CITRUS

I only *wish* these were from our own trees but they just came from the grocery store.

BTW, Judy and I had a conversation last night about terminology.

I said that for modern generations that have come long after us, the expression is "I got them from the grocery store," or "I got them at Safeway. Or Fry's. Or Wal-Mart."

Because they have grown up with all of those choices.

But for people like Judy and I, who grew up in very small towns, there's a difference.

We say "I got them from the store!"

We grew up in towns where there was only *one* store to buy groceries.

How about you?

What do you say?

LOOKING BACK

More and more, as one ages, it becomes fascinating to look back to "the old days".

My cousin, Bonnie, recently sent me a photo of some members of the maternal side of my family.

This is my grandfather, Martinus "Martin" Halvorson Hylland and my grandmother, Beatha H. Ronningen.

They were both born in the United States but Martin's father was born in Norway and emigrated to the U.S.

The photo must have been taken shortly before Martin's death because that occurred in 1945, when I was 5 years old.

That's me in the lower right corner, holding my cousin Cherie's hand.

My cousin, Bonnie, is the one clowning on the left side of the photo, being held in the air by my brother, Wayne.

I don't think I have any other pictures showing my mother's father so this was a treat for me to see.

Martin, or Grampa Hylland as I knew him, was a farmer in North Dakota.

His wife, my Gramma, lived on after him for many years and was one of the best cooks I ever knew.

I still miss her lefse when the Christmas holidays roll around.

THE FRIDAY FUNNIES

 

That's all I've got.

Have a good weekend and always keep laughing.

Here, kitty-kitty . . .

WORDLESS

 

THE PAINTER PAINTS ON

 

COLORS

Like mother, like daughter.

That's a variation of the old saying - like father, like son.

What it means is that genetic traits can carry over from parent to child.

Take, for instance, the BAD (Beautiful Artistic Daughter) and her favorite of the colorful pieces she's been producing with her markers in her art journal.

Then compare that with the colorful salad SWMBO (She Who Must Be Obeyed) showed me before mixing it yesterday.

What did I say?

Like mother, like daughter.

GRAPES OF . . .

I think these may have come from Peru but I'm not sure.

But as Judy pointed out it's the first time I bought some red grapes in a grocery store and they came out of the bag looking like they were just pulled from a vine.

They're nearly all gone now but they were moist and delicious and they served wonderfully as a bit of a side salad to many great meals.