Thursday 17 March 2016

Someone up there likes me.

Life is good at the sanctuary. The sun is shining, the flowers are in bloom  and the luck of the Irish has fallen upon your humble scribe. Yesterday was just another day in paradise until spirits of vikings past whispered in my ear that there was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. It wasn't raining so I had to take my best guess as to where the lucky rainbow might be situated.  I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, the deep breath felt very good but it soon be came apparent that deep breaths can't find rainbows for sour apples. I closed my eyes again and a glorious viking warrior winked at me, the game was on.

Like a kiss on the wind I was thrown to the stars......


I was led to value village and made a beeline to the china and pottery section with visions of moorcroft lollipops dancing in my mind. But there was no moorcroft prize at the end of the journey, just a bunch of old discarded knick knacks. If i was in need of some cute knick knacks, it would have been a bonanza but I currently have cute knick knacks up the yin-yang. So what the hell, even though I had pledged not to buy any more levis and t-shirts, the call of denim could not be ignored.

All I can say is someone up there likes me for what did I find? An old pair of red tab levis that were made in Canada and they were just my size. I tried them on and they fit absolutely perfect!  I have a 32 inch waist but almost all 32 inch waist jeans these days are way too big for me, "vanity sizing".  These old jeans weren't too tight and they weren't too loose. It was like my name was goldilocks and I had stumbled  upon the perfect bed. So what does the well dressed man wear with a black levis? Why a black t-shirt with a dog on the chest! The t-shirt could be a little smaller but what the hell, you can't fight fate.

Behold the new spring ensemble!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

20 comments:

  1. I just stop in at one of our local thrift store and got my up coming Grand Daughter a small raggedy Anne. I have a pair of shoes like those,
    Coffee is on

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  2. Hi dora, I admire your taste in shoes. I just poured myself a big cup of coffee and put in a few drops of vanilla extract. Life is good.

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  3. A 32-inch waist? You're in pretty good shape for an old fart. :) I'd say you're fully entitled to wear sneakers and t-shirts.

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  4. thanks gb, I owe the slim waistline to the mighty mountain bike and the fact that someone up there likes me. What's not to like?

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  5. I'm also a 32 but we'll never fight over jeans, I don't like them.

    That light green on the wall is about the shade I'm going to paint the kitchen. A light green seems to brighten things up.

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  6. i've got lots of cotton dockers that i bought at value village but they just don't fit like a jeans. plus a pair of black jeans don't show the dirt as much.

    i just bought a pair of duck shoes for walking the rip in the rain. 3 walks a day, rain or shine, i'm tired of having either wet or uncomfortable feet. i had bought a pair of good caterpillar work boots but the soles split just after they got nice and comfortable.

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  7. Congrats, Mr. Rosewater. You deserve it and I'm glad you heeded the call of denim.

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  8. a good pair of fitting jeans rocks..I have lost over 25 pounds and can wear a size 14 and they are lose..am eager to lose some more weight and get some smaller jeans..I think my best thrift shop by was a topsy turvy doll...the one where there is a black doll on one end and a white doll on the other..I paid $3...googled it and it's worth a $100 easy...my little gg's think it's the weirdest thing they have ever seen.
    thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment..I appreciate it very much..ydg

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  9. a good pair of fitting jeans rocks..I have lost over 25 pounds and can wear a size 14 and they are lose..am eager to lose some more weight and get some smaller jeans..I think my best thrift shop by was a topsy turvy doll...the one where there is a black doll on one end and a white doll on the other..I paid $3...googled it and it's worth a $100 easy...my little gg's think it's the weirdest thing they have ever seen.
    thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment..I appreciate it very much..ydg

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  10. greeting js! welcome to the pond, the water is warm and there's plenty to eat.

    i love thrift stores, way more fun than going to the house of satan.

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  11. Hello Rosewater,

    Very interesting post and the first para has been written very enchantingly that I was transported to wonderland.

    Excellent collection and you will look fantastic.

    Best wishes

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  12. Hello Joseph

    Thank you for the kind words. I hope to make the pond a place of enjoyment and happiness. And of course promote the importance and magical insight of sea turtles. I never met a sea turtle that I didn't like.

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    1. I never met a prostitute I didn't like, but I haven't met all of them.

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    2. So no lady of the evening has ever given you the clap or the dose?

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  13. The pond? That baby needs a deep blue sea!

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  14. Good day, sir. I have posted a question on my blog that requires the input of a Canadian. Hope you can help.

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  15. yeah, the deep blue sea would be nice but it took me a long time to find an off-leash pond so we'll stay put at least until mating season.

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  16. I used to be a 32 waist...but then chocolate happened ;)

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    1. I hear ya. Years ago beer and whiskey happened with me and the waist ballooned. Then as if by magic, it returned to size when I realized that beer and whiskey were causing me real headaches in the morning.

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