Saturday, July 05, 2025

Saturday, July 5th. Cooler over night- Good Sleeping.


 Number three block.  Will be getting two more sets of borders...still pretty small. I did find more of the gray fabric but perhaps not enough for four borders.  We'll see.

1. Windows open last night so I got to hear the small amount of neighborhood fireworks. We did find the flag so it was on the front porch to celebrate the holiday.

2.  Unwrapped the two planters this morning and the smaller one needed watering.  The tall annual in the center of the larger planter is having trouble....perhaps too much water settling in the center of the container? The smaller things around the edges are doing very well.

3. Sports News: I have two  British Soccer games set to record this afternoon.  Tennis has been disappointing for me and almost everyone else?  Two Soccer players died in a car crash yesterday.  Brothers.

4. Picking up SIX Library books today...when the Library opens.

5.  Pizza and Open Wheel Racing tomorrow.

6.  Have 100 plus pages to read in A Fall of Marigolds.  Susan Meissner.  The Brooklyn Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and 9/11

Friday, July 04, 2025

Happy 4th of July..... It rained quite a bit yesterday but today is breezy with sunshine. It even rained with the Sun shining.

I started this and then it was time to go to the grocery store.....which was very crowded...

1. I have strawberries in the freezer.  Berries my friend Patty and I hand picked on a lovely June day. I thawed some to go into the homemade rhubarb mix for my yogurt and Bran Buds (regular lunch item).  

2. Library was closed- I must have mis-read the news on the Library site- Son says we'll stop in tomorrow if I need books.. We did drop off the books I had finished reading.  I find I am enjoying reading books from the shelves here at home.  

3. Books that are like old friends on the shelf at home... if the type is large enough for my 78 year old EYES.  Some type has so little ink that I cannot read the words.  I tried large print...too large. My brain couldn't track the words.  I was exhausted after one page.  I have stacks of books I can no longer read because of tiny print or faded ink.

4. Son found me a package of Baked Chicken Breasts at the store today that I shredded with a fork.  Added honey and mayo and will be enjoying it after it has gotten cold.  I also got some Romaine Hearts for a Salad......Yogurt with Fruit.... Chicken with Honey and..... Toasted Cheese with Pickles.  My Summer Menu.  The Frozen Yogurt Bars I like- not available....the guy stocking the ice cream bars told me.....when I asked.  Bummer.

5.  The Jeep being hauled away (we donated it) was like the "end" in some way..... perhaps because it was parked out front and we saw it everyday.....now we don't ...see it.  I had a difficult night.  And that was difficult to type. I recall horrifying drives in the Jeep when husband didn't know where he was going......and I had to calmly coach him into getting us turned around and heading the right way in the right lanes etc. And finally not driving at all.  Things I prefer to have forgotten. He was very stubborn.

6. I was going to get some string and try and put the American Flag out front on the porch...I think I used to use hooks but not a clue where they are.  Son brought the flag down from the Attic.

7.  My clothes are getting looser...I don't know how or why....things that never buttoned- do now. I am eating as much and as often as I always did.  Perhaps it's just Old Age. I still look the same.

8. There is a fly in here.... where do they come from??????

9. I am going to change out of this very stiff (go out in public) shirt and put on something soft (and old)..... and watch some Women's Soccer.  And have another decaf coffee.  Perhaps close my eyes and nap...wouldn't that be a gift......to treasure?


Thursday, July 03, 2025

Daily Notes- Thursday July 3rd. Sunshine but Cooler than yesterday.


 Another small piece.   None of these were ever going to get any larger or become "something". They were just ways to stay occupied on long dull endless days.  So many of those.

1. Yesterday's book was Elinor Lipman's Every Tom, Dick & Harry.   I enjoyed reading it from first page to last... yesterday.  TV didn't have anything interesting (as usual) so sewing and reading were the activities of the day.  Mostly reading.

2. AC window units are off (were on yesterday) and at 8:23 am, light sunshine and no breeze. 71 degrees with 80% humidity- on the little machine but I was out uncovering my ornamentals and it wasn't humid at all.  I would appreciate a nice cool shady day.  But I see the Sun shining.... Summer Rain would be nice.

3. Husband's Jeep was picked up and taken away yesterday afternoon.  Goodwill will have it auctioned off and the proceeds will be our donation to them.  We can cross that off the "to do" list. 

4. Just going out to uncover the plants and I feel itchy.  My arms are covered in small red bumps that itch. And today my neck also feels like that.   And it's only the very beginning of Summer. 

5. I continue to have a hard time finding clothing to wear each morning. End up wearing the same two outfits...one on me and one in the wash basket.  Short sleeve cotton tee shirt, cropped lightweight cotton pants, work shirt  with sleeves rolled up.  Work shirt is very old...but still in good condition...faded.  I keep the two DebL dyed ones for special occasions- like grocery shopping and the library. The plain ones are house shirts. I think I got them at a chain store that is no longer in business in Auburn....it was across the road from a Mexican restaurant husband and I visited. Also no longer in business.  I am also no longer in business.

6.  I will be having Shredded Wheat for breakfast today-  and instant coffee.  The newspaper is waiting for me on the table.  I'm thinking about a Toasted Cheese Sandwich for mid-day. With pickles. Perhaps a frozen yogurt bar later in the afternoon while watching Women's Soccer.  And those are the actual HIGHLIGHTS of my day.  I will have to raid my bookcase to find something to read. 

7. And it's ONLY 9 am.........


Wednesday, July 02, 2025

Wednesday, July 2nd. Muggy and Damp at 7am. Why am I awake?????


 I took pictures of all the squares for your enjoyment.  Some of the work is okay and others are not.  I tend to work with a handful of cloth strips that may or may not work well with each other..but have a color in common....always have done that.   I have ten to show you.  So ten posts. That top left corner needs a small patch to even up.. this is not one of the the more interesting squares..

After having the Gee's Bend books here in the house..... on the table...I can see the influence the images have had on me.   Use what you have.   If a strip of cloth isn't long enough add a piece of something else...but don't go looking for anything that matches.  I need to do some work on the left top corner. Even things up.  How it got called PATCH work.

1. Itching again this morning....Took a Hot Shower before bed and washed any irritating things off my skin. But feel itchy.  Lots of red bumps... perhaps my shirt has moth hairs on the inside???

2.  Memory problems yesterday regarding some project Son and I were working on. I got confused. And then felt "less than" the rest of the day. Not a great feeling.

3. I'm still watching World Cup Soccer.  Antiques Roadshow. Bones.  Never watch news. Tried watching a movie but...just didn't want to.....Law and Order isn't on ANY channel I get.....so very sad.

4. Finally finished the book I have been reading.  Have new ones on the shelf but actually not much interest.  That worries me as I have always loved reading.  Not much interest in anything.  (I know what that means so don't think I am not aware)

5. My arms are dotted with red blotches from bites and brown tail itches.  Miserable. Yesterday they were fine  And the only thing I do outside is put netting on my ornamental containers in the late afternoon and take it off in the morning. My clothing must have the itchy hairs on them.  

6. The weather- it looks like it might have rained overnight or early this morning.  High humidity at 7am so the day, here in Maine, is going to be miserable.  I am almost out of lemonade.  So will be drinking Sweet Tea.  The boiler is working for some reason- making hot water?????

7. Cold cereal today.  Coffee with the Suduko puzzle.  Then the couch and me sitting there the remainder of the day... keeping myself company..... I wish I was a person who knew how to nap during the day. My husband could fall asleep anywhere and at any time. I never could...still can't.