Eat!

Opal didn't like leftovers.

When I was young, she would tell us kids to eat all our food or there would be rain the next day and we couldn't go out to play. That reasoning kind of didn't work when in 70's California we were having a drought,

so it changed to

The Chinese believe that leftovers are warmed over death.

Strangely, that one worked...especially when she ordered Chinese food from Ernie's Kitchen.

On a side note, the delivery guy drove a Volkswagon bug when he delivered. I have always loved bugs...maybe that's why.

Happy Valentines Day

Red Tomato

Some tomato art for your crafting from Graphics Fairy  Tomato

Tomatoes, on the farm we had many tomato meals. One of my favorites was a fresh tomato sandwich, straight out of the garden.

Mom would peel the tomato first and if it didn't peel easily, she would drop it in some warm water for a few minutes then peel it.

A slab of tomato and some mayonnaise on a slice of bread with the occasional slice of red onion was delicious.

As an adult I am terribly allergic to tomatoes. I guess I ate too many!

Red

Mom loved red...everything red... 

 Red clothes

 Red roses

Red fruit, tomatoes, you name it, if it were red she liked it.

She believed that if one had an issue such as a blood disorder, they should eat red foods and put red all over the house so it could help build red in your body. She decorated with reds all over her humble abode.

My mom Opal was a talker and she always had words of wisdom. She passed on in 2009 and this blog is my way of remembering what my mom said. 

I can remember her telling me to be me, not who others wanted me to be.

As you can see from the photo above, she never let anyone tell her what to do and she was bright and full of life. Me? I was a tomboy who didn't want to stand out.

Some of what she told me was silly, some crazy and of course there were serious talks. 
I think this will be fun.

Toodles.