We had a big old storm late in the afternoon yesterday; lots of rain, thunder, and lightning. There were severe thunderstorm warnings all over the Hudson Valley. When we were sitting in the den, I saw golden light coming through the closed blinds, so I quickly opened them and saw this. I was immediately out on the porch in my bare feet so I could capture this view.
Don is feeling much better today. He got a lot of sleep and he’s in a kind of “Hello, beautiful world!!” mood. He can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I, on the other hand, did not get enough sleep and it’s entirely my fault. I slept downstairs again and was scrolling through Twitter (something I never do before I go to bed) and the news was so upsetting and depressing that I couldn’t get to sleep for the longest time. I have no one to blame but myself. Lesson re-learned. We have decided that I’m moving back upstairs tonight. I can’t wait for my comfy bed! I’ve actually been sleeping well and pretty solidly during this time (probably because I can’t hear Don snore) but the narrowness of the sofa is so limiting that I feel sore when I get up. It’s as if my body knows it cannot stray from the confines of the sofa, so it tenses up.
Anyway, sheets will be washed today, pillows moved back into the bedroom, no more clothes stashed on top of the basket of throws in the den. No more having to turn on the light in the bathroom and leaving the door slightly cracked so I can navigate up the steps to the bathroom in the dark.
I filmed another short video for IGTV yesterday, this time focusing on the vintage dollhouse in the den – the Lake House. You can find it on my IG account. I had to use iMovie to stitch two different videos together and somehow the video looks smaller than usual. But if you click on the square at the lower right of the frame, the video will enlarge.
I’m always picky about how I sound, the hesitations and pauses I use when I speak. But that is the way I speak in real life, so why hide it? I pause and consider and move on and pause again. I also go off on tangents. Basically, I chat.
You’re getting the real me, my friends.
Stay safe.
Happy Thursday.
Saw this quote and thought it fits you—-By Marcus Tullius Cicero.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
Thought it was a neat quote. ( I did check to see if this was his quote and according to Goodreads it is).
By the way love the picture of the sky you took. And am glad your Don is improving.
That’s always been one of my favorite quotes, Trina. In fact, I’d love to find a print of it that I could frame. Thanks so much!
Stay safe.
I loved watching your video of the Lake House. It was so nice to put a voice to your blog which I have read for many years.
Thank you so much, Julie! Stay safe!
I think the real you is the best kind and your real you is the one we all relate to. I love your videos and all you share. As always, thanks. 😊
You’re most welcome, Janet. Thank you.
Stay safe.
So glad Don is feeling better!
Love the lake house. It does look like it belongs on a Michigan lake “up north”.
I am feeling very disappointed in someone I love and have always looked up to. We don’t agree politically, but now their response to BLM has shown me they truly are racist. What is that saying….when someone shows you who they are believe them. Well, I finally do. It makes me sad. This is a relative I love and will try to maintain a relationship with but it won’t be the same. Thanks for letting me vent a little.
Have a wonderful day!
I’m so sorry. I’ve run into this as well – someone you thought you knew turns out to have beliefs that you can’t support. It’s so difficult.
Hang in there, Marilyn. Stay safe.
glad that don is healing nicely and you won’thave to sleep on the sofa anymore! hope that helps you feel better soon.
thanks for another pretty photo. glad you saw that sunrise for real. and if you sleep better tonight.
i check my alarm every night before going to bed, including last night … but this morning i woke up in a start about 20 minutes later than i’d like. think i must have been in a very deep sleep and turned it off (not good). but i was out the door in 30 minutes and made it to work before my boss. :)
will check your lake house tour after work. thanks for making the videos, being here and welcoming us, for sharing all sorts of goodness and common sense (two things our country really needs a lot more of right now). i like the “real you”!
hope you have a good, safe day.
kathy in iowa
Aw, thank you, Kathy! Stay safe.
Real is always the best!! Thanks for sharing. It really does need a lake!!
So happy that Don is feeling better and life for both of you is becoming a bit more of that all encompasing new normal we are trying to find and embrace….or at least accept! One day at a time.
Yes, the news is beyond disgusting. Not sure what country this is anymore. Over the past 3.5 years I have tried living with my head in the sand, and I have tried keeping abreast of the daily news. I am not sure which is the best. I need to develop a hybrid of the two in order to stay healthy and aware. That is my newest endeavor. I think it will prove to be a steep hill to climb at this time. I hope you have a peaceful day!
Yes – the irony is not lost on me. We’re getting back to normal, but what we’ve been living since March is NOT normal. So, I guess we’re getting back to the new normal.
I struggle with that balance daily. Some days I handle it well. On others, I don’t. Last night I was caught up in the interview where HE says five words over and over again; which only further illustrates the fact that he is struggling with some form of dementia.
Stay safe, Chris.
and if it is the same one I am thinking of, what exactly is “person” when it is used as: person, woman, man, camera, TV. Oh, my!!!! I, too, must be a genius as I remember the 5 words in (more than) a 20 min span. What an idiot.
Don and I have repeated those same words several times today! We must be brilliant!
Oh, this is a post full of good news! Much happiness for you all. I remember I had to take the cushions off of Rick’s sofa and sleep on the floor when he had his leg issues after surgery. It was much better than the sofa, though not that much better and I was so relieved to go home to my own bed!
What a glorious sunscape! Yes, that’s definitely worth opening the shades for!
Just what we needed last night, Jeanie. Thank you! And stay safe.
I have found sleeping on sofas difficult because every time I need to turn over, I would spin in place. Then I realized if I just swapped head and feet each time I turned over it was quicker and much, much easier. Lessons learned!
Too much work! It would wake me up!
Thanks, Tana. Stay safe!
I just watched your little film about the lake house.
it’s just wonderful. and your voice is perfect in describing all the details.
I wish the maker of it could know what exquisite hands it wound up in!
that it is loved and valued. that alone would give JOY to the maker!
and I’m so glad that Don is finally feeling better.
I hope you rest WELL tonight. xoxo
Thank you, dear Tammy! Stay safe!
You have an absolutely beautiful voice. Your acting and voice coaching talents come through!
Thank you for your kind words, Jenny! Stay safe!
What a beeeuuutiful photo, Claudia; the world alive and on fire in a good way.
Sure glad Don is feeling better.
Look forward to the comfy bed and backache-be-gone!
Oh that bed felt so good last night! Thanks, Vicki. Stay safe.
Glorious photo! Thank you. Glad things are getting back to normal with Don and that you can return to your bed. The older I get, the more I love my bed. It feels like my one little safe island in the midst of all the chaos. BTW, I don’t think I’m doing this virus thing very well. Had to have the plumber come in the other day and realized how many boxes I have stacked and tumbling about upstairs–paints, sketchbooks, craft kits, cat supplies, yarn–many of them unopened. My credit card has been vastly overused in the past few months. And then yesterday, feeling particularly frightened, angry, and sorry for myself, I went miniature shopping and actually bought stuff!!! Lots of stuff!!! For a dollhouse that I don’t have. Maybe I can turn one of the cardboard boxes into a room…or more likely, at some point, I will just toss all the boxes, opened or not, into the former darkroom, now a dangerous hoarder’s paradise. I’m ashamed on so many levels. Isn’t it funny, tho, that the extent of box city didn’t hit me until I saw it with the plumber’s eyes. Sigh. Thanks for listening. Hope your weekend is beautiful!
One thing that helps here is that we have so little storage space that I can’t get away with that. Although, there is the shed…
But I’m really referring to inside the house. I understand, Nora, oh do I understand!
I almost never see the flaws until someone is coming. For example, if my sister was coming, I’d be cleaning like a madwoman as she is an uber-cleaner.
It’s okay. Stay safe!