The dinner bell
I wanted a dinner bell just for the decoration, but I soon learned that it was great for the purpose it was invented. My son looked high and low and finally found one at a yard sale. I couldn’t wait until my husband put it on a pole and placed it in the ground. I was eager to cook a meal and then ring the bell as a signal for everyone to come and eat.
Soon I was ringing that bell when I baked a pie, ringing that bell when I made cookies and ringing that bell when I wanted everyone to come into the house. My grandson and his friends even got into the act. They would gather at our house to play ball, and I would get busy baking cookies. As soon as I pulled them from the oven I would rush out and ring the bell. I will always remember the smiles on their faces when they watched me ring that bell.
The kids are grown now, and there isn’t as much action with the old bell anymore except for the birds landing on top resting awhile in the sun before they fly off. The dinner bell still gets a fresh coat of paint each season, and yes, after the paint dries I ring that bell for old time’s sake.
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