The Little Bell

Another hot muggy morning for walking. No breeze at all today. I saw the deer and her two babies again. When I walked where I used to live, I would find coins almost every day, in fact over the years I've found almost $200 and keep all the coins in old glass banks that used to contain syrup. I only find money every once in a while since I've been walking here. Today though, I found 2 quarters to add to my banks. :-) When I was a little girl (don't remember the year) I stayed with my grandmother while my mother and father went on a little vacation to Cape Cod. When they came back there was a little bell hanging from the rear view mirror of my father's car that said Cape Cod on it. Over the years that little bell would always be in all of his cars. Every new car he got he would hang that little bell from the rear view mirror. One day he added a little crystal. My father loved to drive - I think that was his favorite thing to do. So when he died I took that little bell with the crystal and hung it on the rear view mirror of my Saturn which was my car at the time he died. Now it hangs from the mirror of my Corvette. My father would have loved my Corvette - I'm only sorry he never new I finally got one. When I'm driving and the little bell rings, I always think of my DAD!! :-) I miss you Daddy!

Today I finally finished reading

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. (973 pages)

It's set in England staring in the year 1123 and ends in the year 1174. There is never a dull moment. One exciting thing after another happens throughout the whole book. I thought it was an excellent story.

I also finished reading I'll Take You There by Joyce Carol Oates.

I find all her books depressing but good. I called my friend Bernice and we had a nice long talk. She has been my friend my whole life. She is the sister I never had and I love her dearly!! :-) Knitted some more on the ripple afghan and now have 12 of the 19 strips done. I watched a Netflix and ate up the last of the chocolate chip cookies for my snack. I hope this Wednesday was a happy day for you. Happyone :-) A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.