~I Like The Rain~

This was a rainy Sunday, but I like the rain, nice easy steady

coming down kind...not with thunder and lightening and wind

though..that stuff to me, I, being an adult will admit, scares the

pajeebies out of me and I cringe every time I see a warning,

or check the weather and see all that scrap headed straight

at us. THAT I don't like.. as long as my ceiling doesn't leak

today I kinda like the rain..Everything looks so bright and the

green grass and leaves just seem to be more emerald green

and so pretty. I liked when it rained when I was young.. I got

a ride home from school and then got to stay in and watch TV,

when I was real young I remember my best friend Pepper

would come over and we would play paper dolls. Sometimes

we got to play at her house, very seldom as her mom at the

time had a drinking problem which I never knew about till

after I was grown. She was a beautiful woman, and Pepper

looked just like her mom.. Her name was really Marianne,

but we called her Pepper because she had freckles all

over her nose. She and I went through school together from

about the 6th grade when they moved there. I never saw her

again after we graduated, but then I have never gone to any

of my reunions.. I bet if I went to one now most everyone

would be shocked to see me now as active as I was back

then, always doing something and involved in everything.

When it would rain very hard a lot of the towns around had

a river running through and lots of the roads flooded when

it was a heavy rain or if they had a lot of snow and the melt

would make the rivers rise. One little town called Amasa,

great fishing place, the 2 roads in and out of it would flood

and everyone was stuck. People that lived there always

kept an eye on the rivers for flooding reasons and of course

fishing..The Paint River ran through there and one of my

favorite aunts lived right next to it. My Aunt Lillian, she loved

to fish, if we went to see her and she wasn't home we knew

to go down to the river and look for her or else my mom

would blow the car horn and in a few minutes there would

my aunt be, climbing back up the river bank..The Paint is

one of the best fishing rivers in the Upper Penninsula..

I can take you to some spots on that river that are some of

the best fishing spots for some beautiful brook trout. My

dad loved to wade the streams and fish for brookies. There

are 3 main good fishing rivers, the Ontonogon , the Paint

and the Iron.. All are wonderful to fish if you know where

the deep spots are.. David used waders that came up to

his arm pits and he tied the string tight so if he fell they

wouldn't fill up with water..One day he was wading and he

stepped into a hole that was deep and he lost his footing.

He had tied that belt so tight all the air was in there and he

started to float like a bobber.. He yelled at me to help him

and I ran down the side of the river with my fishing pole

and cast out to him.. I had spider wire on my reel and that

stuff wont break..you cant even bite it..you have to have

clippers.. so I knew it would pull him in..at least get him

to where he could get footing again.. I got him to shore

and I had to laugh.. he was then too..I told him we needed

to paint his waders red and white so he would look like

a real bobber :-) It was funny to see him bobbing around
out there in that stream.. a big green bobber :-D

I think I still could go bank fishing and I know I could get on

a pontoon.. That's the way to spend a day on the lake..rent

one of those, it has a fridge, potty, radio..everything..but..

make sure you get one with a canopy specially if its a hot

summer day. We had rented one with my ex brother in law

and his wife, Mark and Sheila..we all liked to fish..and were

ready to get on that pontoon and just stay all day and coast

around and eat and fish and have a good time.. we did.. We

stayed out on that lake for 6 hours.. in the sun..we had a top

on the toon, but by the time we got back to shore we were

all so sunburnt it was pathetic..we all looked like lobsters..

There was such a nice breeze out there..and we didn't think

about the sun reflections off the water, that's what got us,

besides going in and out of it.. I got deathly sick almost as

though I had sun stroke.. was an awful feeling I got home

and spent 2 days in bed! We did NOT do that again.. Its

ok to do, but not for such a long time..

The rain has let up and its nice and cool I don't even have the

fan on today and Im glad.. I thought I got smart last nite and

put the fan up on a bench..which was good..but It blew right

in my face,which was not a good thing.. I bet I sat up and

re adjusted that thing 3 times until I just put a pillow up to

block it from blowing right on me ... But putting it on that

bench did make a difference.. tonite I will just move it farther

away .. I have to put it where I can still get out and it not be

in the way.. This is such a pain..I have to make sure that I

always have a clear path and nothing in the way of my wheels.

Many times I back away from my bed to get trapped cuz I

have run into LB's girl friend that he has dragged in there.
Then I have to go forward, then back..and keep doing this

until I can get away from her.. I cant reach her cuz she is

always behind my chair and my tippers get hooked. Its

fun here.. just a constant attack plan...

Well my next plan of attack is to attack my fridge and make a

sandwich.. I have some really good ham and I think some

Swiss cheese , I might grill it..they are so good.. I should eat

more at noon time than in the evening..but I usually only eat

once a day.. I will be so glad when I can keep ice.. I love those

icees.. I have penny get some for me on the days she works.

be cheaper to make my own I think.. I sure like them. they are

the only things that I can say will quench my thirst..usually I

don't drink ice cold..that will make my hiatial hernia just scream.

Time for food 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..