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Based on its popularity with our readers, Suzanne\u2019s blog last week obviously got a lot of you thinking about antiques you have stuffed away somewhere that you inherited from your parents and haven’t\u00a0yet tossed. Or you may be thinking about all the stuff you<\/em> have that will become \u2018antiques\u2019 that your kids will stuff away somewhere until they get tossed. That old spinning wheel lamp<\/strong> of Mom\u2019s got me to thinking about an old antique that I\u2019m not quite sure what to do with . . . me!<\/p>\n You may have noticed that I\u2019ve changed my photos on Facebook<\/strong> because I looked at them over the weekend and thought to myself, \u201cWho is this guy?\u201d He looks like a real adventurer, a regular Indiana Bob<\/strong>\u201d. I think I vaguely remember someone like that, but lately he congers up California Fats<\/strong>. That person in the old pictures used to go on hikes to exotic places and travel to the far corners of the globe. Not so much anymore. As I sat and perused my previous blogs this year, I noted that I\u2019ve written about bank robbers, sitting in the desert, watching the Oscars<\/strong>, walking (not running) on the beach, pontificating on heroes, eulogizing Carrie Fisher<\/strong> and Debbie Reynolds<\/strong> and proffering a ponderous philosophical tome on New Year\u2019s resolutions. I haven’t gone anywhere! \u00a0I\u2019m surprised I didn\u2019t write about going to Nashville<\/strong> again, an adventure I wrote about last year, but didn\u2019t actually go on. So I regrettably changed my photos.<\/p>\n Il Volo<\/p><\/div>\n Two weeks ago I did venture into Los Angeles,<\/strong> which in fact can be an adventure in itself, to see the singing group Il Volo<\/em><\/strong>. They are a trio of nice-looking, mid-20s Italian tenors, who made their U.S. debut on American Idol<\/em><\/strong> in 2011, not as contestants, but as guests, where they sang O Sole Mio<\/em><\/strong>. <\/em>Their concert was awesome, possibly the best that Linda and I have ever seen, but the adventure to Los Angeles was without any muggings, murders or even traffic delays, thus my adventure consisted of simply sitting in a venue in another city.<\/p>\n My adventurous instincts were buoyed last week when I read that April 15-23 is National Park Week.\u00a0 <\/strong>During those two weekends one can get into all<\/u> National Parks for FREE<\/strong>. The 16th<\/sup> is Easter<\/strong> so there will be lots of tourists that day hunting for bear eggs and the 22nd<\/sup> is Earth Day<\/strong>, where we acknowledge . . . the earth . . . or something. The old me, or perhaps I should say the former me, which is the younger, thinner me, would have booked a hike in Yosemite<\/strong> or Yellowstone<\/strong>, but the new me is looking to Nationally My newfound pastime of sitting also takes place when I\u2019m plying my trade of selling Home Equity Conversion Mortgages<\/strong> (the old reverse mortgage<\/strong>, which I\u2019ve heard had a bad reputation and my mother always said to stay away from things with bad reputations \u2013 I thus missed out on a lot of good times!) I really do enjoy working with my fellow seniors to help them with retirement financing when I can, although it seems to be making me heavier, but I\u2019ve rationalized that it\u2019s for a good cause. I have found that rationalization goes hand and glove with idleness.<\/p>\n The latest insult occurred recently when I stepped on one of those scales that print out your \u2018fortune\u2019, mine said, \u201cOne at a time please!\u201d<\/p>\n But alas, summer is coming and my hip is fully healed (it\u2019s actually been fully healed for about 5 months, but I’ve relied on it to limit my physical activity), so there are some adventures planned of which you\u2019ll once again be coming along vicariously.\u00a0\u00a0 Once I\u2019m feeling better about my increased activity level, I\u2019ll post some more adventurous photos on Facebook<\/strong> as I\u2019m not quite ready to go the way of that old spinning wheel lamp yet!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you like our blog please \u2018share\u2019 on social medial; if you don\u2019t like our blog\u00a0please keep it to yourself.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Bob Sparrow Based on its popularity with our readers, Suzanne\u2019s blog last week obviously got a lot of you thinking about antiques you have stuffed away somewhere that you inherited from your parents and haven’t\u00a0yet tossed. Or you may … read more![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Il-Volo.jpeg\")
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<\/a>Park my butt in an chaise lounge and watch the grandkids get frustrated trying to find the Easter eggs that I was too lazy to hide this year. I haven\u2019t yet quite decided how I\u2019m celebrating \u2018Earth Day\u2019, perhaps I\u2019ll purchase a globe; on Amazon<\/strong> of course, so I don\u2019t have to leave the house.<\/p>\n