This week the only excuse we had to get out and go past Braums was when we went shopping and routine doctor visits. It was Charles' week to visit the dentist and have his six month check up with his primary doctor. His smile looks good and he has his normal bounce in his step.
It was MK's birthday and we sent an ecard. Snail mail seems so inefficent now. I think of the pony express and the wonder of receiving a letter even in my lifetime. During the Second World War our elementray class made Easter pictures for the trays of hospital bound soldiers. We put our names and addresses on the back of the pictures. I received a few letters of thank you. I remember one where the boy that was injured had his eyes bandaged. The doctor came in to take the bandage off just as the breakfast tray, with my art work, arrived. He shared with me that they didn't know if he would be able to see or not. The first thing he saw when the bandage was removed was my Easter chicken. I have his letter yet in my cedar box. Maybe somewhere there is a picture of a baby chicken folded in a 'keeper' place.
We didn't plan much for the Labor Day week-end. But, we did have two dates this week, and on Labor Day we dressed up and held hands while we walked through the new mall in downtown Granbury. There was a large, nice looking, Methodist Church on the square a few years ago. The church sold the building and moved to a new area north of town. I could not imagine what they would do with that beautiful old church. They added a facing to the front, adobe with arches and patio where there is a large event space with portable air coolers, even outside. The inside is new, modern, glass with lots of modern art featuring heavy layered paint and bright colors and shapes. They are building a new restaurant that will be finished before Christmas and there are art shops, photo shop, trendy clothes shop, gift and gourmet food shop and THE REPUBLICAL HEADQUARTERS.
We explored there and admired the new restaurant across the street with an outside patio. Many were enjoying the cooler morning with coffee and conversation. It was biker week end and the square was lined with parked bikes. in the street and booths inside the court house square. It is looking pretty spiffy down town. The court house was renovated in the last few years and the old Opera House is undergoing renovation now. There are several new restaurants. Some of the older places are gone or going and some new, trendy ones have arrived. Changes, Changes.
We were home in time for dinner. We had planned a special dinner when we shopped for groceries and things turned out well. We had roast Rock Cornish hen, Coues-Couse with brocolli and cheese, yellow neck squash with tomatoes, pickled beets, and corn on the cob. Watermellon for dessert had to wait until after our nap.
We shopped one day and did lots of research, and made the choice to get a weed eater that was gas run, but had an electric starter. Neither of us can pull a cord and our electric 'eater' died this month. The grass is green and juicy and tall. One more good mowing and we can slide into winter. We redid the flower beds and put down red mulch. It looks neat.
The rest of the week was dedicated to the linin closet. Sorry, I'm back in the closet. Our church is having a rummage sale and we are dragging out the old. I have some old army blankets that are tough. Those will go to the night shelter with our coats we don't use. I predict a cold winter.
Our new office closet is wonderful. Somehow the wireless printers went on strike. Is it possible to have too many wireliess things in the house? We called my son John and he is checking it out. He is the best tech service. When he was teaching, his computer could look at all of the computers in class and he chould check their work and 'fix' things they were working on. I have the same thing and it is probably not as new as I think.
I found a new recipe for tomato wine. Anyone heard of that before?
Have a good week.
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