The House Of Half Moons

I was a being a bit silly yesterday when I wrote this for Roger. Some nostalgia while remembering a lot of the “good old days” when one of the memories touched on something I try to forget about. But I must say this was fun to write and has brought some chuckles from the ones I sent it to.

.  Out in the country and back toward the fence
 Stood an old house built back in the days of yore.
 Small in stature built out of wood
 With a half moon carves into each door.

 We never were a family of means
 But Dad worked magic with his two hands and more.
 He built us two swings, and that old wooden house
 And carved a half moon out of each door.

 There were no lights inside that small house,
 No heat in winter, no rug on the floor.
 But there were two seats that he sanded well
 And that half moon he carved out of each door.

 Between the two seats a partition stood
 From the top of the roof to uncarpeted floor. 
One side marked "Ladies", the other side "Gents"
 Beneath the half moon carved out of each door.

 There's many a thing I remember well
 And miss very much from those days of yore.
 But the thing I don't miss from those golden days
 Is the house with a half moon carved into each door. 

I had a lot of fun writing this and the ones I showed it to got a few chuckles from the reading. Soooo, in these uncertain days of political fear and my own frustration with people with heads buried in the sand, I present this small attempt at levity for your reading pleasure. And the possibility that others in my advanced age group (or younger) will have a few memories of their own about the outhouses of their long ago past. Enjoy!

321 Quote Me

Many thanks to Rory for nominating me for the  321 quote challenge. I can only hope I’m doing this correctly.

Here’s the link:   3.2.1. Quote Me

 

The rules are simple:

Thank the selector   DONE

Post 2 quotes for the dedicated Topic of the Day

Select 3 bloggers to take part in 3.2.1.Quote Me!

Today’s topic is FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD

So, here we go!

 Image found on Pinterest.!

Since we all know that chocolate is a vegetable, this one seems appropriate.

Images from Pinterest.

Again, if I eat anything myself, a donut would be my choice, but it has to be accompanied by a cherry Coke!  This one fits me because I frequently choke on food — ah, the joys of MS.

 

Reunions, Heat Wave and Fun

This year is almost half over — Sunday being the halfway mark, and I’m just beginning to fully realize we are already in 2018!  Time just seems to move so quickly lately and I’m wondering if that is because I’m getting (?) old — the question mark is because some days I feel like I’m still in my twenties, and then there’s today!  Today, with our heat index above 100 F., storms in the forecast for the next few days and my bones letting me know with an almost noisy statement that I must be over 100!  The only thing about that is that I know a lady who is 106 and she gets around better than I do and looks 20 years younger than I am today.  She is my hero!  But I try to ignore days like this and remember the other days when the weather is better and I don’t have the “forecaster” joints, some of which I didn’t even know I had, letting me know there’s stormy weather on the way.

Next weekend, July 7 to be exact, about 140 to 150 members of my family will meet at one of our favorite parks for a family reunion, the first in almost 18 years.  We are all looking forward to the reunion, family members are coming from all over the country and we already know we will need name tags to identify each other according to family.  My cousins as well as siblings, come in age groups from the Senior group — my group, to the ones who were born so many years later they are younger than my children.  We keep in loose contact on Facebook, but if I had to point some of them out it could prove very embarrassing for me.  It’s not that my razor sharp mind (lol) is slipping, it’s just that I’ve never met some of them!  

I’ve heard there are 50+ of my first cousins still living out of the huge group of us, and most of them will be attending– I hope!  Kudos to my cousins, Patty, Mark, Janet, Diane and several others who have done the planning for this affair, and sorry I couldn’t mention every one of them, but they have done a wonderful job working to make this happen for all of us.  On the menu is the best barbecue chicken in the world, using the family recipe for the sauce, and all kinds of sides.  I’m not sure about all the menu because the chicken is the star of the party!

Last week one of my brothers took me riding around and one of our stops was the park where the reunion will be.  I said something about wanting to take a photo of the old wagon at the entrance of the park so on our way out he stopped the car and took these photos for me.  Many thanks, bro!  We all grew up in that area and it was almost like going home to visit the area again.  It is one of my favorite places in the area with trails that lead off in every direction around Panther Creek, each trail with its own special memory for me.  I often took Max for walks out there and we explored every one of the trails, with Max continuing to pull at his lead until we were so far out that I think he knew I would have to pick him up and carry him back, at which point he would sit and refuse to budge.  I knew his tactics though, so I had scoped out every rest area on each trail and always made sure to stop at each one so I would not be too tired to stand and wait him out.  I sure miss that little mutt!

This was Max’s favorite place.