And tho'

We are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;

One equal temper of heroic hearts,

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses

Thought I'd begin with my favourite poem .. one of!!

So many roads have gotten each of us to where we are to today

Millions of choices, chances, and decisions..

'New year's eve, an end to the old year, and a link to the hope of the new year to come'

So many people find today the day to re access their lives... 

Funny how one day, date, can make such a huge impact on people.. 

When over millennium, this date wasn't a date at all!

Compass by Lady Antebellum 

Great song 

M.

To take the Christmas decs down before 12th night or after??

A predicament I was thinking wasn't one.

I've always taken them down anywhere from the 26th until the 5th.. 

Conversation on Christmas day made me research my reasons, the reason for keeping up until the 12th night is the superstition surrounding the arrival of the Magi, and them taking twelve days to get to baby Jesus with their gifts... Therefore a deep rooted Christian reason.

And the superstition I go by is the bad luck surrounding leaving the tree up after the 5th January.. 

Where if you do, you should leave it up! Or bad luck ... 

And this comes from the tree elves that cause havoc if the tree is left up after the 5th! An ancient pagan and Celt belief... 

Oh dear, the older I get the more superstitions I collect!

So I have taken down everything, bar the tree! Which will come down on the evening of the 5th, so it's down before the thirteenth day!

Flipping heck! 

And talking of elves.. the elf on the shelf ... There's a link here, a link for info and a pagan link! 

M.

Cake! From my local panadería!

Need to catch up with myself as usual, I'm so spasmodic in my writing!

Let me begin with Christmas Eve working all day, but dressed as Mrs Santa Clause!!

Was good fun, the customers loved it! And I enjoyed it too! That's it now for dressing up until Halloween comes around again! 

My feet hurt, wearing inappropriate Boot-Ware!

Reminds me afterwards how I don't even notice my feet during work! Thank you Sketchers!

I stayed up to do the Harry Potter challenge! Had to start watching Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone at 22:33, so that Ronald Weasley would say 'Happy Christmas' at exactly 00:00 in the movie and for real!

My playback wouldn't work and Christmas Eve came four minutes late in the movie! Can't believe I'd managed to stay awake! And miss it! 

I had a couple of gifts under my tree which I opened and went to bed! Was about one before I switched everything off though...

Christmas day I got up when I was ready, and headed down to the coast and enjoyed a wonderful afternoon and evening with a family who adopted me for Christmas! Was so lovely, I am so lucky, dinner was amazing, absolutely fantastic..  thank you thank you thank you!

Back to work yesterday, the 27th and in today..

Yesterday driving home, I dropped off two colleagues and came up the usual mountain road home, there's a right hand turn once around our side of Sierra de Mijas, the road changes back to one lane, and there was a two car accident.. the line of traffic going back towards home went down into the dip, ours, luckily, not so bad .. 

It's always tricky when two lanes become one here... It seems to be a race for some drivers to beat the car in the inside lane, it's not a race, and of course... No one wins...

I drove up the dip from there, and was on the wriggly bit of the road before Casa las Flores on the left, and the window down, hadn't turned back on the radio since the accident, it was dark, and no one close in front, no one behind, and a light caught my eye, up high in the sky, a bolt of fire like a meteor then zap, out and gone! No noise, no firework type of explosion! 

Very, very strange!

Driving down as usual this morning to work, such beautiful amazing views, sunrise over the Med... And looking towards the area behind La Cala de Mijas, and onwards towards Rivera and Calahonda, what used to be undefined can now be mapped out by yellow street lights... 

Used to just be green and gray rock .. now, civilization is creeping inwards.. 

I wonder if one day it will just be mass all the way to Alhaurín El Grande.. and I hope I do not get to see it!

Mmm interesting thing I just noticed, I meant mass as in larger/large, and of course, Spanish word 'mas' means 'more' muy interesante!

M.

Still plenty of after effects from March 2022 Sahara drop!

Well, I think my body is having enough of stuff just now!

Stuff that's stayed dormant or at least I've lived with and tried to ignore.. 

Feels like a trapped nerve in my left hip, but I think it's where various, numerous problems are have just said enough is enough! 

And, at last I now know why I have had stomachache for .. I keep saying eighteen months, but it's been so long saying that that I think it could be two years now.. 

Anyways, had the endoscopy down my throat, I was given anesthesia, thought I'd just not feel anything, but was completely out!

So I have ten fundic polyps in my tummy...

They've taken two biopsies, one from a large one, and one from a smaller.

Could be Atrophic gastritis or celiac disease.. being tested for both in the biopsy...

Appointment for February for results.

Day off today and going down to the coast for lunch.. 

Working next three days then in on Sunday for Christmas Eve! 

Feel like I'm missing something out!

Oh!!! At work the other day, track came on the radio, we started singing and dancing to it! As we do!!! 

I couldn't remember the band, from the 70's... I said "is it easy jet?" Randomly!! "Black box?" My colleague said back to me...

I googled it! Pilot! 

Of course!

My microwave has broken and my kitchen gas lighter! 

I went down to Miramar parque to look for a new one in Mediamarkt way too many people in there! 

So I went next door to Kiabi! Where I bought a whole new outfit! 

Won't help with heating food, but... Well, felt good! 

M. 

A neighbor just stopped to chat with me, his wife and him live around the corner, Franco always spoke with them, and helped with things... Lovely local couple.

It's so lovely when someone speaks to me about Franco, who knew him, who said what a good man he was, kind, generous, thoughtful.. after over six years still talks with sadness at his dying so young.

To be remembered as a good person truly shows their worth in this world .. 

Maybe it is all we should aim for, for not everyone will be remembered for being a good and decent person.

So now I sit a bit tearful... 

Back to work and mostly all good, bit of a cough still hanging on, sore throat is back this morning, and bit tired, but then aren't I always a bit tired!

A man last week painting the side of this apartment near the Cruz...  on the side this morning..

Doing a great job, and all on his own..

I put my Christmas tree up Tuesday afternoon.. bit early for me, as last few years have either not put one up at all, or left it till Christmas Eve! Got the new tree last December, late, and only lights, so Tuesday bought some beautiful baubles, they look just like bubbles, clear.. and the only other stuff is the old add ons I've been putting out for decades...

We don't feel old, or feel time passing, usually? But it's when you realize you have things for decades, just like mom did, you feel it more.

And this year, above all others so far seems to have passed in a blink of an eye ..

A friend I've known since I was... 13? Said he thinks of it like a rope on a pole, that the circles are slow and wide, but as time goes on the circles get smaller and faster..

Not sure I like that thought, it's good, and certainly feels the truth of it...

Wonder if there's any chance of letting go of the rope and spinning off to find a longer rope? 

Or, actually, now I've said that... I think I know what happens.. when we let go before the end;

M.

"The key to happiness is doing what you love, with those you love"

Planter on my terrace yesterday.. the daisy plant was pretty much dead but I planted her next to the rosemary and she seems to be taking it over now..

Absolutely wonderful hallucinogenic dreams last night I hope my phone has chosen a correct word, I'm talking into it ..  I mean dream where my mind isn't quite my own because of this virus not because I've taken something!

I asked Google are spiders a good or a bad omen there were several answers and of course we all know about the money spider I don't think I'd realize that it's supposed to be all spiders...

One said.. 

Did you know that all spiders are believed to be omens of good luck, well apart from tarantulas and black widows. Seeing a spider in your home could mean that good fortune is heading your way, and in particular money!

Some of the other options were dependent on the situation of the dream.. My spiders were in tiny little key cubbies which were in a car so none of that makes any sense at all, I was rummaging around in the little dark boxes looking for something and the spiders were all over my hands and running down my legs onto the ground small ones and large ones!

And I wasn't freaked out at all but then I don't mind spiders...

I guess after playing with a family of black widow spiders with my little mate back in California when I was a toddler didn't worry me then... Why afterwards ..

Actually there's a bit more hallucinating going on watching the TV yesterday I thought I saw something which made no sense cat or a dog under the TV and again just now while I'm reading into my phone I thought I saw something move in the corner of the bedroom must just be me.

I've just had 12 and 1/2 hours sleep some of which I was awake but due to my weird thoughts at the moment I went back to sleep just using those weird thoughts Google can't type in my laughter.. 

Time to get up and take some tablets and open up the house and get some more fresh air and see how I feel today.

I should just blog out loud no I should just read onto my blog more often and I would get back to blogging more often I'm making no sense I better post this now.

M.

Okay, so! 

Had swolen neck glands for a week or two.. 

Then 7pm Saturday evening I had to go to bed, totally exhausted literally couldn't keep my eyes open.. 

I was boiling hot but shivering

I'd felt unwell around my kidneys and thought it was a UTI, took myself to hospital Sunday morning, early, too early for the doctors who start at ten.

They found nothing, unsurprisingly now it seems,. although she gave me those awful blood red pain killers and some anti sickness meds.. after an intravenous of pain meds which helped..

I went home and went to bed and slept until Monday..

Monday did a Sars test which turned positive immediately.. no hanging about for fifteen minutes.. 

Tonight now my voice sounds weird! 

It's ever evolving it seems as my body fights the virus somewhere it attacks another bit! 

I have eaten a small bowl of homemade soup today, first real food since Saturday lunch time.. 

Was good to be doing something, but then ate and exhausted and stomach feels way too full and not happy now.. 

But at least I made it, and at least I ate it.

My symptoms so far the curious! Or those Googling 2023 COVID SARS virus

Jaw ache

Raised glands neck and under arms

Earache 

Cough

Sudden agonising piercing headaches, over and over again all day... 

Muscle ache especially back arms legs

Stomachache

Extreme tiredness

Sore throat

Tight breathing

Mouth tastes bad

Itchy skin

Not hungry

M.

Our chances are gone before we know it... 

Above fishing down at Torreblanca.. almost against the paseo..

I'm driving down to work and I'm afraid this post won't be for the faint haunted, for some reason feeling considerably depressed this morning and wondering about things like my bucket list what I have still to do on it... and then thinking you know it doesn't really matter about anything on my bucket list who cares! and then I thought is there really truly anything that I want to see more often to do more of... and obviously with family and people I love .. yes yes and yes.. and then as I came around the side of the mountain and saw the ocean laid out before me... To the right what looked like islands... Six or seven.. they were just clouds, low and .. well island shaped.. but they looked so beautiful .. then to my left... The rising sun, absolutely amazing to see .. and I know I am so lucky to see this ...

Not 100% feeling better .. probably just bad dreams I've brought through with me, as usual!

But, I also seem to have the last few days really bad pain I think from a kidney stone again, although I'm sure I haven't stopped, twinges most days.. but maybe this is the bigger stone, and it really hurts when I'm sitting down, when I'm driving or if I'm just sort of kneeling or on the floor at work.. it just hurts a lot and so I'm you know should have taken more painkillers this morning.. this is as soon as I get up and start walking around at work, it'll go...

I'm dictating this into my phone... someone in an Audi behind doesn't even need to have his engine running because he's consuming anything coming out of the back of my car! I can't even see his headlights he's so close and it's a good thing you didn't just go to overtake because a motorbike did instead!

Sorry for sad post, I'll be okay once I'm in work... What with happy colleague and wonderful customers! 

In all honesty though, we do have some lovely people who come in... 

Some not so much! Ha! But, I try to remind myself that for them, we might be the only people they get to talk to all day ..

So some people skills are lacking!!! 

Others come in I think just to talk to us! Equally okay, if we're not holding really heavy things at the time or sitting uncomfortabley on the hard floor! 

My head is definitely mixed today, need sleep and rest.. then more sleep! 

An add on here .. it is November 10th.. listed on my calendar as worse day of my life .. it did in fact get worse. But was the day reality hit home, hard 

Better post now or never eh! 

M.

Talking a bit about the old thought of every seven years we are 

It Turns out that each body part has its own very distinct lifespan. The lining of the stomach, constantly under assault by digestive acid, is renewed every few days. But bones are refreshed once a decade. And there are a few parts of you that stay with you from birth to death.

Photograph above taken as I was heading off to work one morning late week, the sun just kissing the summit of the Sierra de Las Nieves...

How strange only just now, because of a friend's post, did I even remember it's Guy Fawkes night..

So I guess it's true... We can indeed forget stuff, after a period of time, when it's not something we need to remember any more ... 

Been over twenty years since I went to a fireworks display back in Blighty... 

Up our end of town yesterday morning, sat in the chilly street! A beautiful male podenco suddenly appeared from the street opposite, he crossed over, I put out my hand and he came over, sniffed me and walked back up and out of sight from the direction he had come from!! 

Saturday afternoon went to a bar in Malaga area, live music and outside, was nice sat out in the sun for while.. just relaxing and enjoying our beautiful autumn weather ..

Should be lots to write! Probably about banking systems and road drivers! 

About work? Halloween! Had an absolutely wonderful day at work, we were dressed up! Of course, I wore a dress I've owned for about .. I don't know, well over ten years .. it's black/dark gray, it's a little bit gothic a little bit steam punk.. with an axe through my head! And blood down my neck either side! Dark eyes and my bike boots!!

My colleague was the bride of Dracula! I painted blood from her eyes and dark around her eyes.. white dress with a white veil... So cool! 

All the customers were impressed all of them laughed, after the initial surprize factor! 

Spent the weekend before with my sister in-law down at Torreblanca end of Fuengirola.. great weekend, after work on Friday straight to her, then Saturday drove us down to Calahonda after coffee with a friend of hers nearby.

At Calahonda we had coffee and some breakfast, next to work, then we went to see her old place near the boardwalk and walked along to Luna beach where we had a cold drink..  we then crossed over and went up towards Lidl and back along the main road to the car! 

From there up to Mijas Pueblo via my road, had a really time up at the pueblo ..

But, leaving the carpark road a was forced to stop suddenly and stalled the car...it restarted on three, so no problem...but my power steering had gone!?!

It seemed to correct itself on the road out of the village and we made it back to her apartment okay ...

Sunday morning I called the grúa.. fantastic I hadn't called them for many many years... My car insurance people, in fact twice in over twenty years!! This being the second time, I was sent a link and could view the breakdown guy approach! Amazing!! 

So easily pleased! 

Anyways, I felt a bit daft as the power steering was okay??? He said if it goes again to turn off the engine and restart!

Who knows! 

I do feel a bit weary now, worried about my car failing me.. not sure what to do, but will carry on doing same as always! Carrying on! 

M.

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

Stephen Covey - 1932-2012-

21st night of September .. It was so funny on the 20th I noticed I had a reminder for the 21st, clicked on it and read the reminder.. it read 'September 21st' repeat every year..

And I thought what am I supposed to remember?? Ha! The 21st night of September.. 

Of course! But it took until the 23rd and talking at work to a colleague and I asked him, why did I do that!! And then bam!! Of course!! 

With youngest son and his family this week, I arrived Thursday evening of last week.. had five days of sun and warm weather, then yesterday was a bit cloudy and this morning rain.. so been really lucky... I did bring a rain mac but not worn it yet, and just wearing jeans t-shirts.. 

Sunday we went to Ashridge Forest, we had a great walk, and then cups of tea we drank on tree trunks... 

I have been going up there since I was about 8, I am guessing, when my mom met my stepdad, I even learned the basics of driving his old Morris van on the concrete parking area.. 

But soooooo many cars!! I was shocked!! Never seen it like that before, and we got there about ten! It was crazy busy!! Takes away some of the pleasure seeing it like that, although after walking away from the main drag the people all spread out, it was as good as always... 

After our teas I waited down on the ground when the family went up the monument.. 

We went to a local park yesterday, had a great time on all the rides! I love the swings! Always love the swings!! 

Just a big kid still... Or still just a girl who likes to ride the swing high.. feeling the breeze and the rush... 

The other day we walked along to Morrisons and bought pumpkins, great value .99p each!

And once home us girls carved our pumpkins! I hadn't done that since ... I cannot remember when in all honesty.

Today we went to Ikea in Milton Keynes, always love Ikea!! As soon as we got there we had lunch, meatballs of course, fries, red berry sauce and gravy! Yum! 

With my meal I had a bottle of Vintersaga! A Swedish Festive drink! 

Bought a few bits n bobs, obviously I couldn't buy anything to take home, although I did buy a great big star! 

I noticed on the way to MK the old pub the White Hart in Hockliffe is now a Harvester, I last went a couple of weeks before I moved to Spain.. 

And the Little chef has gone at the A5 junction/Heath and Reach.. although I think I knew that already...

As we were driving in Milton Keynes, passing familiar places, I said about the Christmas and the Christmas display there in front of John Lewis's..

Then I said about the snow dome mom and I went in and the Cinderella coach ride.. her and I sat in... 

Then I was tears... I miss my mom every day, but haven't cried the loss in a while.. quite a while, don't know where that emotion sprung from.. 

She's missing so much.. 

That's something to remember isn't it... When we're gone, that's it, we don't get to the things we could have, should have, would have.

M.

Store talk:

Young couple came into the store, he said 'I'll leave you to get the shopping on the list I'm going to go to McDonald's' and when he came back he had the largest bouquet of flowers for her it was so sweet.. the couple were in their 20s, so beautiful to see their love.. 

When it's time to pay I say card or cash, because otherwise we're just waiting to find out what they're going to get out of their wallet, and then the majority of them pay with their card, they just wave it in the air which is very very annoying and rude and I've started thanking people for saying "pay with card" at the beginning of the transaction.. the majority of which are young people.. Not sure why people do that! They know we're English speaking? And when paying with their phone, people just wave that at us!! So frustrating! Okay, rant over! 

Today! I picked up a friend who I met at a client's when I was in live-in healthcare in England. I collected her from an Airbnb near the coast in Malaga.. very lovely neighborhood! Very unspoilt.

Very California feel.. we drove first to Mijas Pueblo and had a breakfast, typical Spanish, tostada, oil and tomato.. coffees.

I took her around the gardens of Mijas, told her some memories of the walk I have there..

Then I drove us home, showed her my house and we walked down into town, had a cold drink and just enjoyed catching up..

Back up to the car and down to La Cala, parked in the feria ground and walked to the Chiringuito I usually go to, we had lunch and just carried on talking! 

Closing with a drive to the airport for her to meet up with the rest of her friends who are arriving today, and then they're all off somewhere for the week!

And when I got home a white feather on the rug! It wasn't there when we came by earlier.. But now there it lays bang in the middle of the red rug in front of the TV unit .. 

M.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

William James - 1842-1910 - Philosopher and Psychologist

I had a notification the other day, it said 'do you wish to cancel your shake to report feature on your phone?' I had just got annoyed with said phone!! I didn't know it was there, that option!

And half wondered is that just for a 'certain' generation? When we would shake something to make it work? Because most modern tech definitely does not work better when shaken!! And do younger generations even think shaking something would help?? 

Two Saturdays ago was a night out in town with my vecina, first a couple of cocktails each in Bolins up the other end of town, almost like a different town 'up there' then to Mexology for, Mexican food, very very nice, that's where Bensons used to be..

Work today, and yesterday, Sunday, in the big store in Mijas, they are having a complete refit so spent the day filling shelves! Day before also worked, in the warehouse and big store doing a pick for our shop .. it was my day off but I was guilt tripped into working! 

Working tomorrow also! Then off for three days!! Whoop whoop! My three day working week sometimes feels a lot longer! 

You can tell now the majority of summer tourists have packed up and gone their way.. roads are quieter, except school times, and just the general feeling of calm is returning to our lives down on the coast... 

Calm in our lives .. nice saying..

M.

From Instagram this morning

'If you only knew what little time you have, you would not waste it living half lives. Go live the richest life with your soul mate, get there fast, you are burning daylight. Life is too short to be luke warm about anything'

Well, after that last paragraph I recon I have thirty years left! 

So should get a move on with living my life.. no more wasting time, no more thinking of doing something and putting it off.. 

I can procrastinate, but not over important things.. forever trying to get rid of stuff, decluttering, not that there's any obvious mess... but I feel it, things need to be cleared out of the house, or my head?

I have a long list of places I want to visit, not even that far away.. maybe I should start ticking them off my list.. visit and ✓

I do put off calling people, and that has to change, because we can't call some people when it's too late.

Wonder why we put off life? Living? This is our time, so many people don't get our chances, and time runs out..

Sometimes we don't make the most of them, we don't take the happiness because of fear maybe?

I have things I want to do!

This Blog has taken a turn for worse and I don't want that! I am actually very happy!! 

A lot of good things in my life.. 

Although I am getting fed up with these night terrors, if it's my breathing? maybe it's just the change of season? 

But I'm waking up scared and my heart's banging out of my chest! Had loads in my 30's... The odd ones here and there, maybe twice a year.. but now four in the last month? 

I'm not a great sleeper and now worrying about these doesn't help.. 

We had rain! It's brought the temperatures down nicely, I was actually cold last night in bed! It's 27° out there, beautiful temperature.. no fans on, no sweat pouring from an invisible tap above my head! Or anyone else's! 

M.

"If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time"

Abraham Lincoln 

Above and below a few photograph from the Gibraltar Trafalgar cemetery 

Yesterday morning I drove down to Gib to meet up with a friend and her husband, I used to meet up with her on training courses.. ten years ago!! Where the heck did those years go.. for both of us, they've been trama filled.

These photographs are from the hotel boat at Ocean Village on Gib..

Met them here and we sat up on the wonderful terrace.. for a long while.. caught the sun here! I'm glad I had factor 50 in! 

Before going down to street level and having coffees.. couldn't believe the time, it was nearly three before her and I went for a walk along through the main street and down to the cemetery...

The runway above... 

And harbour shots

All from the roof terrace of the boat..

And below, the view as I approached Gibraltar from La Linea.. I hadn't visited since Covid and the the coach trip from Alhaurín..

There is a tunnel now for traffic... 

But footfall still walks over the runway, felt very strange to me, with no traffic..

Didn't leave till late, was a really good day... 

I took the toll road both ways.. just to help with time and I couldn't face the coastal road.. too many roundabouts and cars!

It said the super blue moon was the 30th, but it was about three in the morning here, and I did manage to get some photographs, not great, just on my phone, but I'm glad I got to see it afterall.

And now rain is forecast from tomorrow until about Tuesday, we will see! 

I checked with Doctor Google and this came underneath the weather forecast..

*People also ask

What is happening in the rain?

Rain is liquid precipitation: water falling from the sky. Raindrops fall to Earth when clouds become saturated, or filled, with water droplets. Millions of water droplets bump into each other as they gather in a cloud. When a small water droplet bumps into a bigger one, it condenses, or combines, with the larger one.

https://www.nationalgeographic.org › ...

Rain - National Geographic Society*

So! Just in case we didn't know this! 

And for now.. 

This quote as I end is soooo me... I am always scared of stuff.. I am not the brave girl people might think I am.. 

And also as below, once I have done whatever I had to do, it's true, it wasn't so bad as I had built it up to be.. 

I have little faith in myself, and I think, the older I get the less faith I have..

M.

The quote!! 

Once you face your fear, nothing is ever as hard as you think.

Olivia Newton-John - 1948-2022 - Singer-Actress

My coffee the other morning.. and seeing what appeared to be a thing of deep space in my coffee I named it the Nebula alfa Santini ! And so it is! 

I have weird dreams as you know.. literally from the sublime to the ridiculous.. I watch all genre of movies and read all books! So I guess what goes in must come out. But there are most definitely things in dreams I believe are messages from our intuition or our gut, that's been proven now, our gut feelings have scientifically been linked to our brains! 

Anyways, in my dreams this night past, a snake, and although they can have a vast amount of meanings, the fact that he was a baby, to start with, and although hissed at me and could have easily bitten me, he didn't, I was holding him and... I am laughing my head off here alone in my house, we shared a drink! Well, it was a dream and anything can happen! So I'm taking all positive aspects of the meanings of snake and running with those! On the other hand shitty bathrooms are never good dreams or a good meaning!

I'm on holiday this week! Did I mention that already!?! 

Had a great day yesterday, went to the next town mid morning, relaxed and happy, I shopped, one item only but was a very good day.. 

The awful humidity we've been having broke on Saturday night, there were storms and rain all over, apart from over this area.. or if it did must have been well after I was asleep.. I sat up on the terrace and although a few drops, nothing of what was everywhere else nearby.. 

Sunday the winds came, which it seems were worse on the coast, including Malaga, people injured, trees and debris all over the place.. 

I swept the steps Sunday morning and they looked like I haven't in weeks by the late afternoon! 

Might be a few errors here, writing early, because I'm not sleeping, my mind is playing games and keeping me awake! So I was going to read and have a cuppa tea, the latter has got cold and the kindle timed out!

Our blue moon this month, on the 30th, I have to try and see it.. even if it means me wandering the streets or driving down to the coast.. because the next regular blue moon will be May 31st 2026. And that seems like another lifetime away! 

January and March 2037 will be Super Blue Moons.. and that my dears is like like talking about the past or never never time.. for someone who never looked into the future, me, it's an inconceivable date.

Better post before I fall asleep..  like now I want to sleep! 

M.

Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud.

Maya Angelou - 1928-2014 - Poet-Singer-Activist