Making a Round

        Although there are some self-imposed calls on my time (my garden, blogging, spring cleaning), I am ‘making a round’ right now.

        ‘Making a round’ is a term my father used my entire life to signify he was off to check on things on the ranch or at his farm. It involved driving around to look at things- to check on things.

        Where I live, people may also say something very loosely translated (in that hybrid of Spanish/English) like-

“I am going to make a little vuelta.” 

(in the Spanish pronunciation substitute a w for the v)

        So I am making a round. I am on a little vuelta.

        First return stop was back to my oldest daughter’s house for my oldest grandson’s birthday party.  We were at his house last weekend (6 hour drive away from ours), to celebrate his younger brother’s birthday, and I had given him his gift. 

        My grandsons’ birthdays are a week apart.

        But on Friday morning, as I began my day, I thought, what am I doing? I need to get there; I must get there.

        Yesterday, while at the birthday party, my youngest daughter texted me with a sweet invitation to visit.

        I thought, what am I doing? I need to get there; I must get there.

        So I am headed out again.  Daylight savings time has this beautiful Sunday morning on a runaway train anyway- so, I am taking my time.

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Note about my spring header:  I took the pictures of the zinnias in my new header.  They are from the small farm coop that I visit on Saturdays to get vegetables.

Outlining the beds of vegetables are rows of zinnias. I admired them one Saturday, and as I was leaving, I heard someone say,

“Senora?”

I turned and was given a wonderful gift.