July 07, 2006
My Room With a View
My room with a veiw, protected from bugs and creatures of the night, over looking the forest
Written July 4th 2006
The Air is hot and steaming and full of the smells of the forest. Its 100 degrees and has just rained, poured with gusting wind that had us looking to the skies to see if a twister was headed our way. Arkansas never felt more like Hilo than it does now. The grey skies threaten and off in the distance, the hills to the north, we can hear another band of booming thunderstorms rolling in over the battlefield of Pea Ridge, the thunder nickmaned "rebel guns" after the long ago cannon fire that rang through these hills, on that long ago March day. Today, firecrackers pop between the booms, and you have the eerie feeling of a battlefield surrounding you.
Woody and I both had the day off and I would have puttered around the house but he wanted to take a drive in his NEW CAR... new to us that is.
Stock Photo of a Chrysler LHS 2001 model Woody's is the silver color like this one
I told you he bought his own birthday present. He traded in our Toyota van and 3000.00 cash. It is is in mint condition and has 50,000 on it So its a good deal, I was just shocked that he would do it and not consult me. He even signed my name on the title to the van like it was no big deal... I would never spend a chunk of money like that with out at least consulting him. I have sounded off about it, but I am holding my peace. He has spend a pile on me over the years, so whats the deal I guess...
We drove into Oaklahoma to Grove, a resort town on Grand Lake. Its lovely really. Reminds me a bit like the seaside resort places we have been to over the years. I drove here one saturday and really liked the place. We ate at a BBQ place had local fare pork BBQ and chilli really good. We watched the sky... as two large storm cells had passed over us while we were driving towards Grove. We pulled over once to see if we could see a tornado forming as the sky grew very dark suddenly. We drove on and found a turn out in a fold of a hill where we would be somewhat protected and waited for a bit till the pelting rain passed us by and the sky brightened. This area is notorious for twisters forming suddenly, but it is also quite beautiful with its rolling fields of grass and cattle grazing peacefully, rivers and streams and deer along the road side.
Deer are a roaming around these days. Driving is a hazzard and at night we drive slowly here near the house. I spooked a doe and her tiny fawn from a copse of scrubby trees near the roadside where I walk at work, on monday. I was afraid the frightened Mama would run out onto the busy freeway, but good sense prevailed as she got about a quarter mile away to a new group of trees and quickly laid down in the tallgrass hiding from my view, just at the edge of the busy highway. My guess is that she stayed there till evening and then came back out there are woods and farms all around the office park where I work. Im sure she will find safety there.
We have deer passing through our back yard too Some today but as I went to get my camera a firecracker went off and spooked them. Oh well someday I will get them on film until then I will sit here in my room with a view surrounded by this place that I am growing to love...
Grand Lake taken at Honey Creek State Park Grove OK
