Farewell, Summer

 

From September 2, 2013

I will miss you. Deep sigh. forlorn look. You barely got started after the month of rain.  I'll miss the hazy, hot, and humid days. I'll miss working in the sun room and taking Popsicle breaks. I'll miss evenings in the sun room and how light it was outside even at 9 PM. I'll miss going outside without a jacket. I'll miss island time and the slower pace of days. Until next year.

Is it July, yet?

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. Home again, home again. Lunch at the Rosewood.

2. I watched On Golden Pond

3. A few ears of corn and a watermelon harvested from the garden

4. Another play day with Teague. We were talking about our Summer trips and half joking about where we would go this month

5. Too beautiful a day to do anything except hang out in the sunroom

How was your week?

T Stands for Chillaxing

 

The weather finally warmed up to move out into the sunroom. It's the perfect spot, to sip a cup of tea, watch television, hang out and chillax.

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The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. Breakfast at The Garden. It's been closed every time we went by, but now it's open

2. We heard the jet flyover for the start of the Boston Marathon, but it was cloudy so we couldn't see it

3.  The day was so nice, Teague and I went for a walk and sat outside on her deck. Hung out in her sunroom

4. Loose tea from Harney and Sons arrived

5. The residents of Trout Towne sent a lovely thinking of you e-card

How was your week?

Whatcha Doin?

 

One of the things the Eldest and I loved to do was watch food porn (cooking shows). One of our favorite shows to watch was Worst Cooks in America. We'll hang out in the sunroom and finish bingeing Season 1. I forgot how much fun it was to watch with her and comment on these shows.

Whatcha doin?

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1.  Because of holiday traffic, it took the White Glove guys several hours to get here so they could remove the old massage chair and set up the new massage chair.  They left after 8 pm so we had Tony's for take-out

2.  While Himself watched the baseball game, I enjoyed a couple of movies while lounging in the sunroom.

3.  There have been a lot of bees around the snowball bushes 

4.  I signed up for Workshop Week

5. and I treated myself to a new Tombow Fudenosuke brush pen

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

Five good things that happened this week.

1. Spent a lazy Saturday in the sunroom

2. Skyped with the Eldest

3. Celebrated Himself's birthday with takeout from the 99 and an ice cream cake.

4. Trip to Mahoney's Garden Center and lunch at Papa Razzi

5. Phone chat with Teague and plans for a grave siting next week.

And an extra bonus: Thursday was Cation (Cat-ion) Day for Himself's chemistry class. He wore the Cation shirt to class.

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1.  No more drive by fish fry so we went to Uno's for deep dish pizza

2. Himself found a Mother's Day card from the kitties which he addressed to Mama mama mama because that's how Calli calls me in the morning when she wants to be fed. 😸

3. The Eldest sent a gorgeous orchid to me for Mother's Day. It's pet friendly and supposedly easy to care for.

4. Beautiful weather so we took a trip to the cemetery to visit my folks.

5. Moved the television out to the sunroom. The sunroom is now open for the season.

How was your week?

T Stands For Morning Tea in the Sunroom

 

Morning tea in the sun room?

Not unless you like it iced. The windchill is making the temperature feel 10 degrees colder. The temperature may get up into the high 30s. Brrrr. Still too cold. Better to have tea in bed this morning.

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The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week

1. Skyped with Nan while cleaning the sun room

2. Between St. Patrick's corned beef and Friday fish fry leftovers, there was no need to cook on Saturday

3. Spring finally arrived! Which means, 92 days until the Summer Solstice!

4. Enjoyed a back issue of Calligraphy Crush, a digital magazine.

5. We enjoyed watching the movie, Harvey. It never gets old

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. Sunday was such a nice day, I spent the entire day in the sun room.

2. Grateful to Kristen insurance company online chat rep. who helped sort out the car insurance so I could make the payment as the policy was due the next day, but I didn't receive a bill. 

3. An ordered item arrived early

4. The errors logging into the BPL were caused by their system going down. Logged in later and no problems.

5. Stopped for fried clams and a raspberry lime rickey from Harry's.

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. Five Guys lunch in the sun room while watching Godzilla vs. Kong

2. Chatted with Teague to reschedule our outing due to crappy weather

3. Received an Amazon gift card. What to buy?

4. Found a delicious recipe for Zucchini Bread Waffles

5. Both cardinals came to the bird feeder to visit. It would have been Ma's 103rd birthday. Happy Birthday, Ma! 💐🎂☕

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. We watched the origin story of  Ruroni Kenshin movie on Netflix. We had seen the final part one. Too bad they didn't have the entire series on Netflix.

2. While Himself took a nap, I had tea in the sun room and watched Downton Abbey

3. Travel to and from an appointment in Boston went smoothly. Got lobster rolls from the 99 Restaurant.

4. While grocery shopping, I found the perfect greeting card

5. Got my hair cut

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1. Mailed some packages and chatted with the new postal clerk about stamps. New postage stamps to be issued: Western wear with cowboy boots, a mystery message, Day of the Dead, and Message monsters. Just to name a few.

2.  Enjoyed the movie Oz, the Great and Powerful

3.Sipped my morning cup of tea in the sun room while listening to the rain beat against the roof

4. Watched a really bad sci-fi movie starring Robby the Robot called The Invisible Boy.  Poor dialogue, poor cinematography, so bad but so good.

5. Caught up with friends at the Wellness Fair on the Natick Town Common. 

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week

1. From the sun room, I watched a purple finch eat a dandelion puff. I wonder what he wished for?

2. Massachusetts removes the mask mandate with a few exceptions and businesses are allowed to open at full capacity.

3. The fairies (packages) arrived. On a Sunday! On a holiday weekend!

4. The Grand Niece age 3 (with help from her mom) called me on Facetime. We had a wonderful conversation. She showed me her new doll, says she enjoys painting, asked if I had toys so I showed her some things on my desk (she didn't like Godzilla 😺), and she showed me how her baby brother blows kisses. Talking to G made my week.

5. After running errands we stopped for take-out. The first Lobster Roll of the season in the sun room.

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

Five good things that happened this week.

1. The Eldest sent Himself a box of Godiva chocolates for his birthday. I get to eat the coconut ones as he doesn't like coconut.

2. The hummingbird came by to check out the honeysuckle vine.

3. The sun room is officially opened for the season

4. First breakfast in the sun room

5. Errand day: post office, bank, grocery store, flowers, car wash, Fed Ex, drop off Japanese Maple twig for the Nephew, and take-out lunch in the sun room

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

Five good things that happened this week.

An old photo of Ink and my favorite napping spot

1. The online bookbinding workshop seemed to be well received.

2. A 3.6 or 3.8 Earthquake at 9 AM on Sunday shook Southern New England. A quick jolt and a loud rumble. We were shaken, but not stirred. Himself didn't feel a thing and teased me that only cats, dogs, horses, and the Little Princess could feel such a mild earthquake.

3. The massage chair takes up a lot of room in the living room.  For more room and so I’ll be able to put the Christmas tree up, I was able to move the love seat to the sun room. All by myself. It was such a sunny and unusually warm day, I spent the afternoon sitting on the love seat and binding a journal. Still trying to hang onto Summer.

4. Though it was a grey day, it was still unusually warm for November. Another afternoon enjoying the sun room one more time by taking a nice nap on the comfy love seat. Ink would have loved this arrangement

5. Yesterday, I blogged about problems trying to comment on Blogger using the iPad. The browser, Opera, was a fix for a short time until Apple did an update. What to do? This is the screen on the iPad and I was trying to reply to Jo on my blog.

 It looks as if I’m not logged in on the blog/comment page. If I click on the Reply to: I'm taken back to the Blogger landing page with the list of my blog posts. In the upper right hand of that screen, I'm longed in. What to do?

I ignored it! Made my comment, clicked published.  The comment published while I was using Chrome! It worked with Opera, too. If that's been your problem with trying to use Blogger on an iPad, that seems to be the fix. That is, until Apple does another update. 😉

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. We watched the season 7 finale of The Blacklist. Filming was interrupted by the pandemic. Cast and crew finished the episode in a very clever way.

2. Switched to a new phone service, thanks Andy.

3. Made an easy and delicious sweet potato and carrot soup

4. Showers in the forecast, but still hanging onto Summer in the sun room

5. Happy Mole Day! 

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

Five good things that happened this week.

1. Himself went shopping to pick up a few things and brought home a rotisserie chicken. No cooking for me!

2. Spent the Fourth holiday in the sun room watching Thor movies

3. Made a card and gift box for the Eldest's birthday.

4. Tidied the studio and have kept it (mostly) tidy all week. Go me!

5. Had takeout from Five Guys

How was your week?

T Stands for New Mug

A Mother's Day gift from me to me.

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