Another interesting visiter to my blog

 On my last entry, I was surprised to find a stranger commenting on my blog.  I always like to hear from people telling me how they used Google to drop in on my random stories, and this is quite an interesting one.  

 Hi Donna! I am a certified Genealogist. My name is Paula Smith and I live in Franklin, NC. I am working on a family tree of which you are a part, and I was led to your Facebook page which helps me find information and clues on trees I am working on. I just wanted you to know that I enjoyed your 1979 song so much I shared it to my own friends on Facebook. I am your same age and can relate to a lot of your elocutions. Yesterday I had the privilege of reading about the Depression era which was written by Lola. I learned so very much about how they managed to work so hard with so little. You have a very talented family!

The several entries that share my mother's story (she is the Lola this lady speaks of) are some of the most popular stories I have shared here, and it's all in her own words.  If she only knew how many people have read it, she'd be proud and amazed. 

I looked at the 1979 entry she spoke of; Cliff and I had a big laugh about a song I wrote and made a video of at the start of the Covid disaster in which anything could go wrong, and did.  I'm surprised I even put it on the blog to be seen, and then left it there, but there it is.  Feel free to laugh at it with me.  It's right HERE. 

Yes, it's hot

Gabe and I have been starting our walk at 6 AM.  I'm only walking every other day.  The days I don't walk, I go out to the garden early.  One day this week we disturbed a little spotted deer.  We would never have seen her, but she saw us from where she was lying in the grass, started running, and Gabe decided to protect me from her.  He chased her until she got away, then ran back and looked up at me, waiting for me to tell him what a brave boy he was.  

Our high temperatures have been in the middle 90's.  Listening to the weather folks, you would think we were all going to die from the heat.  Cliff and I laughed when a weatherman said, "Be careful of the life-threatening heat."  Really?  It's always been hot at this time of the year in Missouri.  If my grandma was around, she would wonder what the big deal is.  She never had an air conditioner in her house.  That said, we didn't either until we moved to the trailer house, which was after 2010.   But brother, I sure am glad we have it now!

June 30 our son and his wife will be here all that week and leave Sunday morning the sixth of July.  I am beginning to get things together and start fixing things I can put in the freezer so I can just take them out and cook them when we're ready.  Right now I'm going to make noodles and put them in the freezer; I make them, put them on cookie sheets to freeze, then I put them in gallon bags, ready when I need them.  My sister started doing that some time ago, and I found out it works just fine.

I must get moving, but now you all know I'm still around and doing things.  Thanks for caring.