by Jan Fielden
Sunday evening was so pleasant at the Ranch. The weather was perfect. We were sitting in our rocking chairs on the porch, drinking tea, and there were no mosquitoes or any other kind of bugs to bother us. We talked about all sorts of things and then just sat quietly for a while. Suddenly, The Colonel asked, “in your opinion what was the greatest all time gun fight in a Western movie”? And the questions kept coming after that; who was the greatest Western actor (in your opinion). His was John Wayne of course and mine was Sam Elliott, of course, of course!! Then we went on to the best all time Western woman actress, the single best scene in a Western (we watch a lot of Westerns). Next came the best all time gangster movie. Moving along to the best all time comedy movie, then the best aviation movie. Along with naming the movies, we named the actors and actresses in some of them. We got so involved with naming the movies and then talking about them that we told the best scenes, etc.
As we were doing our movie trivia there appeared lightning bugs flying all around. It was so good to see them as we have heard there aren’t many anymore. We feel blessed to have them. It was a different kind of evening than what we usually have but it was so pleasant and enjoyable at The Red Oak Ranch.
