Let's Have a Look-See

It's been a week. Windy... Cranky men living in my house....Crazy allergies...you name it. I love the sky on my walks. Too windy most days, but got in a couple. I found this little bird egg and it made my heart happy.  The lady who planted this had moved, but it is a pretty reminder of her.  I finally had a night up myself. Wes went to Girls Camp for the night and Scott had an appointment in Twin. I took advantage and had brownies and milk for dinner. I had been to lunch and a movie with a friend so it was perfect. I'm leaving town in the morning and hope to have a great week.  Love, peace and happiness.... God bless us all....

We went to the beautiful Oak Island.  It has lovely sandy beaches.  The skies were lovely. There were different birds than live on the West Coast.  Honestly, this pier was well built and well used.  The water was nice but the tide was too rough for me. I thought I could do it but it took me down.  The best part of this experience was the amount of shells at every beach we visited.  I would guess millions.  I follow Brenda Torrey Photography on Facebook and have learned a great deal about what kind of shells are there.   We went out early one morning. I was looking for turtle tracks, which I didn't see but I did see the Turtle ladies from Oak Island Sea Turtle Protection Program .  I love to listen as they post the baby turtles emerging from their nests and making their way towards the sea.  It wasn't crowded, the ...

Our son Richard, was married this weekend in North Carolina.  It took place in a beautiful park near Winston Salem and Wes officiated. They are planning on a celebration where everyone is invited next Spring.  We also had a brunch afterwards. It was sweet.  I had hoped that Richard would take some time to be alone after his extremely difficult marriage with Ashley. But I've come to realize that he will never be alone. Ivy was one of his roommates after he left Ashley. I have felt in my heart that my mom helped them find each other. I'm not sure of how their relationship transpired, but they seem happy. They work as a team. They are very considerate of each other. They are fiscally responsible. They both love their families. They both see the same therapist...that's another story.  I'm extremely happy for them. Richard has been though so much with his first marriage. It was in a beautiful temple, where they were sealed t...

I found myself grieving the end of Stephen Colbert's show this week. It hit me in a sad way.  When I was a kid I used to sit at the top of the basement stairs just  the right angle to watch the Johnny Carson Show. My mother was a night owl also. She always knew I was there, but let me stay and watch. David Letterman was a life saver. He often entertained me while I was feeding one baby or the other. In the Summer I would watch his crazy antics. I loved the silliness of it all. I loved his mom. I looked forward to what pies she was cooking for Thanksgiving. I also loved his Christmas show where they threw the football at the Christmas tree, trying to knock the pizza off the top. And I thoroughly enjoyed the stuff he threw off the roof of the theater.  When I started watching Colbert, I loved his political jokes. They carried me through DJT.1. If you have to live through it, the very least you could do is laugh at it. So when DJT.2 came along, I thought we could do it toget...

I just spent 8 days with my youngest granddaughter.  Not going to lie, it was me and her and it was hard.  She loves to go on a walk, but sometimes she's done...not home, just done.  She loves to play in the gravel, which grossed me out.  I brought my own chair, which she wouldn't let me sit in.  She walked down the hall with a toy in each hand and I thought that she was going to her room but she made a pit stop.  This is her, thinking she was blowing bubbles.  And this is her in the quilt I gave her saying, Dog, dog, dog and Cat, cat, cat.  It was hard.  She had a lot of ideas. I talked to her because she needs language. I let her watch TV because sometimes I was tired of talking to her and her ideas were wearing me out.  We went on two to three walks a day. Watching her eat was gross. But it was a blessing to see her smile. To hear her laugh and sing. T...