"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."
-Albert Einstein

   
WINGS OF LOVE
- Helen Steiner

The priceless gift of life is love,
For with the help of God above
Love can change the human race
And make this world a better place ...
For love dissolves all hate and fear
And makes our vision bright and clear
So we can see and rise above
Our pettiness on wings of love.

   
Let It Be
The Beatles

When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

And when the broken-hearted people living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Yeah, there will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

   
 I enjoy life when things are happening. I don't care if it's good things or bad things. That means you're alive. Things are happening.
—Joan Rivers, NPR

Good evening all.

   

Good morning..

Starting off not too bad but I am sure we shall fry again.Little white clouds are dotting the sky.

A lot of little jobs need taken off the docket, then maybe sew. May get the vehicle back today.   I know that the garage was busy when I booked my appointment, not knowing I would be needing them beforehand. Now they can fix all items on the list.

Bubble, GREAT start to the day. Graphics are perfect and I enjoy Helen Steiner's poems. Have several of her books and they don't disappoint.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.





   

Thanks, Bubble.

I've taken a little bit of the downward path as far as feeling good [nothing serious, just not feeling up to par], so I'll keep this short and just say....

Take care, All.

Thank you for the new opening, Bubble. Great graphics and text, Einstein was one smart cookie, wasn't he?

Good morning, Phyllis. Mind if I join you over in the corner? I'm seriously thinking I need a nap.

We have light rain off & on (love it) but the temps didn't go down so kinda humid & sticky feeling. Yes, I did make a couple trips out the doors so far this morning.

Good morning. Mother nature is definitely running through her arsenal this spring. Not only are we under a fire warning and a flood warning, but now we have this?

"Special Weather Statement issued May 31 at 2:54PM AKDT by NWS Fairbanks

...Chilly Temperatures and Light Frost in Colder Spots Tonight...

Skies will clear out somewhat and winds will become light tonight.

The usual colder locations around Fox, North Pole, and Salcha may see a light frost. Residents with gardening interests should take precautions to protect any sensitive plants."


This is where the heat is congregated.  "Temperatures are set to spike late this week in the Northeast ahead of a wave of cool air that will arrive from an unusual direction. But while there are likely to be some thunderstorms during the temperature transition, they may do little to reverse the building dryness and drought in much of the region, AccuWeather meteorologists say.

A large buckle in the jet stream has been responsible for bringing cooler-than-historical average temperatures in the southeastern United States and warmer-than-average temperatures in much of southeastern Canada in recent days. The warmth in Canada will push southward and intensify over the Northeast into Friday.

Hottest conditions to develop over interior Northeast
A pattern more typical of the middle of summer — minus the high humidity — will set up across the Northeast by the end of the week with many interior locations approaching the 90-degree mark, AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson said."

Happy June Oneth!

Another gloomy day in central Oklahoma.  "Same old-same old"    .  Nothing new to post about.

Enjoy your day, Everyone.

Good Whatever part of the day it is where you are.  I was just finishing reading this morning and getting ready to post when Ali and the kids showed up this morning.  The kids stayed and Ali took off to the store and they left for home a little while ago for naps.  We're making dinner and taking it over there tonight.

BUBBLE, I loved you new monthly set up but then, I always so love it.  You are so talented and you have so many good authors to quote! 

PHYLLIS and SHIRLEY, I hope you both perk up and enjoy the rest of the day!  You do deserve that!

PATRICIA, the weather is Alaska is so varied day by day.  You must have an awful time deciding what to wear and whether to ope a window!

When I'm finished here I'm going to go sit on the couch and start a new Debbie Macomber book.  She's such a good writer and her books are light and easy to to enjoy!

I wish you all a good rest of the day!  Enjoy!

Jane, we broke the existing record for the coldest June by a wide margin, and at about three pm, the rains started again. We have broken records in the state consistently since 2017.

There is no longer a real normal since 2020.

And Amy has fires still burning in Alberta and now Nova Scotia is on fire with over 16,000 evacuated.

NEWS FLASH!!!

I just got off the phone with Nancy (Lloyd Hammond's wife), happy to report they are fine. He is still recovering but sore from his fall and she has allergies but keeping busy. I told her we've all been worried about him.

AHHH!  I have a fly buzzing around me so fast I haven't seen it, must go find a fly swatter. My daughter is off having dinner with #1 son & wife before she goes back to St.Louis tomorrow. She has to tell them how to keep me in line <grin>. I had her name put on the title with mine & insurance cards came in today with both names so am a little nervous about turning her loose with it. Car has 6,003 miles on it but nearly 3 years old. Covid, then cataract surgery & then this last 6 month "the pills"... so I did take it for a run around the block today to make sure the tires weren't square. All's well.

Made phone calls to my sister & sister-in-law along with the call to Nancy/Lloyd so am just waiting for the kid to get home with the car <she'd die if she heard me telling you this>.........  Sweet dreams & God Bless   Tisie/Shirley

Shirley, - Thanks for checking on Lloyd. Good that all is well.
Your car sounds like mine - No mileage - only used by a little old man to be sure it still works.

I'm glad to hear that LLOYD is OK and so is Nancy.  Thanks for doing that for us, SHIRLEY.  ALso sounds like your doing OK for now.  Your kids really do look after you.  Just make sure that car is running even if you don't want to go anywhere.

RICK, I refer to myself as "The Little Old Lady" in this family and my kids think it's funny because they don't think I act like one.  But I think I do.  I just do a few things like walking to keep going!

PATRICIA,  I don't think any part of the country is normal these days!  And I guess we just have to accept that.  Things change and there's nothing we can do about it!  I think it was 2 degrees hotter in Pennsylvania today than it was in Oklahoma!  Cindy says I'm not missing much by not being there!

I took some pictures of the kids when they were here today.  I'll try forwarding them to my email so I can then send them to BUBBLE to post for me.  Some of them turned out pretty good!

Now I'm just about ready for the haystack.  I think I'm still on PA time and that means its after 9:30 in my head.  By the time I get upstairs and get ready for bed it'll be after 10.

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one!

Good morning..

This is going to be  fry day Friday with hopes of rain in the afternoon.

Hope to get the vehicle later on today. Not sure what is going on with the not starting as it has started every time for them??? Flat spot on the starter or wires on  the starter were some of our guesses but they said it was checked out and all was fine.

Patricia, wild fires are nasty in the west and east. Lots of homes lost and I don't want to think of the animal life lost.

Shirley, thank you for contacting Lloyd  and all is well.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

fry day Friday?
Here it is 104F at present and going up. I am not going out, no way!
Even the birds keep quiet...

Good Morning Everyfriend!

Ohmigosh! BUBBLE!  I thought it was hot here and it's only going into the 90s!  I think I would stay inside if I were near you, too!

AMY, I wonder why cars never behave at the the repair shop like they do in our driveway?  It's like they want to make fools of us to the repair guys!

I'm not sure what's on the agenda today but Jim's has already gone off to water Ali's flowers for her.  It's a bit more difficult for her with the new baby and two others to care for these days and he's a good Daddy and steps in to help her out!

I guess I better check my other stuff and get moving!  I wish you all a ggod day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!!

Quote from: Amy on June 02, 2023, 07:04:32 AMThis is going to be  fry day Friday with hopes of rain in the afternoon.

The same is expected here. Predicted high of 93° and at 8am it's on it's way past 70°. A bit unusual for here. Time to get some temp. control ready here in the house. I'm sure the A/C will be on later. Hopefully the predicted afternoon rain will come for the grass. If not, I will have to do it.

The rain barrel is pretty much drained..I would have to stand on my head to get the little bit out...we need the rain. Watered all that I could and enjoyed listening to the wind in the low flying geese.

Neighbour said he saw the fox last night, she was thin but  other than that looked ok. She is likey the same one that had the kits across the road last year.

Rick we have the a/c on now..dogs also enjoy it  one has a long coat ,the other a short one.

Lloyd, good to see you in here.....take care..

edited to add....oh my gosh Bubble.....that temp is not nice. Hope you have a/c or a fast blowing fan!!!

Good Morning everone, well we here are haveing currently, 84º and clear skys, well nancy just left to go get some of the things she thinks we need from yoeast brothers in town. well one  of the grand clldern got the internet   back up and running for me. I thank shirley for checking on after my fall. it was not any funn. my left handis stilll very sore,my rib is still felt but doing some better. Life is not much fun any more. My boddie hurts all over and my miend has lock jaw a lotof the time. i know if god calles my number I would be missed, but on gods time I am ready any time he calls. Have a good rest of the day, and a better tomorow.

Lloyd

Lloyd, great to see you in here!! Just take it one day at a time,no rushing ,easy does it.

welcome back, LLOYD!  take care!

Even though I am feeling better today I would still welcome you in my corner, Shirley.  We can talk a leg off of each other and if you bring snacks {hint} I'll bring something to drink....probably tea or ginger ale.

So nice to see most of the Soda Shoppe regulars back again.  Stay with us, friends, and, as always,

Take care.

The good news is that the fires are out. The bad news is that the rains have returned. And the even worse news is that besides breaking the record for the coldest June weather so far, we had snow last night in the foothills; we did get some frost at 1500 feet and possibly an inch above two thousand feet.

Personally, I'm waiting for the locusts.

What happened to the Global Warming?  Did we over correct again?

I'm always sorry to read of our group having so many health problems, along with serious weather problems in some areas.

I think some of you are experiencing hotter weather than we are here in Texas, but this is only June...I don't want to think about July/August.

My most recent problem was a Power Failure here yesterday evening. At 7:21 there was this horrendous "boom", which I knew to be a transformer blowing; immediately all my electricity was OFF.  No A/C, no landline, no TV. My side of the street was affected, across the street power was still on (isn't that stupid?); the street perpendicular to me had a rapid "blip" but came right back on.  Needless to say, I wasn't so lucky.  I had found some excess (?) energy during the day, and had done some furniture moving to vacuum under, and I was sweaty and smelly, and feeling sick to my stomach.  I went to my car, and sat in there with the A/C running till I cooled off. Went back in the house, heard the sound of a somewhat large truck, sounded like in the alleyway, so I took a stroll to see.  Indeed it was the Oncor folk in the alley searching for the correct transformer.  I thought, wow, it shouldn't be too much longer.  Long story short, it was 2:21 AM when the power came back on, waking me up when all the lights, A/C returned.  Since I was now awake, I went around and reset all the clocks; my landline phone was taking awhile to get back into its groove, but at least it was on.  I do have a cell phone, thank goodness. So, there's my story for the day, and I hope all of you get your health problems taken care of, and good Lord willin', give everyone a break with the unseasonal weather.
Have a good June twooth! (this year is moving too fast for me)