Ponder Pages

    This weekend here is our county fair. You'd think it could be a big deal. But it's not. The fair this year is the worst ever. Apparently the carnival they were going to get cancelled and we almost didn't have anything. They do have a few things. About four rides, if that's what you want to call them. And maybe about four games. And a few food stands. Not even a place to get an elephant ear, my favorite. There are the usual animals, but not even many of those any more. As for local booth displays, not even many of those. But it is free to get into. But you still have to pay to see grandstand things as always. This town gets worse and worse every year when it comes to promoting itself. Nobody wants to do much of anything to bring in people in different ways other then work and a little bit of tourism. There is a car show in the park that might bring a few more people in, but don't count on it. So I was thinking what they could have done to help boost the crowds

What can I say about this shooting that has not already been said? I would like to to say my thoughts and prayers go out to all of those who are personally involved in this incident in a way I know they never imagined they would ever be. So many questions are going through everyone's mind on how something like this could have happened. Most of them will never be honestly answered. My thoughts about this person who did this are as follows: He was has been very lost to the real world for a long time. For his mother to say," You've got the right person." Tells me she know exactly how lost he was. He was so lost he created a fantasy world where he believed he was the Joker. Always smiling in every picture. What I'd like to ask is why he chose that moment to unleash his fantasy world on to the real world in such a devastating way? There is nothing anyone can do to undo what has been done. I'm not a fan of the present Batman movies.Way to violent for my ta

 Yesterday the husband and I took a ride and ended up along the shore of Lake Superior. I like to do this kind of thing from time to time. You never know what you'll find. For one thing you find drift wood like the one above. I know it's small but I'm sure I'll find something to do with it.  Another thing we found was this feather. I'm not sure which kind of bird it came from for sure but it was a large bird. Maybe an eagle. Then there are rocks. Here are some small ones that caught my eye for different reasons.    This one we found and  of course left there, X marks the spot. Now this one has a nature made mark that once you see it you can't unsee it. That is if you want to see it.  But if you don't see it, it might almost look like a picture of a big dinosaur or even a dog sitting up or a caterpillar.  That's the mystery of being out side. You never know where your imagination will lead you.  You might even find me if

  I was thinking this last week, I know a dangerous thing for me to do. That wouldn't it be interesting if when it came to celebrating Independence we could make a weekend of it every year. What I mean is instead of nation wide we set off the fireworks on the Fourth Of July that we make a good long weekend of celebrating it on the first Friday of July? I would not ask anyone to forget about the The Fourth of July, never. Just when it comes to celebrating it we do it on the first Friday of July. It would give more people a better chance to really enjoy the celebration. I ask people I work with if there was a chance to change to time off for the holiday to a Friday giving you a whole weekend of enjoyment, no matter what day the fourth is on. Because lets face it when it's in the middle of the week, like it was this year, allot of people can not enjoy it the way it should be enjoyed because they have to get up in the morning to go to work. We have Memorial Weekend and Labor D