~LB's Turn~

Its been a very quiet Saturday my phone has only rung 2 times,

and the rest of the day other than for my music its been quiet.. I

took this photo of LB, isnt he pretty? I of course touched it up..I

made the back ground plain.. He was sitting on the edge of my

desk and Dutch was running up and down the couch and you

see he has a rather disgusted look. He was tired of the boy, he

had been pestering LB for quite a while, in fact that's why he

was up on my desk. Their birthdays are this month I got both of

them in August a year apart.. Called a newspaper ad for free

kitties.. and let the ladys pick out which baby to bring to me..They

did pretty good.. Both are good kids.. I thought was time for a

photo of LB ..Dutch has to get in the photos of every thing else.

I had talked to a friend that had hip replacement surgery 2 years

ago and they said that of course exercise was a major part of the

recovery, he did , but not constant..They went on holiday out to

visit their children and while there of course went sight seeing,

which meant walking and more walking.. The holiday lasted 2

weeks with walking somewhere every day..for quite a while too.

He realized when he got home, that he was moving better and

that he didn't hurt as much..which exercise is a major part of

any recovery.. I was telling him..how from walking, that the

muscles stay firm ..and more solid..for me.. I don't do that..the

most I do is lift my stumps or small movements not nearly

comparing to walking.. My stumps which were really my

thighs, at one time were VERY solid.. I was always on my

feet..most of the jobs I had were that kind.. I was always up and

doing something..
When I would go home, across the alley from my parents house, well

was mine for a little while too, was the cemetery. Sounds morbid..but

the one there was so pretty, on the side of a hill..then a valley, was a

beautiful spot to walk..nice roads..you can see how nicely the graves

were kept and the grounds.. Every time I would go home it was the

daily routine after supper to take a walk down thru the cemetary.. There

were 2 main roads running North and south..then 2 going east and west.

We referred to that part there ..as the new part..If you look very closely

you can see a road that goes down from the street across the top..that

is the old part on that side.. I can remember when that was just a huge

field..we played there so many times as kids..

Why I don't have one looking straight down from the back of the house I

don't know or I cant find it.. If I had taken one looking straight down..just

before getting to the cross road , is where a lot of my family are .. My

parents, grandparents, 3 sets of aunts and uncles and 2 cousins.. My

parents walked this place, every time they did their nightly trek there was

always someone working on a loved ones grave, they would stop and

talk for a while..more than likely they knew each other..Many times they

would come across someone looking for a particular grave, they knew

where everyone was..I think better than the caretaker..he had to look it up

in a book ..they didnt..Well they walked that place for over 40 years. I

guess they would know..
When I was little..I would go down to this cemetery and you see all the

bushes and flowers.. I liked candy..and I liked having money to buy it.

So I would get a pair of scissors, and go and cut roses from the bushes

down there and go around to all the neighbors and sell them for a penny

each :-) I did.. My mom told me about this later..but I do remember doing

that..she would watch me go house to house, with the roses to sell ..

then later when I would come home with candy on my breathe she would

ask me what I did and I would tell her "nuthin, I just took a walk down the

cemetery to smell the roses" and smile and go about my business :-) I

had candy and money, the ladies of the neighborhood were happy. .
I did good I thought.. :-)

Im starved, tired, and tho I did totally nuthing..Im gonna be even lazier and

go watch TV for a while..maybe I will get to see something for a change..

I feel better today, however there is no change in my arm at all.. Time for

FastFrank, ha.. the one I knew was one too :-) "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.....