I went to look at my blog to see if it had grown wings and flown away and
it was still sitting there waiting on me. Funny how that happens. It’s sort of
like dishes, laundry, or stacks of bills. They just sit there patiently waiting
for you to come do something about them.
I
listened to my blog whining about my absence, complaining that I’d forgotten it
and my overall neglect, missing updates and otherwise dragging of my feet.
(Blogs can be so annoying at times, not to mention bossy!)
To quote my
son, “Mom, what else do you have to do?” Which he has said to me at
times when I've commented on having to do something I've been putting off. I
could lie and say, “Dishes, laundry, and attending to my bills,” but then, they
would scream, “Liar, liar, pants on fire”.
So I
decided that I would mend my ways and come back to blogging. The first thing I thought I owed my blog was
a makeover
(Who doesn't love a makeover?)
Note: You can fiddle with color
schemes until your eyes start seeing spots. That was just FYI.
I think I
found one that looks nice and has a hidden subject. I’ll give you a hint. There
is an elephant in the room. I have been attracted to elephants this past
year and a half. Well, not physically. I’m not certain why they caught my
attention, but they have. I've put one on my Facebook cover and have collected several pictures. I just recently completed a picture (which I will post at the
end of this posting).
But if
you look closely at the background, you will see the elephant in my blog-room. I
also recently found a live Wildlife Cam in Africa where you can watch these
magnificent beasts come to drink. Of course, the time difference between
Ashville, Oho, and Africa is reversed so my sleep pattern has gone haywire again. It only took
me a few nights of sitting in my chair listening to crickets chirping for an
hour or so to find another way to do this.
Because
there is sound with the viewing, as the camera pans one part of the watering
hole you might hear bushes moving and water splashing. I find myself telling
the camera to move quickly in the direction of the noise. Sadly, by the time
the camera listens to me, whatever was there is gone. Nothing listens to me.
So, I
came up with a solution whereby I can enjoy sitting in the comfort of my living
room and being amazed a watching elephants and other wild animals a continent
away and not lose sleep. I watch the archives of the previous night’s activities
while drinking my morning coffee. I guess you’d then call it Post live?
Previously live? Pretend live? I’m sure
the elephants would object to any of those descriptions letting me know that
they are indeed very much ALIVE!
My son
had a comment (what else is new) when I told him about the site and being so
amazing that I could be watching elephants thousands of miles away unbeknownst
to them. He said, “Imagine what the elephants would say if they were able to
watch you back.” Haha.
You’d
read headlines the next day,
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS DIE FROM OVEREXPOSURE TO
LAUGHING AT LOCAL WATERING HOLE!
Okay, I’m
moving on.
I've written another book since my last blogging. I’m currently in Ashville, Oh, and I've aged. I have an artificial knee and an artificial shoulder now. I seem to
be replacing body parts like batteries. They only last for so long and then one
day – poof, you need new ones.
I've come
to find out that I have cataracts, (I will NOT be messing with those!) I can
see fine, they are just there.
Well, I
guess that is about all the excitement about me since my last post that you can
handle. Now I’ll attempt to post the elephant picture I did recently. Which me luck.
