{"id":52385,"date":"2021-02-13T13:18:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T20:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=52385"},"modified":"2021-02-14T14:46:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T21:46:37","slug":"saturday-was-a-lazy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=52385","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Was A Lazy Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I used to have a handle on life, but then it broke.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The morning was grey, reminding me of being at sea where the ocean and the sky merge into a huge grey mass.\u00a0 Although the clouds seemed to threaten rain as we walked Scout, The Wonder Dog, there was no rain on the usual 0.8-mile journey. Then I had a thought, always a dangerous situation: Why don\u2019t sheep shrink when it rains?<\/p>\n

We finally “woke up” (i.e., stopped walking around like zombies) around noon after a late breakfast and Scout’s little walk.\u00a0 Today it was Annie and dancing day!\u00a0 At 3:00 PM, we headed to Banning to visit Annie, a friend of Mary’s, for almost a half-century. We were packing up and getting ready to go, and Mary was going through the checklist.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, so there were no restaurants open; we had to take a picnic basket to the dance!<\/p>\n

We hit the road and remembered, “If you don\u2019t know where you are going, any road will get you there.”\u00a0 Mary was driving, so I did not see much except the inside of my eyelids; passing cars at the speed of sound three inches off the deck is frightening.\u00a0 When Mary stops, it’s like a carrier landing. I had my Depends at the ready!<\/p>\n

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“Saddle up, big boy!” Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic!<\/p><\/div>\n

On a serious note, and that does not happen very often, I am enamored that Dr. Mary takes joy in visiting friends, who are a quarter-century older than he, and that she honestly cares about these people like I was taught growing up.\u00a0 Mary is an amazing and caring lady.<\/p>\n

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We visited for an hour, sharing all the latest gossip.\u00a0 Gossip: Hearing something you like about someone you don\u2019t.\u00a0 For being in her mid-90s, Annie is as sharp as a tack and funny!<\/p>\n

I tried to remember some good gossip, but Marty had to explain to me: ‘You have two parts of the brain, \u201cleft\u201d and \u201cright.\u201d On the left side, there\u2019s nothing right, and on the right side, there\u2019s nothing left!’<\/p>\n

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Mary, like me, relishes old friends and keeps in touch for decades!<\/p><\/div>\n

Do you recognize these two? The snapshot was taken about ten years ago, looking good.<\/p>\n

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Two lovely chicks!<\/p><\/div>\n

Around 6:00 PM, we headed out, aiming Precious (Mary’s rocket ship) toward Chino.\u00a0 I drove the little lady this evening, and that was an eye-opener.\u00a0 It was like a rocket-powered roller-skate.\u00a0 Just breath on the accelerator, and you jump into warp drive.\u00a0 \u00a0I managed to keep her under control, but it took all the power I had.\u00a0 The sun was setting, and the sky was amazing.<\/p>\n

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The sky was on fire!\u00a0 Sunset is still my favorite color; the rainbow is second.<\/p><\/div>\n

The most beautiful sunsets are the ones we share. We arrived in Chino at about 6:45 PM, after getting clearance from the local control tower,\u00a0 and took our sandwiches into the studio and dined with Bob and Donna.<\/p>\n

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Dinner is served!<\/p><\/div>\n

Since I take the pictures and seldom get a picture with me, we risked the camera lens, and Mary got a shot at me!\u00a0 The lens did not overheat nor break; there was a slight vibration, however! Oh, and a little bit of steam!<\/p>\n

As Mark Twain said, “Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.” My smiles have been all over!<\/p>\n

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A dashing figure, I might say!<\/p><\/div>\n

We danced and danced, taking it easy, doing only rumbas, foxtrots, cha-chas, and waltzes. I asked Dr. Mary, “What sort of dancing do ducks like?” Again, without hesitation, she replied, ” The quackstep.”<\/p>\n

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Beauty and the Beast!<\/p><\/div>\n

We departed Chino about 9:00 PM for Mary’s with Precious straining at the bit; I kept her well under Mach 3, but it was a fight. Besides, I didn’t want to pat for the broken glass in the neighboring windows.<\/p>\n

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“Mommy! How come Daddy drives too slow!”<\/p><\/div>\n

We arrived at home about 9:30 PM and watched some TV before crashing.\u00a0 It was an amazing day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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