Saturday, April 25, 2020 - Morning Phone Call, Breakfast Pickup, Puzzle Craziness, Afternoon Phone Call, Dinner Leftovers, Visit with Family, Rain and Rainbows!

Saturday, April 25, 2020 - Morning Phone Call, Breakfast Pickup, Puzzle Craziness, Afternoon Phone Call, Dinner Leftovers, Visit with Family - Phone and In Person, Rain and Rainbows!

My son Marc took this picture of the rainbow at their house from his shop.

Cindy and I often talk early in the morning and today was no different.  We visit about a number of things and just enjoy our visits.

We could tell it was going to be a beautiful morning.  Even though we have had quite a bit of rain it has been mostly showers here and there.  Those are great.  I don't even mind the rain during the day, unless I need to get out for some reason.  I can always find something to do.

Dean had mentioned yesterday that maybe we should order breakfast tomorrow, so I asked him if he still wanted to do that.  Of course he said yes.  I called Circle C and ordered Dean's normal request - 2 eggs/medium, has browns, sausage and wheat toast.  I wanted something different so I chose biscuits and gravy.  I was surprised how hot they were when Dean returned with them.  Granted it's not far to the cafe, but it seems like food cools quickly when you pick it up.  Not the case with this.  

After doing my morning chores, I put in a load of laundry, then set down to work on the puzzle I started.  I worked on it off and on throughout the day as I had time.  It is 1,000 pieces.  Much bigger than I typically do.  I'm addicted to it - and now I just want it done!  Lol!  

About mid-afternoon my cousin Jim called.  We had a nice visit, and reminisced about his mom and our Blackledge family.  He told me several stories about various aunts and uncles.  I would love to get with him and his wife Wanda sometime to go through Aunt Naomi's pictures and hear more of these stories.  I knew all of the great aunts and uncles but we were once removed in the family tree so we didn't hear all of the stories that he and his siblings did.  I'd love to scan pictures of each of the greats for a family tree too.

When Dean returned at 5, we had the last of our leftovers - I finished off the chicken and noodles and he had the orange chicken.  (That means I have to cook again!)  Afterwards, we had a piece of the carrot cake.  Despite the dryness the taste is really good so we are not having too much trouble eating it.  LOL!

Cindy called to invite Dean and I out to their house this evening and we had a great visit.  One thing about it is we always end up having a great laugh.  With Cindy, we always seem to laugh so hard, and at times I can hardly catch my breath.  She's so much like our dad.  He liked to laugh too.  Love those moments.

While we were there the wind came up, and then we had a nice rain shower.  While it was raining, the sun came out and we began searching for a rainbow.  There it was right outside their picture windows on the east side of the house.  Oh, wow, it was a double rainbow.  I tried to get a picture from inside.  It's not great, but I found two family/friend who posted pictures as well, so I'm going to include those too.

My friend Carolyn posted this - at their house - you can see the double rainbow in this one.

This is my picture taken from Cindy's front window.  The main rainbow is within the edge of the trees.  There are so many trees it was hard to get a good picture.  It looked much better in person than this picture shows.

I'm thankful for the beauty in our world - sometimes we have to look for it - but it's there.  Look at the green grass, the trees, beautiful rainbows, glorious sunsets.  God is so good!