GLENDALE, HERE I COME !

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Wonder if I will have to take my "Folgers Classic Roast " to Glendale ?

by: Kat ( Mary) Carlson _ author/publisher


In a very few days from now, in fact this Saturday,  I am taking a little "SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY ",  to my old "haunt" in Glendale, CA.  Some of us "friends" are celebrating!
This celebration is two-fold.   First the wonderful _(cocina)_ kitchen server,  Anna,  is completing her 27th year at Leisure Vale Retirement Community !  Second,  it is "my 75th birthday ".   There will enough of us at Mimi's (Los Feliz) to "PARTEE') and guzzle down "mimosas",  or maybe ...sip them  ?  Anyway,  I will travel on AmTrak.     When eating and all the catching- up is over at Mimi's ,  back at Leisure Vale,   I "may" be able to sing at Kareoke.    Songs I usually sing are ...  my favorites "Twilight Time" _ the Platters,  "I Love You for Sentimental Reasons," _ Mr. Nat King Cole,   " Put Your Head on my Shoulders" _ by Paul Anka ,   " Just the Way You Are," _ Mr. Billy Joel  " Sea of Love" _ the Honeydrippers,  "Earth Angel"  " Hello Dolly",  and more !  It's going to be-a-blast !


I will put down my tree trimmer,  rake,  shovel,  wheel barrow, .....

 and "DRESS TO IMPRESS" ....... ?

Sounds like fun,  huh?

However there are "still" 4 more days until I go.  Yesterday,  I was able to tackle, MORE leaves, and trim a few more branches of my orange trees.  That job never runs out.   So, being a Kentucky farm girl from the "get-go" ,  I am right at home,  here on this "beautiful land."

There  is definitely something really "magic" about working the land.  I think,  perhaps it's sobering.    It's "REALITY ".    I  "get more" than I give.   "I FEEL GOOD" _ as sung by: Mr. James Brown.............:)

Beautiful,  "yummy" avocado trees,  ready  to harvest in about 5-6 more months !

 

Come back folks,   again,   it is "always",  "my"  pleasure.....

(_A Wink & A Smile_)............................................................................:)

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This is "IT",  yep,  the "infamous" hill that I "trek "_ "every" day,  usually in the morning between 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

by: Kat ( Mary ) Carlson _ author/publisher



Often when I walk down Rice Rd.,  I get waylaid,  and take a little detour to the pastures ( corrals) where there are livestock of various kinds.  Nothing there short of the miracles of life.  There are turkeys  ( white ones, yes white...gobble-gobble) goats ( very friendly goats_ pic *), then there are horses, and more horses,  but I discovered this "BIG GUY" recently !  Meet.....

OSCAR,  !!   I had heard about Oscar from friends,  but when I saw him for the first time, I decided,.. "Oh, he's cute"

Next  to Oscar are these two characters.......Millie & Fred,  the wild antics of these two, are soooooo funny, most of the time when I am on Rice ( they live on Meyer), I see them on the roof of there little dwelling so I decide I want to get that picture.  By the time I reach them they jump down from their perch,  (roof top) ,  ( I just knew they would),  so here's the best shots I could get yesterday.............................

I' ve decided that this is "Fred"...

Now,  to me,  the black & white goat is "Millie"

After I visit the stables (once & a while),  I decide to go on up-the-hill , there at the top I decide to either keep going or turn around down the hill,  and meet passers-by,  bikers,  people going to work, waiving as they pass,  ( it's a very friendly place ),  and this "familiar scene".

I "love" this picture !!!  These nice people live on Fairview street at the top of "MY" hill........:)  Marlene & Jack are in back,  the guy in front has no name.........:)

I made it....down-the-hill,  ready for more tree-trimming, raking leaves , laundry,  hanging more stuff  "&" sipping this great coffee !  mmmmmmm !

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Meanwhile,  have a "terrific" day,  my friends !


(_A Wink & a Smile_)..................................................................................:)

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 UPDATED

*** _ This a.m., Friday,  July 17, 2015 _" HAPPY MORNING",   If you had a night that rested you,    "wonderful", .........:)    I posted this blog before ,  but I wanted to re-post it now.  It's one of those things that bears repeating.   Taking good care of the only "BODY" I have makes for a more " SECURE" future.   We spend lots of time & energy on "making-a-living" ,  well, you can tell where I am headed with this statement, can't you ?    Money & Health  could be looked upon as an oxymoron.  It may just defeat itself in the process.  I suggest that living on less ( less is more) become a consideration.  When all is said & done, "it-is-what-it-is" !   Which one will bring "REAL"  success ?

Change is "very" hard,  but "choose" to do so,  please !

 

by: Kat ( Mary ) Carlson


We who live & breath "here & now" are doing so in an earthly body.  Personally to me this IS the only body that makes my life enjoyable,  all the way!   I do so,  (maintain & keep) this  body by eating only what satisfies and fills me,  never any more because,  I just don't have the desire to.  I rarely even get hungry, but I "absolutely" enjoy my food.  Satisfaction is not a present day experience,  but it IS one that I "enjoy" !!   * It,  ( this body)  spent 22 years depressed,  I am desperately "GRATEFUL",   for what "I have accomplished !" 

I celebrated my 75th birthday this week.

Having said that, I now also enjoy getting tired,  because when I stop & slow down, this experience of resting my bones makes me "feel good".  That sensation is new to me.  Feeling good,  not something I had very often in my life & didn't know it,  "because",  I never had that to begin with.  You don't miss what you don't know!


So,  walking day by day,  often as far as 20 miles throughout the day,  but usually only 5 miles or more.  This practice ( by the way,  this feels good too ), has helped me stay & actually be healthy while I was changing mentally & spiritually.   Often,   though when something came up that did not feel good,  I reminded myself,  it's okay,  because I am NOT my body.   All the same I value and respect the one I have, well,  folks,  what are you going to do,  it's the only one we are gonna get!
My notion is it was especially made for me anyway.   I have gotten to know  Oh yes, listen to what it says ( demands ) !   Astounding what I found out my body though!   So,  now,  I "work together" with it and get along nicely.  Very difficult task, awesomely difficult !   Neither one of us "boss" each other around, we collaborate.   It is, indeed , a "marriage",  but it works,  if you work it!   Our  "mode of transportation"  and it gets us around this planet while we are stationed here.........:).


Take command, never "bully it",  it does not work !  Once again,  LOVE IS , the answer...love & understanding !

Who loves ya'  _ BABY ?

(_A Wink &  a Smile_).....................Theme from "LOVE AFFAIR",  it's cool, don't you think ?

 You will also hear it in "Sleepless in Seattle", with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan,  another fabulous song from the same movie is_ " As Time Goes By"....You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh,  the fundamental thing apply,  as time goes by !..................:)