07/2025 - Jueves the 31st - JOURNEY

 

Today's Name Day:  Elin, Helena

I have known severak Elins & Helens

    Had a good day.  Slept good.  Cooler weather.  Cloudy but no rain here.  Saw lots of friends.  And a nice hug.

    Today is my weekly lunch with friends.  Today we ate at the Öl Stuga.  My friend CW was cooking.  No MM today.  Or ZR.  Good to see my friends.  Good conversation.  And I learned lots of info about some people in the photos I scan.  Nice to know them better.

    Before I went home CW & I had a chance to chat,  I found out that I have known his grandmother since I was a child  & his aunt as an adult.  So I told him how I know them.  Nice we have a connection to each other.  I cannot imagine why he likes me but he does.  I am lucky,  I got a nice hug from him.

    Got to my car & MM showed up with a friend of his I do not know.  Nice to get to meet her.  Maybe a new friend??  She seems really nice.  Tonight he is at a concert near Wichita that is outside in a park.  Perfect night for it,  It is great to see him feeling good & having fun.

    Went home & no cat heard me.  I changed clothes & took a nap.  Kisse showed up when I laid down. No Cinder.  Both are in the living room with me now.  Cinder has been on me several. times for attention,  They are sleeping now,

    The paved road I take to Lindsborg is closed so I have to take a back road to town.  I have picked a nice one that goes past the cemetery whereWillie is buried.  As is MM's father,  And my friend John, and many of my relatives.  I always talk to Willie when I am close to to him & to both John & MM's father.  And my relatives.  I always report to MM that things are OK.  I did not know his father,  Wish  I had.  I was at his burial,  And met his mom there.

    The road I take to town goes by several fields that we farmed.  Makes me sad.  Sometimes cry a bit. Miss Willie & those days.  Too late now.

    I am sick to death of summer. So photos today are all autumn.  They give me peaceful feelings.  And hope.

06/2025 - Jueves the 19th - JOURNEY

 

Today's Name Day:  Germund, Görel

    Today was a great day!!  I slept well.  Had no storms last night.  Less pain, sort of.

    Got up & heard lawn mowers in my yard.  KN & CN were both mowing.  CN left early to go to a movie with his mom & sister.  KN left my flowers blooming for now.  I got a few photos today.

    Met my thursday lunch group at the Crown & Rye.  I had wanted Swedish pancakes but they no longer serve them during the week.  Only sunday noon.  Dang.  Must cancel sunday evening eating out & move it to monday evening,  Then I can eat sunday noon & get my pancakes.  How can they do this in a Swedish town???

    Lunch was good.  I had soup & fries.  Often their soup is something I do not like.  Today it was beef & barley.  Very good.  We had good conversation.  Fun times.

    After lunch I went to the Öl Stuga to see MM.  It was slow there.  Two of my fave people were working.  MM & ZR.  My third fave is on vacation, CW.  I had a spiced rum & coke for dessert.  We had time to chat.  MM was cooking.  

    MM needed a ride to get groceries & a ride home.  I had plenty of time.  He bought me a dessert for later & Kalles for my hard tack.  Fun!!!

    Went home to take a nap.  No where near as tired as yesterday.  Finally over a busy week & busy stormy night.  At last.  Kisse was in her bed.  She curls up & you cannot see her in it. Cinder laid on me for my entire nap.  Needed her.

    Woke up from my nap & was sick to my stomach.  No idea why.  I took some meds & am ok now.  I was scared it was maybe a flu or something.  Hope not.  I was careful what I chose for supper.

    Quite hot today.  I saw 92F.  I got a package after supper delivered.  About died going out from the humidity.  Will only get worse.  Lordy I hate summers in Kansas.  Why did I not move away years ago when I could have.  Too late for me now.  I am stuck here for life.  Oh, the dreams of fools........

    Photos are a mix.  Some old, some new today.

Kitty photo for my napping FB post

Fancy light in the Crown.

Past Midsommarsdag.  Friends with the top guy.  Grew up with the left guy.

Öl Stuga & my drink

Sweet friends from my past.  Top is John Bergers, bestie & great artist.  Virginia Brunsell.  She & Mom were friends when I was in grade school.  Then they grew apart. When Mom's mom died from a car wreck near Denver Colorado Virginia & her husband went to bring her body home to Lindsborg.  Much later in life, Virginia & I became good friends.  She had John paint her a picture she wanted.  When she died, I bought that painting from her family.  It is special.

04/2025 Lördag the 25th - Wandering & Capturing Moments

 

This is one of my fave photos I have taken.  near Concordia.  It captures the old plus the new.

Today's Name Day:Terese, Teresia

I went to school with a Terese.  Just saw her recently.  Have a neighbor who the wife is a Terese.  I tried so hard to be friends with her, but like all the other friends of Willie we never became friends.  It was close but no cigar.  There came a time when I gave up & no longer cared.  They had their lives & friends.  Sad to be on the outside.  FML.

    Great day!! Stayed cloudy & cool.  Rain all afternoon was forecast but they lied.  As usual.  I have talked to several area farmers who all say the same thing ---- the rain always misses us here.  Salina gets rains & so does Assaria.  Not our farms & pasture lands.  So sad.

    Worked today at the SVAFC.  MH was late unlocking.  He was napping & almost did not make it!!!  He worked yesterday & had no visitors.  Hard days.  But I had several visitors.  One I know well who stayed to talk,  Love his company.  We are close enough in age we know many of the same people & times.  Fun.

    I always bring my charger from home to charge my phone with.  But part of it is lost.  Hope I find it in the bedroom.  Not in my car or living room.  I do have another one so should be ok.

    JH was there today working on the new handicapped bathroom.  He was noisy today!!!  And we now have a bathroom door!!!  Next week the sink & toilet arrive.  Getting close to being done.

    After work I walked across the street to see MM at the Stuga.  I had a rum & coke with a ham sandwich.  Perfect meal.  They were very busy today!

    Today was some blooming flower thing in town.  Brings out all the hippies.  I am not impressed.  Lots of people walked by but few came in.  Typical.

    Met by both kits.  And hugs.

    Photos are a mix.

The next two photos of Main Street I edited the sky in both just for fun.

Local flowers

I have no clue what this is but it is very tall.  I am watching it this summer to see what happens.

04/2025 Torsdag the 03rd - Wandering & Capturing Moments

 

Today's Name Day:  Ferdinand, Nanna

    I had a good day but did change my plans.  Slept good.  Weather was so-so  (in Spanish is mas o menos with a hand signal)

    Lunch was with my thursday lunch group at the Öl Stuga.  And what a great surprise I got there.  MM was bartending today.  SM & his mom were there!!!  I took photos & they have not synched yet.  Grr.  I got lots of hugs for sure during lunch!!  Plus good conversation with my friends.  When my meal was over MM always walks me to my car even if I am across the street.  Nice to be cared for.

    I had planned to go to Hutch to get some medication.  But watching the radar there was a large area of rain that was on the way.  I decided not to drive in rain & wait until monday.  So I went home to take a nap.  But it did not rain.  😔. Oh well.  No biggie.

    When I got home my llamas, Larry & Coco, were by my fence,  I drove close to get nice photos.  I hoped they were nice!  And I see they are still here from my living room window.  They must have napped also,

    I did not eat enough for lunch so my blood sugar was a bit low.  I happened to look at a graph of all my blood sugars & something jumped out at me.  One of my sugars I had written it as OVER 1000!!!  Lordy.  I went back & changed that to what it actually was.  I was worried why my A1C. was so high.  Now everything is as it should be.  What was I thinking???

    I am always surprised when I have a new pain.  Happened when dressing today.  Odd.  Was gone as quick as it started.

    Got a text from someone who wants me to work a day in May.  I always enjoy those texts!!

    Tomorrow is an extra long day.  Think I will skip lunch.  Then I work & eat supper.  Then we are going to a concert.  There will be no blog tomorrow.  Will be too late & I will be too tired.  Hate to miss the concert.  Love it.

    Supper time.  Photos are sort of Easterly.

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