Saturday Night and What Do You See?

It's been raining here in Alabama too. My head hurts and the tv is blaring. Fixing to hit the sack.

Serina my dear - ohhhh so nice to hear from you - fixing to hit the sack - well, come back and see us sometimes! Salud,

It's dark outside and the thunder roars lightly. The rain is only a drizzle now. The other night the thunder was fierce and the lightning blade sharp and the wind rattled the rooftops. Tonight I am going to sleep and pray for a quiet storm that passes quickly.

Mariana, I love the sound of gentle rain upon the roof in the night. It is soothing and balm for the soul. I sleep well when it rains.

Thank you for the wonderful tribute you paid in my comments about Nichola Goddard. I've left a reply for you there.

We still have sunlight here, and temps above 90. The dog sleeps in the doorway guarding our latest territory. That says it all, really. He and I have moved so much in the past nine months and we are both slow to adjust. We clutch what little we have to ourselves and cry, "Mine!" We have proven our adaptability and our ability to hit the ground running. Our latest adventure allows us to get to know my youngest daughter and her husband (and dog), which is why the dog is sleeping so hard. He spent a good part of the afternoon playing tug of war and keep-away with my daughter and her dog. We had both forgotten how much energy it takes to keep up with the younger crowd!

We have been trying to figure out why he barks at my son-in-law and their roommate when either goes out the garage door, which is right in front of out bedroom door. I finally realized he is guarding our door here - this room is the only part he recognizes as his own territory.

M.T.

I like the twenty fourth of every month. Two and four seem like good and happy numbers, even tempered. Two goes into four and out pops two again. When they do stuff together as 24 they are twice the number of moons in a year, twice the eggs in a carton.

My doves had two new babies, I think I'll call then "two" and "four". If they have two eggs someday, I won't have 22 doves, I'll have 24!

Now see what your challenges do Mariana! You give folks a little kick and out comes stuff to fill the day, this day of 24.

Cheers,

Colonel Possum

we have had some heavy rains with thunderstorms here in Connecticut. We went yardsaling today(in the rain),got some good deals,the neighbors are having a party and I am waiting on the dog to come back in the house,eating rice pudding and Gathering.

It topped 100 degrees again today. It was too hot to do anything outside. Although I picked up the new car this morning and took it out on Hwy 80. I did all the things you do with a new car. Blast the air conditioner. Blast the stereo. I'm not supposed to take it over 100 mph until after the first thousand miles, so that will have to wait. It has 39 miles on it. It's a Tiburon GT. It has a V6 that sounds like the low growl of a dog warning you to stay away. I love the little critter.

I am praying for rain, we need it. To make the grass green and grow so the cow can eat it and to cool off the air, wash my car, play in the puddles etc...

M.T.

Oops,

Can't leave without a weather comment. There was a marine layer this morning and then the sun pushed out the gray better than clorox.

Cheers,

Colonel Possum

hi Mariana,

sorry about the belated comment! but it too has been raining all day... it is a bit muggy here, but nothing out of the norm. i usually spend my saturdays without a date, home by my lonesome... bored and often bewildered by the goings-on of people around me... so i relax to a cup of tea and a copy of a good book... preferably the tao te ching or a copy of WB Yeats... oh and i now waste... I mean spend... a lot of my time here on gather and some writing groups on ryze... plus im'ing and chatting away... so because i never really understood women... i started a group to discuss this topic amongst who else women... i'm just sitting back and learning... and one day when i do leave this group even though i started it... I will venture off to find me a good woman so i don't have to spend my Saturday alone in my room, depressed, and draining my life away in front of a laptop screen...

how's that sound Mariana? may be you can come put me out of my misery next week and i hand the moderator duties for a Perfect Gentlemen over to some other lonely and not so gentle- man? :)

namaste!

And it is raining down here. I have no doves or doggies. Just have to stick close to hubby as he slowly, ever so slowly has a little walk on his frame. Now he is settled into watching the football I'm gonna go for a walk.

Yep, it's raining, a sign of too much condensation in the clouds, combined with atmospheric pressure and a gazillion other weather facts joined in such a way as to produce that stuff we call rain...inner turmoil, outer chaos, a sign of too much consternation in the heavens, the crowds, the self, combined with pressures and a gazillion other facts to create more chaos outside, more calm inside...lovely piece, Mariana.

Slight shower followed by intensely hot muggy heat. And next week is Scout camp -- what a frigging treat to look forward to. Out in nature with a bunch of screaming teenagers -- oh yeah, what fun.

George, sounds like perfect fodder for writing!

personal reality ! love it..after all e/thing is so personal !
Raining? and here we have all this sun ? jealous ? maybe...
like your style..simple and
M

I had a wonderful Saturday evening. I drove through the wonderful woods of New Hampshire to a drum circle. I hadn't been to a drum circle since I moved here and it felt so wonderful to take my beloved Djembe out of her bag and hug her and run my hand over the goatskin and wood. I played my little heart out for an hour and a half and then drove home in the direction of the sunset and saw the mist covering the top of Mt. Monadnock. It was a good evening.

A gracious good morning to all out there in the flat lands of Gatherville. Marinela, we so needed the rain. Our cane can't grow without rain and we need the cane for the poor economy and you know that circle of life - if we don't have cane, then you buy sugar and syrup from other places - Aileen, you're so right - write when it rains! George, you're going to love it just put out an article asking for ideas for scouts inside when it's raining. May I suggest yoga. Kathryn, where were you when all this gazillion inner tumuluous happenings were pouring down? Madame Mo, always good to see your beaming font on here and I hope yall pray for us to have more rain - there has been a drought...I don't normally speak much of the weather - it is either there or not but oh you know pickings were poor! Benita, I surely hope you enjoyed your walk and now there you are on the other side of the world, snoozing! Oh Jeff - we shall find you a woman - yes, I'll have to put out a radar - I want you to tell me what kind of traits you're looking for in a woman - details. lee - I hope the cow keeps cool. Carl - wow What a great ride you have! Can you take us all for a road trip? sheryl, rice pudding is sooo good - did you save me some!! Colonel Possum, there you are, sweet thang you - always nice to see you and Miz Pete - forget the math sermon, Colonel, it is not my forte'. Aileen, where are you now? I'm glad you've got your dog for company, sounds like a free life! Beautiful! Mary and Charlene - I hope that you both got a good night's rest and are now ready for another beautiful Sunday!!! Blessings to all of you who commented - Thank you very much! It made my day! Salud,

Linda - I was so busy writing comments to the comment that I didn't see you sneak in - I am really interested in hearing more about your drum...I think a friend of mine was there too! I'm not sure as she lives in Upstate New York but she goes to drum circles. I really want to know more! Salud,

Mariana, I am back home in CA now! 4 laps to go and the races on TV will be done for the day and I will concentrate on writing.

Aileen - oh wow - where in Calif? Does your dog like cats? Lawd have mercy, maybe you can visit us when I return!!! Salud,

Its so simple marianna, yet I see all these looooong looong commments.
OH Gee, look at everything closer. Listen More. What are you seeing??
Thank you for a message so simple yet need to be reiterated. Try and see the beauty around you wherever you might find it. Sometimes it's an orange, a nasturtium, a cloud, or as simple as you kids tiny little shoes strewn about.

I'm in Bakersfield, Mariana. What part are you from?

Oh, and the dog tolerates cats. The last one I had insisted on sleeping next to him, which he hated!

Darcy - so nice to see you - yes, well, the comments are all part of the article! So, thank you!! Aileen, Santa Barbara...I have a cousin near Bakersfield, I think. My cats are so wierd - only one comes inside - anyway, I'm down on the bayous for a while ...the cats down here are all outside cats. I'm getting them fixed one by one - they are uh Katrina adoptees...more on all that later - Thank you for stopping by! Always good to see you! Salud,

I enjoy reading your writing.

Good morning Mariana,
It's 55 degrees and clear this lovely Tuesday morning in the cornfields of southern Iowa - heading for a high of 80 with 40% chance of thunderstorms. We do appreciate the rain here, too - no sugar cane in Iowa but lots of corn. So you see, we're in the syrup business too - corn syrup. Between that and soy beans and hogs, the state survives and thrives at times. OK, really I know very little about any of those things except that I love corn on the cob with melted butter and salt and pepper. And the old saying concerning the growth of corn is that it should be "knee high by the Fourth of July." On our trip home from Madison, Wisconsin this weekend, (which is, btw, where I was Saturday night and why I am so slow getting to your article) we noticed the corn is already taller than that. So, it looks like the economy will survive. But, is all that corn good for people? That's a whole other story and I've rambled on so much already. This was a wonderfully fun article and comment thread to read. I love the idea of people just writing about the weather in their area and whatever that happen to be doing at the moment. I took the liberty to write a long comment assuming most people have already been here who are coming here. Enjoy your Tuesday!

Marcia - Good to see you! Well, I hope that the husband's class reunion was a fun one - ! I know parts of Iowa pretty well. My dad was born in Hancock County, Iowaaaay and we have the big Titus family reunion in Muscatine each year! Hey, maybe we're related! Old Iowa Families -Gideons, Rogers...anyway, I do love your long comment as the comments are actually part of the article. That's how I get folks to write. The more one writes, the easier it becomes. Editing is somethingn one does over and over but get the gist of it down. I know you know these things because the words just flow. I should say the same thing about art but I'm not set up down here to do much. I have some Marshall Oil paints (for painting on black and white photographs) - I'm working on one of mama now. Oh, Speaking of corn (forgive my rambling) I am just now getting up -and didn't sleep much because I have a cat who is getting fixed this morning....(one of several) and that cat kept me up most of the night...anyway, speaking of corn (she said)...I remember the corn palace and so many corn fields. On the way to a bucolic little cemetery, I think in Coneville or Leeds where my grandparents are planted, I remember that I felt as if I were in an Andrew Wyeth painting. I know that no place on earth except the Four Corners has such magnificent thunder and lightening storms. Iowa has its own beauty. Yall have the corn and we have the cane! Have you ever followed the ole Mississippi down?
Have to run and start my day. Thank you so much for your comment! It's always nice to see you Marcia! Salud~

Hey Mariana,
Steve had a blast at his class reunion which is funny because he never liked high school. But loves parties. And this was a good one.
Wow, your pappy's from Iowa?! I have no idea where Hancock county is but I'll look it up shortly. Gideon - as in the bible? As long as we're rambling here, my connection to Gideon is that my folks owned and ran a motel when I was a kid and there was a Gideon bible in each room. Do people ask you that all the time - about Gideon, I mean? Maybe not, since your name starts with a T now. You and I are both M.T. Another connection we share! Sometimes people ask if my husband is related to THE Tiffanys. Funny how a name can get a conversation going. And btw, he's very, very distantly related - like if you go back 300 years or so, you'll find a connection. Aren't we all related somehow - 6 degrees of separation and all that. My closest claim to fame in family relations is Robert Bly who is in my family tree book on my father's side.
I want to look up Coneville or Leeds to see where your grandparents are buried. Most of mine are buried outside of Norway, IA.
Yes, I have followed the Mississippi part way down. It's gorgeous! One of the things I want to do when we're done building our house is to take a trip down to New Orleans following the Mississippi the whole way. Have you taken that trip along the Mississippi?
OK - enough rambling here. Would love to see your painting of mama when you finish it. Would love to see all your artwork actually. Sorry that cat kept you up all night. Hope the fixin goes well this morning. Always nice to see you too, Mariana!

Miz Marcia T. Oh Lawd have mercy girl, I am so sorry for just getting around to your comments. I hope yall can make the Mississippi trip down -I know several folks who've done it and it's great. You are right we are all related and I'm lucky that one of my cousins has traced the family back to 1600's. That's on one side - on the other, Spain, Canary Islands and Venezuela with a strange twist landing in Louisiana in St. Bernard parish - very tragic there as the Los Islenos Museum was lost. I am still working on Mama T photo painting - did I mention it's just a tinted oil photo? Let me get back to you more later. The cat is fine. Nine more left to fix. Thanks so much for answering me back!