Haven't shared any thoughts here lately. Maybe cause I haven't had many? Nah, I've had plenty of thoughts. Some good, some not so good, and some that made a fleeting, and I do mean fleeting stop. Not even long enough for me to grab hold of and wrest the meaning of them out.
I've thought a lot about my sister who passed away a few years ago, I miss her so much, but not as much as her kids do. Both of whom are married and have children, well one of them has one child and the other couple will welcome their second child in the fall. My sister would have been over the moon with joy over all of them. And I can just see her ping ponging her way between both households being Mormor or Farmor or maybe just Grandma or some other version to the kids. I would have had phone calls from her telling me of the latest triumph one of her grand daughters had done, she would have shared every new tooth, every bump and every triumph. If she was still here.
I've been thinking about my parents too, my dad who called us up and told us that he was glad he'd lived long enough to see Mt. St. Helens erupt, but was so saddened by the loss of life and habitat, but still, it was a natural wonder. And while it was bad, he was awed that he was able to witness even a small part of it. He shared how they had ash falling on them, and they were so far away, all the way up on Vancouver Island.
And I think about my Mom as I go outside and tend my plants in pots. Mom and Dad both had awesome green thumbs. I swear they could plant rocks and have Dahlia's come up. I was just outside counting the lemons on my Myers Lemon tree. I have it in a pot, but this year, thanks to my brothers advice to make sure I feed the pot weekly I may get more than 3 or 4 lemons. Can anyone say Lemon Meringue pie or Citronfromage or Lemon and Ginger cookies or, never mind, I'm getting hungry for lemon anything.
I've been admiring my parsley plant, poor thing gets eaten every year by the Swallowtail butterfly larvae. And then it comes back again. I think I'm going to have to go and plant some more parsley just for those little guys. And hope they leave me enough to cook with from time to time.
So there I go again, just thinking of stuff.
I've thought a lot about my sister who passed away a few years ago, I miss her so much, but not as much as her kids do. Both of whom are married and have children, well one of them has one child and the other couple will welcome their second child in the fall. My sister would have been over the moon with joy over all of them. And I can just see her ping ponging her way between both households being Mormor or Farmor or maybe just Grandma or some other version to the kids. I would have had phone calls from her telling me of the latest triumph one of her grand daughters had done, she would have shared every new tooth, every bump and every triumph. If she was still here.
I've been thinking about my parents too, my dad who called us up and told us that he was glad he'd lived long enough to see Mt. St. Helens erupt, but was so saddened by the loss of life and habitat, but still, it was a natural wonder. And while it was bad, he was awed that he was able to witness even a small part of it. He shared how they had ash falling on them, and they were so far away, all the way up on Vancouver Island.
And I think about my Mom as I go outside and tend my plants in pots. Mom and Dad both had awesome green thumbs. I swear they could plant rocks and have Dahlia's come up. I was just outside counting the lemons on my Myers Lemon tree. I have it in a pot, but this year, thanks to my brothers advice to make sure I feed the pot weekly I may get more than 3 or 4 lemons. Can anyone say Lemon Meringue pie or Citronfromage or Lemon and Ginger cookies or, never mind, I'm getting hungry for lemon anything.
I've been admiring my parsley plant, poor thing gets eaten every year by the Swallowtail butterfly larvae. And then it comes back again. I think I'm going to have to go and plant some more parsley just for those little guys. And hope they leave me enough to cook with from time to time.
So there I go again, just thinking of stuff.
