Wanderer

"Bea!" my husband called from the back door this morning.

"What?" I called from my computer room.

"I need a bandaid!" He sounded annoyed.

He'd been working on my car, which hasn't been running right since we got back from Florida last month. I ran and got the box of bandaids, then met him at the back door. He'd already washed it clean, and dried the cut on the fatty pad just below his thumb, so I applied the bandaid while he explained how difficult it was to get old parts off the car so he could put on the new parts.

He glanced toward the table on the deck. "Did you put that there?"

"What?" I asked as I looked where he was looking. There was a basket sitting on the table. It was filled with things... gift like things.

"Oh! It looks like a birthday gift!" I peeked inside the cloth lined basket. There was a chenille rug with apple design, fit for a teacher, a pyramidal wind chime with birds and flowers, a striped bag-like cloth, and a bag of tomatoes, fresh off the vine, with leaves that smelled like thyme.

There was no card or note saying who it was from. It must be from my friend, Alyson, I thought. She is one of two neighbors and friends that I know who are growing their own tomatoes, and who would leave them on my deck without a note of explanation. I'll have to call her and thank her. 

But first, I want to figure out what that striped cloth bag-like thing is for.

|  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this

• #10 Comment from siennastarr 
  7/29/06 2:33 PM | Permalink

  Happy Belated Birthday Bea!  I have been gone for several days, and am so behind on alerts.  I'm sorry I missed your birthday! :(  I hate when that happens!
  
  Hugs,
  Jackie
  http://journals.aol.com/siennastarr/Hopefloats/
• #9 Comment from preciousone25 
  7/29/06 12:19 AM | Permalink

  I can't believe that none of you know what that is!!!  It's a birthday blessing bag, it's filled with .... well, it WAS filled with many Happy Birthday wishes, blessings, and  prayers, and now they are all poured on BEA forever.... no way to get them off!!  Oh well....  Many Birthday Blessings to you, Bea!!!!
  
  http://journals.aol.com/preciousone25/JoannsWeightLossJourney/
  Joann
• #8 Comment from amdcm 
  7/27/06 7:50 AM | Permalink

  The pictures are priceless. At work I have to wear a scrub hat. I guess it could be used that way too. Sorry that the truth is SOOO boring. LOL. ALyson
• #7 Comment from amdcm 
  7/27/06 7:48 AM | Permalink

  It is a replacement bag for the basket!!!! LOL. Happy Birthday Bea. The Herb is Basil. Hope you enjoy it.
  Alyson
• #6 Comment from helmswondermom 
  7/26/06 6:18 PM | Permalink

  What a thoughtful friend.
  Lori
  http://journals.aol.com/helmswondermom/DustyPages/