~Watching The World~

I was thinking back to my first year out on my own

after my amputations..when I got my new apartment. I

was still very sick with a raging infection and all of

my time I sat and looked out that window. I got up, had

a coffee and I would roll into the other bedroom which

I had as my sewing/craft room..It was all set up but I

didn't feel much like doing too much I was in so much

pain all the time..My most favorite thing to do was to get

my dads binoculars and watch the field and all the animals,

birds and wildflowers.. There was a building, a phone place

I think and I knew every car in the parking lot and could

tell when someone new was there, that's how much I

watched what was happening out there.. I was watching

the world .... you can see the field and businesses way

in the back ground.. don't look at the messy room..its

a craft room meant to be messy :-)

The ground hogs I enjoyed the most and the hawk. I

worried about them after they bulldozed the land and

built those apartments what had happened to them. I

never saw the hawk again but I did see one of the 10

ground hogs one day. I was looking at the apartments

and saw one run for his life past the window to get

where he wouldn't be seen.. When the wildflowers were

blooming it was just totally awesome as they drew the

butterflies and the field just seemed to come alive..
I remember when I was growing up when my grandma,

when she lived by her self in her apartments, I remember

2 she had, one above a store on the main street and one

in the upstairs of a house .. Gramma had her chair by

the window in both places and whenever we went to visit,

we would find her there "just watching the people" she

would say... When we took gramma with us to shop mom

would always park the car on the main street, when it

came to get out of the car, gramma always refused and

said "go ahead dear, I'll sit in the car and watch the

people"... and that's what she would do... As I got out of

the car and looked back at gramma sitting there all by

herself I would feel bad sometimes, that maybe I had

best stay and keep her company, but she always said

to go, she was fine.

When I would go down town shopping on Saturdays with

my friends, I would always stop by and visit with her

while some of my friends did their thing. Later, I would

catch up with them at the Walgreens for my favorite

lime coke from the soda fountain they had back then.

I asked her one day why she always sat by the windows

and why did she like to sit in the car and "watch the

people" as she always told me... Gramma sat back in her

chair and smiled at me, put her hand on my arm, and

said "Lois, dear, I love to watch the people, I guess

what they do, I quietly tell them hello, some see me

and will smile back, Its like watching the world..and

knowing its a busy place, I enjoy watching how busy

some people are, see their faces and try to figure out

who and what is happening.. The smiling people I

know are happy, they walk faster, then there are those

that look down and are walking fast as though they

don't want to see whats out there and are just

hurrying thru the day. I enjoy it..try it someday, Lois,

you will see what I mean."

That was when I was probly about 12 or so..and I

remember that day.. I never worried about leaving

gramma in the car after that, I bet that's why my mom

didn't either cuz she knew gramma better than ME~

When I sat and looked out my apartment windows

for almost a year, lots of times when I was enjoying

the birds and flowers and animals, I would think of

gramma, her chair rocked, so mine rolls...but I really

KNEW why she enjoyed "watching the people"....

I saw life, living, happy busy things outside my window.

If I wouldn't have had that I would have probly sat

and watched TV, and which is really better to do? I

think looking out the window, I still do that.. I have a

nice west window now, right on the side of me here,

when I sit at my desk.. I steady am watching and

seeing life out there and I enjoy it still.. Windows are

really a great thing.. I'm glad I don't have to wash

them, poor Penny does, being short does have some

perks I have to say :-D

What a rainy day satday. Its rained most of the day,

and let me tell you my stumps feel like theyre gonna

explode they feel so tight..Its only raining and I'm glad

its not storming.. We 3 here did not do one thing all the

day. I cleaned out my Inbox and got caught up on all

my mail I think except for Julie and I plan to write

that when I finish here ! The boys have snoozed all

day but we 3 did get up early..Dutch decided at 4:45

that it was wakey wakey time and steady walked back

and forth across my chest till I just sat straight up

so he would fall off .. Kids I'll tell ya.. he got me up,

I fed them, they ate and have been snoozing ever

since! Now, that's NOT fair! :-) Ive not eaten all

day and I think I'm gonna have a fav of a PB&J -

I love those things and come to find out so does

my grandson Tyler..hes like his Nan! :-) Time to

end this and say my GORGEOUS WEEBLE

"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 .....