Changes

Eventually we had a downpour (mid morning) but most of the day was full of sunshine.

I ran several errands after the rain stopped.  Picked up a book for Gary at the Liftbridge and grabbed a new address book.  It's going to take me all day to transfer the names.  Then, I went over to Dunn's Furniture as I have been on the prowl for a new couch, trying to buy local.  Our kitchen is 18 x 32 and our current couch is not doing well.  Wondered if I should get two love seats...or just a couch...or one of each.  The love seat is hardly a hundred dollars less than the couch, so I might as well get two couches.

There were tons of fabric choices so I picked out 9 samples and brought them home to see if anything would go with our chairs.  The print one is for throw pillows.  Nothing would go with the kitchen rug, so I am going to move it to the library.  It's 11x15 and should look great there.

When I put the samples on the rug going to the kitchen, I discovered it had grey in it.  That is going to be my pick.

Little Wonder supervised me for a couple of hours while I attempted to dump about 25 pounds of old papers that have been hanging around in my file cabinet for over a decade.  Some went back to 2004.  I still have twice as much to go....maybe it will get me in purge mode in other places.  Like my closet.

OK, now I have had at least one new blossom everyday for over two weeks.  A couple of times, 5 all at once.

Dinner?  Meatloaf sandwiches with a side of bean salad.

Night all.

Ride #29

A nice cool morning so I decided to finally get back on my trike at 8:30.  It's been awhile.

The corn is so high now.

Gary went to yoga and out to lunch.  Unfortunately, I learned about a series on Prime last night and ended up doing some serious binging today.  It's called RIDE OR DIE and stars Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) and Octavia Spencer.  Such a gas and so different.

Once again Little Wonder and I went out to the Studio to work on a few more samples for my class....and it included listening to more loud music.  Jack Jones, Johnny Mathis.....Barry White.

Using a grid as a confidence builder while learning to see.

Learning how to mix colors....

Little Wonder wandered in and out.

In between episodes I made some meatloaf...

a salad....

and baked potatoes for dinner.

Gray brought in some fresh flowers for out kitchen table.

Night all.

 

Slowing Down

Sunny all day....less humid and breezy tonight.

Off to a slow start.  Mid morning a friend stopped up and delivered a beautiful loaf of sour dough bread that he made.  We had a nice long chat, then I went out for a couple errands.  That usually means Wegmans, and then I stopped at Country Max to get a bag of cookies for Little Wonder.  They are tiny little circles and have only 3 calories.  His version is veggies and chicken soup.  Many trainers use them and I like the fact that they don't have a lot of cals.  The hydrangeas in front of the store are beautiful.

I did some laundry and made another big pot of sauce.

Late afternoon LW and I went out to the Studio so I could work on some samples for my class.

Gary had done a lot of work in the Studio gardens this afternoon.

These are the remains of the flowers I recently had on the kitchen table.  I can't just throw them out when they are still perky.

Jenny sent us home with some leftover pizza last night so that's what we had for dinner with salad.

Night all

 

Getting Back in the Groove

This morning I was up around 7....

and by 10:15 Little Wonder and I were out in the Studio listening to loud music 

while I was working on a preliminary project sample for my students.

Back in the house around noon.  I swear, this must be national hibiscus blooming month!  More today,

At 1:15 we went down to the Town Lodge to attend a celebration of life for our friend Judy's daughter....Hillary.  The place was packed with nearly 100 family members.

On the way home we stopped at Scott's to see how thing were coming on the house.  Doug and another guy were working and they've made so much progress!

It's really starting to look like something!

Today was Finn's birthday and at 5:30 we went down to Jenny's for a dinner/celebration.

Little Wonder joined us and probably wondered if we were going to leave him there.

When we arrived Jenny, Scott, Cooper, Finn and Jane were making pizzas.  They were so organized with different bowls of toppings.

I had enough time to put together one before they started baking.

  

We also had zucchini parm, tomato salad and Caesar salad.

Quite the feast.  Just what Finn ordered.

Jenny made him a delicious birthday cake.

Can't believe he is now 23 years old.

So glad we could celebrate!

Night all.