Mom’s Corner - Sundays
I love Sunday. I read “The Lock Hornes”. It is a comic strip about an older couple, and much of it rings true. Not anything Herb & I would say or do, mind you.” Mind you” is a phrase that folks use in Canada. Like that can’t be true, though, mind you, such & such is a possibility.
This Sunday started out quite lovely though the temperature was fairly low for South Florida. Sunday is also the day I water all my plants and flowers. Our living room was dressed with a beautiful new orchid plant from the Roberts, and three gorgeous flower arrangements delivered on the 31st. all for my birthday.. Herb had given me a huge flower arrangement with a balloon floating above it. I was watering outside when I noticed it was getting cooler and cooler. At ten as I went in I heard a strange booming sound. I checked our fuse box and soon realized it was not my problem, but the whole condominiums. Little did I know it was most of the villages west & north of us. To make a long story shorter. The notice we received.. one neighbor chatting with another was, it would be 5:30 P.M. before everything was restored. Well we lived in Canada for 4 years. We Dover’s could cope with a little cold weather. The house lost all it’s warmth. I retired to my bed and many blankets. No hot pad to make my feet thaw. I wished I had ordered those feet & hand, and so forth warmers. They seemed ridiculous when I read about them, and here I was wishing for them. 5:30 came and went. The next gossip get together set 10:30 as THE TIME. By 7 we were not only cold, and sitting in the dark, but both of us were hungry for a hot meal . We dressed by lantern light, and went to a local Chinese restaurant. Hot tea, and hot soup plus Happy Family, did the trick for us. On the way home we saw the FPL truck working on a building around the block from our Villa. They thought all the cables to the electricity had to be replaced by 10:30 or 11 !!!.. OK we thought. Every place is lit up but our block.
Our phone was ringing and our dear friends, Mario & Daisy insisted we come sleep over in their beautiful house. I knew even if the electric wasn’t turmed on until miidnight it would be better to stay home. They wouldn’t take no for an answer ,so Herb & I packed two paper bags with essentcials and drove over. Of course I forgot I no longer have a drivers licence. Don’t worry I have a date to get one on the 13th.. Wish me luck.
The good news is we are rid of many Igunas as they can’t stand 3 days of cold weather. I don’t wish them ill, I just wish them gone as they eat all the flowering plants.
So that was my day. Things are slowly warming up so if you were planning on coming down to Florida, all it’s delights will welcome you with open arms.
Love,
Robert’s Mom
