A Good Day With Two Grand Boys And One Beloved Daughter

There's another happy, happy little volunteer sunflower from underneath the bird feeder. They are so dang cheerful. 

Mr. Moon got up early this morning to go fishing and so all was quiet here when I got up. I drank my coffee and did a few chores and then got dressed to go pick up Levon at his school. "Did you bring us treats?" he asked while he buckled himself into his seat. He was hoping for more of the Nutella snack pack with the breadsticks to scoop out the chocolate hazelnut deliciousness but I told him that no, today I had brought something even better- chocolate eclairs! August had reminded me last week of the ones in a "Babar" book and he asked me if I had any. I admitted that no, eclairs are not something I generally have lying around. He was disappointed. So when I went shopping the other day, I picked up two at Publix and put them in the freezer to take today and by some miracle of the French pastry gods, I did not forget to take them. 

I told Levon that he had to wait until August got home to eat his and he was not entirely well-pleased about that but he took it in stride. And then I told him that we were going to go see May at her new restaurant and that he could get pizza. He did not seem overjoyed at that, either, but when we walked in and May came to greet us, he hugged her hard. It was so good to see my darling Maysie. The restaurant she manages has moved from one location to another and this new location was actually where the very first Chinese restaurant in Tallahassee (I think) opened many years ago. It was also the long-time home of a beloved Chinese buffet but now it has a new and different life. 

I ordered our pizza and got the boy a Sprite with pink lemonade in it which suited him very well and then May found something on the TV that he said he'd like to watch which was a Mermaid movie entitled "Mermaid" and he happily sat glued to the screen the entire time we were there although there was no sound. He didn't care. He got the gist of it. And May and I got to talk. We traded news and told each other about the books we are reading and so forth. It was purely sweet. And the pizza was very good. 

When we were all finished I had to take some pictures. 

As always, Levon had done his own hair for school. 

And then off we went to his house where we read a long book and then it was time to go get his brother at the after-care. The lady there came out with August and asked me to please tell his parents that she would love for August to come on a Friday sometime, which he rarely does, because they have pizza and treats on Friday and he is so sweet (her words) that she doesn't want him to miss out on. 
Could a grandmother hear any more pleasing words? 
I think not.
I told her that tomorrow August will be coming to my house to spend the night but that I would tell his mom and dad that he should do a Friday after-care soon. 
"I'll put him something in the freezer for him," she said. 
I think she really likes August. 

Back to the house we went where the boys ate their eclairs which were FILLED with custard. I sort of wanted to snatch one and eat it myself but nice grannies don't do things like that. 

And then they trampolined and then they got in the new pool which someone gave them and which they've set up in the backyard. 

Now they have an in-ground trampoline and an above-ground pool. Life is good at the Weatherford's. 

It's still a little chilly here for swimming, actually, and the boys spent quite a bit of time playing with the floaty rings in the trampoline. Whatever. Our weather has been shockingly cool and mild and last night I even slept with the duckling over me, not to be confused with either the duck or the duck-ette. It's been heavenly. We will be sweating out of the eyeballs before long though. 

Mr. Moon just texted and he is on his way home. He spent ten hours or more on the river! But who wouldn't want to spend ten hours looking at things like this?

I have not gotten a fishing report but I do hope he is bringing home some sweet little river fishes for me to cook. Not only are they delicious but it will also be something different to cook. 

And look! He just sent this picture. 

He said that the bloom was no larger than a silver dollar. It's a sweetbay or swamp magnolia. 

Despite the millions of things that have happened and are happening to destroy Florida, there are still incredibly wild and beautiful places here. God- can you imagine if some forward-thinking law-makers made the entire state a natural eco-destination? 
Yeah. Like that'll ever happen. We'll just keep paving it over, building condos on the beach, polluting the lakes, sinkholes, springs, and rivers, drilling for oil offshore, and destroying the Everglades and wetlands until it's not fit for man nor beast. 

Nor swamp magnolia, either. 

Well. Until then, a lot of us are determined to love what we have here now which is a lot less than it used to be but a lot more than soon will be. 

Humans. 

Love...Ms. Moon