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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Scorpion Avenger

Friend Richard of Phoenix is back at killing scorpions now that the weather there is hot, hot, hot, and the scorpions are multiplying like mad. He has a rock wall around his house and grounds with wrought iron fancy work atop it, but that does not keep out the spiders. In fact, they love the rock... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 6, 2016

Free Pie Day

Flowers are such beautiful things...so many kinds it's unbelievable. These were in my niece's yard today. Yesterday, it was long-stemmed yellow roses brought to me by Son #3 from the north side of his house where his glorious hostas frame his rose garden. I can never get my eyes full of beautiful... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 5, 2016

I Wouldn't Want To Take It With Me

I'm trying really hard to make my closet look like this: Not having much luck so far. Everything I take out of my bedroom closet, I put somewhere else until I decide what to do with it. It seems I never get past that point. Along the same vein, I have a wish to make the rest of my life as orderly... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 4, 2016

What Happened To Mr Magoo?

Great-grandbaby, Yanna (Marianna, Baisy) just turned four. I am amazed at what she knows, what she can do, how she expresses herself, etc. At four, I was just a rugrat or outdoors playing in the mud. Now she is learning to sign and is quite good at it. She is trying to teach everyone else how to do... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

A June Date

In 1951, Kansas City's Starlight Theater was opened in the biggest park in Kansas City, Swope Park. The 1,805-acre city park is named in honor of Colonel Thomas H. Swope, a philanthropist who donated the land to the city in 1896. In 1956, Rogers and Hammerstein's musical, Carousel, came out and the... Sign in to see full entry.

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