BEACH GLASS

                                  I BOUGHT A JAR OF SOMEONE'S COLLECTION OF BEACH GLASS FOR $3 AT THE THRIFT STORE.  YOU CAN BARELY FIND ANY GLASS SMOOTHED BY THE OCEAN WAVES AT THE BEACH ANYMORE.  THIS JAR HAS A LOT OF FADED GREEN,SOME DEEP BLUE,A FEW PINK AND QUITE A FEW CLEAR PIECES OF BEACH GLASS.  PERHAPS I'LL MAKE A MOSAIC OUT OF IT.
                                I'M READING SEEDS BY RICHARD HORAN.   THE AUTHOR VISITS THE HOMES OF FAMOUS WRITERS AND OTHER NOTABLES(SUCH AS MOHAMMED ALI) AND DESCRIBES THE TREES AT THE FAMOUS PERSON'S FORMER OR PRESENT RESIDENCE.  THEN HE COLLECTS SEEDS,ACORNS OR PINE CONES FROM THE TREES.  HE HAD THEM GERMINATING IN POTS IN EVERY WINDOW OF HIS HOUSE IN OSWEGO.  THEN I THINK HE GAVE THEM TO A TREE MUSEUM.  NOW THEY CHARGE A DOLLAR AND A HALF JUST TO SEE THEM.    
                               I HAD TO LEAVE MY HAPPY HOME TO READ THE BOOK BECAUSE THEY WERE CUTTING DOWN TEN YOUNG OAK TREES ACROSS THE STREET AT THE HOUSE THAT JUST SOLD FOR $225,000 -TWO BEDROOM AND NO WOODS LIKE MINE.  THE TREE MENWORKED ALL DAY CLEARING THE TREES.  IT TOOK THREE OR FOUR MEN.  AT THE END THEY HAD TO LOAD HEAVY LOGS INTO THE TRUCK.  THE NOISIEST PART WAS THE CHIPPER.  WE HAD TO CLOSE OUR WINDOWS.
                                 BOURNE'S POND WAS A GORGEOUS QUIET PLACE TO READ ABOUT THE JOY OF TREES.  THE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT WON'T ALLOW TREES TO BE CUT ON THIS PUBLIC PROPERTY.  BECAUSE OF ALL THE TREES,THERE ARE VERY FEW HOUSES VISIBLE ON THE SHORELINE.  OUR COVE PARK TREES PROVIDE LOTS OF SHADE AND RESPITE FROM THE BLAZING SUN. 
                                  SPEAKING OF SUN-THIS IS THE LONGEST DAY.  SUMMER BEGINS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON TODAY-JUNE 21,2011.  IT WILL BE 80.  IN  A DAY OR TWO RAIN AND A COOL FRONT BLOWS IN FOR A FEW DAYS.  THE WEATHERMAN SAYS THAT WILL BE THE PATTERN ALL SUMMER. 
                                        THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT'S A GREAT GROWING YEAR WITH ALL THE RAIN.  IT'S EASY TO PLANT TREES AND FLOWERS IN THE COOL WEATHER.  BILL PLANTED 6 RHODENDRONS AROUND OUR PROPERTY.  I GUESS THAT COMPENSATES FOR THE 10 OAKS CUT DOWN ACROSS THE STREET.  THEY HAVE TEN OR MORE LARGE RHODODENDRONS THAT FORM A NATURAL FENCE BETWEEN THEM AND THE NEIGHBORS BEHIND AND NEXT DOOR.  THE RHODIES WERE SPECTACULAR THIS YEAR.  SO WERE THE MOUNTAIN LAURELS.  BILL PLANTED TWO OF THOSE TOO.
                                        ANYWAY IT'S THE YEAR OF THE TREE HERE IN FALMOUTH.  UNFORTUNATELY JUST LIKE BEACH GLASS,TREES ARE STARTING TO DISAPPEAR.

WALDEN POND-(NOT!-BOURNE'S POND)

 WOODMAN SPARE THAT TREE.
                     BY THE WAY THE COVE PARK HAS A HANGING TREE.  A NEIGHBOR'S HUSBAND HUNG HIMSELF THERE EARLY IN THE MORNING.  I FOUND THE BODY HANGING FROM THE TREE.  THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND CUT HIM DOWN.  HE WAS DEAD AT AGE 54.  HE'D BEEN A VIET NAM VET.  HE HAD A NEW YOUNG CHILD LESS THAN 1 YEAR OLD.  THEY STILL LIVE AROUND THE CORNER.  I PUT A CROSS OF STONES AND SEASHELLS UNDER THE TREE.  

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN WHEN I HIT A BUMP

           FALMOUTH MOTORCAR FIXED THE ENGINE LIGHT WIRE SO IT WOULDN'T KEEPCOMING ON.  SURE ENOUGH THAT EVENING WHEN I HIT A BUMP,THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN.   WHAT ELSE IS NEW? 

THROW ME A LIFE PRESERVER

         INSTANT KARMA'S GONNA GET YOU IF YOU DON'T WATCH OUT.

ONE DAY AFTER I SPENT $1000 AT FALMOUTH MOTOR CAR FOR REPAIRS THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON

                                MY YELLOW ENGINE LIGHT HAD BEEN ON FOR ONE MONTH.  MY CAR WAS WORKING FINE BUT I WAS AFRAID IT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTOR OR SOMETHING.  FALMOUTH MOTORCAR HAS CONSTANT ADDS ON THE LOCAL RADIO STATION WMVY TELLING THAT THEY GURANTEE THEIR WORK AND PARTS FOR 2 YEARS OR 24,000 MILES WHICH EVER COMES FIRST.  THEY HAVE TWO GARAGES ON CAPE COD.  ONE IS ON EAST FALMOUTH HIGHWAY NEAR WHERE I LIVE, SO I BROUGHT MY CAR THERE. 
                                  FALMOUTHMOTORCAR DIAGNOSED IT AS I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE CAPE COD TIMES ON HOW REPAIR STATIONS CAN'T PROPERLY DIAGNOSE CAR PROBLEMS BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURERES AND DEALERS WON'T SHARE THE OMPUTER CODES WITH THEM.  THE DEALERS WANT TO REPAIR THE CARS.  THERE IS A BILL IN CONGRESS AND IN THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE TO MAKE THE CAR COMPANIES SHARE THE COMPUTER CODES.    MY CAR IS A 1999 VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO SO I HOPED IT DIDN'T HAVE COMPLEX CODES.
                                    BEFORE YOU FALL ASLEEP I'LL GET TO THE POINT.  $1000 IN REPAIRS WERE DIAGNOSED.  ONE WAS A $250 CONVERTOR (THE SIZE OF MY FIST AND NOT A CATALYTIC) AND THE REST WERE DISTRIBUTOR CAPS AND A VACUUM SEAL + LABOR.  IT TOOK THREE DAYS BECAUSE THEY GOT THE WRONG CONVERTOR FROM TRACEY VOLKSWAGEN IN HYANNIS.   
                                    THE POINT IS MY YELLOW ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON THE NEXT DAY.  I BROUGHT IT BACK.  ALSO MY CLUTCH WOULDN'T  GO INTO GEAR EASILY.  THEY PUT MY CAR ON THE DIAGNOSIS MACHINE.  NO PROBLEMS WERE NOTED.  THEY CHECKED THE ENGINE LIGHT.  IT HAD A SPLIT FRAYED WIRE COVERING.  THAT'S WHY THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER $1000 IN REPAIRS.  I ASKED WHY THE ENGINE LIGHT WASN'T CHECKED FIRST.  THEY SAID THEY DON'T DO THAT!!!!  I LEFT.
               LATER I DISCOVERED IN LOOKING THROUGH MY CAR REPAIR RECEIPTS FROM OTHER REPAIR SHOPS THAT I'D HAD A NEW DISTRIBUTOR CAP WHEN THE WIRES WERE CHANGED AT JOHNNY'S TUNE AND LUBE IN 2006 AND A NEW VACUUM SEAL AT CLEMENT'S CAR REPAIR IN 2008.  FALMOUTH MOTOR CAR SAID THE DISTRIBUTOR CAP HAD NOT BEEN CHANGED AND VW VACUUM SEALS ARE A PROBLEM.
              I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM WAS A FAULTY ENGINE LIGHT WIRE.  I VOWED I WOULD PARK MY CAR WITHA BIG SIGN EVERY DAY ON TOP OF IT AT TEH RESTAURANT NEXT DOOR AS I  EAT LUNCH.
               DON'T GO TO FALMOUTH MOTORCAR.  I PAID $1000 FOR UNNECESSARY REPAIRS.  I STILL MAY.  BUT I'LL DEFINTELY CONTACT THE CONSUMERS AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE MASSACUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU.  FALMOUTH MOTORCAR INC. HAS BBB SIGNS AND MECHANICS' PROFICIENCY DEGREES ALL OVER THE WALLS.
                 

PERENNIALS VS ANNUALS

                            LOVERS OF PERENNIAL PLANTS ARE OPTIMISTS.  THEY ARE PATIENT.  THEY HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.  THEY ARE METS FANS-WAIT 'TIL NEXT YEAR.  IT IS AMAZING HOW SOME PLANTS JUST POP UP EVERY YEAR IN THE SPRING READY TO PUT ON A FLOWERY SHOW.  PEONIES HAVE ENORMOUS FRAGRANT WHITE BALL SHAPED FLOWERS.   IN THE QUIET DREAR OF WINTER YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY ARE THERE.  THEN WITH SUMMER APPROACHING THEY BLOOM .  TIGER LILIES,DAY LILIES,IRISES AND LILY OF THE VALLEY POP  UP FAITHFULLY EVERY YEAR.  FUNGIA AND ANEMONES DO THE SAME EVEN WITH THEIR UGLY NAMES. 
                               LOVERS OF ANNUAL PLANTS ARE IMPATIENT JUST LIKE THEIR NAMESAKE PLANT.   IMPATIENS REQUIRE A TRIP TO THE NURSERY TO PURCHASE THEM, WILT IN HOT WATER,CRAVE SHADE AND WANT DAILY WATER.  ANNUALS ARE MADE TO ORDER COLOR FOR YOUR PROPERTY.  RABBITS ARE VERY HAPPY WHEN YOU BUY A FEW.  GERANIUMS ARE A LITTLE MORE COOPERATIVE AND LIKE TO GET DRY.  LET THEM SIT IN YOUR BASEMENT UPSIDE DOWN AND THEY'LL BE READY TO COME BACK TO LIFE WHEN YOU REPOT THEM IN THE SUMMER.  OF COURSE THEY LOVE A SUNNY WINDOWSILL IN WINTER IF YOU HAVEN'T HEADED FOR FLORIDA.

PERENNIAL HOME

                                  PERENNIALS WILL OUT LAST US.  WHEN YOU'RE PUSHING UP DAISIES,THEY'LL BE BLOOMING YEARLY.  DUH?  THEY ARE PERENNIALS.  ANNUALS ARE HIGH MAINTENANCE JUST LIKE THEIR LOVERS.  WHICH ARE YOU?

THE BEACH ROSES ARE BLOOMING LIKE CRAZY ALL OF A SUDDEN

                                    ROSA RAGUSA ARE EVERYWHERE ALONG THE BEACH DUNES SUDDENLY.  IT'S A SEA OF PINK AND A LITTLE WHITE ROSES EMITTING  A GLORIOUS FRAGRANCE.  SUMER IS ACUMEN IN,LOUDLY SING CUCKOO.  CUCKOO- THAT'S ANYONE IS WHO DOESN'T STOP TO SEE THE ROSES. 
                                      THE RECENT STRONG WINDS FINALLY BLEW ALL THE PINE POLLEN AWAY.  ALOT OF IT CAME IN THE HOUSE  UNTIL IT COOLED DOWN ENOUGH SO THAT WE COULD FINALLY CLOSE THE WINDOWS.  WHEN YOU WENT OUTSIDE TO TALK ON THE PHONE, IT WOULD ENTER YOUR MOUTH AND GIVE YOU  A FIT OF COUGHING  SO SEVERE THAT YOU'SD HAVE TO HANG UP.    THERE WERE HORRIFIC TORNADOES IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS FROM  SPRINGFIELD TO STURBRIDGE HAT FLATTENED HOUSES AND BUILDINGS.  SO OUR POLLEN WOES WERE MINOR IN COMPARISON.
                                             ANYWAY IT'S GLORIOUS HERE IN FALMOUTH AS WE GAZE OVER AT MARTHA'S VINEYARD FROM NOBSKA POINT LIGHTHOUSE.  I WONDER IF THEY GAZE OVER AT US?  IT'S VERY CLEAR.  YOU CAN SEE THEIR LIGHTHOUSES SEVEN MILES  AWAY ACROSS VINEYARD SOUND WITH THE NAKED EYE. 
                                                   THE AZALEAS AND YELLOW CHAIN TREE ARE STARTING TO FADE AND DROOP.  THE RHODENDRON ARE STILL GOING STRONG WITH PINK,RED OR WHITE FLOWERS.  SOON THE FORSYTHIA,QUEEN ANNE'S LACE AND TIGER LILIES WILL APPEAR TO BRIGHTEN UP THE SEASIDE TOWNS.  THE LEAVES ON THE TREES ARE FULL NOW.  

NOBSKA LIGHT

                                                      HAZY,HOT AND HUMID WILL ARRIVE SOON THIS WEEK.  GATHER YOUR ROSA RAUSA BUDS WHILE YOU MAY.     OH I FORGOT THE SWEET PEAS ARE BLOOMING ON THE DUNES TOO.  APOLOGIES SWEET PEA.