tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238455262711858186.post2962729020731394333..comments2024-03-28T06:22:43.522-05:00Comments on Oatmeal and Whimsy: a nest for the soul: The 3 A.M. to WakesvilleGaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065012721158735975noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238455262711858186.post-38790767535556328472016-07-15T09:56:30.043-05:002016-07-15T09:56:30.043-05:00I'm returning to soak up all the goodness from...I'm returning to soak up all the goodness from posts-past, for I and my computer have both been "away" for a bit---us for a fabulous trip to visit some of the GRANDS, and on our return, a computer which had faded almost past recovery. But recover it did, with all the tending of Dr. Chris, who coaxed and cajoled and threatened to go get a bigger hammer.<br /><br />The strawberry experience is simply charming---all that bright happiness spread out so welcoming and bright. We just had our dear neighbor's tenth annual Strawberry Breakfast last month---her NINETIETH, and she's absolutely a go-go-go girl. My one video of her birthday party at her daughter's house is of her and the grands and greats, out tossing RAW EGGS in an egg-toss on the lawn. We simply love her, and she's one of the reasons we chose this house---all those little across-the-fence chats as we came back and back to ponder and choose what we felt would be our last home.<br /><br />And you've got my Baby Bose! That bright little fellow has graced my kitchen counter for years now, right by the shining red new Keurig in my pink kitchen. I don't know if I'd accomplish much without all the CDs of Reacher and Longmire and the Misses Dashwood to take me away while I work.<br /><br />Just wanted to say Thank You for the lovely visit, and the brightening of this still-no-A/C day at our house. Electrician due this p.m. and I'm SO glad. I know how it feels to "sneak" the A/C, as well, for I've been in that position with someone sitting and fretting whilst I was moving about doing hot work. It's a bit of a sweet secret, wee and harmless, I think, when we gently missuade our Lovies to in such a small, inconsequential way. <br /><br />And you know, your own well-being and comfort expands her own comfort and happiness ratio in your interactions. They've seen to keeping us happy and well, with our beds smooth and our diapers arranged just so, and when it comes our turn in the great turnings of life, there's a gentle bending of the ways---a subtle GIVE in the rules of our roles, that permit such tiny <br />curves in the once-rulered path and permits us a mild stray from the absolute. It's the one which permitted me, some several times, to pretend in astonishment that I'd spilled the bath water onto my dignified, proud father's own Depends, in order to change him into clean ones. <br /><br />Small and subtle subterfuges, and I think they grant us an upgrade, somehow, in our tickets past the star.<br /><br />Thinking of you every day, unknown, but understood, from way over here.<br /><br />rachelRachelDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238455262711858186.post-50231530946802600852016-07-09T07:34:36.117-05:002016-07-09T07:34:36.117-05:00All you need on top of all this is a newborn! I he...All you need on top of all this is a newborn! I hear that my new granddaughter thinks 3 am is party time, too. Your strawberry collection is beautiful and so perfect for these hazy July days. I have been trying to eat more salads, to which I add lots of strawberries! It is such a summer flavor. Miss Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691152819794851137noreply@blogger.com