Friday Funnies

Hi,

The weather?  You have to ask?  Actually, the lows are getting lower.  This may be the clue that winter is coming.

The ‘Jazzy Wednesday’ tune was “Autumn Leaves”, notably by Nat ‘King’ Cole in 1955, but is a standard.  This week’s ‘Old School Friday’ song is another holiday jam for your weekend looping: “Bells will be ringing, this sad sad news.  Oh what a Christmas to have the blues.  My baby’s gone, I have no friends to wish me greetings once again.  Choirs will be singing Silent Night, Christmas carols by candlelight.  __ __ __ __ __, __ __ __ __ __, if not for Christmas, by New Years night.”  Hint:  This song was originally released in 1960.  A sad song about going through the holidays without the one he loves, hoping she’ll return.

This morning we returned to The Wanderer with JaiDee.  As we ride through the village, JaiDee sits up, very alert in order to see the local dogs.  He spots most of them and sometimes turns around as we pass, to get the full view.  As we approached the entrance to The Wanderer, Lisa and I noticed ‘Sallee’ wandering around.  JaiDee didn’t see her, and we managed to get him inside before she came in.  Apparently, it’s the second time she’d slipped out this morning.  There were many distractions for the puppy and he turned out to be a handful.  A little ice and a rawhide bone and we were able to enjoy our coffee and roti.  

This afternoon we checked out the new walking track.  There is one lane for bikes, and a separated lane for walking.  The only problem we encountered was when we returned this evening with JaiDee, the lights were not on, so the place was in darkness.  Oh, the questions.

We noticed a big orange truck on our street when we left the house.  It was parked, taking up half of the street, and had a ‘cherry picker’ basket that was in the trees.  Later, Natcha told us that they came by and trimmed the trees that are near the many wires.  This is a good thing since everything is strung from pole to pole.  The one thing these guys were not doing was picking up after themselves.  This is nothing new.  We’ve had many repair people come and do work and not take away their trash.  Hmm, something missing in the training?

The land across the street has been cleared once again.  All the small trees and bushes were scooped up by a group of tractors and left in piles.  I guess they will either be taken away or burned.  Now there are signs along the property, advertising the sale of plots, just like a few years ago.  The goal appears to be a housing project.  Oh, that’s just wonderful.  

Meanwhile, behind the wall, one of our trees died.  It was the one that was just about to display yellow flowers.  There seem to be spots where the earth is just to heavy on the clay side.  Things will grow and then suddenly stop.  

Today’s photo will give you an idea of how big it got.

Tomorrow evening we’re taking Cat and Noom out for an adoption celebration dinner at Favola, the Italian restaurant at Le Meridien Hotel.  A night to dress up and use lots of utensils (555).  The evening is a special gift from our dear friends Lisa, and her father Walt, in Nevada.

Have a Wonderful WeekEnd.        Time for the ‘Funnies’.   Formula 1 is in Bahrain.  Zoom

                          Peace,

                                    Danny