My eldest grandchild got her driver's license this week.
I'm getting old.
How is this possible?
Just the other day, I was young and full of energy.
Now I go to sleep at 9:30 p.m. or so and don't move too well.
Another thing--last month I had nearly 17,000 views on my blog--the most I've ever had!
This month, so far I have about 15 hundred.
How does that happen?
The older I get the less things I can figure out.
A downward spiral.
See you later--I hope!
I'm getting old.
I have never driven through such rain as I did this morning on my way to Milton for church.
On I 84 and Route 8, I would have pulled over if I could have seen the shoulder to the road!
Windshield wipers did nothing to help.
Going through Waterbury, the city lived up to it's name--I felt I was 'buried' in 'water'.
It was amazing and scary.
I hope you stayed dry and didn't have to drive through that storm.
It wasn't pleasant, let me tell you....
Last night it rained like crazy and today until noon or so there were severe thunder storms.
One especially loud and close thunder kept our dog Brigit downstairs by herself most of the morning.
She never does that so it must have scared her plenty!
I was reading a book on the front porch when it happened--we have bees on the back porch--and it was like a bomb going off in the neighborhood!
It's 4 p.m. now and the sun is poking through the clouds and birds are congregating outside my window.
But the weather folks say more rain is possible tonight.
We'll see.
The weather people have heavy rain for two days and flood warnings for New England.
There have been mists but no rain in Cheshire.
As I was leaving church in Milton there were some drops for about 5 minutes, then they stopped.
We'll see overnight--it's after 9 p.m. now--and tomorrow.
No rain yet.
And no flood.
Two days ago, Bern and I were sitting out on our back deck and she said, "our backyard has become a bird sanctuary."
And she's right.
Robins, sparrows, catbirds, cardinals and all sorts of other birds come to our bird bath to bathe and drink and hop around the yard in search of food.
I love to sit out there and watch them.
Birds are magical to me.
We even had a couple of crows and a white owl.
Love the birds. Watch them. Rejoice in them.
They've got to go away.
Over 300 mass shootings this year already.
I've never owned a gun and never will.
Unless you are a hunter, why do you need one?
And yet we have yet to crack down on guns in this country.
Most other countries have credible gun laws, but not us.
What's wrong with us?
And what's the thing with guns?
I just don't get it.
Happy 4th of July!
Although I do have some issues with the holiday.
First of all, I don't like fireworks. It may storm tonight that would lessen the fireworks--but probably only until tomorrow night.
Secondly, it's hard to celebrate "all men are created equal" when the Declaration of Independence and then the Constitution, allowed slavery and women were second-class citizens.
Juneteenth is a better day to celebrate although the end of slavery didn't end discrimination and racial inequality--something the Governor of Florida seems to want to bring back--along with withholding rights from GLBTQ folks.
Many in the Republican Party seem to be on board with all that. Major candidates for the Republican nomination didn't even mention Juneteenth on that day.
And Juneteenth didn't become a major holiday until 1986!
How long it takes for our country to admit it's mistakes.
But have a burger and some watermelon on me anyway....
