And I Do

My New "Gazeebo Lounge"

This is a picture of the new deck area at the Kirby House.  A covered lounge area with comfortable seating.  A perfect place to enjoy a glass of wine or cocktail while waiting to go out to dinner.  And the screen option allows to close up if there are mosquitos.  Thanks to great friend who helped get this up.  Actually they did about 90% of the work.

I had a busy weekend - full house.  So...I was by myself until Marguerite came for Sunday morning's breakfast...thank God!  I got through Friday and Saturday though.  In fact, Susie came in from Colorado on Saturday night.  It's great to see her.

I've had dreams of Ray lately.  Nothing to intense and hard to explain...so I won't, but it's nice to see him and hear his voice in my dreams.  It's wierd, because I can actually hear him in my dreams.  They are not disturbing dreams, but as you know, sometimes dreams can be difficult to explain to someone.

We've had lots of rain lately.  The gardens are blossoming.  However, I would like some relief for a while so that I can do some outdoor work. 

I had mentioned a comment that the actress Sissy Spacek made about her brother's death.  She said (and I'm paraphrasing) that it made her more bold in life.  Rather than being afraid to make/take risks she decided to explore life and take on some risks.  She knew that there were so many things in life to enjoy that she needed to go for them.  She also mentioned that she doesn't let so many things in life take hold on her or upset her.  I found that I have changed that way as well in the last year.  I see people get so upset about things like missing a front parking spot.  I have see them literally get very upset and angry.  I was like "who cares"?  Why let so many trivial things make a person so upset.  As Ray always said "you can't do anything about it so just deal with it."  And I do. - Jimmy