Fresh Beets at HollyhockJunction

Fresh beets 
Stories get told- some of them are  the  stories that grandmothers tell about their grandmothers.  Today it's  the beets brought in from the garden that bring back memories at HollyhockJunction:  
     "Beets remind me of my grandmother,"  Anna said.  "I remember when I was a little girl, Grandma  threw out a pan of beet juice out the back door,  and it landed on a chicken.  We had a pink chicken running around the yard for a few days.  I don't know why I remember such a thing, because  that was almost 90 years ago! " 

Chicken Lawn Ornament.
 Remember making lawn ornaments, in  4 H for the county fair?
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Showers of Blessings

music
reaches
the hearts 
of the elderly
quickly and sweetly. 

Summer Rain...

Recently John in a skilled facility, in turmoil, not of his own doing, was torn between a therapy session  and going to a badly needed doctor's appointment. As  he waited, he was calmed by taking deep breaths, and the COTA who asked,  "What is your favorite song?"  

He could not think it, but it was sung by Perry Como.  

Of course, the OTA's  Iphone had a list of  the Como songs, and it was found and played for him.  It was the same one played  for him  and his wife on their wedding day. 

Showers of blessings,  there's a song in that, too, to be found on Youtube:  written by Daniel W. Whittle

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Perfect.

     The evening news interviewed  an  older gentleman, age 92,  who was working in the grocery store bagging groceries for four hours a day.  He loved his work,  and admitted  that  occasionally he had dropped a melon into the  bag on top of  a loaf of bread, but "I'm here working everyday."
     His smile was one that explained  that making mistakes is sometimes  a part of life.
     In  Scripture, the word perfect is used many times.  In some cases it's  translation means mature.  
     Mature in wisdom and a knowing that we're all in this together. Perfect. 

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Snap!

SNAP! SNAP! SNAP!  at the kitchen sink, with the turn of a wrist that is weak.  
Doing "this"  brings Tillie's hands up in the air,  and a belly laugh. Green Bean Therapy.

Paper 9 Patch By Barb
(The patches are cut from old magazines.)

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