COME ON BABY, LET DA GOOD TIMES ROLL

LET DA GOOD TIMES ROLL

It was a wildly exciting and seductive day spent in the valley.......that would Napa Valley.  On our way to a wedding, we explored some of the wineries along the way.  The vines, the wines, the food, the mystery of "WHO" lives here(?) has a way of seducing you into thinking and feeling you are young at heart.

AND so it was, we found our jeep pulling over at V.Sattui to sample a little of dis and a little of dat. Sitting on a picnic table after rushing through the deli, we decided to linger and enjoy the freshness of the air and each others company.  A few minutes later a sweet girl walked by and asked if her girlfriends could join us at our table.  "Of course" we replied.  Meeting Kristi, Beth, Rebecca and Becky was such a treat. Sometimes it's just easier to talk to strangers than "loved ones."  We talked and laughed the afternoon away, weaving tapestries of lives lived fully and as bright as the midday sun. They took time out of their day to get to know us and share their lives with us, if only for awhile. These YaYa's are not to be messed with..........they've got "shimmy 'n their shake" and after lunch was over, I think I had some shimmy in mine too. We discovered our tie that binds is we are all southern women.  I wrote a poem a couple of years ago, that I would like to repeat. It so reminds me of these beautiful, successful gorgeous women.   Sherron and I raise a glass (or two) to ya'll.

SOUTHERN WOMEN

ARE NOTEWORTHY
SPEAK VOLUMES WITH THEIR EYES
USUALLYCRY WHEN NOBODY IS LOOKIN
HAVE PASSION IN THEIR VOICES
ARE QUICK WITTED AND WILD SPIRITED
CAN NOT BE CONTAINED, CONFINED OR CENSORED
ARE NOTORIOUS FLIRTS
LOVE THEIR FRONT PORCHES, FANS AND ICED TEA
CAREFULLY TEND THEIR GARDENS, BOTH SPIRITUAL AND FAMILY...........
LOVE THEIR HATS
CAN BE COUNTED ON FOR TENDERNESS IN ALL THE RIGHT PRIVATE MOMENTS
STILL USE HANDKERCHIEFS AND SCARVES
LOVE TO LAUGH
WILL LOVE SO DEEPLY THAT IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE TO THE AVERAGE PERSON
CAN SPEAK SO SOFTLY THAT YOU HAVE TO LEAN IN TO HEAR
AND YELL SO LOUDLY THAT YOU HAVE TO COVER YOUR EARS, SOMETIMES IN THE SAME SENTENCE AND USUALLY ABOUT THEIR FAMILY
THEIR PEARLS ARE REAL ALONG WITH THEIR SILVER
GROW UP KNOWING THEY CAN DO ANYTHING THEY SET THEIR MIND TO
WILL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU IF YOU ARE NICE AND MILD MANNERED
WILL POINT OUT INJUSTICE AND STAND ON PRINCIPLE
CAN GET BY WITH SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT PEOPLE AS LONG AS WE ADD, "GOD LOVE 'EM" AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE
KNOW ALL TOO WELL WHEN NOT TO CROSS THE LINE, BUT SOMETIMES DO IT ANYWAY
ARE OFTEN CALLED BY THEIR FIRST AND MIDDLE NAMES BY FAMILY
COUNT ON THEIR GIRLFRIENDS FOR THEIR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
WILL COME OVER AT THE DROP OF A HAT IF YOU NEED THEM
LOVE TO MAKE UP SONGS
CAN MAKE PIES AND CAKES FROM SCRATCH,
LOVE TO BAT THEIR EYES FOR EFFECT
CAN BE COUNTED ON FOR TELLING YOU THE TRUTH,UNLESS OF COURSE IT WOULD HURT YOUR FEELINS
KNOW WHEN TO CUT THEIR LOSSES
AND HOW TO RUN A FAMILY ON A BUDGET
LOVE THEIR JEWELRY
MAY FUSS ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES BUT DEFEND THEM TO DEATH
KNOW THAT MEN LOVE THEIR TOYS AND CAN GIVE THEM THEIR "SPACE"
KNOW HOW IMPORTANT A KISS CAN BE
AND BASK IN THE AFTERGLOW

ALL IN ALL WE ARE A SELECT GROUP, AN ACQUIRED TASTE,  A TALL ORDER, A SMILE OF DESIRE...AND A COOL DRINK OF WATER ON A HOT SULTRY SUMMERS AFTERNOON.