Yup, some energy and zest making a come back . . .

Just for fun

I have no idea why this body does it but every few months it feels like it's sixty and in slow decline mode and then, pop, I'm back in fine fettle at forty-two and alive to life. Had a very good day with younger sister and her childhood friend who stays in Moosup for the summer before heading back to her home in Florida. Old friends have great memories and we  had a lot to laugh about also shared the pain of losing loved ones and best friends.

Today is clear, crisp, dry, bright and ever so beautiful. Mother Nature has given us a scintillating October day in mid-August. Wow. We started out at Lizzy B's where my friend Linda has finally retired from her full time night job as a nurse in Rhode Island and now looks 20 years younger as she works as hard as ever at the restaurant and grocery store she has taken over when the owner went bankrupt and left Linda a mess. She's still way too busy but at least she's not working night and day, only days!

Missed two photo ops yesterday. A red-shoulder hawk was sitting as big and pretty as you please on the bluebird house by the garden. Of course by the time I was set to get a photo it flew off into the woods by the spring. I did try to chase it down but failed. Later on a turkey buzzard landed right in front of the same bluebird house and again I was too late. But it's still fun to try to catch these critters on camera.

Went for a walk through Moosup today and met my cousin Michael who walked a short way with me. He had already walked his mile or so at 6 am! Good grief, that's too early to be out of bed! He was on his way for his cup of Jo at the Cumberland Farm Hang Out. I generally wave to him and his buddies when I drive by. As much as I do complain about Moosup I still feel comfortable and safe walking the daytime streets. We won't talk about the black, back alley nights.  It's too bad people in general never improve. Some are and will always be dim-witted, crude, vulgar cave dwellers no matter the century they inhabit. But of course we still have the good, kind, generous souls who make living sweet and just. Sometimes both inhabit the same body and there is a mighty struggle - good does not always win.

Quote:  I find successful exertion is a powerful means of exhilaration, which discharges itself in good humor upon others.   ___Chalmers