Thursday, June 19, 2025

Summer Solstice... oh my.


Posted about The Fish... yesterday.
<3
Started...
 this post...
yesterday.
; )

Couldn't quite get through it.
oh my.


Grateful... The Fish seemed much more content, than he's been the last few days.
<3

Know... I need to keep in mind, he... won't be around forever.
{the years go by so fast. : ( }
but...
oh my.
: (

Grateful... for Every Day.
<3


Took a stroll... through The Rabbit Hole's
'Jungle'
yesterday.
<3
The Raspberries are Comin' On!!
; )


Wild Grape...
oh boy!!
; )
The Bird's will Winter Well... with This Year's Amazing 
Bounty!!
; )

The Beautiful... Flowers, and Plants... Peg planted...
 many Moons Ago, are Very Happy.
: )




John's Cuz... Duff, posted the above on FB.
So True!!
: )


Fact.
<3


'Goose' 
'Jethro'.
: )
Hahahahahahaha!!!
; )
that....
 might be a
BIG... MISTAKE.
: )

Had to run many errands yesterday.
At the last stop... noticed the License Plate, on the vehicle parked next to the Old... Boy.
'Goose'
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!
; )

oh...dear.
Love It!!
; )

Made a bit of a mistake... 
at the last stop, yesterday...
too.

The 2010... trip to New Orleans, has been haunting me.
: )
Was introduced to Chef...
 K-Paul's
'Cajun Martinis'... one day, close to our last day...
in 
New Orleans.
; )

oh... dear.
: )
They'll Wind Ya Up.
; )

When Allyson and I left K-Paul's... that day, took my little Cajun Martini, with....
we strolled down Bourbon Street, towards a little Shop, where I'd purchased a Gnarly...
Old...
Lamp, with a Gnarlier...
Old...
Fringed Shade.
; )

Picked them up... on our way back to the B&B.
It was Hot... 
Sultry...
kinda like Iowa... is, these days.
{makes The Corn grow ; )}

I kicked off my shoes, carried them in my left hand....
Cajun Martini, in my right...
Gnarly...
Old...
Fringed 
Lamp Shade...
on my head, Pal...
Allyson, carried the lamp.
; )

Yeah... Boy.
; )

A Young Man... came trotting up behind us, as he passed us, he said...
"Baby Girl... I was gonna tell ya 
How Much I Like Your Hat!!!
until...
I saw her,
{Allyson : ) }
carrying
The Lamp!!!"

Hahahahahahahaha!!!
oh...
dear.

Gotta Get Back to New Orleans.
<3
 
Make Some More....
Sweeeeeeet Memories.
; )


Dirty... Cajun Martini.
; )

AKA
'T R O U B L E'
; )

Before long... 
The 'Crazy Train'... comes out, along with 
The 'Gate's of Hell'.
{Fairfax, and IDOT}
then...
most of the time, 
'bless their hearts'.
: (

Dirty Cajun Martinis...
used to bring out 
The Fun...
in me.
'Before'.

oh...
dear.
: (



As I was loading images from my phone, yesterday afternoon... for this post, 
noticed a 37 minute long 'Video'...
I'd captured the night before.
Unbeknownst...
 to me.
: )
thought to myself...
"This... oughta be 'Good'."
: /
oh... dear.

Was almost... afraid to watch/listen to it.
oh...
boy.

Apparently... 
while lifting Miss. Peanut into bed, I'd hit the video record button on my phone, that was inside my old... flannel robe's side pocket.
{oh... dear.}

I've been told that I snore.
Guess what??
I didn't 'snore'...
but, sure had some Interesting Conversations...
in my sleep.
; )

Nothing you could make out, it was my voice 'ranging'... 'Humming' without 'words'....
from tones of sadness to laughter,
 for about 
15 minutes, after I fell asleep, about 8 minutes in.

{was trying to get Miss. Peanut to Settle Down, the first two minutes!! 
Hahahahaha!!
 She has a 'Ritual'... before she Finally... Lays Down,
 and... 
Yes...
 SHE Snores!!}
<3
Hahahahahaha!!!

Haven't written about it, but... the last several weeks, I've had some Unbelievable 
'Dreams'.
So
VIVID.
{Pal, Bill... has heard the stories of 'The Dreams'.}

Not... bad... or scary.
just...
VIVID.

I've seen, and had Long Conversations...
with Dear Friends, and Loved Ones.
<3
Some... that have been Gone, for over 40 years.
along with 
Deep, and Interesting...
Conversations, with Folks...
 Here,
 and
 Now.
???????????????????????

Had a long conversation... in a dream, a couple of weeks ago, with my Best Friend, Dorene.
She and I... were Best Friends, from when I was 9, to 15.... 
Dorene was killed in a car accident in 1979.

Dorene, and me... travelled a MILLION Miles together, on Horseback.
: )
One of those 'miles'... was riding through 'Home Sweet Home', 'Fairfax'...along Highway 149,
 back then.
{Before... the IDOT turned State Highway 149, into SUPER Federal Highway... 151.}

As we rode past... my, for over 40 years... 'Home', 
Arabian Horses came running to the fence, on this property, to check us out.
<3
Dorene said...
"I'm gonna live there.... someday."
; )

I... smiled, and told Dorene, I Sure Hoped She Would.
<3
; )

I, had Other Plans... with my life.
: )
Being 'Tied Down'... to one place, wasn't appealing.
I... was gonna Drive Truck.
Over The Road!!
; )
See The Country, and Get Paid for It!!
; )

Dorene, and... I, made the ride to Brother, Sonny's... in Millersburg, Iowa...
twice.
60 mile ride.
2 days.

When I visited with Dorene, in one of my Many... Vivid Dreams, lately...
Dorene, wasn't 17.
She was as I'd imagine her, being... today.
64.

Funny thing, I Knew... Dorene, right off.
: )
Never Skipped a Beat.
; )

Guess...
Some Things, Never Change.
<3

Don't know... if my restless.... sleepless nights, are because of Sister, Jo Ann's...
Estate/Home...
closure, 
or... the memories, of Dad...that have been stirred up,
or, the Never Ever Ending Bullshit, at 'Home Sweet Home', and... with our Beloved Country.
{Twilight Zone}

maybe...
The Summer Solstice, is to blame.
: )

Who Knows.
???

Love to Ya.
Prayers...
and,
Happy, Summer Solstice to All.
<3

Barb C.

{Was GRATEFUL... my 'Sleep Talking'... couldn't be deciphered.
I... Don't Even want To 'KNOW'!! Hahahahaha!!
 : )
That's a WHOLE Other... 'Book'!! }
GADS!!
: ) 

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