tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post3623000942832544447..comments2024-01-08T12:20:35.916-06:00Comments on Rants by Ronni: MelancholyRonnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062796442588373271noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-47796813088127887812008-09-22T13:11:00.000-05:002008-09-22T13:11:00.000-05:00AHHHHHH the memories you invoke! The leaves are ju...AHHHHHH the memories you invoke! The leaves are just starting to turn here.<BR/>I will have to get out there and take some pictures and post them.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327603547993763237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-44054319526217401242008-09-22T03:28:00.000-05:002008-09-22T03:28:00.000-05:00In a way, you must feel quite proud that Brendan i...In a way, you must feel quite proud that Brendan is happy and getting on with things. He'll probably need something soon. lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-68969282158364610722008-09-22T00:20:00.000-05:002008-09-22T00:20:00.000-05:00I've been so busy I forgot I'm a member there! Th...I've been so busy I forgot I'm a member there! Thanks, Sprocket, on both counts! LOL!<BR/><BR/>Hopefully, things will be slowing down on the next week or so, and I can catch up over there.Ronnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062796442588373271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-15229078388085328482008-09-21T23:17:00.000-05:002008-09-21T23:17:00.000-05:00Hi Ronnie,I was cruising around the Coalition CB m...Hi Ronnie,<BR/><BR/>I was cruising around the Coalition CB member list, and saw your name, and I immediately wondered how you were doing so I thought I would drop in here and read a few posts.<BR/><BR/>I don't know why, but reading this post where you mentioned your husband brought tears to my eyes. <BR/><BR/>Sending you an energy prayer and hope you are doing well.Sprockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837416113512618694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-41948126656612015332008-09-21T07:59:00.000-05:002008-09-21T07:59:00.000-05:00Very nice, Mijo! I think you are pretty awesome!I...Very nice, Mijo! I think you are pretty awesome!<BR/><BR/>I remember those Indian summers on Vancouver Island, and you just brought all that back. Thanks...<BR/><BR/>How does Thomas like school?Ronnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062796442588373271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-30090017380359741542008-09-21T06:13:00.000-05:002008-09-21T06:13:00.000-05:00The weather turned grey and cold on Southern Vanco...The weather turned grey and cold on Southern Vancouver Island today. Summer has been fading fast, but struggling to hold on -- Tuesday was the last true full blue sky/hot sun grateful for the Orange Julius at the end of the school day sort of day. My son Thomas, who has started school this year decided that instead of going to the water park he wanted an Orange Julius, so we did that instead, trudging along the sidewalk from his school we kicked leaves that seemed incongruously dry, mounded up in small (so far) drifts under the trees. When you look up the branches still seem full, and on this particular day they were a screaming lemon yellow against a deep blue sky. When we left the mall after the after school treat and some shopping for dinner, the sun was lower than it seemed possible in the sky, too close to the earth, and the air seemed to be scorched in a thin desperate heat. This wasn't a generous bountiful luxurious warmth, a sybaritic velvety evening softened by ocean breezes-- this a mean, serious end of summer blaze. And we knew. We knew that the water park was over for the year, that whatever warm days happen now, they will be cracked and crazed with hairline fissures of the coming frost, that woodsmoke and pot roasts and pumpkins and squash are going to be the foods, the corn and blackberries and water melons are now memories. It was glorious day for my son and I, and a quiet one as well. He is pretty awesome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-52706815821403418402008-09-19T13:28:00.000-05:002008-09-19T13:28:00.000-05:00Miserable boy has not contacted me in nearly a mon...Miserable boy has not contacted me in nearly a month.<BR/><BR/>Brat!<BR/><BR/>You have a good one, too, Mgt!Ronnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062796442588373271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-24221599026225681492008-09-19T10:31:00.000-05:002008-09-19T10:31:00.000-05:00Ronni, I hope you have a good weekend and that you...Ronni, I hope you have a good weekend and that you get a little rain.<BR/><BR/>Any news about Brendan?<BR/><BR/>Ciao xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-27124123933611982002008-09-19T00:24:00.000-05:002008-09-19T00:24:00.000-05:00I am ready for fall, I do love everything about it...I am ready for fall, I do love everything about it, but I want it to hurry up and get over with and winter too. Spring is my favorite :) I love it when everything starts growing again. I could do without summer and winter. I guess I don't like extremes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-47596381553397042782008-09-18T21:31:00.000-05:002008-09-18T21:31:00.000-05:00Burning leaves--the best pot-pourri of Fall.Thanks...Burning leaves--the best pot-pourri of Fall.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reminding me.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05559060504098259089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-73034008776837603692008-09-18T18:00:00.000-05:002008-09-18T18:00:00.000-05:00I love the fall. If I moved I would totally miss ...I love the fall. If I moved I would totally miss it.<BR/><BR/>However winter is HORRIBLE, so there is of course a drawback!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08087323964849168183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-48039827093146922442008-09-18T11:00:00.000-05:002008-09-18T11:00:00.000-05:00Don't say a word....I think it's dry outside. Shhh...Don't say a word....I think it's dry outside. Shhh!<BR/><BR/>This country must be completely water-logged.<BR/><BR/>I'll check in tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-85080875855468089862008-09-18T09:38:00.000-05:002008-09-18T09:38:00.000-05:00Grab a box of matches and set a leaf or two ablaze...Grab a box of matches and set a leaf or two ablaze. It will all come back to you.Ronnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062796442588373271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-28331501871454530182008-09-18T09:05:00.000-05:002008-09-18T09:05:00.000-05:00I have great memories of my visits to Scotland as ...I have great memories of my visits to Scotland as a child. We used to rake up the leaves, stuff them in a barrel and drag it up to the fireplace for burning. <BR/><BR/>My grandfather was no longer strong enough to carry anything, he had suffered a really bad heart attack.<BR/><BR/>Wish I could remember the smell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com