There are things I miss

Yesterday went by so quickly I did not have an opportunity to say Hi! Every time slot was spoken for long before the sunrose. We have beautiful sunrises, the sunsets are the best. Our back lot is elevated and we look southwest at the mountains. The best sunsets are in the winter, often there are brilliant geometic shapes of red. The second best sunset I have ever seen was in Nigril, Jamaica. I was there in 1976 (?) visiting a friend, Pat, that lived in Santa Cruz serving in the Peace Corp. We had gone to a restaurant right on the ocean. The sunset was brilliant, if I had known the term then, I would have said it had bling-bling. When I was growing up on the Mississippi, Mark Twain territory, I rarely admired a sunset. The sunsets on the river were nice. The best nature activity in the sky were storms, great lightening, I so enjoyed crackling thunder and magnificent flashes of light and huge bolts at the same time the next thunder came rumpling from miles away. When we lived in California, people would be frightened of their lightening and thunder, it did not come often but when it did I would hear squeals and anxious people about. I did not have the heart to tell them "you have not yet seen lightening ". I missed real lightening. They were anxious about the lightening but an earthquake did not phase them. After living there many years I too became desensitized with earthquakes. We are happy we moved, though I do miss the ocean and cool summer nights. I loved September and October in Southern Illinois, I liked to walk alone in the brisk air and the wind whipping beautiful fall colored leaves in circles around my feet. I miss those autumn days. I do enjoy mountains, I did not see a mountain until my family visited Pennsylvania when I was fourteen. Those were beautiful lush mountains. As a child I had the bluffs by the river. Bluffs are four to five story high cliffs. There were many Indian legends regarding those bluffs. Now we are surrounded in all directions by amazing mountains. I do miss friends, three children, a son in law, and two grandchildren that still live in California. I hope to hear from you soon. Di