Ninasusan

Happiness gently landed on my shoulders

Ninasusan

  • Yesterday was a miserable wet day…

    NWS is saying we got 1 to 3 inches in the area. Finally the pond is high enough to send some water under the bridge. It looks very nice bank full Btw…does anyone want Osage orange/hedge balls? I have access to them…. Trying to figure out how I can craft with them…I found they are… Read more

  • Friday with Franny

    Franny and I decided to venture out in the cold breezy outdoors for a walk this afternoon. I wore a t shirt, Dog the Bounty Hunter sweatshirt and a quilted vest. franny wore a fur coat. Osage orange trees are dumping their fruit in our back yard and all along the trail. I can’t believe… Read more

  • Rome

    While you have probably figured out that I loved Venice….my second favorite place is Rome. The sound, the hustle and bustle, the smells…we did most of Rome on foot which I think is the only way to see it. The second time in the Eternal City was as exciting for me as the first….but I… Read more

  • EDIT: Rain, Clouds, SUN

    Oh the difference a few hours make…I’m going stir crazy stuck in this house with him, one grandson, 5 cats and one dog. What was I thinking….it just keeps raining…I need something to do….I’m going insane. Read more

  • Rain, clouds, sun….

    When I went into the shower this morning, it was raining….a nice gentle rain…when I came out of the shower the sun was poking thru the clouds…I have always appreciated this act of Mother Nature because it always reminded me of appreciating the good times after you have weathered the bad times. Then my very… Read more

  • Airplanes….I love airplanes….

    One of the things that he and I have in common is our love and fascination with airplanes. Perhaps you don’t know, but he attended Indian Hills in Ottumwa for airplane mechanics and he actually left me while we were dating for a job in Louisiana to work on helicopters for PHI. Before 9/11 and… Read more

  • I miss you Xanga

    I went over to my old #xanga site a few minutes ago…..it was like going back to visit a house you used to live in. What was really sad was finding my old friend’s list. So many people that I had never met but felt like I knew them better than the people I saw… Read more

  • It’s 6 AM in Missouri….

    …and we are already in Pompei really hoping these next two days are peaceful for Mount Vesuvio! 2 1/2 hours from Vasto, it’s un altro mundo…different world. I had forgotten the awe I felt the first time seeing ancient ruins while driving down the street. We have only experienced the area around the ruins but… Read more

  • 2014 Italy….can it really be Day 7?

    <br / Row after row after row of Olive trees. I haven’t even taken pictures of the miles and miles of vineyards. Driving to these villages has been a once in a life time adventure….something I’m not sure we could have done without the navigation of the brother in law and his inner italian voice….conoscenza…and… Read more

  • 2014 Italy Day 6 our version of

    House Hunters International. Met a realtor north and West of Vasto this morning to look at some sale properties in neighboring villages. No…he and I are not looking to buy; but, the brother in law was checking out some options. Walking thru the door of some of these homes built hundreds of years ago is… Read more