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That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-75423866258369017452024-03-18T09:31:00.000-04:002024-03-18T09:31:15.842-04:00Imperfect Can Be Beautiful, Too!<p> For the past 2 years when Skip Bates Skip was so ill ... 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My photos reflect this year ... I have literally sat on the ground, pulled up wagons of grass. Now! ππππ©·π©·</p><p><br /></p><p>Now ... Skip is looking forward to going outside for cookouts, drink his coffee ... I will even cook him pancakes, breakfast outside.</p><p><br /></p><p>Skip kept walking to the door with his walker to watch my progress (make sure I was okay π©·ππ©·) all 3 days I worked in the yard.</p><p><br /></p><p>He is looking forward to watering plants ... flower and vegetables ... I will plant inside the fence.</p><p><br /></p><p>My fence is an improvised fence, it isn't perfect at all ... the good thing is it protects Camie when she goes in, out of her pet door. It does what I want ... just like the picnic table! Only ... the work I did on the picnic table can't be seen. </p><p><br /></p><p>I want to make this little space so happy for Skip to enjoy. It means so much to him now, that he is himself. Before ... he was in another world struggling to live. I will make it beautiful for Skip with plants.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sharing some of what I am creating ... real life ... real person ... doing the best I know how. </p><p><br /></p><p>I will make it beautiful... in my mind I can see ... in real life I am improvising to make it reality. </p><p><br /></p><p>Will it be perfect? NO. Imperfect can be beautiful, too π©·π©·π©·π©·π©·ππππ©·π©·π©·π©·π©·π©·π©·</p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-25888907612292310262024-03-18T08:48:00.000-04:002024-03-18T08:48:05.868-04:00My Hearts Reflect Love, Caring, Respect In A Good Way<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84T02kIqkkGFC6eiahmyVdHAY1o-6DqlXEZcTeEEjmR_P7t2kiRUofuMylZU4VkCMFhRNrzT-b5LXpXpZlAKD1J5co89B-V7fG5keBQIaiAjvl21laJ1w4dvMMV95OdoG3dgF7w6eOuNz6v3P1l7k6Io0saHGEi04ggvajr6Bcv4ZwjB73Z_ZahMA1PY/s3264/20211005_113409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84T02kIqkkGFC6eiahmyVdHAY1o-6DqlXEZcTeEEjmR_P7t2kiRUofuMylZU4VkCMFhRNrzT-b5LXpXpZlAKD1J5co89B-V7fG5keBQIaiAjvl21laJ1w4dvMMV95OdoG3dgF7w6eOuNz6v3P1l7k6Io0saHGEi04ggvajr6Bcv4ZwjB73Z_ZahMA1PY/w300-h400/20211005_113409.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo owned by Gloria Faye Brown Bates. I made this from a Diet Pepsi can, painted it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">β€ππππβ€ππππβ€</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When on Facebook ... instead of commenting every time I use β€β€β€β€β€ my Hearts. Why?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Because like in real life less words used is better ... sometimes being quiet is best ... not everything needs words.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Hearts can't ever be interpreted as flirty Hearts ... never-ever. My β€ Hearts show I have cared, have been touched in some way ... show what you said, commented was important to me ... show that when something that is deep, emotional I care so much but, don't have the words to say ... because of ... you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ever so often I go on my Facebook to remind, tell my newest friends what my Hearts mean. My Hearts aren't tossed around ... they are meaningful, sincere </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hearts from a real person who cares. My Hearts speak for ME when I can't.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have the perfect husband for ME ... I don't flirt with my male friends on Facebook, nor in person. What is positive is I think most of them know this ... and know they don't have to worry this female is flirting with them. That makes me feel good inside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is just another time I share what my Hearts mean when you see them. They are sincere, caring Hearts. When something you said, did touches my own Heart ... most likely you will see β€β€β€β€β€β€β€β€β€β€β€ from me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gloria Faye Brown Bates 3-18-2024</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Hearts reflect love, caring, respect ... all in a sincere, good way from my own Heart.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-41313290806697908622024-03-17T16:52:00.000-04:002024-03-17T16:52:13.766-04:00It's a Good Thing It Isn't Visible Because It Isn't Pretty!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8XB2DDprmB9BDXC68aGpoLt5KJKy9HNagDZThLl2Vy65dzODg5Ig403M9GP4RIbQstJ-LEE_uePanl-cV5PUGLL6wWi1MelnuFLjrGVThmKv0DDZomaTVAoZlJLWdLb18VxSMntzZEOLnSZalKdceCCn8ruWtLnnSu1z3XyaI1qUS-qJ7lpoLZwSdME/s2048/FB_IMG_1710708437830.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8XB2DDprmB9BDXC68aGpoLt5KJKy9HNagDZThLl2Vy65dzODg5Ig403M9GP4RIbQstJ-LEE_uePanl-cV5PUGLL6wWi1MelnuFLjrGVThmKv0DDZomaTVAoZlJLWdLb18VxSMntzZEOLnSZalKdceCCn8ruWtLnnSu1z3XyaI1qUS-qJ7lpoLZwSdME/s320/FB_IMG_1710708437830.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Photo owned by Gloria Faye Brown Bates ... I became a picnic table fixer-upper today I did it ... it's solid as a rock! Read on ...<p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well ... I fixed the picnic table! It was hard to manage that heavy-ass table but, sheer will-power got it done. It is solid now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now ... the way I fixed it with screws, nails isn't visible. That's a good thing because ... it isn't pretty!</p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-11856848894235696612024-03-17T09:18:00.001-04:002024-03-17T09:18:26.453-04:00Today ... I Will Become A Picnic Table Fixer!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaGL5to6xcvDfB46Em3_wdguD-A6_3nabWiCt-XbdgseeCRGlZ0MiMEfpSk4h_OcFqaAbSw1eWSmoXHe5P4Sv0omXA97N-Sp7W31dFdwaJFfHTscPFc1Rg4DkAVnwC_yZkBIS6xiDXze4IcpNxBdEGwMw-1Y4WWYqRJxS_nuAgcEmp40RxlU40mQA0Pw/s2048/FB_IMG_1710681037172.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaGL5to6xcvDfB46Em3_wdguD-A6_3nabWiCt-XbdgseeCRGlZ0MiMEfpSk4h_OcFqaAbSw1eWSmoXHe5P4Sv0omXA97N-Sp7W31dFdwaJFfHTscPFc1Rg4DkAVnwC_yZkBIS6xiDXze4IcpNxBdEGwMw-1Y4WWYqRJxS_nuAgcEmp40RxlU40mQA0Pw/s320/FB_IMG_1710681037172.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuQMzU3Bq7jz7nmZWaoEDs4hour-SQhXmot-V_cY8ZERYxS9WB0sourvHsgbl-C5cAsZnl4gq8Mky8RFCO6VMVoQ15C1vnmy9JW2SsM8tmSZjPyfYDd7-ISrFAmu2PKehXhD9ZxkynF1RD9jHtEyhc_g_crK1ycqTX2ItSz37fd7vtJKM2wYxQ6lMa4s/s2048/FB_IMG_1710681032406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuQMzU3Bq7jz7nmZWaoEDs4hour-SQhXmot-V_cY8ZERYxS9WB0sourvHsgbl-C5cAsZnl4gq8Mky8RFCO6VMVoQ15C1vnmy9JW2SsM8tmSZjPyfYDd7-ISrFAmu2PKehXhD9ZxkynF1RD9jHtEyhc_g_crK1ycqTX2ItSz37fd7vtJKM2wYxQ6lMa4s/s320/FB_IMG_1710681032406.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEn-46W2T9RuMnwv47Cms8G901ILIkrNslLIrZfIlhSReE7Bi2fAPeUfMyFnE5ckVZfNpV5OxBw5MA4WJZ69rqFKwVNeOBSTd0zJ2FQBlmSH43ogR594Rznd675z18mPnslcAV6WvdGfL7U_VgbtZ8K-yIMjBQZNgw7veU5s_G1FBGQ4IHkI4jTFH1iro/s2048/FB_IMG_1710681026976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1786" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEn-46W2T9RuMnwv47Cms8G901ILIkrNslLIrZfIlhSReE7Bi2fAPeUfMyFnE5ckVZfNpV5OxBw5MA4WJZ69rqFKwVNeOBSTd0zJ2FQBlmSH43ogR594Rznd675z18mPnslcAV6WvdGfL7U_VgbtZ8K-yIMjBQZNgw7veU5s_G1FBGQ4IHkI4jTFH1iro/s320/FB_IMG_1710681026976.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYeoXFaJjUCCXsD902NsG7yP8gIT4FHS3YZMMIa-0uKYLY9an4HT8_d9AbGYipCtp6CPX5dGDP_XeI1lJ5yUaJY98ERCu_sE02tiTQCJgyyZQH5JBUINVs0xjeGPtW9IgxSWKxSqu37KBFOEj6tCz6GEKbj2I69VkwQDojLhti2BeSgR27bOVFBBYdWM/s2048/FB_IMG_1710681020545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYeoXFaJjUCCXsD902NsG7yP8gIT4FHS3YZMMIa-0uKYLY9an4HT8_d9AbGYipCtp6CPX5dGDP_XeI1lJ5yUaJY98ERCu_sE02tiTQCJgyyZQH5JBUINVs0xjeGPtW9IgxSWKxSqu37KBFOEj6tCz6GEKbj2I69VkwQDojLhti2BeSgR27bOVFBBYdWM/s320/FB_IMG_1710681020545.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMC1QFKMg6c9jIKFXYsaASlaY4zPaOoPdeScL6w9FYQ4VNDYntErt612Ose_UIwSMj0nZcqYTkYkemEifbZw_X5a8xlgGNF3aaSSwHeSSan5jx7RJqS-Ml6bZRqVfbt4twdr0Eip4dTnumbO2AErkGQAdD4PE-helHntG8Z93SSPF502HGo7F14DMTX8/s2048/FB_IMG_1710681014589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMC1QFKMg6c9jIKFXYsaASlaY4zPaOoPdeScL6w9FYQ4VNDYntErt612Ose_UIwSMj0nZcqYTkYkemEifbZw_X5a8xlgGNF3aaSSwHeSSan5jx7RJqS-Ml6bZRqVfbt4twdr0Eip4dTnumbO2AErkGQAdD4PE-helHntG8Z93SSPF502HGo7F14DMTX8/s320/FB_IMG_1710681014589.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I worked 2 days clearing all the grass that had grown everywhere in this little area. I discovered the picnic table needs to be repaired! Wish me luck because today I become ... a picnic table fixer upper ππππππ Photos owned by Gloria Faye Brown Bates </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">8:09 am ... March 17, 2024 ... Sunday</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I worked in our little yard for 2 days ... I pulled a ton of grass, weeds up that grew on top of the bricks I put down several years ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">When I began to move the picnic table ... I discovered the screws were completely loosened up underneath. Today ... I will try my hand at being a picnic table fixer. I hope, believe I can d0 it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Skip Bates Skip enjoyed watching the yard transform. He is looking forward to coming outside, having a cookout, roasting marshmallows, hotdogs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">For the past 2 years I haven't worked in our yard. Skip was just too bad off for me to walk outside, work in the yard. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This time, this Spring ... he can use his walker, move around. Can you even imagine how thankful I am he can do that?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Precious Camo Kissy Fairchild Camie loved getting her yard cleared of all the grass that had grown. I watched her as I worked ... she would dig in the sand ... then lay in it. She checked out where I transplanted flowers. She was all over the yard π©·π©·π©·</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Through the night when I would wake up to help Skip and Camie ... I was thinking how to approach fixing the picnic table.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I think I will put the table top flat on the ground (the top of it facing the ground) ... then put the frame upside down onto it ... play it by ear ... hopefully, when it is turned upright once again ... it will be fixed solid. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I hope to take the next photo of it with a proud smile on my face ... and with the umbrella in it π©·π©·π©· That would mean I successfully ... fixed the picnic table!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Oh, has anyone tried painting their picnic table umbrella? Tell me if you have. For the past year I have had it in my mind to paint ours. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">People really do that ... our umbrellas are in perfect condition ... but, the sun has taken it's toll on the actual umbrella material. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Can you tell I am happy I can go outside, Skip can too! and work in our little yard, plant flowers, vegetables. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Skip will get to sit in his chair and water them ... he always loved to water our flowers.</div></div><p><br /></p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-31286155575990728162024-03-16T21:45:00.001-04:002024-03-16T21:45:29.719-04:00Silence Is Golden ... Fabric Shower curtain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDbHG6C9r7aCEJO2c19wQbg4jzueUxNpg4TnpnX6R6ynyDD_FsetarQaCYfErdEpRyhCOqcefWi1IukznuRzT037lUF7m7OP9RAwAgo5Yz_K3SMPG0L9O8vAqlG38plcOf5cp78x0rqt8JsmNrXBL7bvEBW0_cGvcTOPNvufktc0-qeJAKsG5BF-sq6zY/s2448/20240316_095619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDbHG6C9r7aCEJO2c19wQbg4jzueUxNpg4TnpnX6R6ynyDD_FsetarQaCYfErdEpRyhCOqcefWi1IukznuRzT037lUF7m7OP9RAwAgo5Yz_K3SMPG0L9O8vAqlG38plcOf5cp78x0rqt8JsmNrXBL7bvEBW0_cGvcTOPNvufktc0-qeJAKsG5BF-sq6zY/s320/20240316_095619.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #ff00fe;">Silence Is Golden ... Fabric Shower Curtain</span></p><p><br /></p><p>8:57 am ... March 16, 2024 ... Saturday</p><p><br /></p><p>I have never thought about why silence is associated with the color of gold until this very moment. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was wondering for a moment ... why? Then, it came to me ... silence is special at times ... valued, treasured ... like gold. My Gloria opinion ... I could be right, I could be wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was just thinking about what color is chaos, terrible noise? How would I paint the color if I had to. The colors orange, black, yellow streaks came to my mind ... all going in crazy ways. Not my colors for sure. Too loud, not pretty at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you ever think about colors to your life besides wearing them? I am thinking most of the time about what color something is depending on mood, how one goes about doing it. Oh my, do I sound crazy? I promise you I'm not crazy ... I just like to think about things in different ways ... good ways. Maybe just to entertain myself ππππππ</p><p><br /></p><p>Colors speak to me at times ... like in the way I once bought a shower curtain. I only had a white plastic shower curtain for several years in the shower ... why? I truly couldn't decide what color, design to get in a fabric curtain. Boring, I know but, at least the white wasn't driving me crazy.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well ... one day I walked by fabric shower curtains not paying them any mind ... when I stopped, backed up to take a closer look at one shower curtain that caught, held my attention. </p><p><br /></p><p>The shower curtain wasn't loud with bold colors ... it was the softest of green, olive green, a little darker green ... rose pink all on white fabric. The design made me think of leaves falling in a sense ... the whole curtain made me feel calm, happy inside. At the same time it felt ... elegant. I fell in love with the curtain, designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought I would really like to have it but, knew by the feel of the material, design ... the curtain would be very expensive. It also, had the fancy bronze double hooks that allow one to hang both plastic liner and ... the fabric curtain!</p><p><br /></p><p>I knew I couldn't afford to pay that much for it so, I began walking away. I really was wishing to have that shower curtain ...the soft colors, design appealed to me like none I'd seen in so long. Silly ME ... felt sad to have to leave it behind.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know 'why ... something made me turn back, look at the price tag on the fabric shower curtain.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn't have my reading glasses with me so, I knew the price I was seeing wasn't right. $7.99 ... I thought it was probably $17.99 at the least. I looked even closer ... it still looked like $7.99 but, I knew it couldn't be. I walked off again, quickly turned back, picked the package up ... hugged it! Suppose it really was $7.99!</p><p><br /></p><p>I knew at the counter I didn't have to purchase it if it was way more. Even $17.99 at that time was too much for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the cashier rang it up I was prepared to tell her I wasn't buying it ... it was on the tip of my tongue. Tip of my tongue ... now, that's something to think about! Not now ... I have the price of the shower curtain on my mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>The register rang up ... $7.99!!! My π mouth fell into a happy, happy smile! I went home with that beautiful shower curtain. Every time I look at it .. I feel such a quiet happiness inside.</p><p><br /></p><p>Colors ... colors do play a lot of importance in one's life, especially mine. Colors can lift one's spirits. I need colors to survive. Colors are important as the air I breathe. I bet you are the same way. I am happy with my shower curtain πππ</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-70462707761639332362024-03-15T18:27:00.001-04:002024-03-15T18:27:11.643-04:00Pure Love<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNh6OGrCUVIV7uYjzgvf3yR44YTgoDICplgfpXuFRMT8kTSJv4rNkbOVGWljfVF83Dd3gBMHjgOzBwAgeQspcTTN94e6ZR5JfaCOBvtlJBpLqYvxXd1Qvj6M0Nwy9A2SOMHqwhcrFZbR0urerlxoUxBsJFuJMMATk420s_bYM6z1R85OjlgxlCQgFpuY/s2048/FB_IMG_1710541278277.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNh6OGrCUVIV7uYjzgvf3yR44YTgoDICplgfpXuFRMT8kTSJv4rNkbOVGWljfVF83Dd3gBMHjgOzBwAgeQspcTTN94e6ZR5JfaCOBvtlJBpLqYvxXd1Qvj6M0Nwy9A2SOMHqwhcrFZbR0urerlxoUxBsJFuJMMATk420s_bYM6z1R85OjlgxlCQgFpuY/s320/FB_IMG_1710541278277.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Skip's hand on Camie ... pure love for a precious Pup πΆ β€ β€β€ππβ€ππβ€π<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>March 15, 2024 ... Friday PM</p><p><br /></p><p>This morning I didn't take time to write as both Skip, Camie were awake.</p><p><br /></p><p>I took a photo of Skip's hand when he reached out his hand, placed it on Camie. Pure love.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today I began pulling weeds, grass to get our little yard in shape. Skip has been wanting to sit outside ... so, today he watched me while I worked. </p><p><br /></p><p>I haven't finished yet ... when I get it like we want it, I will take more photos to share. I want to weed the Peppermint plants, Hosta plants ... they come back each year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well ... I am very tired. When Skip said he wanted to come to bed early ... I was ready to go to the bedroom. I made sure all was neat first.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good evening π©·π©·π©·π©·π©·</p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-62918977427389618732024-03-14T10:38:00.006-04:002024-03-14T10:38:57.628-04:00Green Begins This Day With A Margaritaville Shirt πππππ<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeh-kgfUFlO1mqxjhfAM1uYVm-V7uxUjrZbu8wthcE94bbButCReXtwvSQcwmsmrTj_IILqFLLaX5jEdCFfilczcRoRMcxvjmYj9eOLTxPHtJRhyphenhyphenbiE7Www4b3SQD5yDYCXJ1JJIc5xKGFvwepM5bHTGNazpLEuMimi57MCWLt8Jb-Lz9y0OmraHM-XU/s2048/FB_IMG_1710426972226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeh-kgfUFlO1mqxjhfAM1uYVm-V7uxUjrZbu8wthcE94bbButCReXtwvSQcwmsmrTj_IILqFLLaX5jEdCFfilczcRoRMcxvjmYj9eOLTxPHtJRhyphenhyphenbiE7Www4b3SQD5yDYCXJ1JJIc5xKGFvwepM5bHTGNazpLEuMimi57MCWLt8Jb-Lz9y0OmraHM-XU/s320/FB_IMG_1710426972226.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfHh6DchuChcXCAvjNGYI4hN49bGy6rmWWYz4HL7wsEAEu5pVpzV4BqXGQBu9lkit4ts96R4fYH1RyRIF1KA2HTpnjyyCTumwb3YOm-1By1npjDifLc3-Wz2FCBuO32fUdI6dT8dd4-DXtMP5rhtr-j3ykuwVAWO_r2648YQtWtER3ixhebXjVPT55W8/s2048/FB_IMG_1710426966776.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfHh6DchuChcXCAvjNGYI4hN49bGy6rmWWYz4HL7wsEAEu5pVpzV4BqXGQBu9lkit4ts96R4fYH1RyRIF1KA2HTpnjyyCTumwb3YOm-1By1npjDifLc3-Wz2FCBuO32fUdI6dT8dd4-DXtMP5rhtr-j3ykuwVAWO_r2648YQtWtER3ixhebXjVPT55W8/s320/FB_IMG_1710426966776.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photos owned by Gloria Faye Brown Bates </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">10:04 am ... March 14, 2024 ... Thursday</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Well ... Skip Bates Skip and Miss Precious Camo Kissy Fairchild Camie Leigh are sleeping up a storm πππππ</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have been awake for several hours. I have been cleaning, mopping over what is already clean, mopped πππππ I am going to put a small load of laundry in the washer. I think I may iron clothes in a little while.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Camie has already been up to go outside... eat her breakfast. She wanted back on the bed with Skip.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Skip was going to get up ... he sat on the side of the bed ... I bathed him, put his deodorant, cologne on, brushed his hair, beard. Before putting his jeans, shirt on ... he said he believed he was going to lay back down for a while. So ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Guess where I am? You are right! πππππ I am sitting here on the bed beside both Skip, Camie until they wake up. I will make Skip breakfast or lunch, whatever he prefers, when he gets ready to get up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I know Skip is feeling good so, I'm not worried that he wanted to sleep longer. I feel I know ... why.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">For the past 2 days, 2 nights ... it seems time has speeded up ... the next thing we know ... it's midnight! We are still watching TV, talking not noticing the time. πππππ The time change is affecting us big time ... in my opinion ... in a good, positive way. I love being up late at night time. Skip starts worrying how late it is.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I tell him there's no reason at all to worry unless we have appointments the next day. He can sleep all he wants to ... I am here watching over him, Camie. Sometimes, he needs sleep more than other times. He and Camie both ... are sleeping peacefully now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I think I will pull out the old ironing board ... iron right here in the bedroom πππππ My mind is on getting one of Skip's prettiest shirts ironed... one of my favorites. He has had it for a long time but, like most of his clothes ... it still looks new. It is his Margaritaville shirts he got at Sam's Club. It is the most beautiful green color, and looks so nice on him. I will iron it first!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I found 2 photos with him wearing it in 2021 to an eye appointment. It is still as new as it was then. πππππ</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I hope your day is full of happy colors ... today, I'm beginning with the beautiful, happy color of ... green. Skip's Margaritaville shirt!</div></div><p><br /></p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-42001497860167567312024-03-13T09:09:00.003-04:002024-03-13T09:09:47.684-04:00Filling One's Day With Happy Colors!<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdz0Z0djv1OAVP68x-jEvLLTZQcDlmZtAR1uV9ZCQadsBC8MgKoVH0yEbujbKTAeyHLtwHMlSKrbW0AG8JyWYo8oI3g9Ho8QMcFeosp8WobIPoUDIya61IzZ03U8UgSeg0_DqBWdc31HVpgCKsTkmOds4l0RoW60hf8SruP9sAeg3F-s8Va_shOrhWak/s2048/FB_IMG_1710195184625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdz0Z0djv1OAVP68x-jEvLLTZQcDlmZtAR1uV9ZCQadsBC8MgKoVH0yEbujbKTAeyHLtwHMlSKrbW0AG8JyWYo8oI3g9Ho8QMcFeosp8WobIPoUDIya61IzZ03U8UgSeg0_DqBWdc31HVpgCKsTkmOds4l0RoW60hf8SruP9sAeg3F-s8Va_shOrhWak/w280-h320/FB_IMG_1710195184625.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><p>Photo owned by Gloria Faye Brown Bates ... Camie's quilt, her other bear now</p><p><br /></p><p> 8:54 am ... March 13, 2024 ... Wednesday</p><p><br /></p><p>I am sitting here on the bed ... the time change is making time go by faster it seems ππππππ Wow, we are still in bed though ... I am up. You know I stay close by Skip Bates Skip and Precious Camo Kissy Fairchild Camie until they are ready to get up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last night before we knew it ... it was midnight! Skip was wide awake watching Highway To Heaven. He is normally asleep at that time. I think the time change is bringing new life to everyone! It affects me in a positive way. I feel better!</p><p><br /></p><p>Time to begin the day! Bath time for Skip ... coffee, breakfast (Camie's breakfast) ... then, my bath time. All is clean, neat ... and I love it πππππ Later, we will go to pick up some groceries, stop by the convenience center.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope your day is full of the happiest colors. I will fill ours with happy colors, too!</p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-53930023834936744482024-03-12T09:04:00.002-04:002024-03-12T09:10:19.065-04:00Every Scar ... Dying ... To Teapot<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgw-dTBuHRF4k6kypq8YCF9fcsFRAYxXXblAET5m3TfAOcrvDtoQXYLYkpvS3n47lZKs7vX03Ledz1mlysM6RX0DLgrDjowtkXXm_v2oQZIrQ0gCLuODkLHza94308F1XoR0DL8yh0PJ9_9Rh_O4w7RTeCVvtQx4fb9sMViC9qQqZ6lzc1P-PYBoFuTiI/s2048/FB_IMG_1710027148177.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgw-dTBuHRF4k6kypq8YCF9fcsFRAYxXXblAET5m3TfAOcrvDtoQXYLYkpvS3n47lZKs7vX03Ledz1mlysM6RX0DLgrDjowtkXXm_v2oQZIrQ0gCLuODkLHza94308F1XoR0DL8yh0PJ9_9Rh_O4w7RTeCVvtQx4fb9sMViC9qQqZ6lzc1P-PYBoFuTiI/s320/FB_IMG_1710027148177.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>7:44 am ... March 12, 2024 ... Tuesday</p><p><br /></p><p>Precious Camo Kissy Fairchild Camie and Skip Bates Skip are sleeping. </p><p><br /></p><p>Camie has been up ... I had to help her get up on her step, then onto the bed. She can't jump up on the bed anymore.</p><p><br /></p><p>The beautiful sun is shining but, not on my hair. </p><p><br /></p><p>The house is clean, all the laundry done ... it is like this most every day. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think when I mop, change sheets, pillow cases ... the house is even more cleaner ππ©·β€οΈπππ We all have our funny ways of π€ thinking π</p><p><br /></p><p>The sun is now shining a little brighter... it is changing because of the time change. It is shining on my arm making me notice ... my skin has also, gotten a little older π€ππ€</p><p><br /></p><p>I see some fine lines ... my first thought upon seeing them is ... wow! I am so lucky to see ME getting older ... I wasn't supposed to be here years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every surgery scar ... every Life scar /has/have been earned by ME. Each one has shaped me, made it possible for me to live until this very moment being Gloria.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am never ashamed of my scars ... each means additional Life I have lived, am going to live until the day I die.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dying ... this is a subject that bothers everyone including myself. π </p><p><br /></p><p>Seems like we wouldn't be afraid of dying because we know so many people including our closest loved ones who have died.</p><p><br /></p><p>I sometimes think if they can ... I can too. Of course, one day I will ... but, I mean it in the way that I try to ease my fear of dying. It doesn't help.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I think of dying my thoughts go instantly to Skip, Camie. I don't have time to die because as long as they are on this earth it's my responsibility to take care of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>You know how it is ... no one would care or love your loved ones like you do ... especially when they have disabilities. </p><p><br /></p><p>When they were strong ... it was a different story π Everybody wants them then ... but human nature is like that ...when a person begins to weaken, lose strength ... their glory goes away. </p><p><br /></p><p>They become no one to those people who so much liked them ... those people disappear. The only ones ... or one left ... is/are the ones who truly loved them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ones left are the real people who love with their very Heart. They go through Hell, high water to protect, care.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you grow older, weaker ... watch who leaves your life and ... who stays by your side. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, if you are about something ... watch the ones who have greed in their eyes ... their Hearts. </p><p><br /></p><p>I see, sense this in adult children waiting, watchful, hoping ... when there's a lot for them to gain. I have paid attention for many years.</p><p><br /></p><p>We aren't about something.. so, there's nothing for anyone greedy to want. </p><p><br /></p><p>Wow ... what a subject to be on this morning but, that's Life. That's ME ... there's no telling what I will think about ... sit ... put into words, write about. βοΈ </p><p><br /></p><p>Most people don't speak about such ... I can. So much death has touched my life ... I have had to cope ... experience shock so, so many times. I have been forced to think, look at, see death.</p><p><br /></p><p>When my son, Tommy, died ... I was truly forced into looking at death the closest ever. I truly haven't ever known such pain as what I went through in my entire life. </p><p><br /></p><p>Pain ... that took me years to even come back alive from ... yes, come literally back alive from. I made it back through the darkest of dark in my life. </p><p><br /></p><p>I look back especially to that one time when laying in such torment, darkness, pain ... the medicine I was given ... I have no idea what it was ... the medicine was so powerful ... I couldn't hear, see anything ... I wasn't afraid to die. That was a time Skip said I was barely breathing, began to wake me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't talk about these things, at times I do write them. Writing is my survival tool. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you happen by to read my words ... just read them never feeling pity for me ... my words aren't meant to gain sympathy, pity ... my written words enable me to live, survive as they are my only outlet for the pain I carry in my Heart.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can think of a happy, colorful teapot steaming ... that's why it can be happy, colorful. What would happen if that steam was trapped inside? </p><p><br /></p><p>My written words, no matter how imperfect ... are the steam from this happy, colorful teapot π«ππππ</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh my, just a few words from something my Grandma Alma was teaching me ... a silly poem just came to mind from the past: something about a teapot ... short and stout ... here is my handle, here is my spout ...</p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-2610662222531469222024-03-11T18:29:00.002-04:002024-03-11T18:29:24.317-04:00Our Camie Leigh Bates<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUbKaV9v-dp155wFy0CVjmK5VCb8XMY0_4SpfAjaYheW7COI32IzgNbcsxO9AZMzQ2DmYeNItmAvr2kIunqvp6HxG2nOgahi3_VrgNQifyQgLyl8agTiCAQgfrxy34RpIwVW6zKZYzXJ_zP_KRnEpxeL_kzpL3xxQKZIhcjH2GuiWWQp-6wRoHwwli_E/s2048/FB_IMG_1710195582525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUbKaV9v-dp155wFy0CVjmK5VCb8XMY0_4SpfAjaYheW7COI32IzgNbcsxO9AZMzQ2DmYeNItmAvr2kIunqvp6HxG2nOgahi3_VrgNQifyQgLyl8agTiCAQgfrxy34RpIwVW6zKZYzXJ_zP_KRnEpxeL_kzpL3xxQKZIhcjH2GuiWWQp-6wRoHwwli_E/s320/FB_IMG_1710195582525.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4P7-x6SqWzjxIbYAzLYMmp22ijIuHPbzNW55n-55ugeDs_W4RpbLvv2T_oZn2pe3V-490Rn0U_pgwTsWLrN2E3ojpPSoQsywu7va8i3RVX-C_sl3QI6toL27pYpPPiHpjdpSYd5NOdXAgX9TbuzNlul3vUnJqK3xl-nhw_gevjDyUpR6U-s5noEVbLZM/s2048/FB_IMG_1710195573947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1277" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4P7-x6SqWzjxIbYAzLYMmp22ijIuHPbzNW55n-55ugeDs_W4RpbLvv2T_oZn2pe3V-490Rn0U_pgwTsWLrN2E3ojpPSoQsywu7va8i3RVX-C_sl3QI6toL27pYpPPiHpjdpSYd5NOdXAgX9TbuzNlul3vUnJqK3xl-nhw_gevjDyUpR6U-s5noEVbLZM/s320/FB_IMG_1710195573947.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6trr_e-_Del0mrcoB3fWbB9zA8en_PI1iW780XHbTFTdqbAGo0I04UlhyxDCcWLAh3sM_PX2ygzqb_FQWJRHMoA0BkYElv63uWAByRFKlVvHAJQnAMs3V7tsHISsyFNnRSXpixiYnMsvrAgtztA7hqH6yOkOylV60eCC2mWKd942I_XH5Wwsg8MvSOQ4/s2048/FB_IMG_1710195184625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6trr_e-_Del0mrcoB3fWbB9zA8en_PI1iW780XHbTFTdqbAGo0I04UlhyxDCcWLAh3sM_PX2ygzqb_FQWJRHMoA0BkYElv63uWAByRFKlVvHAJQnAMs3V7tsHISsyFNnRSXpixiYnMsvrAgtztA7hqH6yOkOylV60eCC2mWKd942I_XH5Wwsg8MvSOQ4/s320/FB_IMG_1710195184625.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MEEHaTDytsVXkrGYSmWFN79TlX-3boF7uV1C9eWHq2Uv7UNxzUcYkQvlQ_aEESCtZskZbOe6MRET5ZqAFaM9EyoFACpL-EQ423LV0rAdhNKPCS8Wj5O0OgwlIphil2YHYfc8eNak7xGv2CACd5sAdd5t0yaTrxqY1h2RTvvlDiRUk1id1I2LxtW4PzI/s2048/FB_IMG_1710195547673.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MEEHaTDytsVXkrGYSmWFN79TlX-3boF7uV1C9eWHq2Uv7UNxzUcYkQvlQ_aEESCtZskZbOe6MRET5ZqAFaM9EyoFACpL-EQ423LV0rAdhNKPCS8Wj5O0OgwlIphil2YHYfc8eNak7xGv2CACd5sAdd5t0yaTrxqY1h2RTvvlDiRUk1id1I2LxtW4PzI/s320/FB_IMG_1710195547673.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>These are photos taken today. Camie will be eleven years old on July 04, 2024. I rescued her July 04, 2013. She is loved with all our Hearts. She is our last Pup living. β€β€β€β€β€</p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-17117574873625397072024-03-11T08:51:00.003-04:002024-03-11T08:51:57.249-04:00Boring Can For-Real Be A Good Thing Sometimes <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8gT_sJ2UX9HhIGn0nFwCRqLbPQqIyE5ZyvHIIsFwG5zMEJTRqffKz2V3H-aSD_F6Kxo6LPPb2BcC1fqQabSN-24RzUJt8YD0nWSX__BLR5ChyphenhyphenxUcC5wcYg2qH-7_w-AoprPzq07W2uxe2H7pj5PEphIvfN_eBEq30wFDxjJ6Rhog6n_0AzBZHkxeDVU/s2048/FB_IMG_1709641510422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1228" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8gT_sJ2UX9HhIGn0nFwCRqLbPQqIyE5ZyvHIIsFwG5zMEJTRqffKz2V3H-aSD_F6Kxo6LPPb2BcC1fqQabSN-24RzUJt8YD0nWSX__BLR5ChyphenhyphenxUcC5wcYg2qH-7_w-AoprPzq07W2uxe2H7pj5PEphIvfN_eBEq30wFDxjJ6Rhog6n_0AzBZHkxeDVU/s320/FB_IMG_1709641510422.jpg" width="192" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9sGsTpvRetKK0ntZPxoxXwZ5CTYYrUkn9etOzEz5MzJzrCesV8QqQ0SFXYQifTYFC0ZGxT9u5rBdwINDCy8CihYygC1uI6GtTbqKhtsircGUlN1CmpWq7VnMw4HyWX9bgPRhtaEwSmzGlghX5uBKekilCnBC3KPq958LKAkDRoSuqiQN8-qaTHtYiM8/s2048/FB_IMG_1708264871603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9sGsTpvRetKK0ntZPxoxXwZ5CTYYrUkn9etOzEz5MzJzrCesV8QqQ0SFXYQifTYFC0ZGxT9u5rBdwINDCy8CihYygC1uI6GtTbqKhtsircGUlN1CmpWq7VnMw4HyWX9bgPRhtaEwSmzGlghX5uBKekilCnBC3KPq958LKAkDRoSuqiQN8-qaTHtYiM8/s320/FB_IMG_1708264871603.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>My world in 2 photos ... Skip and Camie. In my life, they come first in my Heart.</p><p><br /></p><p>8:17 am ...</p><p><br /></p><p>I am sitting here on the bed waiting for Skip Bates and Precious Camo Kissy Fairchild Camie to wake up.</p><p><br /></p><p>The sun is shining like a ribbon of gold into the bedroom window onto my hair, my face. I love that. Don't ask me why ... I don't know if I can put into words 'why?'</p><p><br /></p><p>I love the time changing back to what I feel it should be all the time. I am hoping this is the last of the time change. I read that it is possible. More daylight hours make a person feel better. Of course, this is strictly a Gloria opinion. I have a lot of them ... I also change my mind a lot if I need to. I am open-minded ... my way of thinking is flexible ... never set in stone.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see Miss Camie is awake ... I just heard Skip gently snore. I do get the feeling he'll awaken soon. Soon, it will be coffee and breakfast time. We know I look forward to my one cup of coffee. At times I have tried drinking two cups ... I don't know why I don't drink more. It's so good ... the comfort from one cup means so much to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Skip just spoke to Camie ... he is waking up! I will get his bath, help him get his clean, fresh change of clothes on shortly. After taking care of his needs, I will make his and Camie's breakfast. I work myself in for my shower when I do the things I feel I need to do first. Skip and Camie come first.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was thinking anyone who reads ME will find me to be boring a lot of times. I am happy to be boring, truthfully. I ... we have had so much chaos, upset from the many storms in our life. </p><p><br /></p><p>To this moment we have survived them all ... not everyone does ... we survived storms thought to be impossible. So ... all I can say is it's good to be boring in this fashion. It's scary when storms are always about fighting to live. </p><p><br /></p><p>Well ... when I have time to write, travel down many roads it can become interesting. Even I don't know what to expect ... for now, this morning ... it's just a wonderful, boring start to today πππβ€β€ I will take it!</p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-17800919343306670722024-03-10T08:22:00.002-04:002024-03-10T08:22:39.732-04:00It's A Sunshine Kind Of Thing This Morning<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRX1JdOPKZhmLYZ3qzl-ebQ_kkOrKC7SV7G3PM2DYdbYEkrVtsjb56xufNp_GdYQvSbv6yIRqMDbNj1JrAsHXI3rYIL3aE0awxv-iXqvGZTVa2_2uld2lbyBC9uFYLnlCADmTkvjRgcxIDKPwJG12mcI4TMMGJePXF2pp8JcNHLFOVHq3KWkwsfvGam44/s1467/20240310_080644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="1381" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRX1JdOPKZhmLYZ3qzl-ebQ_kkOrKC7SV7G3PM2DYdbYEkrVtsjb56xufNp_GdYQvSbv6yIRqMDbNj1JrAsHXI3rYIL3aE0awxv-iXqvGZTVa2_2uld2lbyBC9uFYLnlCADmTkvjRgcxIDKPwJG12mcI4TMMGJePXF2pp8JcNHLFOVHq3KWkwsfvGam44/s320/20240310_080644.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Looking out my bedroom window ... Sunshine! I appreciate it so much after so much rain! Photo owned by Gloria Faye Brown Bates </p><p><br /></p><p>O7:36 am ... Sunday</p><p><br /></p><p>I am looking forward to moving the clock forward one hour. Once I do I hope the time stays permanent. </p><p><br /></p><p>Skip Bates Skip and Precious Camo Kissy Fairchild Camie are sleeping. I am of course ... sitting cross-legged on the bed right here beside both of them. I wanted to sleep in this morning but, I am wide awake. Each morning we've had to get up early ... I was getting tired of having to be at appointments early.</p><p><br /></p><p>My mind is on that one nice cup of coffee I like to enjoy every morning. I will wait to turn Mr. Coffee on when Skip is awake. He looks forward to his coffee every morning. I do have instant coffee ... I usually drink that once in a while at night for relaxing, comfort while I am on my tablet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Camie has awakened ... she'll be wanting her breakfast soon. I patted her, she laid back down ... in fact, she seems to be going back to sleep! π</p><p><br /></p><p>Skip is snoring gently ... now, I have this urge to lay back down, take a nap. Oh! The sun just began shining brightly through the window! I love it ... it's shining on my hair making it sparkle with highlights ... I yawned making tears in my eyes ... the sun is shining on them making them look like diamonds! I love that.</p><p><br /></p><p>The sun instantly lifts my spirits ... how many spirits do I have? I don't recall ever saying something ... lifts my spirit without the 's'. Then again the more I think about it I think I have. πππ Who cares, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>I see sunlight on my toes as I stretch my foot out, also ... the silhouette from the window blind. I have always loved, been fascinated with silhouettes ... I don't know why. I feel the need to pick up my pencil to draw.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are my not very interesting thoughts this morning ... I am glad I can think them regardless. πππβ€β€ I am being tempted to lay my head down on my pillow, close my eyes. The temptation is great. I just closed my eyes to see how it feels ... so nice! πππ </p><p><br /></p><p>I turned my face directly to the sunlight ... I can't open my eyes to the brightness ... feels quiet, peaceful. I like to do that.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's a sunshine kind of thing this morning! πππβ€πβ€π</p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-53159281687379601432024-03-08T09:31:00.004-05:002024-03-08T09:31:42.844-05:00I Didn't Know That!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fmUuKMq0QPE3OpME3Scq13C3PSBkgs9kRR87WGZZTiVYvGswAPBORqcdcO17Fjcj50-UaRW8IpOLVIVszOl2-UDvj2Ly36vy9iWfdm3jZBknkc8mcvFxvKRrS53EUnUXOyroEjTTWGLsOMPPIKlfTYFfpXiQd9kuUQeathl3cjFvQGAgImsDMPQmoeY/s954/IMG_170990738378F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="912" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fmUuKMq0QPE3OpME3Scq13C3PSBkgs9kRR87WGZZTiVYvGswAPBORqcdcO17Fjcj50-UaRW8IpOLVIVszOl2-UDvj2Ly36vy9iWfdm3jZBknkc8mcvFxvKRrS53EUnUXOyroEjTTWGLsOMPPIKlfTYFfpXiQd9kuUQeathl3cjFvQGAgImsDMPQmoeY/s320/IMG_170990738378F.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Imperfect Doodles by Gloria Faye Brown Bates ... I don't own the music, only the doodle.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>7:16 am ... Friday ... March 08</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been sitting here ... yes, on the bed beside Skip Bates Skip and Precious Camo Kissy Fairchild Camie. I have been looking online at everything. I like to learn things I don't know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh my, I learned something about Brazilian Butt Lifts that I never-ever thought about! It is so I don't know what to say! that I won't write about it. I'm not knocking butt lifts at all ... to each his own. I just happened onto information that would make me completely change my mind ... Gloria's mind ... if I happened to be in the market for a big, old butt lift. No way, Jose. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can Google butt lifts and scents ... this is all I will say on this subject and I WON'T EVEN discuss it with anyone. I just happened to learn something new, interesting. I love to do that ... something that makes me sit back in awe because ... I never knew.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am so curious about so many things ... that one I wasn't looking for. I saw it and followed the rabbit down the rabbit hole ... I came back enlightened! πππ Maybe more enlightened than I wanted to be ... now, I will think about that ... oh my, my, my. Natural okay ... to do it deliberately? And bring on such miseries? Okay, enough! What a subject ... but it is very popular today. It is the way Life is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, I bet once you delve into it you will ... happen to learn something you never thought of, didn't know, too. Who would have thought?</p><p><br /></p><p>Just know I respect everyone ... we each know what we love, like, want to do with our bodies. I never knock anyone, never. I did, however, find this fascinating, interesting... and something to make me say, "I didn't know that!"</p><p><br /></p><p>To make one be able to say ... I didn't know that! ... is wonderful ... that means you just learned something completely different ... such a wonderful feeling.</p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-77760810677636828112024-03-05T07:20:00.000-05:002024-03-05T07:20:45.655-05:00If I Could Remove The Nose ... I Could Trim The Mustache Right<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisyJJNxzcV5GGZipHPc9N-x-AXRlmRQ3XbdGGDz0U1XH5PIXcMz2NkIkWqnCS_Ca25fSVn8qDI20kHrN28WFm482ms-kgHohA1F5t8bi2VTpjYUOB97-iDdj-5dofkpXDw7E98_sTSTM2d-b2jhsAT_BLAJ9zDxm1LbXEK6Dnw1lXAlL371c7WIBiFFOQ/s1279/FB_IMG_1707305436351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1279" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisyJJNxzcV5GGZipHPc9N-x-AXRlmRQ3XbdGGDz0U1XH5PIXcMz2NkIkWqnCS_Ca25fSVn8qDI20kHrN28WFm482ms-kgHohA1F5t8bi2VTpjYUOB97-iDdj-5dofkpXDw7E98_sTSTM2d-b2jhsAT_BLAJ9zDxm1LbXEK6Dnw1lXAlL371c7WIBiFFOQ/s320/FB_IMG_1707305436351.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Photo owned by Gloria Faye Brown Bates ... we still have our vehicles we bought when almost new years ago. <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>5:45 am ... Tuesday ... March 05, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh my, the warmth sure does feel good on my cold feet! I just got back into bed ... I have been standing in front of the mirror combing, brushing my hair. I must have stood there longer than I thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why was I doing that? I'm on a mission to make my hair look more fluffier, prettier, healthier. I have a good start. I can't keep my hands out of my own hair πππππ Truly, it has been so long that I have really cared ... for now ... I am caring once again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday Skip got his hair, mustache, beard trimmed. Oh my, how handsome he looks. </p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, at the barber shop I thought he looked so darn nice that before I knew it ... I had put my hand under his chin gently shaking it, saying, "you look so darn handsome!" Everyone began laughing ... they seemed to love that ... so, I didn't feel so embarrassed at my impulsive action! I did it before thinking! πππππ He was just too cute!</p><p><br /></p><p>I am going to say in all honesty ... I thought I could be a good barber. Well ... with training I know I could be. BUT ... we know I'm not going to do that so ... the truth is ... unless there's a way to remove the nose long enough for ME to trim the mustache ... then, put the nose back ... have a clipper that automatically cuts hair evenly, perfectly by itself ... oh, and shape up the beard automatically ... I'm not going to cut it as a barber!</p><p><br /></p><p>The COVID days ... the years we lost so much time being isolated ... affected people in many ways. I found out I wasn't the only person playing being a barber at home. </p><p><br /></p><p>So ... yesterday begins Skip getting his hair, beard done right again ... after several years it is over being time enough for him to return to the barber shop. He hasn't felt well from the eye injection ... going to the barber shop lifted his spirits. Oh! And mine too! </p><p><br /></p><p>I feel such relief to pass that job back to a professional. I hope not to be a barber again ... I can fool the eye ... but, that's all it is ... fooling the eye long enough to get by! πβΊπππ Skip Bates </p><p><br /></p><p>Skip thinks I can do most anything! πππ He has so much faith, trust in me. Do you know ... that's an honor. That's why I try to do things I've never done ... for example, I replaced the heating element in our stove ... it works perfectly. </p><p><br /></p><p>Skip pays attention when I am attempting to do something I'm not sure I can do ... he doesn't know it but, that makes me more determined to succeed, not disappoint him. I will say 9 out of 10 times I succeed ... but ... I never let him know how close to failure I was ...or almost giving up. He always says, "I knew you were going to do it".</p><p><br /></p><p>I can't let him down πππ I have to say the feeling I get from doing something and accomplishing is ... intoxicating! Oh my, I am on Cloud Nine! I love the feeling of ... I did it! I can't believe I did it! Oh my, my, my! I take deep breaths of pure relief as I smile so big!</p><p><br /></p><p>I just looked out the bedroom window ... daylight is peeping through the trees. I wonder if it's still raining, it was a little while ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I write I disappear from reality ... getting absorbed into my thoughts as I try to express them. Like now ... as I softly land back into my own reality ... I hear Skip softly snoring ... Precious Camo Kissy Fairchild Camie is breathing softly. ... I hear that wonderful, soft and airy sound from the heat being on. I am yawning ... for a moment I thought about just closing my eyes, snuggle under my warm covers, go back to sleep! Too much to do, so, I won't. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just know when I write ... I write Gloria's Way ... my sentences are longer than should be, sometimes, I might recreate my words to be what I want them to be. It truly doesn't matter ... I write β the way I talk ... we know I haven't ever claimed to be perfect so, it's alright. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am aware I was taught differently in school. I think to myself ... how in the world can I write, be myself IF I don't break all the rules?! I don't mind breaking rules anytime as long as I never hurt anyone, nor place them in jeopardy. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, I am a 'good' rule-breaker I love breaking rules in a good, positive way. If I need to cross over the boundary of good rule-breaking into the bad ... I will do that too ... in order to save, protect, help. </p><p><br /></p><p>That's where rules made are to be broken ... suppose someone was in a burning building screaming for help ... there's a sign saying 'Private Property. .. No Trespassing'. Would I stand there, obey that sign? What do you think knowing ME, Gloria? I am a for-real rule-breaker and ... I like it ππππ€π€ I am sure you are too!</p><p><br /></p><p>I was looking just now at the sky ... so gray, gloomy. For a moment I almost gave in to letting it pull me down. As quickly as that thought entered my mind ... I smiled, thought 'No! No! No!' I don't have extra time to revel in the mud puddles of Life.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see Miss Camie is awake as she scoots herself tight to my outstretched leg. I placed my hand on her, began patting her. Gracious, I am yawning once again. </p><p><br /></p><p>No, I'm not going back to sleep no matter how tempting it is. I can hardly see for the water in my eyes ... my yawns are protesting now, because I won't just give in, lay down ... close my eyes and just let precious sleep overcome me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts of spring-cleaning, getting our little outside space pretty, planting flowers, cleaning both pickup, Expedition. .. doing projects that make all look nicer have just come into my mind. </p><p><br /></p><p>I didn't do anything but, keep all neat since Skip's surgery on his head. I want him to go outside, sit at the table ... enjoy the air as he talks to me while I work. I have so much to catch up on. I want to rearrange the chairs, table, grill, and firepit to look pretty ... you know how it is ... spring is around the corner ... we do those things to celebrate its return.</p><p><br /></p><p>I want to do ... I want to do ... I want .......</p><p><br /></p><p>My photo of pickup, Expedition ... I want to thoroughly clean the interiors.</p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-39799641641116859282024-03-04T05:07:00.001-05:002024-03-04T05:07:16.911-05:00Parking My Writing Mobile Before I Take Off ...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwYh_r9bFuDoi14qpBz7Tw5jXFY8VfTgHRRnHgZkWbZDg6N_KGozyBaXRzrFH9dRHVI6sr0HjJfuob2w4boDEql3DglbWDU2_AzdK5IoTcCj2Xa5h1G55u1qGt7AQw41zGdTdlTWr-vqrgB1G3HXM0C-0EPpwY_M6-XsvvWXY0n8KkaQQ2xGmJyDNbrU/s2048/FB_IMG_1709295423411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwYh_r9bFuDoi14qpBz7Tw5jXFY8VfTgHRRnHgZkWbZDg6N_KGozyBaXRzrFH9dRHVI6sr0HjJfuob2w4boDEql3DglbWDU2_AzdK5IoTcCj2Xa5h1G55u1qGt7AQw41zGdTdlTWr-vqrgB1G3HXM0C-0EPpwY_M6-XsvvWXY0n8KkaQQ2xGmJyDNbrU/s320/FB_IMG_1709295423411.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo of Camie ... owned by by Gloria Faye Brown Bates </div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>4:49 am ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here I am sitting here reading about dehydrating fruits at this time of morning πππ</p><p><br /></p><p>I woke up to help Skip Bates Skip. To go back to sleep I look at my tablet ... as soon as I begin to read something interesting ... I fall asleep. Isn't that how it always is? π </p><p><br /></p><p>I am yawning now. Little Precious Camo Kissy Fairchild Camie is laying between Skip and I ... she is sleeping peacefully. I made sure she was covered up with her little quilt. I think ...</p><p><br /></p><p>I am thinking I could stand up ... get back into bed in my favorite position ... nestle my head on my pillow ... making sure my warm blankets cover my shoulders ... even pulled up to keep my ear warm π My eyes are getting heavier now. I am almost to the point of doing this very thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am parking my writing mobile now, before I take off on any crazy roads that will take time to write as I travel them in my mind. I will write later! Time to π΄ get some more sleep! β€ Photo of a sweet sleeping Camie I took recently.</p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-57905932963904943692024-03-03T09:09:00.003-05:002024-03-03T09:09:46.091-05:00Comfort ... Babies ... Love ... Being a Humpty-Dumpty <p> 7:38 am ... March 3, 2024 ... Sunday</p><p><br /></p><p>You know where I am ... yes, sitting here in my little world ... sitting cross-legged on the bed under my warm covers. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am touching both Skip Bates Skip and Precious Camo Kissy Fairchild Camie as they sleep.My leg touching Camie ... my side touching Skip. This moment my world is alright.</p><p><br /></p><p>I look out the bedroom window ... I thank God for these times when our life is calm ... not in chaos, fear, upset. For the moment everything is ... alright. What a wonderful feeling. For those whose life is always perfect you couldn't possibly understand ... I hope you never have to.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ah ha! I just remembered... I turned Mr. Coffee on a little while ago! That means I can run to get me a cup of pure comfort to enjoy as I sit here writing, thinking ...looking out the bedroom window... sharing my thoughts with you. Be right back! A cup of coffee with extra cream, no sugar, please!</p><p><br /></p><p>I am back! The coffee taste so wonderful! I love to drink it for the pure warmth, happiness it gives. Doesn't matter if it's caffeinated or decaffeinated ... it's not about caffeine to me. I think it's sort of like a little baby wanting its bottle ... once the baby gets its bottle you begin to hear the sweet, contented sounds ... because it's being fed, comforted at the same time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love to watch on YouTube videos of babies ... I've never been around many babies ... they fascinate me. How precious they are. I love to watch their little hands, fingers curl up when they get their bottles. Their little eyes reflect them in another world as they find comfort in getting their hunger taken care of ... they sound so sweet, spoiled as they suckle their bottle.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found myself closing my eyes as I sipped my coffee ... savoring the taste, warmth as I drank it. I am always glad when I drink coffee all is calm around me ... it isn't always the case in my life. </p><p><br /></p><p>Like Humpty-Dumpty in a sense ... I monitor my little world ... if a little piece of begins to fall ... I run to push it back into place. I am constantly paying attention ... even if I don't appear to be. </p><p><br /></p><p>My little world can be very fragile at times ... I try to prevent things from happening to cause it to fall apart. If, and at times it does fall apart ... I run picking up the pieces putting them back where they belong as quickly as I can.</p><p>Why?</p><p><br /></p><p>My world is all I have, it means everything to me. Skip and Camie, the people who are closest to us ... I love them with my very Heart. That's real life ... my life ... what makes me tick ... gives me purpose. Real people ... real Pup πΆ... not material things. </p><p><br /></p><p>Growing up it was about who had the most. I see it is the same generation after generation until one day after many life lessons, many falls in life ... we learn what Life is truly about. Of course there are many who never learn ... thankfully ... many, many people do learn ... we learn Life is about real people, real feelings, caring, giving, love. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just plain, simple loving, caring ... this comes from inside each of us. It doesn't cost anything. Something in the back of my mind said ... but ... love can be bought ... I won't touch that subject as it doesn't pertain to what I am talking about. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don't knock anyone for selling their love ... it's there whether we like it or not. It's up to each to choose what they want in their life. I won't argue it ... I pick, choose the battles I'll fight, think worthy of getting into. </p><p><br /></p><p>Whether you like it ... I like it ... people do what they have to do, what they think best for them. I am not going to sit in judgment ... it's not my right nor place to. I focus on my own life.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have friends in all walks of life ... they aren't perfect ... some really aren't close to it at all ... I still like, love, care for them. Why? Because they all have cared about me by saying something kind, opening a door ... lift something for me ... things like that, helping me ... when they never had to. </p><p><br /></p><p>They never had to see ME as a person but, they did. That's most special in life when someone can care for you when to begin with ... you weren't anyone special to them ... they didn't know you. I care like that for people. Another thing ... I respect people no matter what, who they are ... even people I truly dislike. I know how to go my way, never let them into my life. I know how to say ... no!</p><p><br /></p><p>You won't ever find me sitting, standing around tearing someone's character to shreds either ... you won't see, hear any gossip coming from me. I see it all the time when I am in a store, out and about. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday I saw, heard 2 women standing close to each other talking so viciously about another woman ... they had that familiar gleam that all gossipers have in their eyes ... you can recognize it a mile away. They were in for the kill. </p><p><br /></p><p>I grew up in this sort of thing ... women can be very vicious with their sweet little smiles, pretending to like someone until ... they've found all the weaknesses of another person's life ... then ... they proceed to destroy them using the weaknesses as powerful ammunition. </p><p><br /></p><p>They don't care if they break up homes with children ... because they want someone's man, wife ... that's all that matters. To Hell with other people's feelings, it's all about them. They never give the little children any thought at how their actions will affect their lives growing up. Sex and money will make people do ugly things ... </p><p><br /></p><p>Okay ... I hear Skip yawning ... he reached out to pat me on the shoulder πππβ€β€ππ I was beginning to travel down crazy roads writing, thinking this morning ... who knows where we would have ended up. Well, it's time for me to park my writing mobile. Happy day, everyone! β€β€β€β€β€</p><p><br /></p><p>Photos, artwork by me ... owned by Gloria Faye Brown Bates. Sometimes Life is just crazy ... I'm not sure 'why I selected these photos to go with what I wrote! πππβ€β€β€β€β€ These are doodles I did looking at drawings online ...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0lh3JLUhQRVNuyo6pLlkNTlk73XYjhsyV5E2LiNcf2RCoK8rAiIFhaVwTtmxTQC206q8AQvhbRU4IZ4Bsz4T9-NPBPPn1wdGNIFHT1m8uWvnKEhCRPtVAF6G1mTV2PaDQlGr56jhkEmvskb5IbrOxy1Os9puW2f7u4ODXzxO1cDVZAuhEt0LXLJFuW0/s2048/FB_IMG_1622389566373.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1302" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0lh3JLUhQRVNuyo6pLlkNTlk73XYjhsyV5E2LiNcf2RCoK8rAiIFhaVwTtmxTQC206q8AQvhbRU4IZ4Bsz4T9-NPBPPn1wdGNIFHT1m8uWvnKEhCRPtVAF6G1mTV2PaDQlGr56jhkEmvskb5IbrOxy1Os9puW2f7u4ODXzxO1cDVZAuhEt0LXLJFuW0/s320/FB_IMG_1622389566373.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSlDYqrixCEmdwhZoMWj6P6SgPKKqDI9UanGtNuC540IRnrkyuAbIbk1MvCkVuCNTiXVHL_MaGJhrezobNA6q_2erpCvfg3HUWwgcc8dK4c8f_fiXKLZIvWwlJXtLj0I8rDx87WGh9A0DNZdSralkeLqqhcnPVZqUX9RnDNRIBmZs-7vqf8403Z_JqtUU/s1318/FB_IMG_1622389552891.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1318" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSlDYqrixCEmdwhZoMWj6P6SgPKKqDI9UanGtNuC540IRnrkyuAbIbk1MvCkVuCNTiXVHL_MaGJhrezobNA6q_2erpCvfg3HUWwgcc8dK4c8f_fiXKLZIvWwlJXtLj0I8rDx87WGh9A0DNZdSralkeLqqhcnPVZqUX9RnDNRIBmZs-7vqf8403Z_JqtUU/s320/FB_IMG_1622389552891.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1OrDScLeey7xd4bnq9dUakBFzH9CCLfsR7N6g8DBf5bIM9EHBkyGQpdfqF6We17Sz9O0tAxLUoNwLmVetSsQiAmQmKrV11xmlzCVRMUpYPkeIJrYdmvS7jDnv6Z-i2QUXWzwLgAzIhyVgLLCKhdrKFOM1C6uTVohFoiJYAB0OtwxgzIOM0Mm9SRKsYM/s1960/FB_IMG_1622389527807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1960" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1OrDScLeey7xd4bnq9dUakBFzH9CCLfsR7N6g8DBf5bIM9EHBkyGQpdfqF6We17Sz9O0tAxLUoNwLmVetSsQiAmQmKrV11xmlzCVRMUpYPkeIJrYdmvS7jDnv6Z-i2QUXWzwLgAzIhyVgLLCKhdrKFOM1C6uTVohFoiJYAB0OtwxgzIOM0Mm9SRKsYM/s320/FB_IMG_1622389527807.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6E_x3HaDCUuMswRJ2F42E23qg_FIrrSfPxUZwK_06u69_-eU_dbLRsRdiZ5YLKiBKFHLhBD_51bLdxaNSBVvXj9_v5sPYAtrPiJWnAT9j-krGHFT6VXXtcFiAqe-Z3IgIMEbWG_yjTiCVfagis6wPFVGVYfDG7GNKGP2SEbxsDm0tpvnxeonGApu7G0/s1316/FB_IMG_1622389512634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6E_x3HaDCUuMswRJ2F42E23qg_FIrrSfPxUZwK_06u69_-eU_dbLRsRdiZ5YLKiBKFHLhBD_51bLdxaNSBVvXj9_v5sPYAtrPiJWnAT9j-krGHFT6VXXtcFiAqe-Z3IgIMEbWG_yjTiCVfagis6wPFVGVYfDG7GNKGP2SEbxsDm0tpvnxeonGApu7G0/s320/FB_IMG_1622389512634.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-22993118165301785012024-03-02T08:35:00.001-05:002024-03-02T08:35:25.708-05:00Deathly Ill ... You Can See, Hear, Smell ... Strange But True<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPvskljJY_VG5PGuprBcJHxvYPgf7A0zsUfQ9LjicN0sX175ETjCWkm73Gc6y_a2qb3KKBFYA-gQVnquEbvrBVgGe-Sr_ydqZXcyv6PLSpSxmt6Iph6Rf8ct-8_tnfmX5MbZSciKFWblLW79OhHT3fS9AvnSvfaLqmdqFord7y6ZcOwLy2CeNqwcupn0/s2048/FB_IMG_1709063999043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPvskljJY_VG5PGuprBcJHxvYPgf7A0zsUfQ9LjicN0sX175ETjCWkm73Gc6y_a2qb3KKBFYA-gQVnquEbvrBVgGe-Sr_ydqZXcyv6PLSpSxmt6Iph6Rf8ct-8_tnfmX5MbZSciKFWblLW79OhHT3fS9AvnSvfaLqmdqFord7y6ZcOwLy2CeNqwcupn0/s320/FB_IMG_1709063999043.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p><p>Precious Camo Kissy Fairchild Camie came inside a short time ago ... she was soaking wet! We aren't up yet so, I didn't know it was still raining.</p><p><br /></p><p>I grabbed her big, fluffy towel ... began vigorously rubbing her down to dry her fur. Then ... I hugged her, helped her up on the bed where she snuggled up under her little, colorful quilt. She is sleeping peacefully now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Camie is older now ... in the past several months I am noticing things she isn't quite able to do as well. Of course at times, she stills jumps, flips around like a puppy. I have to help her just like I help Skip now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course again ... you know where I am ... yes, right here beside both Skip Bates Skip and Camie. Skip is softly snoring, sleeping peacefully, also.</p><p><br /></p><p>Skip never feels well for the first several days after getting injections in his eyes ... especially when there's hemorrhaging. It affects his vision drastically. Also, the pain ... I give him Tylenol to help.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Hearts hurts for Skip all the time. He is limited in all the things he used to do with ease ... now, all is a struggle. I try very hard to make everything he does easier. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am always imagining how he must feel, think when he has the not so good days. I've never forgotten the years I was incapacitated ... fighting to get well enough to just be able to get out of bed. </p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted so much to move fast, run, walk, do things like I always did. My body was weakened by the medicines, surgeries ... from Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Also, we didn't know I'd recover. Skip knew I would ... he never gave up on me. Even when my oncologist told me she couldn't guarantee I would make it. </p><p><br /></p><p>No matter how out of the world I was from the powerful, potent medicines, my illness ... I can remember being in such a medicated fog ... I still had thoughts. </p><p><br /></p><p>My body wouldn't work as well ... no matter how ill I was ... I still had some kind of thought process going on. I remember fleeting thoughts from back then ... nothing ... then ... becoming aware ... then nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>That's why I know with certainty... no matter if someone is deathly ill ... please don't say negative things within ear shot of them. They can ... will hear you. Not only that ... they can smell you. They might not can actively speak, see or look at you ... but, they know things.</p><p><br /></p><p>One flash-back comes to mind ... I was in the hospital having had major surgery to save my life ... I wasn't in this world but ... somehow I could see things that happened. </p><p><br /></p><p>I saw my favorite, little brother only for a brief moment as he turned, crying very much, walking out the door. He must have been standing by my bedside maybe talking to me, trying to make me hear him. That must be the reason I became aware briefly enough to see him. I couldn't tell him I see you! I love you! Please come back! I was there ... but ... I wasn't. I was gone after that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was trapped in the world where only my thoughts floated through the air ... sometimes strangely ... like little banners, sometimes big banners ... fleeting thoughts. I could see, hear, smell ... but, I wasn't here in our world ... I think I was like on the other side. I will try to describe it ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you know how you can walk by a big window ... you can't see in ... you don't realize a hundred people could be on the other side ... looking back out at you. You think you are alone ... but, you aren't. I wonder about this when I think of death.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you know how sometimes you can almost see someone on the other side of a one way mirror ... you know ... they almost come into focus? Sometimes you can see someone plainer than other times ... you can see shapes in the background. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have always wondered if that is similar to ... the other side because ... we all have experienced seeing very strange things in our life, including myself. </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe ... just maybe ... that's how the ... other side ... works. We know I'm not an expert on this just because for some time my life was on the cusp of living, dying. I will say this ... I can still remember things ... I have also, had my strange experiences through time. Very rare do I speak of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some things are too special, amazing ... such you don't want to actually speak of. Things I think maybe meant for me, you to see, know. You've had such to happen to you, I'm sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>My little world is still sleeping ... I am sitting here appreciating the soft sounds my little world is making at the moment ... the soft, airy hum of the heat being on ... that sound could lull me to π΄ sleep. </p><p><br /></p><p>I just heard Camie begin her very soft snoring sounds ... mixed with Skip's soft snores ... they could make a song ... a snore song! πππβ€πβ€πβ€</p><p><br /></p><p>I am so fortunate to have a warm place to call home, to have two souls who love me as much asI love the ... Skip and Camie ... to have friends. I have so much to be grateful for ... I am every moment thankful, grateful.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just had a thought ... Mr. Coffeemaker! I would like to hear the soft, gurgling sounds it makes ... meaning I must go turn it on! You would think I am a big coffee drinker the way I speak about coffee. I might not be but ... I love it as much as the biggest coffee drinker does ... why? You know! Because to ME ... it's pure comfort in a cup πππβ€πππ§‘ππππβ€π§‘ππππ</p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-4659531528567999612024-03-01T08:38:00.002-05:002024-03-01T08:38:50.907-05:00A Few Of My Imperfect Creations ... by Gloria<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tUzSAnfWUsfM7gEqJrShMTVM_GOAgagugDonOuQ4h4yWRHsw-cEjBIRwo2bP1wmehQ0G-xPyNtURYVZhuw73hyphenhyphen5j0YZ5LuvJg3YNg4OD7CeoA7CDiSzjFEcAN-Gykn2bs1g6us8ctRdlRsjmB4YEls7HnRl1aaIM8nFkj3FjAW71QStaXqjY29Vv2tc/s1920/FB_IMG_1705044921405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tUzSAnfWUsfM7gEqJrShMTVM_GOAgagugDonOuQ4h4yWRHsw-cEjBIRwo2bP1wmehQ0G-xPyNtURYVZhuw73hyphenhyphen5j0YZ5LuvJg3YNg4OD7CeoA7CDiSzjFEcAN-Gykn2bs1g6us8ctRdlRsjmB4YEls7HnRl1aaIM8nFkj3FjAW71QStaXqjY29Vv2tc/s320/FB_IMG_1705044921405.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-66174714635160808652024-03-01T08:20:00.003-05:002024-03-01T08:20:30.103-05:00Little Things Are Big Things ...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPPgRQtygQdyi9KsSDuVbRw8Lad2WbMDdgqpDgvMCcO8lgCdNpCypNonX_v6D1ap4joPflWIsf19fpW3e3N6Ur3dL41X5DnUBG0k48rdZIY4AD_vGPeo55Wc23aZTR2vCogwB8j59Z62Pz2dTg5goetiUXev1QiYWwD57q5M_NBiUF_c40gOyBV86J6nU/s2048/FB_IMG_1658094777167.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPPgRQtygQdyi9KsSDuVbRw8Lad2WbMDdgqpDgvMCcO8lgCdNpCypNonX_v6D1ap4joPflWIsf19fpW3e3N6Ur3dL41X5DnUBG0k48rdZIY4AD_vGPeo55Wc23aZTR2vCogwB8j59Z62Pz2dTg5goetiUXev1QiYWwD57q5M_NBiUF_c40gOyBV86J6nU/s320/FB_IMG_1658094777167.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo taken, owned by Gloria Faye Brown Bates July 2022.</div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>7:22 am ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Skip Bates Skip and Precious Camo Kissy Fairchild Camie are asleep ... I don't have to tell you where I am at because you already know ... but ... I will πππβ€β€ I am sitting here on the bed beside them until they wake up for the day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why do I stay by their side? I am always watching over them. I try to always be there when they need me ... I love them ... I just can't get up, go into the other part of the house, leaving them asleep. </p><p><br /></p><p>Something could happen ... how well I know that ... life-threatening things can happen in a split second. They have happened ... I can't tell you how frightening that can be ... oh my.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think when I'm close by I can prevent, deter, keep them safe. Am I maybe ... a little over-protective? I am but, not in a way Skip, Camie notices. I am just ME ... I am just there doing ME ... but, always aware if all is okay in my little, precious world. </p><p><br /></p><p>I can't tell you how I suffered mentally when Skip took that bad, life-threatening fall the night in February 2023 ... having surgery to save his life the day before my birthday on February 14th. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was asleep when Skip got up to go to the bathroom by himself. He was supposed to wake me ... he didn't. He had just had an injection in his eye ... just like yesterday. He fell in the bathroom backwards striking his head on the cabinet. I woke up hearing the noise as the bathroom is beside the bedroom.</p><p><br /></p><p>No matter how hard I try to protect my little world I know well ... things can, still will happen. It's called Life ... life happens. I can be there doing my very, very best to keep my beloved world ... Skip, Camie safe ... things can happen beyond my control.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today we are going to Sam's Club to pick up Camie's big bag of dry dog food ... get her some treats. I told Skip to find something he would like ... he said he'd like a bottle of men's cologne. </p><p><br /></p><p>He is beginning to take interest in such things again. These past years since 2016 when Skip begin having strokes, heart, kidney problems I have kept him looking nice, smelling nice just like before he was sick. I'm glad to see him mention cologne ... I will make sure he gets it. He hasn't cared all this time ... he didn't have to ... I cared for him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Happiness in my world are the smallest of things ... such as a little bottle of cologne Skip said he'd like to have ... that made me happy because he is the one who decided he would like that. It's been a long time since that's happened ... years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Little things are big things to me ... I have went from having everything I wanted to ... having nothing through time. </p><p><br /></p><p>My life got harder and harder ... it took that to make me very happy over the smallest of things that maybe you take for granted ... like I used to. I can't ever take anything for granted ... I know Life has a way of changing things up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Skip is awake now ... it's bath time. Camie will wake up as soon as I begin moving around ... she knows her breakfast will be soon β€β€β€β€β€</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy day to all of us ... that means you ... us πβ€πβ€π I love this photo I took some time ago ... the cloud looks like a Heart.</p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-76423742653432264742024-03-01T07:19:00.000-05:002024-03-01T07:19:15.118-05:00Camie Resting 2-29-2024<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRGi8gnyKH2Ke5vuTctVOt-l2MrU-XiqZvfCz-MY4CS2tCLVanNrl2u2NIu20_T15elWW4VPxCwjiHIhe6_bA-xvdtyniSIsjGEu1K1gUSjzWd0bAcXC7oMcQt7n937KohGuCvwktJ8b_edGpmuRa6aLmFepo-l8zNB0OB3rSdgkS2Ozw4ukzcDn8Z0k/s2048/FB_IMG_1709295452572.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRGi8gnyKH2Ke5vuTctVOt-l2MrU-XiqZvfCz-MY4CS2tCLVanNrl2u2NIu20_T15elWW4VPxCwjiHIhe6_bA-xvdtyniSIsjGEu1K1gUSjzWd0bAcXC7oMcQt7n937KohGuCvwktJ8b_edGpmuRa6aLmFepo-l8zNB0OB3rSdgkS2Ozw4ukzcDn8Z0k/s320/FB_IMG_1709295452572.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyCN7aQRA3srWKlGjBrODmg1QTRv0r9aBBc-IzUE-Rmg6YwUsGjrl7x-wIfakFrkv8BaLsV0VE75swvsLOuhEefo5XTtd0Jitl-X0LKkMWW1A8WXcxkTTvRQBfjamQAMgSxRzqukGQfOjz_vwoFyTxKAuaZ4U6TRH10RZ4iPeXbNmeMoOwynMU8_1ppc/s2048/FB_IMG_1709295445517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyCN7aQRA3srWKlGjBrODmg1QTRv0r9aBBc-IzUE-Rmg6YwUsGjrl7x-wIfakFrkv8BaLsV0VE75swvsLOuhEefo5XTtd0Jitl-X0LKkMWW1A8WXcxkTTvRQBfjamQAMgSxRzqukGQfOjz_vwoFyTxKAuaZ4U6TRH10RZ4iPeXbNmeMoOwynMU8_1ppc/s320/FB_IMG_1709295445517.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7Ntl3F9SM9B5EE7RkNIopMs6d4Kkv0PEmcWfExFVKLKUShEsQqeEw003VATRuudaeQyvixMG7OY-ohJxVXnbNbg_NThccRk_5ui1orczIDL3NseSqsGzNWLhGSH_b391iTzYNSMXPIQGZ8k02NEDZmCySjAxsIZ-LD0YY18tea2rf6qaGpxrcxQIOjw/s2048/FB_IMG_1709295441032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7Ntl3F9SM9B5EE7RkNIopMs6d4Kkv0PEmcWfExFVKLKUShEsQqeEw003VATRuudaeQyvixMG7OY-ohJxVXnbNbg_NThccRk_5ui1orczIDL3NseSqsGzNWLhGSH_b391iTzYNSMXPIQGZ8k02NEDZmCySjAxsIZ-LD0YY18tea2rf6qaGpxrcxQIOjw/s320/FB_IMG_1709295441032.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tgh_Twm4W6ss6EFShnUEAnf29yOzFbosrfwvyuRcBzK_ZghxsqBnoMW1Pq0FRCDs_bqJY0yItuELAVwmBCD0be8F8pQP2Qf76JFS_eCIyoYgSI_luwBWfxyVvCKAcUlsZgzElnNYCeG5hO6bk1alK52bZP7uG6tKfvq16fw-02p131JFJomy6b03GEA/s2048/FB_IMG_1709295436197.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tgh_Twm4W6ss6EFShnUEAnf29yOzFbosrfwvyuRcBzK_ZghxsqBnoMW1Pq0FRCDs_bqJY0yItuELAVwmBCD0be8F8pQP2Qf76JFS_eCIyoYgSI_luwBWfxyVvCKAcUlsZgzElnNYCeG5hO6bk1alK52bZP7uG6tKfvq16fw-02p131JFJomy6b03GEA/s320/FB_IMG_1709295436197.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrSwwSZRdE4UrATqgezxCUjjcyt5nI-RAm77-LY6s53HxREorIH9iGnI2RsFrVMoHqh91fIvCtZ_NyRbusIRzyu_SeIqNoDbdDzS9fBTfYJeXHl0PkD2wI-MkEXGl9ZxvxXFI62RLpWiYEM8dCilNr6KA8IbgHhwS0K-XaHMYC-kHhEb1MWqmG4KaJGg/s2048/FB_IMG_1709295431734.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrSwwSZRdE4UrATqgezxCUjjcyt5nI-RAm77-LY6s53HxREorIH9iGnI2RsFrVMoHqh91fIvCtZ_NyRbusIRzyu_SeIqNoDbdDzS9fBTfYJeXHl0PkD2wI-MkEXGl9ZxvxXFI62RLpWiYEM8dCilNr6KA8IbgHhwS0K-XaHMYC-kHhEb1MWqmG4KaJGg/s320/FB_IMG_1709295431734.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-10690669626336805072024-03-01T07:15:00.001-05:002024-03-01T07:15:56.071-05:00Eye Injection ... Hemorrhages and Scar<p> Today Skip Bates had injection in his left eye.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 3 weeks he will get laser treatment to seal the bleeding from 2 hemorrhages... the medicine from the medication today will help to make the fluid build up in his eye go away. </p><p><br /></p><p>Since the last injection a scar and 2 hemorrhages appeared in his eye. He couldn't see well at all today.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvynkFRGT-64ON40hHwqiCRt8mXstUfQgj_QAsUKKwD-IRW-6zUPa0iyUMRFoIOOXXfObhyphenhyphenoiGOGYZ8EAVE2xyoshEgBUUike56DG_RX9a4zIcWkO1oMfI6GamdzMy-E-lr0W7WZqo0AwZF_nKIvhHVh0MEETYxi0lDz1VCDHOFign0NehT-E7bTg348c/s2048/FB_IMG_1709295212016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvynkFRGT-64ON40hHwqiCRt8mXstUfQgj_QAsUKKwD-IRW-6zUPa0iyUMRFoIOOXXfObhyphenhyphenoiGOGYZ8EAVE2xyoshEgBUUike56DG_RX9a4zIcWkO1oMfI6GamdzMy-E-lr0W7WZqo0AwZF_nKIvhHVh0MEETYxi0lDz1VCDHOFign0NehT-E7bTg348c/s320/FB_IMG_1709295212016.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBKKa8dGha1aYhlHSe7HLq0rVH9X_JgsfaZLZpkdcBE4SfLgCOwFCKBrzzDhQas4pyNRYnHJ8I7JcLuvr_HiwbdI3b0_aGxp-TRA_T84NRVQRMpXKcsAqTUo8BSOvd5SRxR7SUD4rnefBN_Ke7SOrsSA6nF0GZ8Xrp4aHGGb1KhuY50Fz3RZhi4S0YRU/s2048/FB_IMG_1709295207441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBKKa8dGha1aYhlHSe7HLq0rVH9X_JgsfaZLZpkdcBE4SfLgCOwFCKBrzzDhQas4pyNRYnHJ8I7JcLuvr_HiwbdI3b0_aGxp-TRA_T84NRVQRMpXKcsAqTUo8BSOvd5SRxR7SUD4rnefBN_Ke7SOrsSA6nF0GZ8Xrp4aHGGb1KhuY50Fz3RZhi4S0YRU/s320/FB_IMG_1709295207441.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjtG8PoY0FYwK61aSEEU3f9wsFSiQGRQfLp7GByyKe5hemMFWbLG6L861GMuYD73921Qg2Omnv3WtNggGncp4LQOPFa4CD0NOcLJUF4hnQST-McoMySSktxdW_UlJeG82Hplv8FRnjm1XcNEgsU6aPOB2lYfOu1IDaVRC_mhJhi-T0SmRVDFCHywfnXQ/s2048/FB_IMG_1709295201815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjtG8PoY0FYwK61aSEEU3f9wsFSiQGRQfLp7GByyKe5hemMFWbLG6L861GMuYD73921Qg2Omnv3WtNggGncp4LQOPFa4CD0NOcLJUF4hnQST-McoMySSktxdW_UlJeG82Hplv8FRnjm1XcNEgsU6aPOB2lYfOu1IDaVRC_mhJhi-T0SmRVDFCHywfnXQ/s320/FB_IMG_1709295201815.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-9107700881313012782024-02-29T06:02:00.001-05:002024-02-29T06:02:35.547-05:00Bears ... Eye Injection ... Pure Comfort In A Cup<p>5:37 am ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Skip and Camie are still sleeping. The alarm woke me at 5:00 am.</p><p><br /></p><p>Skip has to get the dreaded injection in his eye this morning. The last injection seemed to mess his eye up more. We will talk to the doctor about it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I just read that a bear was spotted in Wake Forest yesterday. That's becoming the norm here now it seems. I love all animals and I respect them as the wild animals they are. </p><p><br /></p><p>That means if I see one I will admire from a distance ... not try to coax them closer to feed. πππβ€β€ Sadly ... we all know nightmare stories of what can, does happen when that boundary is crossed. </p><p><br /></p><p>The crazy thing is ... you see people 'wonder why?' when they create a situation for something bad to happen. The animal doesn't know better ... he is being what he is, supposed to be ... but, the person knows better. I find fault with the person.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am going to get the coffeemaker going ... you know what that means. Pure comfort in a cup β€β€β€ Photo of Miss Camie taken recently.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKtBEpRDxGtB-aubM7egqhJmLHofRxezTEOT9svMlUOC0W4J6rR1EJ73shWI56adWDzyWCyApfCbYuqpuURLaUX2LpHOqraIwXSwBv-cQynF_0C1eA5Akdp9Qpvp14rbnmU7nKGt5j8F-PbK_JsBOJRPSiy72Ew-gd22EUetyTQpO7QkmWJjWPT5RxOMg/s1920/FB_IMG_1706304833868.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKtBEpRDxGtB-aubM7egqhJmLHofRxezTEOT9svMlUOC0W4J6rR1EJ73shWI56adWDzyWCyApfCbYuqpuURLaUX2LpHOqraIwXSwBv-cQynF_0C1eA5Akdp9Qpvp14rbnmU7nKGt5j8F-PbK_JsBOJRPSiy72Ew-gd22EUetyTQpO7QkmWJjWPT5RxOMg/s320/FB_IMG_1706304833868.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798135584014779713.post-55186358094030821532024-02-28T08:51:00.001-05:002024-02-28T08:51:57.969-05:00Pure Comfort ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMvKEWRCbeySgDgclNVDGNGz5DhNjnlDuEXPfRlmlprAYe4Q3Q_hjxSVchWYugnO0ASG3XnfcH6OozCUiHc1TqppQxYJQ1u7SB5cL6rxJkQg3HnzSYMCpLrMUWnoWRaTXD2wLPSRydv1wLhyrmnRE6e8lLCfvMyodfnLAyf61HO1TmHXhUykWjSp2eyE/s2048/FB_IMG_1707773993398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1729" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMvKEWRCbeySgDgclNVDGNGz5DhNjnlDuEXPfRlmlprAYe4Q3Q_hjxSVchWYugnO0ASG3XnfcH6OozCUiHc1TqppQxYJQ1u7SB5cL6rxJkQg3HnzSYMCpLrMUWnoWRaTXD2wLPSRydv1wLhyrmnRE6e8lLCfvMyodfnLAyf61HO1TmHXhUykWjSp2eyE/s320/FB_IMG_1707773993398.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>6:30 am ...</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been up for an hour. My teeth are brushed, hair combed, face washed ... after Skip gets his bath I will shower. Skip Bates Skip and Precious Camo Kissy Fairchild Camie are still sleeping.</p><p><br /></p><p>You know where I am sitting ... cross-legged under my warm cover on the bed touching both Skip, Camie. Comforting.</p><p><br /></p><p>The word 'comforting' brings coffee to my mind. I'm not a big coffee drinker but, you would think I am because of the importance I place upon coffee in my own life. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coffee in my life has always appeared at those bad times in my life when I needed something to hold onto, something to ground me while trying to recover from shock ... find some normalcy when something out of the ordinary happens.</p><p><br /></p><p>I find that when a hot cup of coffee is placed into my hands ... my hands seek out the warmth from it as long as possible ... trying to hold on to it as long as I can. </p><p><br /></p><p>No matter how bad something is ... coffee with its warmth comforts me ... I close my eyes, sip the warm liquid, letting it warm ME up inside as I drink it ... I keep my eyes closed as I draw all the comfort I can get from that one sip of coffee. I try not to drink it too fast because ... there are a lot of sips with a lot of comfort.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silly? Yes, it may be silly when I talk about it ... but, when something happens and coffee is there to comfort ... it's dead-serious ... no silliness about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coffee is the next thing to having someone to hold you, tell you everything is going to be alright. Think about it for a moment ... a lot of you can really get bent out of shape not getting your coffee in the morning. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coffee doesn't affect me that way ... I can go on until when the next cup of coffee is there. I think because of the way I view coffee. Now ... I would dearly wish for a hot cup of coffee in a very tense, upsetting situation ... see ... that's where what I am looking for comes in ... comfort.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will tell you another thing you might call silly. If I didn't have any food, had to choose only something to drink ... I would choose coffee. It kills hunger pangs and ... gives comfort.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well ... there's simply no telling what will come to my mind when I sit down to write. Who would have thought I'd go into detail 'why I treasure ... coffee'? I want to always have it on hand ... always. </p><p><br /></p><p>In my life when I have those moments I am very alone ... coffee is my friend comforting me with a warm hug letting me know it's painful now, but ... all will get better.</p><p><br /></p><p>Example ... all the times Skip has been deathly sick through time not knowing he was in the world ... those times were so quiet, no one to talk to, no one to really care because the people who really loved me are dead, gone. Coffee was always there ... it meant the world to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite coffee is ... Folger's. It doesn't matter if it's regular or decaffeinated... I don't notice the difference. Comfort in a red cannister that weighs very little ... oh my, look at how much comfort one cannister can bring.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am smiling here realizing you may be smirking, smiling thinking I may be a little crazy here talking about coffee in detail. I just ... may be a little crazy π€ͺ ππππβ€β€ but ...... this is how ... I ... feel about coffee.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I will go turn the coffee pot on now πππ₯°ππβΊπβ€β€β€β€β€β€β€β€</p>Happycolors and Granny Gee... That's Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02768269689473065291noreply@blogger.com0