Daily Notes for Monday Monday.......Sunshine here..77 at 11am. I thought today was going to be Friday.

 Lantana.  Here at my house the Deer are using my Weedy Beds as a Salad Bar.  Venturing into the weeds to find the stray cultivated flowers and eating them... chewed off the Lily  buds on all 12 lilies.  One was missed and I should have added a protective cover- before I could- they came back and ate that one also. Was the first time the lilies had set flower buds since they were planted...

Deer NEVER touch the weeds.  If I had lantana they would have eaten it weeks ago.

I am desperate enough to want to contact my cable company for a new choice of stations to watch.  The Bourdain program was on the Cooking channel and I do NOT pay for that channel.  I need an UPGRADE. Son connected himself to Apple TV (upstairs)... so he can watch the car races.  He streams... I cannot stream.. EVER. His said my "equipment" was  "unable to stream"... 

Grass was cut this morning....  Monday..Monday...

Messi wanted one more World Cup but it wasn't to be.   Spain did a great job....deserved the trophy. 

Now I have to find something else sporty to watch all day long........because I have to take breaks in the reading. Yesterday's book was an old favorite... No Judgements..  Meg Cabot.  I have her second book also. No Offense....... there are sections I will skip..... she never wrote a third book with these same characters.  Would have read it if she had

My neck muscles (and bones) are making snap crackle and pop noises.....  Summer is not the time for the heating pad....so more Tylenol.   And the couch.

Daily Notes- Sunday July 19th. We have Sunshine here in Maine. 73 degrees on the front porch. Shade.

 You get a repeat image as I haven't been doing ART..... this is the back side of an index card-  I have the line drawing of a newer one here but haven't colored it in..........yet........ever.......looking right at it.  I saw some art on the wall during a CSI episode and drew it on an index card....I'm really odd aren't I???? Well, it looked like some famous art I studied in college...today I'll color it.

Quite a bit of Sun so I will anticipate the AC unit being turned on eventually today.  I discovered I will NOT be seeing that Anthony Cooking Show any time soon as I do NOT have the Cooking Channel in my line up... It's listed but I don't have it in my "package".    Sigh.  I have considered calling and speaking to a "person" and asking for the expanded package......haven't done it... not a clue as to the phone number.

I've been catching up on very early- CSI episodes.  I missed the first season...and then continued to miss it when they had reruns.  I'm missing episodes all the time...as I continue to be fascinated by Storage Wars. What people put in them and then forget.....  I'm also trying to think if I ever went into one of the shops that sells storage locker finds??????  I did have a passion for  Goodwill Hunting.  Then realized it was more of a mental illness.  And STOPPED.  Daughter has taken me in a few times- but only to look at the books....to fill out my bookcase.  I never leave the shop without one 2 dollar book under my arm. One less book to borrow from the Library.

I plan on reading today...and since it's Sunday, we'll be having Pizza at 4 pm.. There is a Soccer Final at some point in the day. (possibly 4 pm)...I wrote the time down on a scrap of paper but now have no clue as to where the scrap of paper is......I dither around with having a salad with my pizza as not sure of the cleanliness of the salad greens.  Well, I have index cards to color... and The World Cup Soccer to watch.

Spain and Argentina- FOX 3 pm.   If I had to wager-  Spain.  

Dailey Notes for Saturday, July 18th. No Air Moving and Cloudy. 69 degrees in Maine.

 A counter top in my kitchen filled with garden tomatoes was a Wonderful Thing.... years ago. This photo from a cooking site reminded me of that...

Daughter found one book at the Book Sale she went to...well, one book for me... We are still looking for a trade hardback copy of True Love by Jude Devereaux.  Daughter looked tired...

Son has gone out for lunch.  I just finished breakfast oatmeal and my lame try at the Suduko puzzle. Now..reading is on the list.  But before that I would like to ask any of you who enjoy a good book  to try and find a copy of "The Art of Crash Landing" at your local Library.  Published in 2015. Author is Melissa DeCarlo.  At the time it was published it was her only book. Might still be the only book.

I have a strong feeling that I might be the only one checking this book out at my Library along with Anyone But You and The Little Beach Street Bakery.  Daughter went  to an outdoor book sale this morning and found one book for me- more for her.  Most of the Book Cupboard on the right side of the wall  is Summer Book Sale Finds, Goodwill Finds etc.   If I REALLY want a book I ask the Little Bookstore On The Corner in Town to order it for me from wherever they order books.

Took me quite awhile to fall asleep last night and I got up late....My internal "clock" is messed up.

I have red plums on the counter for this week's fruit and....I am strongly tempted to get out paper and the expensive wax crayons from the Art Supply and make some "Still Lives With Fruit". and if they turn out okay have them matted and framed.  Red Plums....

World Cup Soccer continues... 

Daily Notes for a Sunny Friday in Maine.....I was up early and finally felt secure enough for a shower..

 For a few winters I would purchase one of these Poms and paint a portrait of it... the name finally came to me-  but now I can't spell it.  Correctly.   I have a small collection of the drawings- some are actually paintings...  this image got me thinking about doing that work.... again... closer to December.

I have a bag FULL of books to return to the Library (unread) and some to pick up.  At some point this month the construction  (destruction) of the Library Lobby will be finished....soon after that the present director will retire.  I have given up hope that her replacement will be an improvement.

My hair is a bit wild after the shower and shampoo....WIDE...that would be the best description of it....my hair is WIDE. 

Regarding the shower business- the very very last thing I want happening is me falling in the shower and Son having to rescue me....naked and wet....so this morning was a WIN!!!!  

I have decided what to have for my lunches all week....now I can only hope the grocery has the things needed for those lunches.   I have NOT chosen the fruit of the week....yesterday I polished off the last banana.....perhaps oranges. The ones you can peel.  No lettuce....I have an unopened package of romaine in the fridge- not sure I want to try it.

So far....knock wood....no Canadian.Smoke here in Maine...