St. George Opoly

When I was a kid, I learned how to play Monopoly, but I was never a big fan of it. It was rather stressful trying to decide if I should buy a property, and I always felt badly when someone landed on my property and I was supposed to make them pay me money for it. 

Since it was such a dreary game, I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw that it had a version made for a TOWN. How many separate towns was it made for? Who would buy it?

Would you?

Spaceship

While on a ride in the mountains in a side by side, I was startled to see a white spaceship in the sky. When I whipped out my phone to take a picture, Bob kindly stopped the vehicle so I could focus on the anomaly.

But wait...as I zoomed in I could see that it wasn't a spaceship.

It was one of the most unusual clouds I'd ever seen.

Do you like cloud watching?

What's the most unusual one you've seen?

Pinwheels

There's no age limit to pinwheels. You can have them as an adolescent or as an adult, too. 

Carolyn and I both like them, and she ended up getting some.

But where to put them?

Bob had an idea to put them outside Carolyn's office window so she could watch them spin, He actually drilled holes in the porch railings, hero that he is. How cheerful it is to watch them spin and catch the light.

Did you have pinwheels as a child?

Do you like them?

Enough Signs?

I saw some pine nuts for sale on the side of the road. 

Actually, how could I NOT see that they were for sale?

I only hope that they manage to sell enough pine nuts to pay for the poster paper and markers.

Do you like to advertise? Do you think this method is a good one?

And most importantly, do you like pine nuts?

Easy Pill Taking

If you've got to take meds, it might as well be a pleasant experience.

We thought it was kind of funny when Carolyn's three other pills (two gel pills, one pink pill) stuck to her chewy chocolate calcium pill.

I told her that if she ate them all at once, they'd probably all taste like chocolate.

She didn't try it.

Do you take meds? Do you like them?

Birthday Girl

Carolyn likes bread so much that she bought herself a loaf at a festival.

She didn't care that it's bigger than her head. She assured me she could eat it all.

She did, too, once I sliced it up and put it in the freezer, taking it out a slice at a time.

I also gave some to Bob, but Carolyn didn't mind. She's a sharing kind of girl, even on her birthday.

She wants to give treats to everybody!

Happy birthday, Carolyn! You don't look 54, but you are certainly a good example to be so proud of your age.

Old Cannons

There are some nifty old cannons in Haddon Heights, New Jersey where Carolyn was born and I spent 10 of my growing up years.

As a child, I'd walk a long way to the cannons (maybe a mile) with a brother or sister or two or three. (There were eight of us.)

I used to climb on the cannons, but when I was there last year as an adult, I had a new perspective when I found I could could reach the end of the cannon from the ground.

My more petite sister stood further back to reach the cannon barrel, still proud of herself.

Things can be accomplished in so many different ways.

Do you have a favorite childhood place?
Where is it?