kaleidoscope

drawn by Chib

My youngest brother
drew this
for me today
&
it made me happy
in Real Life
you can see the sparkles
involved
and that makes
it all the better

show some love

       Greetings! and Happy Valentines Day to you all-

       The color of red appeared all over today. Everyone seemed to be planning to do nice things for other people. I went into the Safeway grocery store. And, Woah! Men were swarming all over in that place. Gazing at flowers and trying to decide which would be the best to give their sweet heart. The red roses were of course long gone from sight- probably snatched up in the morning hours by fortunate early birds. I saw one man gazing through the flower cooler/fridge and over-heard him asking his friend,
       "Do you think those flowers are even real!?"
       "Well do you think they'd keep 'em in a fridge if they weren't?" his friend replied.
       "No, I guess not.." he bought the yellow lily arrangement.
       I went to get some margarine and then went back to pick out some roses the color of mango interior for my wonderful Mom. As I stood in line a lady was explaining how she was getting chicken wings for her husband because she he would love that much more than flowers! Very true, Lady.
       After Safeway I stopped at Wal-mart, a busy place as well. Not so many people buying flowers there tho'. Mostly chocolates and other red things. The lines were looong. I stood in one for awhile, only to be informed that "Actually this till isn't open anymore." Thank-you very much! I will join another long line. I did. After 7 minutes of waiting, (it was maybe only 4) a polite voice spoke to me.
       "Do you have any weighables?" it said.
       "Uuh-no I guess I don't." said I.
       "I can help you over here, then." the elderly lady said.
Relief.
I snuck over to the jewelry counter where she scanned all my dairy products that I was buying for my family of four boys & a Mom. (Dad is in Steinbach, MB, presently) I paid for it and together we put the stuff into gray bags. I smiled and told her to have a nice day as I walked away.
       "You made my day better than you might have imagined, Lady. Thanks.." I thought to myself.

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monkshood breakfast

     Monkshood is a beautiful perennial flower. It is usually purple or white with purple edges. The flower is shaped like a monk's hood :) Breakfast is the first meal of the day. Some common foods to eat at breakfast time are eggs, pancakes, cold cereal, oatmeal, toasted bread, waffles, fruit, french toast, etc. Upon this day on our farm, my Dad, Mom, and three brothers, (my older sister is presently in Guatemala so she was not present) gathered around our breakfast nook table. In the center of the table stood a bouquet of monkshood, iris spikes, and delphiniums in an antique-ish cream-colored watering can. The menu was pancakes which I had made (they were abit too salty but no one said anything so I kept my mouth shut as well) fresh milk, and a white cream syrup. Peanut butter was an additional topping.
    The prayer was said and people began to help themselves to this feast. Lucas poured himself a glass of milk out of a nearly empty carton. Levi proceeded to do the same and emptied the carton. Then Lucas said in a loud-ish voice, "LEVI, something big poured into your cup!"  Levi peered into his cup, then mentioned the word yuck. "Is the milk old?" questioned Mom.. Levi brought the cup over to her to be inspected. "It looks kind of like a spider--" she said. This brought a frown to Lucas' face. "I'm not drinking my milk!" he said. The two cups of milk were then poured into a bowl to be lapped up later by a special feline. This is when the discovery was made. One of the monkshood flowers had fallen into the carton of milk while it had been sitting on the table and from there it had been distributed into my brothers' drinking utensils.. each member of the family breathed a sigh and continued eating the first meal of the day...


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