Mike
is now scheduling “Dog Daze,” his wintertime volunteer activity wherein he
takes one of the dogs to visit nursing / retirement homes. These days it’s Bess
who serves as the visiting dog. While it’s not out of the realm of possibility
that Nellie might also serve (she has in the past), she’s really quite happily
retired. She would really rather sleep on her pillow while Bess is removed from
the house. And Bess? – Bess just LOVES being the visiting dog. Her whole body wriggles in
delight and her enthusiasm is infectious.
Mike
and Bess had an appointment to “meet and greet” this morning, and on the way
they dropped me at Goodwill. You see, I need a white, long-sleeved blouse for
an event next week. Such a blouse used to be a staple in every well-dressed
woman’s closet, but no more! (And that’s probably because we are no longer well-dressed.) I couldn’t find one in local shops, and ordering at this late
date is problematic. At any rate, I did find a lovely ivory “Liz Claiborne” at
Goodwill for $7.00. It will have to do.
Mike
picked me up at Goodwill, but that was not the end of our outing. We found a
geocache on O’Connor Road near the airport. As it happens, the sun is shining
today – a winter rarity here -- and the view over Clarkston was beautiful. I
didn’t have the camera with me, so I took these pictures with my phone. Then on the way home I found a micro geocache in Swallow's Nest Park that has been eluding him.
I have many more pillowcases to wash, but unfortunately there's rain in our forecast. Mike is taking advantage of this sunny day to clean the vehicles and then ride his bike. KW
It's sunny here today and it's wonderful!! Hope it is there, too, and you can set out some more vintage linens for whitening. It's amazing how the sunlight works wonders on them and on us!
ReplyDeleteWe did have another sunny day today, and I draped another batch of hand-embroidered pillowcases over my wooden rack. I learned the last time that trying to laundry them all at once is a mistake.
ReplyDeleteYes, sunlight is so good for us, but often we don't get a lot this time of year.