Wordless Wednesday

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This is a sale bill from the only farm my parents ever owned. I was born in July of 1944, so I didn't live there long. They never bought another home of their own until about 1958, in Kansas City. My Uncle Leo ended up on this farm and raised his family there, not moving away until his age and ill health forced him to town. His widow, my Aunt Mary, still owns the place and rents the land out.

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An ABC meme

Robbie tagged me for this.

A-Available or Single? Strange choices. I'm not available (except of course to Cliff) and I'm not single.

B-Best Friend: I have never cultivated friends much. My husband, Cliff, is my best friend, hands down. Growing up, it's a good thing I had cousins, or I'd never have had anybody to play with!

C-Cake or Pie: Pie! Preferably warm fruit pie with ice cream.

D-Drink of Choice: These days I'd say water, since I have a daily goal of drinking 8 cups of it; by the time you drink that much water, there isn't room for much else.

E-Essential Item(s): My Canon Powershot camera, the computer, coffee in the morning

F- Favorite Color(s): blue

G- Gummi Bears or Worms? I don't like gummy-candy. If I must choose, I'll take bears.

H- Hometown: My parents moved so much when I was young, it's hard to say: I've always felt like Eagleville, Missouri, was my hometown because although we only lived there three years, lots of relatives were there, so we returned often to visit. In some ways I consider Kansas City as my home town. As far as where I've lived the longest, that would be the little burg on whose outskirts I live and blog right now.

I- Indulgence: Horses. An expensive steak every once in awhile.

J- January or February: February, only because it's shorter and closer to spring.

K- Kids: I bore two, only to find out they aren't just toys or pets that you can play with and then put on a shelf. They require time, effort, and money. Much more than I invested. They do grow up. Thank God they've made it so far, although not unscathed. But they seem to have good times.

L- Life is incomplete without: a pet

M- Marriage Date: June 16, 1966

N- Number of Siblings: When my mom and dad married, Daddy came equipped with a son and a daughter (his first wife died in childbirth). My brother, Jack, passed away some years ago. My wonderful sister is in her late 70's and is the healthiest person I know... she exercises, stays slim and trim, isn't even on blood pressure meds. She married when I was two, so I was pretty much raised like an only child.

O- Oranges or Apples? Apples, specifically Fuji apples. I like oranges, but you have to take all that time peeling them.

P- Phobias/Fears: I can't think of any fear of mine that's serious enough to call it a phobia. As much as I enjoy riding the motorcycle with Cliff, sometimes a fearful thought crosses my mind when we're riding, like, "What would happen to me if I went flying through a barbed-wire fence?" or, "What would happen to us if a tire blew out?"

Q- Favorite Quote: "Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in."

R- Reasons to smile: babies and toddlers, sunrises, the antics of pets, vacation plans, the twenty-third Psalm... I could fill a page with these.

S- Season: Summer

T- Tag Three: I won't tag anybody. If you want to do the meme, just let me know you did it, OK?

U- Unknown Fact About Me: I did not date until I was twenty years old.

V – Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals? I like meat. Although these days I keep it to a four-ounce-or-less serving at home. Which is probably why I get these cravings at least once a month for steak!

W- Worst Habit(s): Telling people what I really think. At least I guess it's my worst habit, since Cliff is constantly mortified and embarrassed by my speaking my mind.

X – X-rays or Ultrasounds? Neither one hurts does it? Doesn't the insurance pay for them both? Then I don't care which.

Y- Your Favorite Foods: Pizza Hut Super Supreme Pan Pizza, hand-tossed crust. Anything with ice cream, especially chocolate malts.

Z- zodiac? Cancer