A little silliness

What's in the old cupboard today...

Friends, I simply cannot believe that we are through with August and September, and into October! and all this without one bit of fall-like weather! Not one bit! It is hot and humid here!

Unbelievable, but in ten days, Monday October 15th, good Lord willing, Shelby and I will be on our way to the North Carolina State Fair once again. The day we both so look forward to. We joke about "not" going to the Fair on a Tuesday. Tuesday is senior citizens day. :)

hanging around the hobby horses three years ago. well, I'm taking the picture and that's Shelby in the green shirt. wish I COULD say that's me in the pink shoes

and I'm here to tell you, "we are riding those hobby horses".  Oh wait! Didn't I say that last year, and the year before? Well, you won't catch me dragging back this year all shame-faced, and whining that I lost my nerve. maybe you will check back after the 15th. 

back to the old cupboard...There is a funny story about this stuff. The first of the week, Poppy carried the trash to the nearest convenience center. He called me from there and said, "Mel, somebody left a box here with lots of little baskets and artificial flowers, candles, and even a little shelf. Do you want them?" I'm thinking to myself, this sounds just like a box of stuff I donated to Goodwill a few weeks ago. "Oh, bring it on", I said. So, it was fun going through the stuff and I did keep those colored leaves and the one little basket.

Betcha not many husbands bring their wives gifts from the dumpster. :)

"Yes, and it has been told that Poppy brought home a tiny kitten once, from that very same dumpster. Is that true"? Is is true, Smokey! That would be Dumperoo, and that is why his real name is Dumpster Kimball, but we call him Dumperoo, or woo woo, and sometimes Poppy even call him Rumperdo.

and this is he!

Enough silliness for today. I just used our last package of frozen persimmons and made this persimmon pudding. My niece Vicki has the biggest persimmon tree ever! She gathers the persimmons in the fall, mashes the pulp out then sells the pulp, two cups to a package...just right for making a pudding. Looks like Shelby and I need to take another trip to see Vicki.

Thank you friends! 

Love,
Henny 

Oh, thank you to my new followers.  And, a note to "Far Side". A scarecrow is exactly what we need for the fall display. Thank you!