~Door Bells~

A friend of mine sent me some photos of the work hes done on his

house..amazing work.This house is just beautiful.. He sent a photo

of a bell that he put above his front door. He took photos of the inside

of the house so you could see this pretty bell hanging above the

door on a nicely scrolled piece of what looks like black iron.. It shows

a cord going thru the wall.. The photo taken from the outside shows a

chain on the leftside of the door and at the end is a little mallet and

if you pull that cord..it will ring the bell on the inside.. Its just great..

and looks so nice.. brought back many memories..

Where I grew up we had neighborhood grocery stores..Within walking

distance of my house were 2 little stores..only a few blocks away .

One was Sadino's, and the other was Cavadias's..Each of their front

doors when you opened it, it would hit a bell hanging over top of it..

They lived in the back and when they heard the bell they came out

into the store to wait on you.. At most of them you had a charge,

at the end of the week I guess they paid the bill off.. I knew my mom

had a charge at Sadino's but never remember her paying it..

Both these stores had that really good penny candy and some of it

was 2 for a penny. A nickel and you could get a nice supply of candy.

I knew what each store had..and somethings one had and not the

other which I was glad.. I liked to go to Sadino's, they had cats..and

there were always some hanging around that I could pet and play

with, They were Italian and was a mother and her son... very nice

people..It was nice having a little mini grocery store just a block

away.

There were 2 other stores in the little town I grew up in..One was

called Baker's and the other was Pedo's.. When that town was

going full strength with a busy main street was just wonderful,

department store..2 drug stores..gas station..movie theatre,

bank...was a nice little town.. Now there are people still live

there but the busy town has gone..those little neighborhood

stores are gone..and even the name of that town is no more,

as it was annexed into the neighboring one to make 1 bigger

town..why I don't know..they had their logic..Still sad to know

that town I grew up in is gone. And those that do remember

that town how it was..are almost gone too..Sad.. Its such a

lovely area..good clean air. a healthy place to live.

I was going to take a new photo today and well.. I got so mad

when I tried to get the yellow skirt I wanted and the white top..

well I couldn't find either one..The yellow skirt should have

been in the bathroom closet..its not there..and its so hard to

look cuz those hangers are just on the edge of a shelf hanging.

and the top..well its short sleeved so its in my bedroom closet

which I cant even get NEAR! I hate this.. I think im going to

look for some kind of garment hanging thing..I have to do some

thing..and theyre so squished together theyre all wrinkled..THAT

is NOT acceptable.. I could get rid of some of my clothes I guess

but I don't wanna do that either.. I wish this place was bigger or

I had better closets..So the photo is one of the 3 I took last week.

if I can find my yellow skirt and the matching top I shall take a

photo and put it here..If I DONT find that skirt I will NOT be a

happy camper at all.. :-)

Was a nice sunny day today, tomorrow Lori from Keystone is

going to come..just a hello check on you type thing..Shes very

nice..Theresa knows her too..and my Dr. is related to Theresa's

husband I think..Joys of small town :-) I got a pizza last nite and

sat in front of my TV and ate it and I really did enjoy that.. I have

some left over and I plan to have it for supper.. AND I am of

course STARVED.. I had one piece about 11 and its time to

be hungry again and time to say "Nitey Nite" :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? Love ya and thanks :-)

Always, Lois ****

God Bless you is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend";

I pray the Lord will keep you safe

until I write again..