A NICE PLACE TO VISIT

I'm thinking now that my government rebate, when it finally comes, will likely go to that weeks grocery order and filling my gas tank. In short, I don't expect it to go very far. Nor do I expect to be going very far on vacation. So, I'm taking to exploring places closer to home.

Not exactly a vacation spot but certainly a stop is a place called Little Rocky Glen just off Lithia Valley road outside Factoryville. I thought it time I paid a visit.

It's a nice place, one used in simpler times for recreation when folks didn't need all the bells and whistles we now see as a necessity for a successful vacation.

There is a high trail that goes uphill for a little bit before going back down to the creek then you can go back upstream to where your car is parked. It's a bit tricky getting around and you ought to be careful, nature is not always neat and tidy but it is always interesting. I'm not sure I'd take toddlers here but I did see kids maybe ten years old.

In any event, it's a nice little place to spend an hour or two just watching the water go by or the birds coming in. A marvelous little getaway from a world where there never seems to be enough money to go around no matter how hard we try.

TIRED, OH SO TIRED

You know how spring is, at least you do if you own a home. It's a nice season but always brings a lot of work with it. Everything needs tending to and while there are stores happy enough to sell you the stuff you need, the price does not include application.
This is a key consideration when you get close to a ton of mulch that needs spreading after the beds are cleaned, after the edging is done. Dear Reader, let me just say that is a lot of work.
Anyway, I ain't as young as I used to be nor as young as I think I am. When I finally finished, I could barely drag myself to the front porch, hardly had the strength to allow myself to collapse when I did. It wasn't pretty. I guess I really should follow the advice of my better half and act my age.
On a positive note: I got four job offers from neighbors wanting my services. Ah, there's gold in that mulch!

THE FIRST OF MANY?

So, we have this new toy to play with...
It's interesting in that it allows us Posters to do different things we weren't able to do under the old system.
Fonts, for example,can now be changed on a whim. I can barely contain myself.
Remember, well maybe you don't, but there was a time when fonts were something to be collected for, in the early days of computing, they were something unusual and to have a lot of them marked you as a guy on the cutting edge of technology. It was said, "He who dies with the most fonts, wins".
Anyway, they don't make the telling of stories any easier or the stories themselves any better they just dress things up a bit. I guess that's what our Webmaster has done for the Blog page.
Goodness knows I can use all the help I can get.