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Uncle Ralph’s Carrots: Report #1 🥕

Welcome to my new segment, everyone! Recently, I was inspired by the positive feedback to my most recent Sunday Lowdown and a post written by Stefanie @ A Stone in the River to look more locally, to look inward and outward, but not too far. What is in front of me? How would I describe it? How would I label the value of what I see, noting that it has value simply because it exists? Did you know my spouse stops every morning when the weather isn’t freezing at one particular corner, rolls down his window, and listens to the bugs for a moment before continuing his commute?

Recently, everyone’s favorite Biscuit has been taking her Uncle Ralph to Aldi (a grocery store) on Thursdays. Although he was deeply disappointed in the election results, he noted once he got back in Biscuit’s truck, “Did you see the carrots? Those were some beautiful carrots!”

Carrots, my friends. Have you ever noticed them? Therefore, Uncle Ralph has inspired this new series, and he gets all the credit, hence the title. All I’m posting is something I saw or noticed that brought me joy. I won’t be writing a lot; if I could do that, I would just write a Sunday Lowdown, but writing is energy from the heart, and I don’t always have it. So, without further ado…

I watched an old-ass lady park her car, run into the sign in the parking spot, not back up, get out of her car, and walk off with her head held high. 🤣
I bought a new Edward Gorey puzzle and started it with Nick.

Memes I saved that made me happy:

You better believe I started watching the Sleepaway Camp movies again.

I reviewed Clickbait: Unfollowed and Girl on the Third Floor on my horror movie blog.

I attended a Thanksgiving event with a Deaf Community about an hour north-east of me with my new friend, Ray. You can see a photo here.

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  1. Love whatever you decide to write Melanie – about carrots or whatever. Love your uncle. Love that old-ass lady. Love carrots. It’s all good, and thanks. Oh, and we have Aldi here too. Very popular with some of my friends but I have a supermarket I can walk to and that’s better than driving several kilometres to an Aldi.

    (Now I must find time to read my backlog of Stefanie posts!)

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    • I think Aldi is a German store, but I hadn’t realized it was also in Australia. It’s quite trendy here in some places. I mean, there are the Trader Joe devotees, but I’m Aldi all the way.

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      • Yes it is German I understand. My Californian friend is Trader Joe’s – but I must ask if there’s an Aldi near her. We have a great Supermarket about 5 minutes walk away – it’s known across my city. I also live about 15 minutes walk from fresh food markets. So I never drive to a supermarket unless it’s to one of my favourite independent ones en route to or from somewhere!

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  2. I love Ralph! Give him a great big huge hug. He 100% gets it! And carrots! OMG they are such gorgeous vegetables. Not to mention tasty. I eat them almost every day. Thanks for the mention, the parked car, the puzzle (looks like fun!), and the memes. Also, that Nick stops and listens to the bugs every morning makes my heart so happy. Here’s to joy! It’s all around us all the time if only we pay attention 🙂

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  3. I love rolling down the window to listen to the bugs–I should do it more often. I do roll down my window every time I pass the dog fountain in my small town, to hear the splashing of the water.

    I’m looking forward to Missouri photos!

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    • Oh, that’s so sweet that they have a dog fountain. I’ve found myself listening to sounds of rain on YouTube more these days.

      You’ll have to tell me where all the good stuff in St. Louis is, because I know you’ve traveled there several times.

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  5. Focusing on the little things that make you happy is so good. Sometimes it’s something more major and sometimes it’s carrots and that’s good enough.

    That meme with the old man and the shovel reminds me of one I saw recently: You know the old grumpy dad in Footloose who wouldn’t let the youths dance? He was 39.

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  6. I’m not a fan of bugs, but I’m down at my daughter’s today and I’ve been standing outside enjoying getting rained on (drizzled on) and smelling the bush (three days ago I was up north and the temp was 40 deg plus (say 104F)).

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  7. Uncle Ralph has so much wisdom, and I’m here for it!!!

    I almost spat out my tea when I saw the meme about the Home Alone actor and him being 38 LOLOLOL

    This post made me so happy to read, I wish I had read it sooner

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