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Tuesday Morning

September 3, 2019 at 11:01 am by Claudia

We took a walk early this morning. This is the property of one of my neighbors, which our property borders. If you look at the photo, you see part of a white house, then to the left, another house. Just about an inch of space (on the photo) to the left of that building is our property and our woods.

A beautiful day today – it started out foggy and then the sun came through. Lovely.

I finished The Girl Who Lived Twice  and am now reading a history of that famous bookshop in Paris, Shakespeare and Company. It’s fascinating. Oh, to live in those times when seemingly every artist and writer spent time in Paris. It was the place to be. It’s still the place to be, in my humble opinion.

There’s not much to report on my end. We took it easy yesterday and had a lovely, lazy day with a trip to the grocery store in the afternoon. Now I’ll have to deal with thinking that today is Monday, rather than Tuesday, and on and on for the rest of the week. Do you do that, too?

Another neighbor just posted some pictures on FB of a mama bear and two cubs in her back yard (directly across the street from us.) Last year, I saw an adult black bear walk through the back forty. Just a reminder that we have to be alert. But it’s sure neat to see them!

Maybe some mowing later in the day…definitely a bit of weeding.

Happy Tuesday.

 

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On a Saturday Morning

August 31, 2019 at 10:12 am by Claudia

Another gorgeous morning. We just finished our second cup of coffee out on the porch. It’s a lazy morning here; for some reason it’s taking me a long time to wake up.

We have some deductions to finish up this morning. Yes, it’s taken us a bit longer than planned as last week became very busy with both of us working and me out of town as well. After that? Maybe some work outside, a run to the local hardware for 40 watt bulbs (we have a lot of vintage smallish lamps around here and I’ve decided they must have meetings in which they decide to ‘go out’ all at once.) Some reading, of course.

I’m reading The Girl Who Lived Twice  by David Lagercrantz, the writer who took over the Millennium series when Steig Larrson passed away. He does a pretty good job of it, I must say. It’s not easy writing in the style of someone else. Of course, the first three books by Larrson will always be the best, but I have enjoyed all of the books by Lagercrantz as well. This, by the way, is the last book in the series.

We had a lovely time at Rick and Doug’s last night. Doug’s daughter was visiting from Japan. Lots of great conversation, as well as laughter. And Rick made a vegetarian dinner for us. He’s a sweetie.

I hope you’re enjoying your holiday weekend. As per usual, we tend to lay low on these three-day weekends, although I’m sure Don will be taking pictures at the Farmer’s Market tomorrow.

Happy Saturday.

 

Filed Under: books, flowers, garden, reading 18 Comments

Flowers and a Giveaway

August 30, 2019 at 10:03 am by Claudia

Ever so slowly, the limelights are turning pink. Just a tinge here and there. My limelight bush is huge this year – I’m sure that’s due to all the rain we had this spring. The flowers are bigger and fuller than ever.

I’m happy to inform you that the whiteflies have been absent for a few weeks now. Thank goodness. Yesterday, I made up a batch of  homemade deer repellent and sprayed it on the remaining morning glories. Fingers crossed! I found the recipe several years ago on a blog called Turkey Feathers. Here’s a link to the recipe.

It’s worked for me in the past. So let’s hope it works this time. (I don’t use pesticides.)

Another gorgeous day filled with golden light and a gentle breeze. It doesn’t get much better than this and I’m soaking it all in. Tonight we go to dinner at Rick and Doug’s as one of Doug’s daughters is visiting. We love seeing her, so it should be a fun evening.

Okay. Barbara, one of the readers of this blog, wrote me to say she has an extra paperback copy of the Overstory  that she would be happy to give to one of you.

If you remember, I raved about this book. It’s truly one of the most powerful novels I have ever read. I cannot say enough about this story and the heart and mind of its author, Richard Powers.

So, we’re going to have a giveaway today. The same rules apply as usual: If you’re interested, leave a comment on this blog post, NOT via a response to the email version of this post, and not via a direct email to me. Only on this post. I will pick a winner via the Random Number Generator on Sunday evening.

Barbara is willing to send it to anyone in the United States or Canada. If you win and you live in the States, you will have to give me your phone number as it is required for Customs.

Thank you, Barbara, for this generous giveaway!

(I won’t be answering comments as it makes it too difficult to tally up the numbers.)

Happy Friday.

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