We need to look on the BRIGHT SIDE is how the saying goes…………

Sometimes I can do JUST THAT and other times NOT SO MUCH.

I have this need of getting things “READY” for the end of my LIFE.

But yet I do NOTHING about it!

I have a daily argument with myself; enjoy it you spent years collecting it.

Let the family DEAL with the leftovers.

There is a TIME and SPOT for everything and just because the TREND IS TO CLEAN OUT doesn’t mean we have to keep up.

Does it?

Instead I bake.

I was gifted a cookbook by my friend MICHELE created from her family recipes.

I started with the mini cheesecakes using a vanilla wafer as the crust!

Her mini cheesecakes are MORE BEAUTIFUL in the book!

She has since given me a lesson on slicing the strawberries and I not wanting to be wasteful of the apricot jam doused it on towards the end.

BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THESE ARE DELICIOUS AND OH SO EASY!

These are her mini cheese cakes below……….OH TRA~LA!

ONE DAY MINE WILL LOOK LIKE THESE!

TIGRE, the new kid in the household is holding his own.

Theodore still not being HOSPITABLE, but the hissing has stopped.

Tigre likes to be on PILLOWS and in high spots!

His SAFE ZONE.

Checking on BIRD ACTIVITY before settling in for a nap!

I LOVE IT THAT HE SLEEPS HERE BY DAY IN THE SUN.

He is my new baby to fuss over.

My REAL BABIES are turning 35 and 37 years old this season!

THAT CREPT UP and BIT ME IN THE GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE!

Gasping at the years and thinking back to when I was that age.

We had returned from ITALY (1994) and had started the remodel of our current house we live in today.

The house I should be CLEANING OUT but keep putting OFF!

WHAT IS THIS?

(my arm)

One moment it arrives NO ITCH.

Has a whitehead on it.

Next day itches like crazy and GROWS!

After a few hours almost gone.

I get these every few months and usually MORE than one!

WHO CAN TELL ME WHAT THIS IS…….a bite, an allergic reaction I am mystified!

THE KING of the HOUSE.

THEODORE who cannot be far from me and ENJOYS his sleep as much as I DO.

BELOW a VISITOR I HAD WHO I WAS ABLE TO HELP ESCAPE TO THE OUTDOORS!

Which brings me to the ELECTION in the USA.

G U L P !

IT IS THAT TIME ONCE AGAIN………….

They say it will be a TIGHT RACE!

I personally cannot go through another Presidency with the JOKER who tosses food and watches television all afternoon and speaks like an undisciplined child with no parental guidance.Just to mention a few major character flaws that stand out when he speaks.

Tell me if you are OVERSEAS what YOUR COUNTRY thinks of our ex-president running again!

TELL me why YOU THINK I’m WRONG?

It would be useful I think if we can discuss this without EXCLAMATION POINTS and ALL CAPS!

I don’t see how the MAGA CROWD and their ETHICS fits in with TODAYS WORLD and BELIEFS.

IF YOU FEEL THE NEED PLEASE START THE COMMENTS WITH WHAT YOU SEE GOING ON.

I REALLY DONOT UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE WOULD THINK THIS MAN IS FIT.

HE IS A BUFFOON to the biggest degree!

I do not need any news outlet or written article telling me what I think.All I need to do is watch them speak and my mind is made up.ARTICULATE, EDUCATED and have an affinity for PEOPLE.

A SMILE IS NICE TO SEE TOO……..it is down right HEART WARMING in TODAYS SOCIETY!

I’m ready to run away and be totally OFF GRID in a bucolic setting with a few animals and flowers to keep me busy.Of course I will wear CAFTANS and PEARLS and a BIG BRIMMED HAT to talk to the BIRDS as per the norm!I would NOT want to disappoint those who have referred to me in the PAST and PRESENT as NUTS, not VERY SMART and this LOVELY DESCRIPTIVE WORD CALLED STUPID.

These words remind me of the man running for PRESIDENT!

What happened to COMPASSION, EMPATHY and KINDNESS in THIS MAN?

Could it be his DIET,AGE,LACK of EDUCATION?

Or IGNORANCE IN and ABOUT OUR WORLD?

I Get a HEADACHE just hearing his name and don’t get me started on that THIRD WIFE of his seems she GHOSTED the AMERICAN PEOPLE……………..and has now written a BOOK to let us know what she DID!

PS. THAT PROJECT 2025……………THAT MAN’s name is mentioned 312 times but he has said on the televised DEBATE he had NOTHING to do with it!If you aren’t familiar with PROJECT 2025 I would suggest you do some research for YOUR OWN GOOD.

DONE WITH MY RANT………………need to get outside and walk.As this month I see MY MOTHER’s underarms have arrived and HER KNEES AND THIGHS ARE SETTLING IN; TO REMIND ME I AM NO SPRING CHICK!Has your Mother made an appearance on YOUR BODY?I SUPPOSE it’s a GOOD THING and a NICE WAY TO REMEMBER the one who did SO MUCH FOR US.

September is over and I will be cooking RISOTTO more than PASTA in the coming months.

What is your COMFORT FOOD for the coming season?

I WISH YOU ALL GOODNESS AND HEALTH,

CONTESSA

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