little things
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Wildflowers and Walks
Right now it is pouring down with rain. There are flash flood warnings and it is steamy and sticky outside. It is the kind of weather where all you want to do is to stay inside with the air conditioning blasting away and a good book on your lap. Of course, I think that is a good way to spend most of the summer. However, over the weekend we had gorgeous weather and we went for a walk down by the river. The wildflowers are out in force and look absolutely beautiful. I wish my flower beds looked half so bright and colorful. Maybe I should just fill them with…
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Kind People And Thoughtful Gifts
Do you see that hat up there? The one with teapots on it? Jennifer from Pastry & Purls made it for me. I admired a similar one on her blog-after all, a hat with teapots is just calling out my name. In this case, I mean that literally since the pattern is the Tea Jenny. Jennifer contacted me and offered to knit me my own Tea Jenny hat. I was so touched by her kindness. It came in the mail last week and I love it. It makes me smile every time I see it. Jennifer also sent the book. Obviously, my interests are coming through clearly on my blog.…
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Golden Moments #2
A month or so ago I wrote a post where I listed the golden moments of my week, the moments that made me stop and appreciate life. I enjoyed writing it and enjoyed how it made me concentrate on the good instead of the bad. Goodness knows there can be enough bad to concentrate on. So here we go again. The golden moments from my recent days. The walk we took as a family in the woods pictured above. It was a beautiful day, everyone was cooperative, and they all patiently waited while I took photos. A good time was had by all. I love all the old stone walls…
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Family Vacations And Other Nonsense
We are in Chicago spending a few days with my husband’s family. Family vacations can be… interesting but there have been some bright spots in the last few days. First of all, this book. It is yet another one on my list of books I wonder why I have never read before. Funny and charming with such a wonderfully eccentric family. It kept me chuckling during the whole flight and the following hours-long fight with the rental car company about a car with faulty brakes. Did he write more books about his family? I hope so, this wasn’t enough. I ran into the grocery store to pick up a few…
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Monday’s Bits and Pieces
When I first sat down to write this I thought that I couldn’t come up with too many good things about the last week. Not that it was bad, just that it was uneventful. I guess that is true, but there were a few nice things about it in an uneventful kind of way. The snow from last Monday finally melted. Did I mention it snowed last Monday? Probably not. I was so disgusted I couldn’t deal with it. We got a few inches of wet, sloppy snow. It was just enough to make the roads treacherous. Let me remind you that it is April, the time of sunshine, daffodils,…
