YES and NO April A to Z

YES, I am dragging the bottom of my brain with this post and NO I don't think I will do this again. 
I don't think I am the only one who will be glad to see the end of April, I have noticed a great drop in comments and I am guilty as well.  I have added a lot of Blogs to my reader that I will be happy to read and comment on as the days go on.  I will also be able to participate in Writing Prompts as usual and participate in some of the weekend memes that I enjoy, both reading and playing.

VICTORIOUS? April A to Z

Will I be VICTORIOUS? Will I make it to the end of the alphabet?  I have only three scheduled posts left and then NADA.   I have a word document that has list of V words and Y words, that may be an option, but my mind is a blank.

    Valuable, Velcro, Vibrations, Virga. I will go with virga.

Like a Phoenix

Well Winter was mild and dry, Spring was mild and dry and Summer has been in triple digits, very dry and hot, both day and night.  What will Fall bring?This summer has been alot hot and humid with no rain or usual thunderstorms. Meteorologist are calling this the hottest, most drought ridden on record. I knew when we moved here, winters would be cold, summers hot and humid and we would always be grateful for Fall and Spring

This week we finally got a break in the heat, it was often 98 or 99 degrees, truly a break by about 10 degrees, from what it had been.  We have been getting up very early to take the poor neglected pups for a walk.  This morning when we got up it was 69 degrees with a breeze.  We left at 7:30 for our walk and it was so mild and lovely, we decided to go to the local park instead of the cemetery.  It is part of the Rails to Trails Conservancy .  It is wonderful, they have taken old and abandoned rail way corridors and turned them into Parks and Trails for everyone to enjoy. Ours is the Frisco Green way between Webb City and Joplin.  Today it was lovely. 

The dogs were stopping to sniff everything along the trail. Totem thought the fallen hedge apples were tennis balls. Since our walk I've been reading them. They are considered a natural pesticide but not poisonous to mammals, I am going to get some and try it out.  I think they would be interesting in arrangements as well. Some of them seemed to have been eaten by wild animals.

Today was a treat.  The weather is to be mild (90's) the rest of the week, with some showers and thunderstorms predicted this weekend.  I am hoping this is a turning point for the summer.  I am sure there will be more hot weather but I hope that Fall will rise from the ashes of Summer and be beautiful.

Candy is Dandy

I have a sweet tooth, I will admit it freely, candy is dandy.  About an hour ago I had just had a handful of M&M, my current candy favorite, mainly because I can measure them and not overdo.  I already have a mouthful of crowns to testify that I love Candy.  As I have aged, my sweet tooth is still there but I curb it.  This week I selected MamaKat's prompt #5 .) Do you have a sweet tooth? List your top five favorite candies! I don't indulge in these much anymore, however, they are still among my favorites.

Peeps!  I received them as a child and did not like them as much as the other Easter treats so they hardened at the bottom of my basket as I ate the others first. The Peeps were better when they were stale. If I eat Peeps now I always poke a hole in them and put them away for a while.  Yum......




Sees Candy, truffles and nuts & chews.  I think this is absolutely the best box candies.  They are wonderful at Christmas and unfortunately practically unheard of outside of the western US.

Look bars, You could smack them on the edge and they would break into smaller pieces. I don't eat them any more as they are very chewy and I am sure they would loosen the crowns in my mouth.  Chewy candy is not something I can eat anymore. 

Junior Mints a movie favorite, York Patties have taken their place but I still love me a good JM when I can find them. 

Red Vines and black licorice, I still eat them as they are no or low fat, but they are very addictive and I could make myself sick it I were to buy them in the big tubs.

Favorite Red Things

I Loved these at the Movies

The first Movie I can remember seeing the next one is Bambi

We saw lots of these in Missouri over Thanksgiving

We had oodles of red squirels when we Lived in Michigan

A Missouri red sunset

Mr BC's Mistress, the red Hussy!

Saturday Photo Hunt #1

This was taken in Pacific Beach, in San Diego from our Balcony. Mr Bankerchick took this on one of our weekend escapes. The fog was rolling in and the next shots we had were not as pretty.