Sunday, May 1, 2011

The First of May

There's an old saying, "Hurray, hurray it's the first of May.
Outdoor love-making starts today."
I substituted two words for the one that fits better, but
don't want to shock my grandchildren.

We continue to wait for rain. On Friday I was walking
up the road and it started to rain. I was well below
the junction and assumed I would get wet. I was not
sad about that. The soil is very, very dry and the
danger of fire is certainly real. The trees are gone,
but now the earth under the burned trees is covered
with dry straw! In any case it continued to rain as
I walked home, but when I arrived home, took off
my coat and hat and found they were dry. So much
for that rain.

Last night Robert and I watched "The King's Speech."
It is a winner. We both thoroughly enjoyed it and gave
it a 5 out of 5 in our rating system. I recommend it. I
think we were both surprised, especially Robert. He
was watching reluctantly and admitted he was amazed.
It had garnered so much hype he figured it would just
be another piece of Hollywood trash.

Wednesday was Vernon's birthday; he is 59 and holding.
Viki, Keegan and Vernon came for dinner to celebrate.
We had a quiet celebration, but it was nice to get
together. We missed Liza who had other plans. I
didn't decide to do the dinner until Tuesday.

The cleaning ladies came on Friday. They are so good,
so fast and so thorough! I love it!

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