The Bar Gets Lower & Lower...

                                 The sunflowers have gone dormant

 There was a time when the bar was set high - exceptionally high, at least for a man from my circumstances.

Things have change - time has worn down abilities, capabilities, desires.

Nowadays, if the scale reads plus or minus a pound from one Sunday to the next, that is counted as a major victory - one worth celebrating.

But not too much, as too much celebration has a tendency to effect the bar setting...