I read quite a bit of Night School this morning – Lee Child’s latest – and I’m finally getting into it. That’s good news. It took a while, but now I’m immersed in the part of the book where things are ramping up. In fact, I had to force myself to put it down in order to write this post.
I’ve took some pictures in the late afternoon yesterday, when the sun pours in the front of the house. Instead of trying to avoid a reflection on the glass in a picture frame, I went with it.
You can see the windows and the blue ice cream maker that holds the dried hydrangeas reflected on the glass.
Same here – the reflection of the window, and yes, that’s a crack in the window that we haven’t yet repaired. I love this Norman Rockwell print. We got it years ago up in the Berkshires.
More of that golden glow from the sun, which, by the way, never showed itself until very late in the afternoon.
The big pots filled with impatiens came inside with me the other day. They were budding and in pretty good shape, so, being someone who can’t abandon anything, I brought them in. There’s a little pot on the kitchen windowsill, one on my dresser, and one in the office. They need a little pinching back, but so far, so good.
Of course, this means more watering for Don when I’m in Hartford, but what the heck? It gives him something to do! See? I’m always thinking of him.
Today seems to be a day for reading; finishing the Lee Child, reading the New York Times, starting another book (to be determined.) And doing the crossword puzzle, of course.
On the docket for the week ahead: Starting my text research on Comedy of Errors.
Happy Sunday.
Have a good Sunday, Claudia. Returning my child to college…it’s been so nice having her for five days! I get her for four weeks during winter break, starting in a couple of weeks and can hardly wait!
Oh good! So this is just a temporary goodbye! That’s how my sister feels about her boys going back to college today. In the blink of an eye, they’ll be back!
Yes, Meredith’s older sons are decamping for a while. I read your sister’s post before yours…lets face it, when Feedly has both your blogs side by side, as it did today, but Meredith’s blog has a photo of Little Z, which do you think I’d read first?!
As you should! I held off writing about an update because I had a feeling Meredith would blog today.
I always love how sunshine plays around….changes with the seasons….and casts it’s glow on items to make them even more spectacular! Here’s to a perfectly quiet Sunday! ;)
A quiet and restful Sunday for all!
A quiet Sunday sounds heavenly!! Winter sunlight is so different than the summer sun. The shadows it casts are so much “bigger”. I guess it is because of the absence of leaves on the trees which tend to alter the summer sun a bit. It is really getting colder outside, but as I opened curtains this morning I noticed how beautifully green the grass still is for late November.
I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday reading! In my opinion, there is no better way, really, to spend any day!
Yes, I just noticed how green our front lawn was the other day! Amazing!
Have a great day, Chris!
Hi Claudia, sending you my belated birthday wishes, I hope you had a happy birthday, sorry I missed it. The Norman Rockwell print is superb. I’m so glad to hear that Little Z is back home! All our blessings from Amsterdam, have a great Sunday!
Thank you, Susi! Blessings to you in Amsterdam from New York State! xoxo
Beautiful light and well-mothered plants around your house, today.
Busy morning around here…assembling art supplies and sewing a tote bag for our neighborhood police department’s toy drive for Christmas. Hope there are still kids who are wanting art supplies, like I did. I just couldn’t go out and pick up a cheap plastic toy, which is, I’m assuming, what they’d expect me to do. There must be some low-tech, hands-on kids left, no? With kids, inlaws, and Booboos headed here for Christmas, I’d better get into the spirit asap!
What a great idea! Much better than a plastic toy and I’m sure there are lots of kids out there who would love some art supplies!
Sounds like you’re having a nice Sunday; love your pots of green here and there, with a glow of sunshine; must make you feel very good when skies are gray.
Guess what??!!! We got some rain in SoCalif…earlier than expected, from noon on, yesterday…and we went out about 2pm in a short showers break only to catch the clouds briefly parting to reveal SNOW on our local mountains. This never happens. Not in recent years, for sure. And usually not til January or maybe the very end of December…in a good rain year, which we haven’t had. So, it was a phenomenon; blissfully beautiful! We’re about to go out now to see if there’s more than the powdered-sugar dusting…because the night was cold; we got down to 39 degrees. For forecasters saying we’d have a dry winter, we’re doing pretty good on a little rain so far! This is amazing stuff when you’re somewhere with what-seems-like endless drought. Even the eucalyptus trees are dying now, another thing which never has happened EVER in my entire life. Most of those trees in my town were planted in the late 1800s.
So glad you got some rain, Vicki! I know how important that is for you. Yay!
No rain here today but it is supposed to return for Tuesday and Wednesday…I wish the sun would break through here for a while…Enjoy your reading, I’m glad the story improved for you…
Looks like the sun has come out this morning, Nancy! Yay!
Just now catching up on Sunday blog posts. Lovely day with family but it did tire me out. Glad you enjoyed the latest Reacher book after all. I need to schedule some work and fun this week. Hugs!
Just finished the Reacher and it was very good!
Is that one plant a corn plant (Dracena)? If so, one day it may surprise you and blossom as ours did recently. It was a very long and odiferous stalk of white flowers. I’m reading a new mystery called Missing, Presumed; we got it after hearing the review on NPR. DH enjoyed it, and I’m liking it, too.
No, it’s a sansevieria, Judy – it’s also called a mother-in-law’s tongue. But I’ve heard the same thing about these flowers, that they have a particular smell to them. I read Missing Presumed and reviewed it on my other blog, Judy. I really liked it.
I meant the plant on the table in this post; that’s the one that bloomed here. Your mother-in-law’s tongue/snake plant in bloom was amazing, but that’s not the one I meant. Indoor plants struggle here during the dark days of Nov. and December.
Oh, that’s a Chinese evergreen, Judy!