The global warming phenomena has produced mild temperatures (downright cool) this Spring and Summer. It will get hot. The Kohler Company has shut down every year for 100 years during the last week in July and the first week in August. They have found the two week period the hottest of every Summer and they try to accomodate the foundry employees by scheduling vacations. Book it. Hot. Last week in July, first week in August. Kohler is never wrong.
Grasshopper No.2 gave me a creative, colorful (lots of red color tones) picture of a swan for Father’s Day. She named the framed picture “Red Swan”. If you take our last name and re-arrange the letters, they spell out Red Swan. Grasshopper No.2 challenged me to arrange the letters of our last name and come up with something better. Alas, she is winning so far. I have found “wanders” and “wardens” but I can’t get creative with those derivations. So I now have the “Red Swan” mounted on the wall next to the Computer. Go ahead. Waste your time. Try to find a better alternative of our last name.
I let a fortune slip away yesterday. I stopped at the drive-thru at Panera Bread. I handed a $10 bill to the attendant and she dropped it. My car was pinned pretty tight against the building but I managed to open the door slightly and saw my “ten” against the building (I was able to reach it). As I looked down for my money, I notice lots of nickels, dimes and quarter (even some pennies). They had all fallen to the ground during money exchanges and people didn’t want to fuss looking for the cash. I had the chance to get rich. The problem was I couldn’t get the car door open to pick up the coins. When I pulled ahead to leave, another car filled in behind me and I still couldn’t retrieve the fortune. So I left the money lie there. It is the story of my life! Success seemingly within my grasp and then it slips away.
Love,
Dad