"SUMMER'S GONE AND ALL THE FLOWERS ARE DYING."

                                    


Time to paint the days with southern sunshine.

Pulled the home-fires plug a couple of days ago, buttoned up the old shack for it's winter hibernation and ran away from home to once again visit the Blue Roads in warmer climes.

I'm not sure my one vote is going to make a difference, but....maybe, just maybe~~

Down the road 50 miles to my medical care facility, The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center, Iron Mountain, MI. I'll have regular testing for  glaucoma, the easy-to-control kind, "open angled" and pick up little pills for the next six months that make my blood slippery and drops to keep my eyes healthy. Kudos to the VA, at least here in my neck of the woods. I feel fortunate to be a part of the Veterans Administration Health Care System.

Sleepover at the Oscar G Johnson VA Medical Center.


So my buddy, Camo Man, calls me and says, "Beale Street."    I think, "I bet it's warmer there than it is here," but first a JT rendezvous in Madison, WI..... and then see how long I can ride the Great River Road toward the Delta...As far as Memphis, I hope. 

Dusting of snow this morning in Nekoosa, WI  Good to be plugged-in at the HO-CHUNK Casino. At 28 degrees F, the electric heater runs continually.

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING and cycles of life

              Red Maple DOB 1942 DOD 2014

An over abundance of shade and it's massive root system was the undoing for this old girl. Cooling the house from the afternoon sun encouraged moss on the roof shingles while it's roots clogged the septic and began to crack the basement wall. Her beauty will be sorely missed.

In remembrance the leaves will be mulched making the garden fertile and her wood burned for warmth. Ashes will be spaded sparingly and shallow making the vegetables sweet and juicy.


You will live on through your food, warmth and all that you have taught me.  Thank you.