Taaa-daaah! Randy’s finished mural

I couldn’t have been prouder,

I was in awe of my brother’s mural,

I was crying (weeping) in gratitude!

What a blessing this is for the church

people, the policemen and children!

Randy installed this final product after

many hours of painting, hopefully

the underpainting post pops up

in the choices for links on 

my blog to show you the

tan and sepia brown

outlines Randy made

before he added colors!

The ribbon cutting, 

Grand Unveiling Party

is tomorrow down in Tennessee.

One of the people told Randy they

“Know those police officers will be

so thrilled, yet humbled to see 

their portraits in this mural.”

Randy was very happy 

which makes me feel

like releasing an

even bigger 

sigh of relief.

Thank you

for your

caring.

xo 

Thursday Doors ~ park equipment storage barn,

This beautiful colored storage barn is

set in the Mill Stream Run Park.

It has a sign describing its 

purpose but not its age.

This is a part of the 

Thursday Doors 

collection run and 

nicely managed by Norm Frampton.

You will find a variety of doors,

not all on buildings or houses 

on Norm’s blog found here:

http://miscellaneousmusingsofamiddleagedmind.wordpress.com

There’s blue “frogs” to connect you

to all of the fellow Doors’ bloggers.

~~~~~~~~~~~

Brown leaves can be seen still in

other seasons like Spring since not

every last one of them is mulched,

raked or blown into a different location!

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This was going to be part of a Fall, 2018

Tree series, including my Thursday Doors

posts. As you may have “heard” this 

blogger is either going to have to

go back to writing with no pics,

reblog or use up the few remaining

photographs left uploaded on my

cellphone. Well, we know I will

cave in and go see my 

cellphone service 

provider, right?

Have a terrific 

Thursday! 

Thursday Doors ~ equipment barn, Mill Stream Run Park

Located off State Route 71, 

in the Northward bound traffic

the sign beckoned, “Come! Stretch 

your legs and pull out of the 

bumper to bumper traffic!”

This is the Strongsville, Ohio exit.

I posted one or two of the photos

I took last Autumn, but had planned

to schedule a few more this year.

Here’s a fine Thursday Doors

introduction to our fearless 

Leader who keeps our

Doors organized,

Norm Frampton.

He has his own addition to

the assembly of Doors found here:

http://miscellaneousmusingsofamiddleagedmind.wordpress.com

Thank you, Norm. A tip of the hat! 🎩

Hope you all will have a pleasant day!

” . . . tangled messes”

I’m leaving comments throughout 

the kingdom of Blog Land,

over this weekend.

Hopefully, I will visit you 

soon or have managed to catch up.

I am in a state of upheaval.

Circumstances beyond my control.

Life has its “tangled messes,”

which I need to have time to regroup,

assess and move forward into 

Now,

the Future

and pressing on is a Challenge. . .

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave. . .”

This ends with: 

“… when first we practise to deceive.”

~ written in Sir Walter Scott’s book,

“Marmin; A Tale of Floddin Field.”

(Knighted British author, 16th century)

\ \ \ ¶ ¶ ¶ / / /

But I have not deceived you,

just held back my thoughts

and emotions from you.

~ reocochran (4/8/18)

\ \ \ ¶ ¶ ¶ / / /

My son’s wife is divorcing him.

My son has been living in my 1 bedroom

apartment for almost three months.

My work had an uproar where we

have had to work five 10-hour days

and until April 22nd, continues.

Then, we “Had to” Bid on a

New shift of either 

Sunday – Wednesday

or Wednesday – Sunday.

Since 2008, I have not

had to work weekends!

I will start four 10- hour days,

with “no guarantees” to stop at the

end of ten hours! I bid on the S – W

and having seniority, I got this;

but it is NOT a win!

I loved my Sunday’s off,

Micah has been with me on

Sundays, since he was two year’s old.

Nine whole years with my “shadow!”

Not to build too big of a complaint,

because we all deal with blogging

problems (and the world has disasters)

but  by  using  my cellphone,

storing up photos and blog

posts, it will not allow me

to start with fresh photos,

no new photos uploading.

I went to Walgreens and printed

up a thousand photographs.

Great sale, by the way!

I deleted thousands, too.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

I will visit and use

up already uploaded

WP photos taken

last Autumn, but

alas!  No more

new Spring ones!

😮  😣  😮

Thanks for listening. . .

xoxoxoxo

Dear Elsie, 

I shared this sad news 

about a month ago and your

shoulder was such a soft one.

You were so sweet to listen!

You, rock!  💖 Love, Robin

Link to a worthy poet and kind friend:

http://ramblingsofawriter.com

(Elsie Hagley, New Zealand)

Last, but not least, I have

only One More Door

to share next 

Thursday!

*Gasp!*

🤔

x🚪x

Thursday Doors ~ renovating Ollie’s Fine Ice Cream Parlour

This ice cream parlour has existed

within this gingerbread trimmed 

old house for over ten years, that

I know of! The OWU college campus 

Hamilton Benet building is just a short

walk past this beloved location on

19 South Franklin Street, 

Delaware, Ohio 

43015.

When the owners added antique tables

with available bookshelves of puzzles,

games and reading materials inside:

We admired how they made this 

a “Destination Spot” for all!

I’m sure Norm Frampton,

Thursday Doors leader

and coordinator, would approve!

Here’s Norm’s wonderful destination:

http://miscellaneousmusingsofamiddleagedmind.wordpress.com

My friend, Jenny, and I thought their

additional Liquor License was 

another “Genius Move!”

This happened a few

Summer’s ago. . . 

🍨 x 🥃 x 🍦 x 🍷 x 🍧

Wouldn’t your taste buds enjoy

real bourbon in their old fashioned

southern hospitality pralines and cream

ice cream or savor a scoop of Merlot

sorbet on a hot Summer’s evening?

Renovating and creating a secure

and beautiful year-round location

is the final highly appreciated 

choice of the rare owners of

Ollie’s Fine Ice Cream and 

Frozen Yogurt Parlour.

This location is designated an

Ohio Registered Historical Site.

The patio stones and black rod iron

tables and ice cream chairs outdoors

have been part of this tableaux 

for quite some time now.

Open on Wednesday’s

and Friday’s from

5:30 ~ 8:30 p.m.

My brother, Rich and I enjoyed

St. Patrick’s Day early on 3/16/18.

We chose to eat our celebratory

birthday dessert at 1808 Restaurant.

There were people on this warm

evening, stopping by Ollie’s to

have waffle cones, cups of ice

cream or homemade milk shakes​.

“I’ll be back, in not too long!” 

This was my inner thought as

we walked away and strolled

towards the OWU Student Union

and hoped to walk our calories

off, climbing up the steep stairs.

Happy Doors’ hunting!

Have a wonderful weekend

and thrilling Thursday.

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p.s. (here’s an extra list of

Ollie’s yummy frozen choices):

Nutter Fluffer ice cream,

Cookie Butter Swirled with Nutella,

English Walnut ice cream,

Cinnamon Roll ice cream,

Mexican Coffee ice cream,

Chai Fudgery ice cream,

Brown Sugar ice cream and

Salty Caramel over Ginger Snap ice cream.

Here are some Dairy Free gelatos:

Coconut gelato,

Peach or Blueberry gelato,

Peanut butter and jelly gelato,

Chocolate w/ Blackberry Swirl gelato.

There are always more original,

frozen creations made freshly at Ollie’s.

Spring trees

Beginning to look like Spring!