Simply Belle

This afternoon, we spent some time in the backporch. I normally just eat baby coconut and some rice for dinner, but today, I thought of barbecuing the leftover chicken from Lexie’s graduation party before it gets spoiled. One more day and the chicken would have been a goner.

It was nice out. The weather was just perfect. My husband enjoyed reading books while I was fixing dinner. The hummingbirds were as usual busy buzzing around and chasing each other. Beautiful sight to behold on such a beautiful day like this.

My husband got rid of the old hammock by the Juniper tree even with Lexie’s resistance. He thought it was ugly and old. I was a little sad to see it go. Then an hour later, he came back with a newer kind that he found in Home Depot. Lexie was happy, of course, and helped his dad carry it to the back porch. I prefer to spread it outside by the tree but he thinks it is better if it stays under the cover.

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Isn’t he the cutest? He is friendly and approachable, too. Colton Rodgers is 11 years old from Arizona. He auditioned for the part of a little 8-year old boy, among hundreds of other young kids in the state of Arizona and was selected to make his feature film debut in the movie, Jake’s Corner. Is he a budding future star? Well, if he does a good job in this movie, with his looks and charm, there is no doubt about it.

Many of you would probably wonder how in the world I happened to pose with the child actor the fact that I live quite a ways from the city. Well, a friend of mine at work, Di, has been raving about the movie, Jake’s Corner, which is currently being filmed locally for some time now. Di is the girlfriend of the owner of Jake’s Corner Bar. At first, I couldn’t follow and didn’t seem to be interested until one day when she brought an album full of pictures of the cast of the movie. It had pictures of many great actors and some actresses that she took from the movie set– something worth the drive. So, off we went. Continue Reading »

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