No solution in sight.
I actually have one of these and am guessing that you probably do too. Giving it one last chance in the laundry to become a thing of beauty again before I pass it along to someone in my family that won’t notice.
🖋️ Bruce Eric Kaplan, The New Yorker, 2019
To change or not to change
The good thing about SoMe is that your friends can call anytime and it doesn’t matter what you’re wearing.
Everyone should think about a day off today and take some time to stop and smell the roses.
Looks like a good spot.
Garden helpers always have their own ideas that might not be according to your plan 😆
Playing with other blooms.
Not a whole lot coming up in the backyard but the hostas transplanted to big pots last year – that’s ok, they’re green and happy and right now that’s all that counts.
Trying really hard.
Feeling a bit like a pinball these past few weeks but guessing that it’s better to be in motion than not 😆
It’s always something
Plumbing is all fixed just in time as Saturday night brought biblical proportion rains. So nice to be able to enjoy a hot bath, no matter what the weather, but perhaps not immediately as there is a full load of soaking-wet, half-done laundry sitting in the tub. Oh joy, the 15 year-old washing machine is officially on its last legs. I can’t even anymore…
Internal landscape
So that’s the culprit in all of the recent plumbing woes, an impressive 6’ long crack in the cast iron stack that has been leaking in secret for who knows how long and only recently came to our attention thanks to the deluge of rain last week.
Kudos to the plumber who did a fantastic job and had a sense of humour to boot. Encourage kids to go into the trades – as long as there are old houses there will always be work.
Another perspective
Things should be easing up a bit now that Mercury retrograde has released its stranglehold on communication and general life glitches. Don’t rush, perhaps consider last month’s setbacks from a different angle and take some advice from the Farmer’s Almanac – “Use your energy towards intelligent changes”.
Time flies
Who knew seven years could go by so fast. Dipping my toes in the waters once more – lots to catch up on.
easy – like walking a tightrope.
Which would account for why it’s so expensive…
Yippee!! Maybe the cheque that’s in the mail will arrive after all.
Some days it’s just jumping through hoops and rearranging blocks.
What treasures have you brought back from the beach?
Some days you just don’t want to sit down to a large plate of anything – out with Miss Z on a sunny afternoon we opted for a little bit of everything: fresh guacamole with house nachos, sweet potato fries with coriander and chipotle mayo, a double fudge brownie with vanilla ice cream and, of course, a refreshing cocktail – a tall glass of Mezcal with lime and muddled strawberries. Yum.
A spur-of-the-moment chocolate almond garden berry tart – because pie is good anytime. What is your favourite pie?
When all the world is free for the creating with the swipe of a finger.
One of my all-time faves.
I want names!
It’s not always as simple as it seems.
The Farmer’s Almanac weather forecast for July in my region reads much like my biorhythm looks, all ups and downs, intense highs punctuated by icy lows, and long, lingering periods where much reaches some sort of tepid plateau. Here’s wishing for more temperate climes.
I don’t even know where to begin with this one…
That teetering point between getting something concrete accomplished and actually moving forward.
What sommeliers are dying to say.
When north, south, east and west conspire in the reminder that beauty in nature is timeless.
ACROSS THE BORED 