79. Back On The Front Porch At Possum Kingdom Lake- AhAh!

Back on the Front Porch at Possum Kingdom Lake- AhAh!

We got home in the dark on a cool, crisp October night. Coming home from the Congo and then Belgium took several flights and too many hours. I was surprised at the strong call to “get home” as we drove the last two hours from the Dallas airport. With bags all unloaded, body clocks messed up and too tired to sleep, we went out to the deck-off our bedroom -to sit in our gliders and look out at “our” lake.

It was too dark to see the lake clearly for the full moon is days gone, but we could hear it as it lapped  against the craggy shore. We could smell the Cedars, that grow in the crevices along the water’s edge, next to the now naked Mesquites.

It was nippy out so we each had a blanket. Fall is here so the mosquitoes are gone! A gentle fall breeze suddenly came in from across the lake and pushed away the clouds to show us the remaining fingernail of a moon. We could then see in the soft illumination, the vastness and canyon walls of Possum Kingdom Lake and the silver ripples of the gently moving water.

In the early morning- my body is seven  hours ahead- when the usual vapors from the water are shielding the sunrise, I am back out in my glider with a cup of hot tea. Dave the cat is beside me on the blanket wating with me and purring with contentment as we wait for the morning to break and I'm writing y’all. I want to listen and see if we have the morning chorus of birds here too- but just have not heard them before because of a soundproof home. I want to see the colors of the sun as it breaks over the lake and watch as the colors change like the chameleons we saw in Congo. I want to hear the first fish of the morning jump after his unsuspecting hovering meal. I want to see the geese from Canada -also returning home- as they play follow the leader across the sky and call to let you know they are there. I want to walk through the leaves of brassy gold, marigold orange and scarlet wine that have formed a quilt of fall on the ground. Not an organized quilt like the Log Cabin but a Victorian Crazy quilt of Nature.

 It is time to begin to settle back into our retirement here at Possum Kingdom Lake. The same ole day to day. Back wherethere are fewer people and folks move at a  much slower place. Amazingly, there are still groceries to get, beds to change and the kitchen and rooms to clean! Only now it is Mama Lenore that does it all! Hummm…maybe…no, I will stay right here!!

Agenda:

1.    Go see and hug  Granddaughters -Oh, yes and their parents too! ASAP!

2.    Go to FUMC in Graham.

3.    Check on friends and family all over by text, email and phone and not pay $20 a minute!

4.    Get Groceries- gee-  we will probably only have to go to one store! I wonder if Ken will still go with me everytime like he did for 5 months!

5.    Return to the regular ole stuff of life in the Great State of Texas!

6.    Watch FOOTBALL!! Watch FOOTBALL!!  AND Watch some more FOOTBALL!!

7. "Learn" how to cook and drive again. Hope it's like ridinig a bicycle- one never forgets!

So this is it. There will be one more blog and then it’s a Round Trip!

 Love Ya! , Me