The Old Folks Home

[Peep_Show]

Don't I know it. I was standing in front of the concession stand and I could see everyone in line in the mirror. I couldn't find me - no kidding. So I counted people and discovered an old,old woman was standing in my place. Not only that, she was very short. I know I am very short but, not THAT much shorter than average people.

That really shook me. I think if people didn't have mirrors they would be much happier. The image we carry of ourselves, in our mind, is always some other point in time. My image is not of a 20 something hottie, just a pleasant face & smile minus some crows feet and wrinkles.

I'm always amazed when I see pictures. "Look, Honey! Chunky folk stole our clothes and posed for pictures!"

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I think the crows feet are kinda endearing. It's the "coin slot" that's developed between my eyebrows that bothers me.

Quit frowning.

Well gang I am losing my mind I think. The middle minion has talked me into building a bator to hatch ducks. My DW said oh great something else for you to lose your mind over, throw money at it because your OCD won't let you just build it it has to be just so, then you can obsess over the hatching and I won't see you for a while during lock down. I said yeah your right and oh by the way I'm going to sit it on the dinning room table. She just threw up her hands and walked away.

That certainly fly here. Good thing we have a cellar.

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Toss in a "thank you so much for supporting your crazy husband in his obsessions, I love you" and you should be fine.

I may have to use that one.
Sounds quite disarming.

... She loves her silkies and thinks the other chickens are fun to watch. ..

My wife likes her chickens, right next to her mashed potatoes.

 

[Wisher1000]

Bama, you don't have to put on the red light.

68 here now. Super hot and nasty. Looks like tomorrow our heat wave will break and we'll be back down into good sleeping weather (40s to 50s). We still have hummingbirds here, though, although I can hear the geese flying south for the winter already.

Chicka, The Dude, and I need to drive up to see you, SCG. I can't imagine calling temps in the high sixties to low eighties "super hot and nasty!" Better yet, why don't you drive down here (or fly) and see what hot and nasty REALLY feels like? There is no describing the heat here in the middle of summer. That would be fun! We have AC so it wouldn't be unbearable.....I'll even buy you some shorts!

 

[vehve]

I'm thinking whenever we get around to taking a little trip to the States, it's best to do it in February or something. I can't imagine spending several weeks in over 100F weather.

 

[Wisher1000]

Depending on where you want to visit, spring is wonderful, but the storms can get severe. Fall is also a great time to travel in the southern US. I'd say October/November or March/April for the south.

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: Ok. When?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Wisher
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It's a big country too so you'll have to pick and choose where you want to go. Some people want to do New York City, Orlando, Los Angeles, Disney/SeaWorld type of things. Others want to do Yellowstone, Everglades, Yosemite, Denali type stuff. Alaskan can take you to Denali. SCG can take you to Acadia. I can take you to the Ozark National Scenic Riverways and a Cardinal game. http://www.nps.gov/ozar/index.htm
Coming here, definitely avoid summer.

 

[tnspursfan09]

Blue Ridge Parkway is beautiful in the fall.

 

[vehve]

The original plan was to fly to SF, see the city a bit, and drive around Cali, Napa and Yosemite being two things that interest us. Actually, I'd like to do both the coasts, but I think it's better to start with just one, plenty to see there already. On the west coast it's mainly California that interests me, on the east there would be more things, but somehow California seems to have taken preference over those. On the east there's Texas, New Orleans would be interesting, Miami and the Florida Keys, Washington, New York and Boston would be nice, and Vermont or Maine too. Then of course Chicago would be cool to see too, and Yellowstone. And probably a lot more places. If I start studying a map of the States I'll probably come up with 50 more places I'd like to see.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Sounds like a plan for starters.
N'awlins (New Orleans) is awesome. You're right about finding 50 or more places you'd like to see. Some areas have a dearth of things to see and do though.
When the kids were growing up, we'd often take a road trip to places where there seemed nothing to do and search far and wide to see if we could conjure up something interesting there. Once we decided to explore the Kansas prairie and actually found a couple cool things to do. We found an observatory west of Wichita far from city lights. The focus at the time was on Uranus. (kids thought that was hilarious) Everyone got to climb the platform and view the planet through the big telescope. Then outside every night there are dozens of amateur astronomers all focused on different planets and the moon. You could walk from station to station and you were welcome to look through all their telescopes as they explained what you were looking at. It was very interesting.
It may also have had an impact on the kids since my daughter took astronomy in high school and loved it. My son took astrophysics in high school. I asked him why he got a B and his sister got an A. He said, "because Astronomy is about what's up there, Astrophysics is about how and why it's up there".
We then found a dude ranch type thing where we were given riding lessons, fitted with cowboy boots (required for riding) and rode all around the prairie learning about the prairie flowers and grasses. We then rode to a wooded area with a network of creeks and they taught us to jump. We raced the horses through the woods jumping the creeks. Fun.
Everywhere has something of interest, even if it's the worlds largest rubberband ball. - not fun