May you have a very special day enjoying your moments as you share your smile with others and hopefully they will share their smiles. I like the smilie wrinkles I have on my face. Hugs Gloria
Have a wonderlicious Wednesday! So happy my fav time of year is right around the corner! The house in the pic is one of the famous Earl Young "mushroom" houses in Charlevoix, MI 🍂
Hope you're having a lovely Sunday. While I'm fine, many in Wonderland, including my mother-in-law, are recovering from last week's storms. Seven nighttime tornadoes in 3 hrs, four around me, knocked out power, many still today. The 🌪️s were weak & shortlived, but left so many damaged trees, downed power lines, ripped-up roofs, pulled-off siding & more flooded basements when sump pumps stopped working. We are all being compassionate, helping those that bore the brunt of the storms. 💦
My part of Wonderland got 7 inches of rain in 4 hrs. Wed night to Thurs morn. I lucked out not to get basement flooding. Streets and Metro airport underwater. Then strong storms producing F0 - F1 tornadoes hit the area last night. Now power outages. Thank goodness it's supposed to be dry the next few days.
A cool breeze , a cool morning and I am glorious happy for I can smell fall in the air today. I am having, at the moment, a delicious cup of some flavored fall coffee, to make this day even more special, along with my favorite fall coffee mug. May your day be ever so kind to you as you do your daily duties. Smiles Gloria
The day after the day that I walk out the front door and the air is crisp, with just a hint of the Autumn days ahead, I put cinnamon in my coffee. ~Betsy Cañas Garmon, betsygarmon.com
We've been battling triple digits for three days now and I'm ready for summer "fun" to be over. Give me cool, crisp weather, rain, hot drinks, apples, falling leaves...I'm ready for autumn!! I've already decorated my house for the next season and I'm wishing the weather would match my decor. Ha, that's not pretentious or anything, is it? Thank goodness for fans and air conditioners, cool showers and garden hoses (once you run all the hot water out of them). Our county fair started today but I have no idea how many people made it to the fairgrounds. There is no shade down there and it wouldn't take long to get a whopper of a sunburn--or something worse. The forecast is for (somewhat) cooler weather--you wouldn't think anyone would be overjoyed with temperatures in the upper 80's (and I'm really not), but it's less heat than we've been having, and it will be a relief. C'mon rain...c'mon rain.....
Isn't it funny how we hang onto things for years and never use them/wear/them/look at them? And when we finally get rid of them, we think to ourselves..."why didn't I do this a long, long time ago? Less stuff means less stuff to keep clean, and I'm all for that now that I'm getting older. I still have a whole lot to go through, but at least getting started is better than ignoring things (as I can be prone to do). Good for you on going through the drawers and closets and freeing up some space in both--I'm proud of you, Margo!
How are your appliances holding up? I know your dishwasher is pretty 'iffy' and you'd mentioned that your fridge and stove might be the next to go. But it's sure not pleasant to try and go appliance shopping in the heat, is it? If your machines can hold out, there are usually Labor Day sales where you might be able to save a few precious dollars on whatever big appliances have given up the ghost--or are so close to it that you may as well buy a new one. For sure you don't want to be doing this kind of thing in the ice and/or snow! Funny how timing affects when you purchase things. I hope that when you do have to bite the bullet and replace your hardworking appliances, that you get really good ones that last you a long, long time.
Our rooster is very annoying. He came at me today and I kept pushing him away with the small rake that I use to reach the eggs that the hens lay under the far side of the coop but that beast just kept coming back at me until finally he got the message that he wasn't going to get to me and wandered off. He's a meanie and I don't like him very much, but it's his job to keep our hens safe from aerial predators so I put up with him. I've been told I need to put his head on the ground and keep it there until he goes limp (proving dominance), but I am leery of hurting him and anyway I never remember that trick and I'm not sure I could do it with the rake. Have you ever had chickens? This is a first for me. They're Dennis's "hobby" now that he has retired. We sure do get a lot of eggs from our girls--which was sweet when the prices of eggs soared a while back. We give away a lot of eggs, too. Maybe our neighbors won't mind hearing that dumb rooster crowing off and on all day if they have free eggs to compensate for his self-important racket.
So long for now, my friend...keep those air conditioners humming!
Thank goodness for fans and air conditioners, cool showers and garden hoses (once you run all the hot water out of them). Our county fair started today but I have no idea how many people made it to the fairgrounds. There is no shade down there and it wouldn't take long to get a whopper of a sunburn--or something worse. The forecast is for (somewhat) cooler weather--you wouldn't think anyone would be overjoyed with temperatures in the upper 80's (and I'm really not), but it's less heat than we've been having, and it will be a relief. C'mon rain...c'mon rain.....
