Looking toward spring

Cliff had to buy license for our pickup yesterday.

We can drive eight miles to the license bureau and stand in line for an hour, or we can go on across the river to Richmond, where there's a branch inside the Orschelns store that always seems to get us through in ten minutes or less.


While Cliff was getting his license plate (by the way, this is for the pickup we thought was old enough to have a one-time, antique plate; turns out we can't do that until it's 25 years old), I strolled the aisles and came upon some garden seeds that were five packets for one dollar. What a small price to pay for a ray of hope! Yes, it's still winter; but if we had a time when the ground thawed briefly, I could sow that lettuce and it would be just fine. The peas and radishes can be planted in March. I've seen it snow on peas and not hurt them at all.

Recently I was sitting in a dentist office and discovered a magazine called "Missouri Life".

I came home, looked up the website, and subscribed. This is just what Cliff and I need to plan our motorcycle jaunts! It's always more fun riding if we have a destination in mind, and this is the very thing to help us plan.


In this first issue we received, Mexico, Missouri is featured. There's nothing that cures the winter doldrums like dreaming about spring and summer activities.