You Want Fries With That?

I asked Rick to turn around

 and go back so that I could

 take a photo of this sign in Brookings.

We thought it was funny that they

would offer fish and chips with fries.

We had a very busy weekend.

You know how you start

 just one little project,

and it turns into something

much bigger than you expected...

Yeah, that happened.

It started with a new (to us) bookcase

for Rick's office/guest room.

We ended up turning my

sewing/computer/office/craft

room into a huge mishmash of 

"not quit right"

 and

 "something has to go" mess.

All because I took his old bookcase

for my room,

  but it doesn't really fit in

with what's already in the room.

Rick would rather I never

try to rearrange a room while

he's home.  It's always

an exercise in frustration.

 Sigh.

His room is nice, but mine

is still a mess, and we have

company coming tomorrow.

I didn't work on it today,

because it was my volunteer day

for the Brown Bag program at the

Senior Center.

 We also

took the boat off the

lake Saturday to get it refueled

and cleaned up. It was

already a very busy and full

Saturday and we had plans

for the night as well.

We bought tickets from

a co-worker who couldn't

go to a  Little Big Town

 concert Saturday night.

source:

http://www.cascadetheatre.org/

The concert was here

 in the restored Cascade

theater which first opened in 1935.

It's a beautiful Art Deco building

that seats 1000 people.  So it's a small

venue, with great acoustics.

I loved it!

   

 I remember seeing

 Disney's 'The Jungle Book'

there as a little kid and later

'2001 a Space Odyssey',

which at the time

seemed so far in the future...

Sigh.

The rest of my limited movie going

childhood involved going to the

drive in theater with my aunt's family.

  I can't remember what

we saw at the drive in.  But I do

remember Aunt Fran making fried

chicken and potato salad for the event.

I also remember the hot~hot pavement

radiating heat up through the blanket

we were sitting upon in front of the car.

One more movie going memory:

My girlfriend and I (hi Anita)

stayed up all night for a

Planet of the Apes movie marathon.

We were 19 or 20 at the time.

I couldn't/wouldn't do that again.

I'd be asleep

before the first movie was over.

Sigh.

This blurry photo is from a couple

of years ago.  I've included it here,

because I was too busy last night

to take a photo of the baby deer

that was stuck between the rails

 in the same spot.

For some reason,

 he was up on the deck

and Mama deer was on the other side

in the garden space

eating to her hearts content~

until he got stuck.

It's a good thing we were home,

as we had decided against going

to the lake for an evening swim.

 I grabbed his

flea ridden back legs

with potholders 

while Rick pushed him back through

 from the other side of the fence.

 Rick got a ton of stickers

and probably poison oak

on his hands

from this adventure.

I'm  not going to forget

 the scream-cry of that baby.

 It was awful,

 and nerve wracking,

and very loud.

 The mom deer was pacing

back and forth,

and we were wondering

 if she was going to charge at us.

 The noise brought our neighbor

running up the hill to see if she could help.

Once we got the baby

back through the fence,

he took off  down the hill,

leaving his mama behind.

She couldn't keep up with him

as he sped into the woods.

He may still be running

for all I know.

I haven't seen any deer around

today, but then I haven't been home.

We doubt that particular

mama and baby will be back by.

Then again....