Gray Skies
The sun was out this morning and wham . . . the clouds moved in and it felt cooler that it had been moments before. The walk was what I needed. My gut told me to get out and suck up some fresh air. When I looked out the bathroom window I realized that it must have rained just enough to make Stauffer Avenue muddy. Dennis was in his recliner for a nap and I left him a note by the coffee pot that I was walking. If his nap was shorter than my walk, I didn’t want him looking high and low all the while thinking I wasn’t answering him due to me have taken a fall.
Dennis’ nephew Brett stopped by after lunch to see if we needed anything. Brett’s concrete business is on hold just as so many other small businesses. It’s appreciated when he stops in to check on his uncle Dennis. We had stocked up on the things that we need from day to day. It is amazing how much I can pack into the freezer area of our refrigerator. I think I could be dangerous in the stocking up mode if we had an actual upright freezer. Our grocery store is a total of six blocks from us if we would run out of something. Dennis needs to stay on track with only one York Peppermint Patty candy treat per day. In between cigarettes and Yorks, there is only so much one can endure if the supply is cut short.
At this point, I have no unfinished projects in the sewing studio. It may well be time to put my thinking cap on. As I walked past the bathroom window, I think Dennis must have put on his thinking cap. I caught his backside going out of the patio porch with the branch lopper. Do I really need to know what is going to get trimmed? Naw. I think I will just be surprised the next time I go for my walk down Stauffer Avenue and take a look at the backyard. Everyone needs to stay busy and who is to say what should be spared and what should be lopped.
If I needed help with anything, Dennis would be right there. When there are times that I get impatient with what I can’t physically do, Dennis offers to pick up where I fall short. He takes in the situation and then tells me that he will take over: “Just tell me what that is because I don’t have a clue.”
May everyone see this week as a blessing and not get bogged down by naysayers.