This morning I woke up to rain drops dancing across the roof, and racing down the gutter pipe.
Fall has arrived in the PNW.
The rain is welcome (so far); we had precious little of it in the Spring, and none this Summer. We need the rain.
I thought about laying in bed until very late morning: but the dust on the car is getting thick … and the hard-falling-rain could do wonders in sluing the majority of it away; so, I got dressed – and drove to exercise class in Castle Rock, instead π
On the downside of Delameter Road, I heard on the radio, that yesterday boris johnson called biden “a living deity”.
{{boris said: “… you’re
a living deity” …
biden replied: “I am”}}
WHAT????
It's ludicrous.
It's shameful.
It's blasphemous.
It's embarassing.
I turned the radio off.
After exercise class, I drove to the Country Folks Deli to get a bowl of soup: I had Broccoli Cheddar – SO GOOD π
I’ve always liked eating here – Bob & I were among the first customers when it opened in the 1980’s, with the original owners.
And I like it now, with the new owners: they are so interactive – and really fun people to be around π
I like the music that is always playing in the background.
My feet were dancing under the table, this afternoon; while I read, and ate π
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose – “Treat Her Like A Lady”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6_PmccPnJU
When I finished lunch, I drove 5 minutes up the street, to play a couple games of pool: the balls went exactly where I wanted them – I felt like ‘Minnesota Fats’ π
I don’t play for $$$.
Bob played for $$$, for a while.
I won’t play in tournaments: I’m not interested in group competitions. I don’t need, or want team members depending on me – with my asthma, I’m undependable. I don’t need to be guilt-tripped when I have a bad day.
Bob played in tournaments for a while – he liked group activities, and engaged in competition; I believe he gave his pool stick to Alex when he stopped playing in group competitions.
I play because I like shooting pool: $$$, and cloak & dagger tournaments don’t interest me. But, I admit, I do give myself mental high-5’s when the games go like they did this afternoon π
Fats playing Pool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzm3tPIGt6M
My father, in the 1960’s, actually played a few games with Fats when Fats was playing for fun in a couple taverns in Minnesota. In our early years of marriage, Bob and I used to watch Fats play in televised pool tournaments.
When I got back home, I started setting out my Fall dΓ©cor.
Tomorrow, if it doesn’t rain, I will pull the onions and carrots
out of the garden area; and start covering the garden boxes with mesh net to
keep the prowling cats out of them.
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