Think about it for a second...
Friday, March 16, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Spring has sprung...
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| Bradford Pear's blooming at downtown library |
It looks as if Spring has officially came to the Ozarks. Yesterday the Bradford Pear tree's started blooming. They will peak in five days. Star Magnolia, Red Bud, Yellow Forsythia, Saucer Magnolia, and Maple's are all blooming as well. Everything just seemed to "pop" all at once.
It is raining today, and the temperature has cooled way down again, which will slow things up. That should allow some of the slower species to catch up. But as soon as the sun comes back out, Spring will be in full bloom here in the Ozarks.
Winter might try to come back one more time on us, but for the most part, we will go into the record books as 2011-2012 winter as the driest winter on record, with only one snow event measuring 2 inches.
Sweet!
Friday, March 2, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Oh my! Did you feel that...
Mrs. Cherty Rock Farmer, after resisting tooth and nail on joining Facebook, has just now created and joined Google+!
And the world did not quit spinning.
Not sure what this means, but my world just got rocked.
Sorry, I have to go now, she is asking lots of questions as to what a "steam" is and what a "circle" means...
Friday, February 10, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Random Thoughts...
Much of my life is currently in flux.
Things that used to be taken for granted no longer are available, or needed, or sometimes even wanted. This year, 2012, seems to be bringing in much change for me. Wanted or not.
Yesterday my life changed forever. My first grandchild was born, naked as we all came into this world, as well as healthy and pink. After all these years, I am now "Grandpa." And I must insist on that title. Grampie, Grimmie, Grimps, or PaPa is not for me, thank you. Grandfather or grandpa will do just fine. I have no idea now much my life is changing due this event, but I am sure the ride will be fun.
Another change is that I am sitting in my local library, using their internet connection, as I no longer have one from my home! Now if you have any idea how much of an on-line junkie I am, you should find this news eyebrow raising. I just got tired of the high costs, the low service, and the endless technical glitches being fed to me as a consumer from my local cable company. So on December 21st, I cut the cord. No more television, no more broadband. To say it has been an adjustment is an understatement. The only internet access I now have is from my little iPhone using the not so fast (regardless of what their commercials lie) AT&T 3G network. But I get by, and I have a great library to hang out at.
And finally in this week of change I have been reacquainted with a classic rock and roll band that I had forgotten about. Given a nice Christmas gift of an iTunes gift card, I have exchanged my credits for Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band tunes. Now that is some classic rock and roll.
So here I sit, Seger in the headphones, typing out a blog post, and thinking about the granddaughter I have not met yet.
2012 is going to be interesting...
Things that used to be taken for granted no longer are available, or needed, or sometimes even wanted. This year, 2012, seems to be bringing in much change for me. Wanted or not.
Yesterday my life changed forever. My first grandchild was born, naked as we all came into this world, as well as healthy and pink. After all these years, I am now "Grandpa." And I must insist on that title. Grampie, Grimmie, Grimps, or PaPa is not for me, thank you. Grandfather or grandpa will do just fine. I have no idea now much my life is changing due this event, but I am sure the ride will be fun.
Another change is that I am sitting in my local library, using their internet connection, as I no longer have one from my home! Now if you have any idea how much of an on-line junkie I am, you should find this news eyebrow raising. I just got tired of the high costs, the low service, and the endless technical glitches being fed to me as a consumer from my local cable company. So on December 21st, I cut the cord. No more television, no more broadband. To say it has been an adjustment is an understatement. The only internet access I now have is from my little iPhone using the not so fast (regardless of what their commercials lie) AT&T 3G network. But I get by, and I have a great library to hang out at.
And finally in this week of change I have been reacquainted with a classic rock and roll band that I had forgotten about. Given a nice Christmas gift of an iTunes gift card, I have exchanged my credits for Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band tunes. Now that is some classic rock and roll.
So here I sit, Seger in the headphones, typing out a blog post, and thinking about the granddaughter I have not met yet.
2012 is going to be interesting...
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