hey gGrandpa .. let's go fishin'

Here's Carter!

A sunny warm spring day .. perfect for that 75 mile drive to Circleville to mow daughter Sally's huge hilly lawn.

But the best part was getting to see my babies. Great grandson, Carter, has his fishing hat on .. and there's no doubt in my mind that the best fisherman in the family, Uncle Braeden, will soon be showin' him the ropes.

here in the valley

It's going to be a warm, sunny, low humidity weekend. Yes!

c'mon summer!

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by at least one person

Actually .. it was granddaughter Kristen and her friend Laura who had dropped by to scan some photos. When they tasted my maraschino cherry chocolate ice cream .. they both stated that it was better than Ben & Jerry's. I already thought it was .. but it felt good to hear someone else volunteer the remark.

This batch had a slight recipe change. I omitted the cherry juice, and instead .. added pure almond extract. There's no doubt in my mind that this ice cream would be banned in Boston.

waiting in line ...

... can be harmful to my waistline

I pop into UDF at least once a week to get my chocolate milk fix. But as I stood in an unusually long queue .. I slowly came to realize that what I really needed on this particular day was a chocolate malt.

So back went the milk .. and when it was my turn at the register, I bought that malt. My oh my! Was it ever delicious! Glad I did my 45 minute walk yesterday.

this is coffeypot's lucky day!

Back when Coffeypot became the 2000th visitor to my blog .. I couldn't find my prize bag anywhere. Still don't know where it is.

But as luck would have it .. I found this at Aldi. And Coffeypot's prize is inside! This is almost too much excitement for me.

i need to eat crow

please pass the ketchup

I recall saying in a previous post that I wouldn't use an iPod to block out the sounds of the world. Well .. on my last 2 neighborhood walkabouts .. my iPod went with me. I really like the Phillips ear buds. I believe they were $28 and some change at Target. They're advertised as "Premium Sound" with "turbo bass."

I have really enjoyed listening to my tunes while taking my walks. And what the hell! I can still hear the dogs when they bark.

You'd think I'd be used to the taste of crow after all these years.

"somebody set us up the bomb"