awesome.
autumn is awesome.
Let us keep that awesome feel.
Mother Nature please
don't strip the trees.
Let them radiate
throughout the year -
without the wind,
without the snow,
without the heat,
without the cold.
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Sunshine and Rain
Jenna and I got off the bus the other
day. It was raining – not a pouring
rain, but the sky had definitely produced more than just a drizzle. We needed our umbrellas (which we just
happened to have). The weird thing was
that I also needed sunglasses.
It seemed to be raining north of 3300, but
once we turned the corner and continued on our way to the south side, we no
longer needed our umbrellas. We were in
the house perhaps only ten minutes or so when we could hear a heavy hail
beating all around us. I looked out the
window to see the sun shining still.
Weird.
Yesterday was beautiful – though we started
the morning wearing light jackets. Janna
and I took the train to Midvale and walked to the post office and made a stamp
purchase and walked over to the library.
On our return I mentioned to Jenna that Ellen and Nate lived close to
where we were. She crossed the street to
look at their street name while I tried getting a hold of one of them on the
phone. I didn’t think they’d be home.
As it turns out, they went hiking with the
family and too enjoyed the awesome weather.
The air was crisp but not cold. I
had packed my umbrella just in case.
Jenna loves standing on the train and bus
as they are moving. She also likes to
flirt with the regular bus drivers. When
we came home (with train transfer to the bus) Jenna noticed the afternoon bus
driver was/is the same who drives us near our house.
Last night the sky appeared to be giving us
fog.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Did You See That Red Sun Last Night?
Jenna and I came out of the library to see a
brilliant red ball hanging in the sky.
There’ve been a lot of fires in Utah. Many in the nation. The smoke makes the sun
appear to be red.
I’m sorry for the many whose homes have been lost.
I enjoyed seeing the sun.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Wednesdays are for Sleeping In . . . zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Nearly every morning Roland gets up at
5:30. More than not I’ll get up at that
time too (provided I’m not already up – due to not being able to sleep in my
room) as he needs to be to work by 7:00 (or at least it is the time he chose to
be there) but does need to be to work on Wednesdays until 11:00.
On Saturday we usually go to the Church to
clean. We try to be there by 8:00 (at
least for this month) and then we have the garden at 9:00 (which changes to
8:00 next month – but I think it should already be at 8:00 and then changed to
7:00) and on Sunday he’s got meetings which generally start at 7:00 or 7:30.
Roland’s usually up by 5:30 regardless.
But I like to stay in bed as long as possible – especially when I
haven’t slept well the night before.
I didn’t seem to have any troubles
whatsoever when Jenna and I were watching one of her TV programs
yesterday. After missing practically the
entire program (one I hadn’t already seen forty times in the last three years)
I finally told her that I was going to lay down.
Of course by the time I got all the way to
my room from the couch (less than twenty steps from couch to bed; I checked) I
couldn’t get comfortable and so did not sleep in my bed yesterday but seemed to
do okay on the couch (sitting up position nonetheless)
Roland doesn’t get off until 8:00 and so
whenever I picked Jenna up from school on Wednesdays, we would wander – never
in a hurry to get home (not that I’m ever in a hurry; I’m pretty tired of our house and neighborhood
and the number of cars that make an appearance across the street. Biff told me he witnessed a drug bust the
other night.
I have perspired so much that I’m forced to
wash loads every other day. Thank
goodness I have a clothes line or my bills would be more costly than they
already are. I still dry the towels in the dryer though. The texture of sandpaper does not appeal to my wet skin. But I like what the sun does to my whites.
I am saddened for those who have lost their
homes in Colorado and pray for them.
Damn elements!
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Those Poor Confused Geese
I’m walking my dog at the park when
two geese started honking. Highness hadn’t
even noticed them until they brought it to his attention that they were
there. So of course he starts yowling
and the geese took off and started circling the park – honking loudly as they
flew.
Now since I don’t speak geese, I don’t
know if they were warning other birds that there was a crazy dog in the park or
if they were announcing: “No – it doesn’t appear to be springtime over here,
either.”
Or
if they were just lost from their flock and asking others to make themselves
known.
It’s supposed to be springtime huh? According to the goose’s bodily calendar, it
is time to end their southern vacation and get back to work in the north. But the elements just don’t jive with their
predictions. And it’s frustrating.
But geese are not the only ones to suffer
here. It is every driver in the road who
encounters poly cones and orange barrels, signs that say “Road Closed” and “Men
at Work”.
Actually I haven’t seen the “Men at Work”
signs this year. I suppose after the elements
they have faced the last few years, it is better just not to post them than to
have the public say, “Where? I don’t see
anybody working”
It rains.
The sun shines. The wind
blows. Sometimes all within five minutes
of each other. It can be very frustrating.
That’s how it’s been every year I have
tried to plan Jenna’s birthday. Everybody
wore coats on her sixth birthday when we had the clown. I finally had a back up this year. And so we held it indoors. Guess what.
The weather was nice.
I hope the geese realize that it’s not
just them. We have all experienced a
degree of questioning Mother Nature.
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