Beneath the Wraps

When Jenna was a tot, all she had to do was flash her smile and a member of an older generation would whip out a quarter and hand it to her.   She hasn’t outgrown her charm and charisma, but I’m happy to say no one financially pays her for it anymore (I think with the age she is now that I’d be worried)   One time we had gone to Big Lots and some guy on his way in had asked if I wouldn’t mind hanging on to his enormous Great Danes while he went inside.   I was hoping to get Biff’s attention so that he could get a picture of me hanging onto the leashes of these gigantic animals.   The owner had called them “Scooby Doo” dogs.   So now everytime I hear the name "Scooby Doo" I think of that time with Jenna.                                         https://saveadane.org/2012/03/great-dane-ranking/ When he had finished his business, he came out of the store and pr...

I so love this time of the year In the morning just before the sun rises At night – just as the sun is setting. The weather is fair.   I like the cool air. But the sun beats down in between. It shouldn’t be this warm hot in September I think it feels like Baker or Death Valley, California.   I suppose that would be a slight exaggeration. 94 degrees might be considered cool for Death Valley   I remember one year my family was on our way to Bakersfield, California to see Corey in a play We stopped off in Baker to get a bite to eat The air was hot.   Unbearably hot. And dry.   It was said the temperature was 117. Patrick had gone into the men’s restroom to remove his shirt and douse it in water.   What a great idea!   I went to the women’s restroom and did the same.   Our shirts were dry before we got back in the car.   Baker boasts to have the world’s tallest thermometer .   It is 134 fee...

          I don’t mind sunshine.  I can drive when the sun is out and lighting my path.  There are a huge number of summer activities that I do enjoy.  I just don’t care for the heat.  I would rather have it cool.           April hasn’t even ended, and already I’m changing my perspirated drenched clothes two or three times a day.  What am I going to do in July?  If it’s above 72 degrees I am an ogre.            Even the dog is panting after hours of sleeping.  Our walks now have to happen before school.  Just two weeks ago it was midday because it was too cold in the morning.  I think if the weather were to change gradually (maybe just one degree every other day) it wouldn’t be so bad.  This 20 – 40 degree jump has got to go.           I en...

        Last year we were pretty much gypped out of a spring.  Jenna’s birthday is in spring.  The park seems the most ideal place to hold it as the majority of her friends live close by – but as the weather changes from day to day (often drastically) and it’s hard to make plans.           I would love the weather to be the temperature it was on March 24-25 weekend.  Even the 22 nd was very beautiful and breathable.  23 rd was a bit windier than I’d like.  Wind seems to cause fatigue and I am so tired of being tired all the time.           This morning the sun was so bright I was almost afraid to drive toward its glare.  The afternoon brought darkness.  Did I just make up this morning.  It’s so gloomy out right now, one might think the sun has already set.            Last ye...