Death Soiree: casket decorating

This weekend a group of 7 women got together and decorated a cardboard casket. It was part of an ongoing series of Death Soirees.

Cow Fashion?

My almost 5 year old little buddy, Don and I were hangin' around the cows this evening. In a very matter of fact way he said to one of the cows: "I like your shoes!!!"

Gal Pals!

These are my two friends, Ann and Harveylee visiting at the Occidental Farmers Market.
Ann is 93 and Harveylee recently turned 94. I love them both dearly and was happy to watch them gabbing away like old friends though this was their first time really getting to hang out together.

Quote of the Day

There's someone out there who needs you. Live your life so they can find you.
---Balinese dancer

Morgan

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Before You Die

For the first time ever I got to smell a tuber rose.
Lordy mercy!!! You ever smelled one?
Outta this world...some kinda lovely...transports ya right to a tropical vacation.

Elvis Was Constipated?!

My friend, Dean is in the know about lifes' important matters because she reads People Magazine. She recently informed me that Elvis died of a heart attack which I did not know, did you? But he had the heart attack because he was, you know, constipated...he was a drug addict and all...and was trying a little too hard to make himself go and bam...dead. I can't believe I lived 50 whole years without knowing this.

Well, I never...

Last night at the Occidental Farmers Market I was visiting with my friend HarveyLee. For those of you unfamiliar with this blog and it's characters, HarveyLee (HL) is my 93 year old friend that lives in Waco, Texas half the year and here the other half. But she was born and raised in Texas and most definitely has that kind of sensibility, shall we say! Last night she was deep in the heart of story telling when she suddenly stopped and said in a very drawn out, southern kind of way: "mercy." I knew by the way she was saying it that I needed to look exactly where she was looking which I did...and saw a SERIOUS case of plumbers butt. (in case you don't know what plumbers butt is...well, it's when someone bends over at the waist and you can see their butt crack) In this, case you could see a good portion of said crack. We both were bent over double laughing and when that stopped I looked over at HL and she was just shakin' her head in disbelief.

Oh, Dad!!

My brother just relayed this story about our dad and it is SOOOOOOO quintessentially dad.
He had accidentally dropped one of his nightly pills on the floor and couldn't find it. Instead of asking for help he took another of the same pills out of the container and intentionally dropped it on the floor thinking that would lead him to the first pill! Well, it ends up that he did find one of the pills on the floor but couldn't find the second...until somehow he noticed that it was squished on the bottom of his shoe!!!

All These Years

The other day I was giving my 93 year old friend a mani. While I was trimming her fingernails she said: "I've had these nails for 93 years." While I know that she hasn't had those EXACT nails the whole time it struck me in that moment how our body parts are as old as we are. Seems obvious, I know. But when you really stop and think about the fact that she has a 93 year old liver or ankle or vertebrae or heart...it's mind blowing. I mean really...a 93 year old liver. Are you picking up what I'm puttin' down?!!!