Ya Gotta Know This About That: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

A Beautiful Day.....warm but not too hot!

What is this? Another nice day that's what. A beautiful day in the neighborhood as Mr. Rogers would say.

If I were a meteorologist, I would be predicting this kind of day for every day of the year. For Midwesterners, it's the perfect day. Supposed to be around 70 degrees, sunny and perfect. Just about like yesterday and more forecasted for tomorrow just like this, except a little higher in temps.

This is what Spring was like in the late 50's and 60's.......nice! Kids back then didn't pay too much attention to the weather other than the weather is good enough a game of baseball at the old grade school. Or, maybe good enough to ride bikes after school or on the weekend days. And we could walk to church wearing a light weight jacket and then by the time church was over, it was warm enough to carry the jacket home (that is if we didn't forget it at church, which happened several times in our household).

This special weather day is going to be a good shopping day for me. Back to the garden center to buy more plants for the yard. And maybe some garden soil, bug spray and then a light lunch before getting back in time for a nap. It's a good life when the weather is like this. We all feel the life of the day......and it makes a person want to live it to the fullest. Amen!

Death

A special former resident passed away on Monday, May 7. Juanita "Nita" Johnson, passed away in Effingham where she lived with her son Mike. Juanita and her husband Jimmy were residents in Greenview for many many years. She was a teacher in our schools and even after her retirement she was a substitute teacher. Her funeral is Friday, May 11 at the Presbyterian Church, at 11am. God Bless you Nita, for all of your years of service to our children and residents of Greenview.

Old Tyme
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Travel Lodge, south 9th Street, just a few blocks north of Cook Street.

This has been posted previously, but reposting

for those who didn't see it before.

The famous "The Mill" as it burned.

Illinois State Fair Main Gate 1947

Quote For The Day

I may not have gone where I intended to go,

but I think I ended up where I needed to be.

--Douglas Adams

Think back to your youth. Think of the automobile your family had. Maybe it was a four door Chevy, or an Oldsmobile, or an Pontiac. Those three seemed to be the most popular brands, and now days two of those brands are no longer made by General Motors.

How did your family auto influence your life. When I was too young to drive, that big old heavy Oldsmobile or Pontiac we had, depending upon the year, meant going to a ride on Sunday with a picnic along the road at one of the roadside picnic areas which were plentiful in those days. The family auto also meant a trip to grammie's in the country which we did several times a week, and on Saturday night and Sunday nights to watch their color television because we didn't have a colored set. And back then you didn't get something new to replace the old one until the old one broke. Wahhh....I began to hate John Estill, the local television repairman. I wanted him to say "if can't be fixed", but he continued to put new tubes in the old black and white set for years and years. Then.....one day he said.....the picture tube is gone.....it would cost too much to put in a new one! YAY....the day had come for us to get a brand new color television. Now I could watch Salty Sam and Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Greenjeans in color....but only when they began to run the shows in color that is.

Now I go into my living room and there sets big old flat screen plasma television....easy on the eyes and a huge screen. And moving to the garage sets a big old General Motors crossover SUV. What is the world coming to....everything is BIG....including costs....gas, food, clothes, appliances, etc.

I think the BIG old family auto influenced me into thinking I had to have big of everything......and I do have.....except my bank account of course.....because I've been paying for those big things....and the bank account is no longer big! Wahh Wahh.