This is May. And I’m writing this from the Deep South — so deep and so far south it requires capital letters — and the high temperature today was 66. Odd. But by and large a wonderful day.
I rode the bike for a while, down the big hill of death near home and then up the corresponding hills of shame past the two roads of unobservant drivers. Having negotiated all of that I pressed on through a red light and down the road a few more miles of country roads to a stop sign. And when I got there I turned around, gritted through the hills and took a left at the light. From there I pressed on as fast as my little spent legs would take me, hung a right into the subdivision and struggled up the ascent of embarrassment.
And the weather was so nice I didn’t even break a sweat.
So I cleaned up, watered the plants and went frame shopping. I have a backlog of things to frame and hang, but I am thrifty and frames are pricey. So I look for reasonable frames holding unfortunate prints, or cheap frames at places like Big Lots. That place is a closeout store, which means the tacky things that didn’t sell somehow make it there. Things like this. Who says “Oh I need that in the dining room!” Or, maybe this is more your style.
I’m putting this in our house.
Somehow I managed to resist the temptation to purchase the foosball coffee table:
They missed their price point, though. You can get a real and full-sized table for a similar amount of coin.
This was the site when I left the store:
Pretty ominous, but nothing came of it. A few minutes later the clouds were low and dramatic, but they pushed off without a peep.
Hit an outlet store, but realized they are having a sale Friday so I’ll go back. Hit World Market, because why not? Picked up a few food items at the grocery store, too. They will almost fight you to carry out your groceries when you have a cart full. You bring it to the register by hand, and they put it in two bags, and you’re on your own.
Strolled around, took a few pictures, had dinner, put some time into a project I have in the works and thought about closing the windows. It was cold. Hit 52 degrees tonight. The weather is lovely, but decidedly un-Maylike. Makes you wonder what’s in store.
