RANDOM THOUGHTS....

Before we left on our C.R.U.I.S.E
we had ANOTHER cloudy, exciting, rainy day...

I say EXCITING because ANYtime it rains out here in WEST TEXAS,

it's exciting !!

It was dark enough most of the morning that

I had lamps turned on and...

I LOVE THAT !
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Little tiny tangerines...
good, juicy, but not very sweet..
Not nearly as tasty as CLEMENTINES....
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RUBY RED grapefruits ALWAYS remind me of TIMES PAST...
My mother had them for my brother and I ..a LOT...for breakfast.
She always wanted us to start our day with FRUIT..
'course, we always put so much SUGAR on them, I doubt they were all that good for us..
STILL...
I start buying them a lot around this time of year and they are sooo good.
and...I still put lots of sugar on mine.
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There's a LOT of foods that remind me of my mother...
COMFORT FOODS....for sure.

When I was very young,

my mother and daddy divorced...

I spent a week with him each summer but....
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that didn't allow us to form any kind of bond.

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He was sweet...and very good to me....

I can't ever remember even a cross word.

But...

I never REALLY knew him.
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I never knew about his hopes....his dreams...his concerns....his joys.

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I DO know of one of his favorite foods...

biscuits with molasses poured over them...

with fried potatoes and hot coffee..

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But..that's not a LOT to know about your daddy..

I DID get a wonderful step-father that I loved dearly...

and he loved my brother and I very much..

I spent all my childhood with him and when I lost him 18 years ago....

I LOST MY DADDY...!!

hE was the one that taught me to use all my fruit skins

mixed with spices to simmer on my stove top...
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It makes the entire cottage smell heavenly...
and I never smell a fruity room scent that I don't think of him...
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Foods are powerful reminders of days present...
and days gone by.
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