Sadie and Company

We got out to visit "The Girls" this afternoon. Every time we see Sadie, she has changed. Her two front teeth continue to come down and she is much more stable walking now than even a few days ago. While she can't say any words, she consistently makes unique sounds that mean certain things. She is pretty adept in waving her arm as making a sound like, "Wats at?" She also makes movements with her arms that indicate certain things. She has a little music box she carries around and "dances to" occasionally. She is always willing to set on my lap to play with the things that I carry in my shirt pocket. She puts her hand in my glasses case and waves it like a paddle. My pen and small spiral notebook are further attractions. She will hold the pen and touches the notebook knowing that there is a connection between the two. I call the little notebook my "auxiliary memory" to help me remember things.

Sadie's parents are having a local business work on establishing a lawn at their new house. There is a lot of native grass in their Development and they too will have some around the outer border of their yard. It is easy to identify the Indian Grass, Big Bluestem, and Switchgrass this time of year since they have "headed out".  The area that will be seeded to lawn grass has been graded and a sprinkler system is being installed. It is a large area which makes it a significant project. Back in my younger days, another SCS fellow and I did some lawn work on Saturdays and evenings. We even installed a rather crude sprinkler system on a very small lawn, but it made the customer happy. Our biggest project was seeding the lawn at the County Courthouse. The extra money helped to keep the kids in shoes.