08/2025 - Viernes the 29th - JOURNEY

 

Today's Name Day:  Hampus, Hans

Have a friend now in Sweden name Hans.  I have met him.  Cool.  Grew up with a guy named Hans Peter.

    My day started very good, but ended really bad.  I am not up to writing a blog tonight.  Maybe tomorrow.  I am sort of ok but not up to par.

    Nice weather.  Slept ok.  All was well until lunch was over.  Disappointed I could not go to Jalisco's.  Next week.

    Have a great evening & tomorrow.  Photos are a mix.  One app made some collages from my photos & I have used those.

Growing in my pasture..

How Swensson Park looked years ago.  Miss the pond with gold fish.

Kansas Prairie.

White Cross hill is near my house to the east.  Many years ago immigrants created the cross our of rocks & white paint.  Taken care of to this day.

Iced green tea with raspberry syrup.

Nico living his best life with his baby & trash that he has spread around the floor.

05/2025 Torsdag the 29th - Wandering & Capturing Moments

 

Rain for a couple of days.  I got 0.88".  Nice.

Today's Name Day:  Jeanette, Yvonne
 I have a good friend Jeanette, an aunt Jeanette, knew a Yvonne & another one who went by Vonnie.

    Today was a great day.  Did not sleep well, but survived.  Less pain which is good.

    I had lunch with 3 friends at the Öl Stuga.  I was the first one there.  MM was cooking.  ZR was the waiter.  He asked what I wanted to drink.  I told him a coke & if a bit of rum happened to be added to it I would like it.  Nice to have a rum & coke for lunch.  No one even questioned why I had a glass glass instead of a paper glass.  I am entitled to a nice cocktail when I want to enjoy one.

    The one friend's husband has a printer that can print plastic things.  Today we each got a little lizard like thing.  So cute!!  Here is mine.  He is really tiny!!

    After visiting I drove home for a nice nap.  I needed one.  At the end of my nap I had long phone call with KN.  I still own a bit of pasture that had a pond on it.  The pond has gone dry so KN  wants to drill a water well.  I offered to pay but he said he would take it out of my pasture rent payment.

    When I got home after lunch there was a large group of cattle close to my driveway.  The llamas were with them.  When they spotted my car, their heads jerked erect, & they ran to see me!!  How cool.  One was close enough to the fence his head was almost was in my car.  Very cool.  They get sheared on  sunday so they will look different.  Nice that. they know my car!  And me!!

    Supper was with JR & MM at Jalisco's.  MM had just got done working & the kids are in Wichita.  Then he went home to cuddle with Gracie, my grandpuppy.  She had been alone all day.

    JR & I had snowcones for dessert.  Too good for words.  I hate not to give the business to Jalisco's but I am sorry!  MA knows.

    My back started hurting during supper.  Still hurts.  I tried some pain killing cream but not much help.

    Photos are some flowers & some that I have edited.  New app.  I had an app that did the same but it quit working.  This one is made by the same people but works.

06/2024 Onsdag the 26th - Wandering & Capturing Moments

 

Memories

Had memories on my mind.  So photos are old memories.  Nice to remember.  Lovw this photo of Willie, to see him happy & laughing.

Today's Name Day: Lea, Rakel

    Had a great day.  Work day.  Love being at the Old Mill.  Great photos today.  Have a box of photos that are divided into folders of the first initial of the people's last name.  Not that it helps me know who they all are!!  But I do know some & some are even written on the back of them.  Some great memories in them!!!

    Cinder  has her schedule down pat.  She goes outside around lunch time.  Back in after I eat.  Then it is nap time.  Night time she is at the front door around 10pm for bedtime.;

    Work was fun today.  My boss brought us all drinks from the White Peacock today.  Always a good thing,  Lots of good talks!!  I have decided to work two days a week.  I love being there & I love the old photos.  Both newer ones & the super old ones.

    Supper was mexican food.  One of the wait staff has his wife & daughter here from Mexico.  His wife must be more comfortable here.  She was bussing tables & even smiled at me several times.  And their daughter is lovely & causes no trouble.  She plays quietly.

    I posted the other day my battle with seasonal affective disease.  I was pretty sure it would be totally  ignored.  As of yesterday not one person had read it, commented on it in anyway.  Says all I need to know,  I need to jus quit sharing things about me.  Few care.  I have always known that.  Did not even make me cry or feel bad.  I am aware.  I am doomed to an alone life.

    We checked what ice cream is at the ice cream place.  Nothing that interested me.  Sad.  Tropical sno again.  So tasty!!  And refreshing.

    Weather is much better today although it stayed too warm overnight.  In the 80s.  Way too warm.  But today was low 90s & low humidity.  Felt nice with a cooling breeze.  Wish it would last.

    I now know where. I should live.  A swedish friend wrote that he in Donsö, a small island near Göteberg Sweden.  It looks lovely but the best is their weather average temps in june are 60F for a high & 54F for a low,  That would be heaven!!!  Need to renew my passport!!  Photo of it here.

    Photos tonight are old memories.  Some touching or extra special, some will never happen again, some will bring tears to my eyes.

                            

Good friend was a bartender for a while.  He did this for me & a couple next to me.  Just for fun.  Just pretty. & not strong alcohol.  Said he does this at wedding receptions sometimes.  I took several photos.

Thanksgiving when we used to have a city wide meal.  Those were the best days.  I miss being with JS & JR but most of all I miss Willie.  We should have had time to have fun with no work.  (So difficult being alone.  No one to call for help without messing someone's life up.)  On Thanksgiving it was fun to see who was in town & to eat excellent food.  Sure miss it.   Now there is nothing for anyone.

My grandson & third great grandson.  Sure are special to me.  Hope to see them tomorrow.

These were the absolute best days!!  Soccer matches with 2 great friends playing & their awesome soccer talent.  What I would not give to return to those days.  Both at Bethany College & in Wichita.

My birthday.  These celebrations are now over & done with.  Best friend JS never let me not celebrate a little but he has moved far away.  No more celebrations for me.  I try to just ignore & I do not go out to eat.  At least not in town.  JS always celebrated in Jalisco's.  I refuse to go in on my birthday.  Not their problem if no one remembers me.  Who cares???

Memories from one of my Sweden trips.  That will never happen again. I dream but know better.  Won't ever happen.  If there is no one to help me drive to Denver, Sweden is completely impossible.

Best friends.  I know Cinder misses Nico.  I am dying without Nico.  But here I am.  Nothing to do about it.  Thank god I have Cinder & Kisse.

Art by best friend John Bergers.  What fun it was to be his bestie.  We ate out all the time.  We traveled sometimes.  I miss him & those times.  He was a one of a kind.  The only one who ever would just call in the evening to see if I was ok.  No one does now but we do text often.  And he always knew gossip in town. He maybe had the facts wrong but he knew something wasa going on!

    

    

05 july, 2023 Wandering & Capturing Moments

 Cut Willie's last wheat planted by him 2019

    I had rather a restless night.  Nico had me up numerous times.  I finally took an anxiety pill around 3am.  That helped.  Worked today so I really needed my sleep.

    Once up things went pretty good.  No trouble with my makeup or hair or outfit.  Even Nico behaved.

    Work was good.  One coworker was off today.  One went home early.  Left LL  & I there alone.  I was suppose to have a new scanner today but they could not come out this morning. 😠  But LL & I had time to chat about work, etc.  She went to get a snack.  I had an Italian cream soda.  Not healthy but delicious!!  It hit the spot!!  Great afternoon.

    Supper was at Jalisco's.  I had a photo of LA & I taken.  She is the new kitchen help.  I want to make sure we invite her to eat with JR & I at Pizza Hut.

    After I got home, I gave Nico a cookie.  Did no good.  He was immediately in stuff not his.  He refused to listen.  He is banished to the hallway for now.  He just never learns.  I got him halfway there & sat down.  He was back in things.  He can sit until my blog is done.  Sheesh.

    Photos are from today.  The picture at the beginning shows the crew who cut our wheat.  I fed them pizza.  Never paid so much for pizzas!!  Worth every penny.  I miss seeing some of those guys.  But they have their own friends.  I checked Willie's grave today. The original beer can was there but empty.  And a new can was there empty also.  Odd.