HARRY

This morning I was up at 4:45 am again.
The last 2 or 3 weeks I have been wide a wake at this time.
Now I know some of you are saying this isn’t that early.
Well I’m not getting to sleep until 1or 2 am so that’s what 3 ½ hours max.

Well I just can’t manage to get more sleep and I don’t take naps during the day either.
My day starts out and I am going all day doing something all the time.
So today I was meeting a friend of mine (new friend) to take him to go see some airboats.

(AIRBOAT)
Now he is a retired lawman (sounds kooky doesn’t it) and he has moved here in my home town and he’s 8 yrs older than me.

Well I met him like 3 or 4 months ago at the Tiki bar I go to with my friends.

He is a very nice man and very intelligent.

And I like talking with him because he is 1 of the few men I know that you can carry on a conversation with that doesn’t start off with one of those Tim the tool guy grunts …lol…
And he doesn’t talk at me or down to me.

It’s so very nice to be able to talk to a man …lol… Oh and on other big plus he listens to what you are saying.

Reminds me of my best friend.

Well I hadn’t seen him in a while and ran into him this past holiday weekend (yes at the Tiki) and we got to talking.
He wants to buy a AIRBOAT.

Well we made arrangements to go see some at my cousins house.

(He builds them on his spare time as a hobby.)

Well I was meeting him to go have lunch and then go out to see if they were what he wanted.

So I got in my car and started off down the road when I saw this little bird in the road.

Me as an animal lover I slowed down to give it time to fly away.

Well the little feller didn’t budge. So I slammed on the brakes put my car in park and get out to see why this fine feather friend didn’t fly away.

Walking up on him he just stood there. That’s when I realized he was just a baby.

He had feathers but not to where he could fly. I then figured he must have fell from the nest.

Now there are cats in my neighbor hood and I didn’t want to give them little buggers a free meal.

I here I was in the middle of the road chasing a little bird calling to him “ come here little baby let me save you”.

Well I can only imagine how I looked. It’s a good thin no one was out there watching me ..lol..

I finally catch him and notice it’s a baby mockingbird. And yes that old movie did pop into my head.
“TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD” And I am a little superstitious.

I remember being told if you kill a mockingbird you will have bad luck. And I don’t need that besides I have a thing for helpless animals.

I found a baby squirrel once that feel out of the tree.
So little I just couldn’t let him lay there and die. So I saved him and drove him 12 miles or more out of town to this place called
ARONLD’S WILDLIFE REFUGE they take all the wild animals and either nursed them back to health or take care of them until they can be released back to the wild.
Very nice place they have. Well I took the squirrel out there so I knew they would take the baby bird.

(THIS IS THE BABY SQUIRREL)

Well I call them about this bird and Ms. Sue said yes bring him out.
So here I am driving down the road with this baby bird in one had and trying to get a hold of Scotty on my cell.

I told him what happen and I would be running late but I should be back up town about 45 minutes or so.
Now he is telling me “oh your such a good person for saving this bird it’s alright just call me when your on your way back in.”


Well on my drive out there he is chirping and I am telling him it’s going to be alright you know that sort of thing when all of a sudden this image pops in my mind of my best friend.
(HARRY)

And a time when a bird I had fed the day before got killed. I cried about it when I saw it laying there dead.

He put his arms around me and told me it would be alright. He actually got tissue and wiped my tears away.
He has made a big impression on my life. And I am very lucky to have a close friend in him.

Well I get he bird out there and he is safe now so I can go about what I had to do. That’s me taking care of others always before my self.
Well I did meet up with Scotty and we did go look at the airboats and I think he is going to buy one in fact.
He poked fun at me for a little while then said I done my good deed for the week.

Well I don’t see it that way. When you are helping out an animal it’s not doing a good deed. It’s saving nature so you can enjoy it later on.

I know this really didn’t make much sense but I thought I would share it with you. Because my best friend isn’t here right now to share it with. I know he would smile and say something inspiring to me.

I really miss talking with him and laughing with him.
So here’s to all you animal lovers out there when you see a mockingbird fly by think of Harry (the baby bird).

(HARRY ONE DAY GROWN UP)

THANK YOU

(JUST WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE COLOR)




Ok this is going to be a short today. At least for right now …lol…

I never know what and when the writer bug hit’s me …lol.. (YEAH RIGHT)
First let me say thank you to all the wonderful people that have stopped by here in my part of the world.

Thank you for all the wonderful comments you leave.

I don’t feel like a step child any more …lol…
(PLEASE TAKE NO ADFENSE)





(HOPE YOU ENJOY THE FLOWERS)

I love all of your blogs they are great. I love reading them and I always can’t wait to stop in and read before I have to go to work or off to do what ever needs to be done.

You all have made me feel at home here in this BLOG WORLD …lol…

I don’t feel so alone any more. (I’m glad that I am not the only one that feels that way on some things.)

(WOW PURPLE)

I have become addicted to this blogging thing. I find my self sitting for hours trying to work those pictures in the right place with the wording so it looks good.

(Which still never gets where I want them.)
So please bare with me until I get this thing down to a science. So tell me just how do you get those pictures to line up the way you want them.

I try so hard to line them up I always delete pictures that I load and let me tell you I do get frustrated with it some time.
(10, 9, 8, 7,) Sometimes the counting thing doesn’t work. I have even thought about mixing some (half a bottle …lol…) of Kahlua in my coffee.

Which I have joined there web site to get different ways to use this wonderful coffee liqueur taste :-p You who like there stuff should check it out….

(SOME MORE WONDERFUL PETALS)

Oh I guess I forgot to tell you I’m also a bartender. Yes I am one of those people that stands behind the bar and entertains you and your friends when you go out.

Here's to all those drinks that are exotic and taste so good.

The wonderful drinks that you see in movies or on your favorite tv shows. That you are just dying to try …lol…
Well that’s yet another thing to get into at another time.
And I can say I have had so much fun bartending.

It’s a great job.

(THESE ARE LOVELY)

Now back to the part I was saying before I so rudely interrupted my self.

(No haven’t had too much Kahlua Yet …lol…)

Ok back to it.
I find my self waking up at 2am in the morning with ideals on what to write next… WOW … the blog bug has bitten me really good.

(I really don’t sleep much at night any ways I have some health issues.)

I have always like to write but most the time I just write in my journal and keep it to my self or let a very good friend read it and get his opinion of it.
“Yes a guys point of view.”

But he is honest about the things I write and he is always telling me how well I write and how wonderful my hand writing is.

BLESS YOU my friend.

And thanks for the new addiction you have bestowed on me…lol…
But I really enjoy it and I guess it does keep me out of trouble for the most part.

(I THINK THIS IS MY FAVORITE)

But my friends now know that I am blogging and they kind of lets say are very careful around me.

They don’t want to be on the front page …lol.. I guess.
Well I do change there names and I even look for pictures to mask the ones that don’t want there lovely face on my page.

But it is fun and I enjoy it so much both reading and writing.
I just wanted to say thank you all and I am looking forwards to being apart of this BLOG WORLD FAMILY.
Thanks for welcoming me in and making me feel at home.

You are indeed a very special group of people and I am proud to be a part of your WORLD! !

The child inside

(THINK BACK)

One day I will grow up I suppose. Maybe …lol…

Here I am a grandmother but not the white hair kind …lol..

(Hey only 46 now) and I still like to play in the rain. Crazy I know but it’s my inter little kid or what I call my inter child that I have maintained inside. She just doesn’t want to go where all our inter children go when we grow up.

(REMEMBER)

I catch my self sometimes wanting to jump up and down on the bed.

(But only doing it from time to time.)

(NO NOT ME !!)

(IT'S FUN!!)













(CANDLE LIGHT & RAIN)

(SWEET!!)

And when it rains WOW I love the rain. When it rains I love to play in the rain. Just to stand in it and feel it hit your head and run down over your face. I have danced and even splashed in the puddles. You know where they splash up.

(ROLLERSKATING IN THE RAIN)








(IT'S LOVELY)

It’s a kid thing but I bet if you can recall when you were a kid what it was like you would be saying “oh yes I remember that feeling“. That’s not the only thing either.

Remember the cans of silly string? They came in all colors. They can be fun also. I am always thinking of fun things to do or to even get into to laugh and have fun.

I had a boyfriend that always like to talk on the phone all the time when he got off work. It never failed someone would call while we were together and he would talk and talk and talk.

Well I had been in a dollar store and found some of this cans ( 20 or so cans).

Well we were sitting there talking and having a few drinks feeling pretty good and the phone rings. Well like a good girl I sat there while he was on the phone talking to his coworker sometimes I even go out side with my drink until he was done.

(JUST DO IT!!)

So this time I sat there and after about 15 minutes I start to feel my little kid start plundering around and then it happened.
I walked behind the chair he was sitting in where I had the bag of SILLY STRING at and picked up a can. Now I couldn’t see what my facial expression was but I bet it was one of “I wonder if I do this what would he do” or “he might get angry." But at the time I just shrugged my shoulders and said “oh well”.
So he proceeds to talk and here I am standing behind him and doing that little dance thinking while he keeps on talking. "Well then it was on."

I pushed the button and it came. The stream just shot out all over his head and down on his face and well let’s just say everywhere. I tried not to laugh but it just busted out. Needless to say he ended his phone call and then he looked at me and you could see it in his eyes “you will have to pay” …lol…
I grabbed into the bag and pulled out a few cans and started running around the room laughing and shouting at him. He pulled the cap off and we commenced to spraying can after can running back and fourth grabbing another can until they were all gone.

Then when they were all empty we just stood there looking at each other laughing still out of breath. Looking around the room well picture this. It looked as if there was a high school or collage party with 50 kids in the room …lol…

(PARTY!)

It was on the walls and the ceiling was covered were when you took aim it shot up and stuck. All over the table and chairs and yes even all over the bed. We just stood there and laughed at each other. It was all over us.

(EVERY WHERE!)

He just looked at me and shook his head and smiled. And like so many other times when I did something as a child would do he would shake his head and say the famous words.

“I never know what to expect from you”. Then he would put his arms around me kissed me and hugged me tight.

This night was so much fun and we laughed so much. I will say this when you laugh and I mean REALLY LAUGH from the deepest part from inside of you. You feel it. It’s a different laugh it lightens your soul and your heart.

(LAUGH TILL YOU CRY!!)

So sometime when you are sitting there and have time on your hands. Which I know many of you don’t even know what is. But even if it’s just a few seconds think about it.

The little things you done as a child. Remember what the feeling was and hold on tight to that memory.

(LAUGH)

(BE A CHILD AGAIN!!)

Then one day when your feeling a little mischievous then pull it.

(LAUGH)

(LAUGH) Invite you enter child back to you.

Have some fun but most important LAUGH ! ! ! ! !

(REMEMBER)

(This is for all of us who still knows how to play ...lol...)

COME PLAY WITH ME IN THE RAIN ! ! !