(Original) Misty Memories - Sungha Jung

(Original) Tree in the Water - Sungha Jung

Indianapolis - Walk Down Memory Lane

The fountains at Garfield Park hold fond memories.  If you haven't visisted the Sunken Gardens - you should.  Not sure if they are lighting them up at night like they used to.  My dad used to drive and park in front of the entrance steps that went down into them.  The fountains would be lighted up and change colors from lights mounted underneath the water.  They were beautiful.   They have the entire garden surrounded by iron fencing now and there isn't a street in front of them now that you can drive through.  I found a secret stairway behind the gardens built into the hillside and I used to cut across the park using them.  Funny how much I traveled along when I was a child - I would never have allowed mine to travel these areas now.  No longer safe for children to be alone.  Sad.  Hated to see the old swimming pool get torn out.  Chilly memories of using the old bath house before entering where they made you shower in COLD water first before you could swim.  I'm putting a photo of Roselyn's Bakery that used to be downtown on the corner of Washington / Pennsylvania.  I don't think there are ANY left now.  If I'm wrong - please let me know where one is.   I used to live in a brownstone building at the corner of McCarthy / Pennsylvania when I was a toddler.  They were the only brownstones (there were two side-by-side) in that immediate area.  There was a Wake-Up gas station next door on the actual corner.  There was another Wake-Up station on Shelby Street across from Greiner's Subs.  Funny how I miss Sap's Bakery - which I now know wasn't really a bakery.  They shipped their goods in from another location.  They were close to Troy Avenue / Allen.  Would love to get comments from anyone that also lived in the area.  Is Madison Flower Shop still next to Manuel High School?  Any class of '73 reading this?  What about Needler's Ice Cream drive-in?  I used to work there as a teenager as a carhop.   Went to the Bobby Sherman concert at Clowes hall - the summer of 1970.  Main memory there is being knocked over a chair when the guards were pushing us back and the ones behind me were pushing forward.   Got a ticket for jaywalking the first day of high school.  Amazing memories of B & W Rootbeer stand at Shelby / Hannah.  Turned into a car lot later.  The photos below - 1) fountain at Garfield Park.  2) Postcard of Garfield Park - probaby when it was Southern Riding Park.  It was renamed Garfield Park after President Garfield's assassination.  As mentioned before - photo 3) Roselyn Bakery downtown (1960s).                                                                         

Primeval - New Season

Has anyone watched this show?  I really enjoyed the first season and was sorry to see Professor Cutter's character killed off.  Plus they killed off Stephen too - bummer.  Anyway - the new season - does anyone else think the creatures are more bogus looking?  They used to do an excellent job on making them seem real.  Now they obviously look digitally-created.  I hope they wise up before they end up canceled AGAIN and permanently this time.  The old man that Matt keeps close to - I think that he is Connor from the future.  Only time will tell if I'm right.  I hope they last long enough for me to find out.  And I think Matt is Connor's son from the future.  But today's episode confused me - since they indicated that the old man is Emily's father.   I wish they had continued Helen's storyline and let us know the reason for the clone army she created.  Anyone remember the NBC series, "Surface"?  I didn't find out about that until after it was canceled.  I watched the first 10 minutes and was hooked enough to buy the dvd of all the episodes made.  15 in all - really hated where it ended - was an excellent ending for a season cliff-hanger.  Give me your thoughts on these two shows if you have seen them.  If you haven't, check them out.

Clarification

Just want everyone to know - this blog and my other are my own personal thoughts and feelings about stuff in my life.  If I complain about something - it is not earth-shattering news, just me venting (which I thought in a free country is allowed).  If you don't like my posts - just find something more to your liking.  I'm not playing a victim - just sharing my life.  I had thought that friends and relatives were a safe outlet to see my thoughts.  Apparently there is one relative who has no concept of manners and thought to post rude comments about me personally on Facebook after reading my thoughts about my recent experience with McDonalds.  I'm not trying to play anything - this is my life and I thought it was safe to share with family / friends.  Please keep your comments to whatever question I may have asked or whatever subject I was discussing.  Please don't attack my character - if you don't like my blog - find something else.

McDonald's New Oatmeal

Has anyone tried this yet?  I'm actually thinking about hiring an attorney to sue for false advertising.  The pictures are NOWHERE near what this item looks like.  It is INSTANT oatmeal mix.  The first one I ordered - they added too much water and it looked like soup.  I asked for it to be redone and this time is was the consistancy of babyfood rice cereal, slightly pinkish and a few lumps from the fruit that was added.  I threw it out without even tasting it - it looked so hideous.  I called their corporate headquarters to leave feedback and I received a basic form letter back with GUESS WHAT!  A coupon for a FREE OATMEAL.  Talk about disconnect!   I buy frozen oatmeal from Trader Joe's that is 10x better.  I even told corporate when I called first about the frozen oatmeal being good and asked why they didn't go that route instead of this stuff that looks like babyfood vomit in a cup.  Let me know your experiences with this product - has anyone ever gotten any that even looks close to the picture they advertise?

Please Pray

Please pray for our church.  It is very small at present - but with prayers going up - God will help it grow.  Please pray that God will provide us with a pianist that has a dedication to God, and the heart of a servant, willing to follow and not needing to be first always.  We need new members to help keep the church going financially - God has brought some new people, but we have a ways to go.   The people here are so nice - anyone attending is always treatly warmly.