~A Great Surprise Today!~

I had a GREAT surprise today, one I was not expecting as they did

not call first and tell me they were coming... You see the photo..

That is my brother Frank and behind him is his wife, Sue, waving

at me as they are leaving. They rode up here to the bank and

decided to stop by..that made me wonder how many times he

has been right here these past 10 years I havent seen him.. So

close yet he didn't visit me at all.. This is the first Ive seen him since

my sis was in the hospital and I KNOW its over 10 years.. He lives

I would say, well fooey. . . over yonderway, takes about half hour

to drive there .. Im not good at miles.. I go by how long it takes to

get somewhere LOL..But sure was great to see him and meet his

wife..hes a big guy...can you tell? :-)
We have been in touch, just before I went into the shelter I had

free long distance so I called him. He drives semi, all over the

states..she most of the time will ride with him.. Hes on a Honda

Goldwing motorcycle...Hes one year older than I am. He was

married before but his wife, the mother of his 3 children died of

cancer in 84 I think or 85 im not sure..he married Sue just 2 years

ago..Shes very nice, and shes very thin and rather tall.. She loved

the boys, and they pestered her to death ..LB just thought she

was great, Dutch he played and that but wasn't like he usually is

like with Theresa or Lori.hes right up in their faces.. Frank said it

was really hot out..its over 90 again.. you see how dry the lawns

are..look at the places across the street..
You can see over there on the left just how dry the lawn is over

there. its a huge company. it goes all the way up to where you

see the stop sign. the windows of the 2nd story offices..I think

they make car parts or something..The woman at the shelter,

Que, that got fired, her mother works there.I cant remember

the name of that place across the street EITHER..I am so

bad.NOW,.I have 2 THAT place across the street ! :-D....

We had a nice visit though and I hope they'll come back soon.

Frank and Kenny, my other brother that lives not far from

Frank and my sister Shirley, the 3 all live with in 5 miles of

each other...they both are having some medical problems..

They are both diabetic..like Shirley. All 3 of them really are

and with their legs.. well Frank , no, his is more heart and

vascular like me... Kenny is the next to the oldest of us.. We

had MaryJane, she was the oldest, then Kenny, Rose Marie,

Shirley, Frank then me.. I was the GORGEOUS BABY :-)

I told him to please stay in better touch..we are all we have. Hes

got no body...just us.. his parents that raised him are gone..He

was adopted out like I was.. Only 2 of us, MaryJane and Kenny

were never adopted, they were older when we were put up for

adoption..no one wanted older children..Kenny was 10 I think.

I was 10 months old. The partial story is on the link under my

profile says my stories.. anyway.. they rode off back down the

road as you can see..I hope they come back soon...
NOW...take a look at that bushy tree there.. its a Hibiscus tree.

Lavender flowers.. can you see them? I have been wondering

what this tree is.. when I was taking the photos of Frank I saw

the tree and was so surprised, now I know what it is.. Its a lot

prettier if you could see it. Its very windy out there.. You can see

the difference in the cameras..the tree was with the digital..the

ones of Frank are with my webcam, I had to use that cuz my

digital camera batteries decided right then to go dead.. So I

grabbed the webcam.. But its really pretty.. My tomatoes are

doing real good too.. Penny will be here tomorrow to water again.

I worry about her van..she still had not gotten it fixed Monday when

she was here.. My boy got back from Canada and I talked to him

about it..he thinks its just the transmission is gone. its a 98..ford

Penny thought maybe the filter or clogged line..but Donnie says he

thinks its the tranny. so..that's NOT good at all..

Dawn and Donnie made it home..with many fish..they had a good

time. He loves it up there..says that's where he wants to retire to.

They usually do fly in..to a remote place, they went to a camp place

this time and werent on a desolate island somewhere.. He has to

go to Wisconsin this week end to take his house and pet sitter,

his brother David back home. Im glad they made it back safely..

I got him some double stuff Oreo's they had them on sale 3 bags

for 4 dollars.. cant beat that.. hes a chocoholic...Dawn is a Mac

and cheeseaholic... :-) Well I have some of THE MOST wonderful

SAFFRON bread that Penny made yesterday.. I bet ive eaten half

of it already..no..but its so good.. I have waited for years to taste

this again.. The only thing missing are the currants, like raisins..

but its good.. I am going to get some more saffron.. I mean right

now as in Bread..that's out in the kitchen over yonder way,, :-)

so its that time again.. "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.....