thefridayfive
1. What is your favorite summer activity?
Sitting on my back porch when the late afternoon/early evening hits a certain light that glows over my garden, watching and listening to the sounds that come only at that time. Thinking of all the special people in my life who are sitting there with me in spirit.
2. What was one great thing you did this summer?
Showed up for my granddaughter’s first baseball season and interacted with all the various family members on both sides of a divorced family.
3. When you were a child, what was your favorite summer activity?
Wandering all over the 100-acre farm I lived on alone keeping track of birds – from eggs in the nest, to babies leaving it, to bringing the nests home when they were empty for my collection.
4. What has been your favorite summer vacation?
Visiting the ocean with my long-gone parents and my children when they were young for an extended stay.
5. Summer goes well into September, but when do you feel like it is over?
When I begin to light fires in the fireplace again because Oregon has reverted to its wet gray winter self on an every-day-of-the-week basis.
Deep Thought: “It’s probably not a good idea to be chewing on a toothpick if you’re talking to the president, because what if he tells a funny joke and you laugh so hard you spit the toothpick out and it hits him in the face or something.”
Today I am grateful for: Temporary crowns
Guess the Movie: “I’m so happy that I am alive, in one piece and short. I’m in a world of shit, yes. But I am alive. And I am not afraid.” – Answer: Full Metal Jacket, 1987
BLOGGING FORWARD TO: tbird36 who writes so well and with so much love for a son that it just about tears your heart out.
End of Day – 9:02 pm
+ = Dentist created a fake crown this morning to plug up the hole where my crown broke off at the gumline.
- = Now I just have to eat only on the left side of my mouth for the next few weeks till I can get in to see the endodontic surgeon to do the completion of a root canal followed by surgery to lengthen the remaining tooth by cutting the gums back so a new crown can be attached. Sigh.
Comments (8)
Hmmm, can’t guess the movie quote but it’s something I needed to hear right now.
And ummm, yes, I wouldn’t mind hitting the president in the face with a toothpick.
can I got to jail for writing that?
all my summer memories involve being with the horse I had growing up.
And my current summer memories involve the wonderful pony I have now.
cool list for a top 5…
I am so glad I stumbled over here.. politically you are in the ‘cool kids club’ which makes me smile (for some reason i’ve seen more pro-bush xangas today than i’d like to.. ever). Your top five is creative and wonderful and most importantly you seem intelligent and know how to spell without wRitInG lIkEs diZ. good job
I’ll be back…
I just keep needing to answer these:
(1) Night time beaches, night time swimming. I love the sun but the quiet of the big lake (or the oceab) at night is breathtaking.
(2) Had a great summer with my son, the last before he headed to college. Nothing dramatic, just very nice.
(3) body surfing in the Atlantic, or sailing Long Island Sound
(4) Long, long ago. Cape Cod with high school friends.
(5) There’s one night that’s just sharply cold and the wind comes up and the moon is orange. And even though it might get very hot again, you know it’s fall.
I’ve never been to the west coast. I’ve Oregon is a beautiful state. Good luck on your dental procedures! Sorry you’re having to suffer through that ordeal.
Thank you for the blog forward! I needed a smile, today.