Thursday Tidbits

Posted on June 12, 2014 under Thursday Tidbits with one comment

An odd place for a toaster? Not really.

The picture that you see above won’t make one bit of sense to you if you haven’t read the story I posted last week called “ Hide and Seek.” You see, our house is for sale and when the call comes for a showing, it is a mad dash to get the house “staged.” I thought I knew what this term meant but like so many things, I was dead wrong. Staging is just a giant game of hide and seek.

So when the call came Tuesday for a showing, I did a lot of the foot work , including hiding things so that the people looking at our house wouldn’t think someone actually lived there. I have learned from previous stagings, that the most appropriate place to put the toaster is under the kitchen sink. Wait until Betty tries to find her coffee cup. Only joking.  A man would never hide his spouse’s coffee cup. Not unless he wants to join the endangered species list.

The good news about showing the house in the early evening is that we get to go out for dinner, which we did on Tuesday. We went to a local watering hole and restaurant and were treated to magnificent food served by a knowledgeable and courteous staff person. There were a few good ol`boys ( looked like tourists ) sitting at the bar. They might have been there for a while. They were good natured but did you ever notice that some people`s voices are quite a bit louder, the more they drink? They “filled the room” and I think everyone in the restaurant exhaled when they left.

It is a joy walking to work these days, admiring the gardening skills of others. People take great pride in their properties. The town as a whole also does a spectacular job making the community look terrific with the `Communities in Bloom` initiative. After a long winter and cold spring, it is joyous to see the foliage come alive.

I heard the bagpipes outdoors for the first time this spring last weekend. You know that The Highland Games is fast approaching. I am hoping to do a story about piping and drumming. That’s almost as challenging as doing a story about quantum physics. I don’t know much about either. But with some help from aficionados and Google, I should be able to fabricate something. “ Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling.” Coming soon.

Hope you have a great weekend.

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