Another Ann and Andy

It rained all night but had pretty much stopped by the time I started walking.  Just a very fine mist and that soon stopped and it was just cloudy.  There was no breeze and it was a warm 40 degrees out.  By the time I got home the clouds were breaking up and there was even some blue sky starting to show through.

I walked around the lake and it was pretty quiet there.  Just a few regulars were around.  Didn't see much wildlife today either, but the geese were there as usual coming and going.  My geese seem to be always on the move.

My friend Lin is in town and called and we talked and walked for about 2 miles together. I said good-bye to her when I came up to the road where I had to cross the street.

I took 12,347 steps on my walk this morning.

Sunrise 6:43

Sunset 5:58

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Planned on doing some cleaning but just never got around to it - it will keep till tomorrow!

Ken and I went out for lunch.  We went to the Cheesecake Factory which is in by Live! Casino.  You can see it to the right in the picture.  They built this huge place in the parking lot of the mall over by Burlington Coat Factory.

After a light lunch Ken handed me $10 in quarters and we went into the casino to take a look around.  He also had $10 in quarters.  We are not gamblers but thought it would be fun to play a few slot machines.  Things sure have changed since I've played the slots.  You don't put the quarters in the machines anymore. Paper money goes in a slot and you don't even get to pull the level - just hit a button.  And when you win you don't get to hear the coins come down.  You just get a credit.  They took all the fun out of it.  We each only played $5. 
We enjoyed walking around and watching others play but I don't see us going back there again.  I noticed that no one was smiling or seemed happy.  They were all intent on what they were doing. 

Yesterday it seems a lot of you got a kick out of seeing the Raggedy Ann and Andy that I saw on my walk yesterday like I did.
Today I'm posting a picture of the Raggedy Ann and Andy that sit with me in my office.  These are the ones my two kids, Debbi and David played with when they were kids.  David's Andy looks a bit more used than Debbi's Ann. : )

We ended up having a beautiful sunny day in the 50's but now as I write this it has clouded up again.
I'm hoping to finish up the book I'm reading so I can return it to the library when we go there tomorrow.

That's it for today.
Till next time.........
A happy day to you.
Happyone : )

Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way

in order to come back a short distance correctly.

~Edward Albee