Got get some......................Raspberries

I figure a blog ought to reflect the thoughts of the moment or day. Then I sit down and ask myself about my most current thoughts of particular value and that is the point that it can get to be a little tougher to start or continue on the blog. I had lunch today at a "diner" that had a counter and in some ways was like the diners of many years ago. I visited with the owner of the diner and mentioned to him that I had began my career selling to drug stores fountains and of course restaurants but that fountain supplies were a group of products that were kind of interesting. Ground Nuts for the ice cream, toppings, 'tulip' sundae dishes, ironport, sarsaparilla, malt powder, phosphates and other stuff came to mind. I mentioned a new, sort of, innovative approach to milk shakes to this owner. I suggested putting a piece of pie in the milk shake and said that coconut cream was one that worked really well. Well I found that this diner made their own pies and they have the best coconut cream pie, "ever"............................ So why Raspberries? Well there is nothing like something "Red" for a blog. Raspberries are red, and then I will have to admit that I just love raspberries. Does this, the raspberry blog, add anything to the day? Is this a proper focus of thankfulness and gratitude, since at the end of the day that thankfulness and gratitude seems appropriate? Well I can say that I am grateful for Raspberries. I also am grateful to be able to sit and talk to new people. Also I am thankful to have a job, and a family, and a place to live, blue sky, air, feet to run with, the sun, Mike's cat, the kids of course, and of course my best friend. Raspberries remind me of the raspberry bushes we had at our house when I was a kid and likewise of the ones that my Grandmother had. I remember going to a Fraizer Raspberry Farm owned by a local supermarket family in the town that I grew up in and going there and picking Raspberries. The pay wasn't much. Bear Lake Raspberries were a big deal in the part of the country I grew up in. They were very good. Lots of things are sort of milestones as you look back over the events of a life. Picking raspberries, running marathons, living by a mountain, moving to New Mexico, posole, all milstones in a way. I checked out my daily journal tonight. Yes I do have a daily journal and have had for a lot of years. I found that in August 1980 we were a month away from learning about the young man about to be born into our family. The entry seemed to indicate we knew it was about to happen. I wrote in the journal about the kids over the years. I wrote about my job and the folks I had working for me. I wrote about our family often. I wrote about running a lot. All good stuff. So it was time to write about raspberries. I like em.