A rainy day today with about an inch of rain expected. Then the warmup begins.
What exciting news do I have for you? Let’s see, we’re picking up groceries later this afternoon. That’s exciting. I have another puzzle arriving today. That actually is exciting, because, instead of doing anything with the dollhouse (I didn’t have the patience for measuring yesterday) I finished the puzzle instead.
The trees were the most challenging – as well as the road. But as you know, when you’re heading toward the finish of a jigsaw puzzle, pieces start going into place pretty quickly. The next puzzle isn’t as bright – in fact, it’s pretty dark and moody – but it shows a trio of musicians rehearsing inside a NYC apartment and I love music and musicians.
Hopefully, I’ll get upstairs and do some work on the dollhouse today.
I’ll admit it. I’m restless for Spring and I’m tired of the heat being on and the brown monotone of the surrounding countryside. I’m ready for our second shot, but it won’t be until the 31st. I’d like to start working outside, even if only to wash our siding and take down old wasp nests from the ceiling of the porch and clean the porch railings. Not exciting, but satisfying nonetheless, and it’s all stuff I can work on before it’s time to do anything with the gardens. As the temps will be in the 50s and 60s next week, I’ll be doing just that.
Stay safe.
Happy Thursday.
sounds like a busy but good day. i am glad for you.
love the puzzle … the style, the colors, the scene, the sea and cloudy sky, the inclusion of a church. :) and the price of a magazine in 1938 …! good luck with the dollhouse-measuring work when you get to that and with the darker, moodier puzzle ahead.
i am in a darker, moodier mood and i don’t like it. today is my twin sister’s and my birthday (63) and i can’t see all my family and give them thanks and hugs as i want to do so i am sad. also, still trading phone calls to try to set up physical therapy for my back (trusting the four vertebrae have healed enough and the bone-building shots are helping enough for p-t, but who knows for sure? makes it a little scary.) if i can’t be with all my family, i want to get outside for walks and the benefits of nature, clean my apartment and sew (even though i don’t like in person some of the fabric i ordered online) rather than be at work where three more people have been diagnosed with covid in the last 24 hours ….
someone told me that iowa will open up vaccines to all adults as of april 05. i’ve not seen anything in writing about that, but i hope it’s true. an answer to prayers and that will help my mood.
hope you all have a good day. stay safe!
and thanks for listening to my moodiness.
kathy in iowa
Happy to listen to your moodiness, Kathy. I understand.
But most importantly, Happy Birthday! I hope you know you’re surrounded with love – from your family, your friends, and from the readers of this blog. I’m sorry you can’t be with your family, but next year will be better. Praying for a vaccine for you very soon.
Much love and stay safe.
thank you, claudia, very much.
i do know and feel that love from my family and friends, including friends here. thank you for that.
i didn’t really want to mention my down mood because most of us (those of us who’ve been following cdc guidelines, anyway) are in the same boat with many of the same lousy, heart-breaking experiences and no one needed the reminder … but i wrote it because i was feeling it, knowing i am among friends here. thank you all for listening, caring and sending cheer on my birthday, too.
here’s to better days ahead for everyone.
xo
kathy in iowa
xo
Happy Birthday Kathy!
thanks, marilyn.
hope you and your loved ones are well and stay safe.
kathy in iowa
Happy Birthday, Kathy! Best wishes for a year filled with good health, lots of fun, and many happy adventures (and a COVID vaccine)!!
hej, ellen d …
thank you. same for you and your loved ones.
are you eligible for the vaccine?
kathy in iowa
Happy Birthday, Kathy! Hope you see much improvement in your health and well being this year.
thanks, dee dee.
getting there with my back (physical therapy to finally start april 05 … five months since my back broke).
you doing well? hope you and your loved ones are well and safe.
kathy in iowa
Happy Birthday Kathy! I’m hoping and praying you get your vaccine soon…and all of your relatives as well. Hope you can enjoy ‘your’ day!! ;)
thanks, dee dee.
getting there with my back (physical therapy to finally start april 05 … five months since my back broke).
you doing well? hope you and your loved ones are well and safe.
kathy in iowa
thanks, donnamae! same for you and your loved ones.
it’s not definite, but our governor has said if supplies are available, she will make vaccines available to everyone 16+ as of april 05. praying for that!
are you eligible or had your shots yet? hope so!
hope you have a nice weekend.
kathy in iowa
That’s terrific news! One shot down…one to go on Friday! Hope you have a good weekend! ;)
i’m glad for you, donnamae!
looking forward to some relief and safer hugs where i’m not covered in a new lawn-and-leaf bag.
happy saturday!
kathy in iowa
Happy Happy Day, kathy!!! No matter what, we continue with our journeys around the sun. I am glad that the vaccine may be coming soon for you and your loved ones. Hubs and I have had our 2nd and our son & wife and our daughter have had their 1sts…. it truly is a wonderful feeling. I am glad that more and more states are moving forward with the vaccines, and sad to hear of so many who won’t take them! Just craziness. I hope you do enjoy your day, and here is to many many more where you will be able to celebrate with friends and loved ones!!
thanks, chris. same prayers … years and forever with my family. i miss them so much.
so happy that you all have had your shots and can be together with your family! how old is your little granddaughter again?
happy weekend. and stay safe.
kathy in iowa
Happy Birthday! Wishing you a year filled with some “normal” and a whole lot of happiness and love!
We are hearing the same about vaccines opening to everyone the beginning of April here in Nevada. I’m hoping it’s true–four of the five of us are vaccinated but I want my son safe too!
thanks, roxie. same wishes and prayers for you all.
i hope you can get vaccinations soon, too … a time to celebrate and rest easier.
kathy in iowa
your son …
I really need to read my comment before posting it! :)
kathy in iowa
Happy Birthday, Kathy!
hej, deanna s …
thank you!
hope you have a nice weekend ahead.
kathy in iowa
I do love that puzzle.
I have spring fever too. I’m itching to get outside and do some yard cleanup, take a walk, etc.
Yesterday it was cold and rainy.
Today I plan to walk on the bike trail. I took a short walk a few days ago to check it out and it’s mostly bare.
Have a good day and stay safe.
It’s cold and rainy here today, so no walks!
Stay safe, Marilyn.
That is a great looking New Yorker cover! I like the colors and I always like to peek at the price of the magazine. My son passes the magazine down to me after he has read it and I always enjoy it. Now its cost is $8.99! but I still love the covers!
Too windy and chilly today so I probably won’t get out for a walk. This weekend, tho, we will get some Spring weather again. Hurray!
I know. The differing prices according to the date of the cover are fascinating!
Stay safe, Ellen.
I really like the New Yorker puzzle, Claudia. There seems to be a lot more choice available in the States. I own four of the series, one of which you also have (Girl in a Bookstore).
It’s not raining today but still feels chilly. Am getting a bit fed up of the rain although it’s nothing new, it does rain a lot where I live but we wouldn’t have ‘ a green and pleasant land’ without it!
There’s a 12 week gap between first and second vaccinations so it’s the end of April until I can feel a bit safer.
Happy Thursday
That will be here before you know it, Dee Dee. Then you’ll be fully vaccinated.
Stay safe!
Its sunny but very windy today. I’m hoping it blows on by and I can get outside for just a bit. Recovering from the 2nd vaccine shot. Some reactions but well worth it and they only lasted a day or so. in 2 weeks we have some immunity and going out masked will be safer. I’m looking forward to that.
I am, too. But that won’t be until mid April for us. Still, it’s not far off!
I’m glad you’ve recovered from your shot.
Stay safe, Linda.
Happy birthday Kathy! Hi Claudia, I think this is my favorite puzzle so far. I love the theme and the colors. Very pretty! It is raining here too. We can’t wait for spring.Have a great day!
Thank you, April. It’s pretty cheery!
Stay safe!
thanks, april!
hope you have a good weekend ahead!
kathy in iowa
I love this puzzle but it’s weird. You said it was 1930s. But the women in the foreground with their long dark outfits look like no later than 1915-20, and the bicycle and horse cart look of that time. But the couple walking down the center of the road look far more contemporary, possibly in 30s swimming garb. I wonder what the women in the long gowns think of their “scanty” attire!
I hope you get to do your spring things soon. I’m in house clean-up mode today before our vaccinated friends come for dinner tomorrow. I’m so excited to see them! Have a lovely day!
No, I said the date of the magazine issue was 1938. I don’t think the puzzle takes place in 1938. I’m thinking it’s the twenties. The older women may be still wearing long skirts. The swimwear looks of the 20s to me. And then there’s the horse-drawn cart, which still exists even now.
Or maybe it’s supposed to represent all eras? The timelessness of the beach?
Stay safe, Jeanie.
Sunny and very windy here today…but the next 3 days are supposed to be warmer and sunny. I have spring fever really bad myself….wondering if it’s too early to uncover the hostas…I’m sure it is. But, I’m hoping there is something I can do outside.
We have small outdoor projects to do as well around here…paint the front door, repaint the iron railing on the front porch, wash windows. But with rain predicted for next week,,,,those things will have to wait.
That is one of my favorite puzzles you’ve done. Guess it’s just a more peaceful hustle and bustle of yesteryear that’s appealing to me. Anxious to see what’s next up in your puzzle lineup.
Enjoy your day….and stay safe! ;)
Too early for sure! Leave them be, Donna!
Yes, I love the colors in this puzzle. The next one is pretty dark, which I’m sure I’ll regret.
Stay safe!
I love the colors in this puzzle. But, like Jeanie, I wondered about the two wandering the street in their swimwear in 1938. I thought the swimwear was not quite so “brief”…. especially the lady. Obviously they were happy ~ and perhaps a bit ahead of the times! Trendsetters!!
It is sunny today, but OH, so windy!!! Supposed to be a nice weekend. Everyone is ready for that. I hope your day is going well. Take care.
I think it’s an earlier time – there’s a horse-drawn cart – maybe the twenties? Those suits look of that period and no one was shy about their bodies in the 20s.
Stay safe, Chris.
Claudia….the puzzle queen!!! I love seeing all the completed ones you have done.
Happy Birthday Kathy! We are the same age! I hope and pray that next year will find us all celebrating with our loved one! Here in MA, they have opened up the window for vaccines for those 60 and over starting on Monday. Though, that is not to say that it will be easy to find a shot. I have preregistered and will keep my fingers crossed. By mid April, our Governor has said that anyone 16 or older will be eligible. We are getting closer to the finish line. Patience, patience.
I will be so happy when everyone has been vaccinated, Donna!
Stay safe.
hej, donna …
thank you! and happy 63 to you!
hope you get vaccinated soon and stay safe!
kathy in iowa
NYC musicians love you too :) :)
Aw, thank you Naomi!
Stay safe!