Some things I love...

Comfy shoes that don't look that way...mashed potatoes and gravy...my laptop...my new CanonT2i...fall leaves...Toll House Marble Squares...my laptop...my $100 down pillow...cotton sheets...three dots...my old front porch...Canon lenses...books on tape...Fanny Flagg's voice on books on tape...sleeping in my camper...Lake Superior sunrise...Lake Michigan...those big round haybales...Thanksgiving dinner...

Windy weather on my porch...

The barometric pressure is the lowest it has been in 70 years!!! Who knew that could cause extreme wind?? Trees are down and we have lost some shingles from our old house but this house is sturdy...

I am so sad on my porch...

My old friends 19 year old grandson and her daughter's only child was killed on Saturday...I just can't  imagine how that feels. The family is inconsolable. I have such a tenuous hold on faith anyway and this kind of horrific event chips away. How awful and random is our universe...

They did it...while I sat on the porch...

Chi-chi-chi-le-le-le  Chile!!!! Wow, the Chilean miners under ground for 69 days have been rescued. It is remarkable the effort so many people made to rescue these people. Man's humanity to man...I like this story.

Orange moon...

I love this moon pic. It is so orange.
Ivan is recovering slowly but surely. This has been an awful experience for him. Pain, hospital stay, medication and the slowness of recovery have been difficult for him. It sure makes you feel compassion for people who go through illness and surgery. Stay healthy...move it and eat well. Aging is scaring me a little...

Pain on the porch...

My poor old hubby of 41 years just had major back surgery. He is having a difficult time with the pain...he is such a big strong man and this pain has laid him low. He does not do well with me and our girls helping him. He keeps saying "You just have to do this for a few more days." It hurts my heart to see him so low...

Vintage apples I see from my porch...

This old tree, very gnarled, very old... produces tart green apples that make the best pies. I have actually had to fight the deer to get them! "Shoo, you leave my apples alone!" And really, as far as I am concerned, the purpose of an apple is to be baked in a pie...and eaten on my old front porch.