July travels

Richie at the bat caves.

We saw some big ass mushrooms.

The area reminded me of prehistoric times.

Always touching something!

Pretty rock formations.

Galena, Illinois.

Crossing the mighty Mississippi.

First pair of socks knitted!!  Yay!!

He is 8 years old now! And handsome as ever!

Clarence, IA. 

Covered Bridge in IA...(I think...could be IL. somewhere...we were all over that day).

To Never Be Born

Mrs. Rooney: I remember once attending a lecture by one of these new mind doctors, I forget what you call them. He spoke ... 

Mr. Rooney: A lunatic specialist? 

Mrs. Rooney: No no, just the troubled mind, I was hoping he might shed a little light on my lifelong preoccupation with horses' buttocks. 

Mr. Rooney: A Neurologist? 

Mrs. Rooney: No no, just mental distress, the name will come back to me in the night. I remember his telling us the story of a little girl, very strange and unhappy in her ways, and how he treated her unsuccessfully over a period of years and was finally obliged to give up the case. He could find nothing wrong with her, he said. The only thing wrong with her as far as he could see was that she was dying. And she did in fact die, shortly after he washed his hands of her.

Mr. Rooney: Well? What is there so wonderful about that? 

Mrs. Rooney: No, it was just something he said, and the way he said it, that has haunted me ever since. When he had done with the little girl he stood there motionless for some time, quite two minutes I should say, looking down at his table. Then he suddenly raised his head and exclaimed, as if he had had a revelation, "The trouble with her was she had never really been born!" [Pause] He spoke throughout without notes. [Pause] I left before the end ... [Sobs] There's nothing to be done for those people! 

Mr. Rooney: For which is there?

---From All That Fall
Samuel Beckett
As quoted in The Lourdes of Arizona

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First day back at work

after a 2 week vacation.  I'm feeling rested and ready!

The day is foggy and moist.  Have on a fleece jacket...just anticipating fall weather.  But it will be quite a while til we get to enjoy that pleasure.

Lots to do yet this morning.  So this is cut short. 

It seems the photos I have recently taken with the new camera have been blurry....still learning it.

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

Hindu Proverbs

Swiss chard day...

Cleaned and froze swiss chard this afternoon.  It finally rained...lots of tomato blooms.  Quite a few green tomatos too...
Trying to figure out the new camera...I'm not good at reading directions...ha..

Still working on the ruffled shawl.  It ties in the back...reminds me of Tasha Tudor.

Maybe the summer is laz-ing along now and I will get a chance to share on here...maybe...haha...
Cheers!

It has been a loooonnnnggg few weeks!  House guests and working have taken up lots of time and energy...

Hope my Birthday brings a new camera because I need something easy and fun to use...as well as video capabilities.

So these days may only be ramblings...no photos on the horizon as of late.  (does that last sentence make any sense? LOL)

I have finished knitting/crocheting a shawl.  It is laying on the dinning room table damp and stretched out between towels to dry.  That is the way your supposed to "block" knitting...or so one source reports.

The altered book work was sold at the auction/sale night...which was wonderful news.

There was an art fest in town over the weekend and I purchased a handwoven basket...for, you guessed it...YARN!  It was a pretty cool (not temp. wise) weekend in the I.C.

Wish I had some photos...the garden is growing perfectly!!!  Sunflowers are leaning toward the sun.

Work starts again tomorrow...no yoga today.  It was spent doing boring but necessary chores.  But I must look at doing the yoga as my medicine.  That is how it feels when I practice.

Springtime Vintage [Explored]

Springtime Vintage [Explored]
Originally uploaded by Spring Noel

PQS3 to Terrie
Originally uploaded by mamacjt

interiors...

interiors...
Originally uploaded by Quelle night...

What a great kitchen!

 

When  my stepson was here we went to this store.  I said "let's go to Dick Blick".  He said there's no Dick on it...and my hubby said "they cut the Dick off." LOL  Now they only call it Blick...or at least that is what the sign says.  My stepson wasn't familar with the store at all. He only saw Blick on the front.  It was hilarious when they said all that about the "Dick" part!!

And after that we went to Lowe's to look for shrubs and my stepson touched some branches on a tree and asked what it was called...to which I answered, "it's a wheeping pussy-willow (well, it was! )...I thought he would die laughing!  So he took a picture of it and said it was going to be his new screen saver for his phone.  Too funny...we sure enjoyed his visit!!

The kitchen window in April...lots of greenery. 

Here is a glimps of the book project still in progress.  It is all figured out as far as construction and placements.  I'm very excited that it seems to have a life of it's own and tells me what needs to be done.  Funny that when I'm "stuck" a voice says just get away and do something else...and then a new idea comes.  One that solves the problem I was worried about. 

the inside is what I'm working on now...

Richie pruned the apple tree and so I brought in lots of branches!

signs of spring
Originally uploaded by mybloomnart

Yesterday on the way home from work I saw three bike riders struggling to peddle up a very steep hill on a one way street. The bikers weren't dressed in all the fancy gear of helmets and spandex. No, they were college kids, in shape and young! As I waited at the stop sign a moped started up the hill. He had a very pretty and young girl on the seat with him. As he got up the hill and approached the first bike rider (who by the way was still grinding away) he honked his horn and then preceded to peddle his moped smiling and chugging along. He did that to each bike rider, Honked, waved and pretend peddled. It made my day!! ☺