Wanna Play?What another gorgeous day we have - so far this morning. I looked ahead at the weather report though, and looks like its predicting some storminess to come in by Wednesday when we go to Jackson again.
I'm really having a hard time coming up with anything new and interesting to write about these last several days. So I hope Jackie doesn't mind that I'm sharing with you a cute story she had about her dad. Jackie lives on a wheat farm in Eastern Washington and is also a fine artist. But you've heard me talk about her before - she was president of the Women Artists and I was her V.P. a year or so ago. I can just picture this because our old men who live in town all have their morning coffee get togethers every day.
From Jackie: "I guess I am full of funny stories today because my dad told a story in town yesterday too. To set the story up, dad, for years, has met at the local quick stop to have coffee with his friends. They are quite a bunch, as they always give each other such a bad time and some of them are notorious for practical jokes. One day one of the bunch, who is a retired Coast Guard captain, came in and saw that one of the other guys(Mel) had a bandage on the side of his head where he had a growth removed. The retired Coast Guard captain said kiddingly to Mel “ Well, Mel I see that you had half of your brain taken out yesterday” and without a hesitation Mel says “ Well, yes I did and I am going back tomorrow to have the other half removed so I can join the Coast Guard. Of course the place fell apart laughing. Mel had the best sense of humor and was so quick with the come backs. I am sorry to say that Mel passed away last year and the guys sure do miss him."
