WWQP Bulletin Board Chat

Another of Jon Katz's marvellous photography, I could not bear to look at that alligator any longer. We'll push it to the bottom of the page and eventually it will run off the page. This is much nicer to look at don't you think?

The rain storm that was predicted amounted to nothing more than a f*rt in a windstorm...dribbles of rain fell but a cool front came in just after it relieving us of the humidity that we've been experiencing.

The night before last I woke up for my potty break in the middle of the night and without my eyeglasses on saw huge bright lights coming towards the bathroom window. We have very tall spruce trees in front of this section of the house and while I knew it was not so, for all the world these flashing lights looked like the headlights of a small aircraft shining through the branches of the evergreen tree. On closer inspection, I found the source of the bright, flashing lights.....fireflies. The last time I saw them was on Siesta Key many years ago. The flashes were almost blinding, they were so bright. Small pleasures amount to big things. I felt privileged to be part of this vision.

We're at an age when our friends are slipping away and this morning a call from a longtime and dear friend came with the news that her husband had died. I remember when they were courting, all those many years ago. A routine shoulder operation gone awry, he never recovered from what had been a scheduled three hour operation which ended up being six hours long. The anesthetic played havoc with his body. Life becomes more precious the older we get and the cycle repeats itself. Talking to my son today, they are busy with their teenagers, as Marion's grandchildren are...one in football; another in competitive dancing, the little one, swimming lessons and traveling here and there attending to the kids activities. I remember when this was my life, too. I know why, too, God gives children to younger parents.

Rosey