Saturday July 5, 2014

Relax and Smile

 

Well this will be a short Blog. Today is the anniversary of my grandmother's birthday. We never quite knew when she was born....I mean what year she was born ....she kept changing it, Ha!  1898 seems to ring a bell. That would make her 116. Sounds about right. I can certainly Smile and Relax when I think of all the good times I had at her place.

 

She had a small house with a big fenced-in back yard and a real cement fish pond that my grandpa had made for her. She had flowers and shrubs surrounding the entire backyard. Plus she protected her favorite creature, a squirrel that made his home in a tree close to her back window. She always told me to watch and learn from the squirrel. What she meant by that I don't know unless she thought I was a little "nutz" Ha! Many time I guess I acted a little that way.

 

Grandpa loved to fish and Grandma hated to eat fish but she sure knew how to fry them. She always had a slice of bread with long-horn cheese and an orange for breakfast. I ate a lot pf my meals at her place when I was in grade school. It was closer for me to walk to her house that walk all the way to where I lived in the fire station on Main Street in Spencer, Iowa

 

Oh just wanted to let you know that we experienced a 3 day "brown out" we had no electricity for 2 nights and I can tell you appreciation of things becomes apparent when you don't have them! It cam back on this afternoon about an hour ago.

 

For todays smile....Do you know how to tell if there is an elephant in the bathtub with you????........Answer, ....If you can smell peanuts on his breath!

 

 

See you next Blog

 

Dave