LEFT OVERS
It's become a self imposed ritual to begin a new year by cleaning out something. In recent years it seems to be computer or photo files. This year I unloaded and deleted a lot of stuff from computer and phone and feel better now!
IT IS NOT TEDIOUS
When we arrived to visit friends they were in the final stages of finishing a puzzle, but finding the going very slow because they were dealing with a section of sky and the pieces were similar. Lana is a dedicated puzzler so she, Marcos and Bill, put an end to the challenge.
Were it up to me, I might have framed that puzzle or laminated it so that it's completeness could be kept and celebrated forever. But it was not up to me and all too soon I thought, they were off on another challenge.
Soon I was doing my best to add an ear, or eye, or hat or some such. I'd hit a dead end and go back to reading, saying that is tedious work.
"It is not tedious to someone who enjoys it" Marcos observed, "it is part of the challenge."
I took note that part of the challenge is also working up an appetite for sweet, or a drink.
Eventually, again, with assistance from Norma Jean, not pictured here, our champs, solved another one.
A SO CAL TOAST
The mid west is so deeply imbedded in Lana and me that we excite, like a kid on his or her first trip to Disneyland, when we are around fresh fruit trees. Especially so for Lana who loves fresh OJ.
Cheers!
Happy New Year.
I feel good about getting these snaps off my phone.
And I'm happy for the great memories.
See you down the trail.
I worked jigsaw puzzles often as a kid. Haven't done one for years now. But I'm addicted to my two daily crosswords.
ReplyDeleteWe have tons of oranges and lemons on our trees. We'll give a bunch to our yardman when we say goodbye but there will probably be many for the new tenants, whoever they are.
I don't have the temperament for jig saw puzzles and can't think of a time when I completed one. But I understand that many folks find them relaxing.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in the City of Orange. We have a ceremonial orange tree in the Plaza and a memorial grove at WO Hart Park (the WPA park from 1934).
ReplyDeleteSacramento has some grapefruit trees in city curb strips.
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