Daily Notes- August 26th

A website had veggie sandwiches with pictures.  This one contains mashed chickpeas.  Riley and G have gone off to walk and they are thinking it's getting cool enough for me to start joining them again. I am thinking I should walk again.  But not today.

The sun is shining.  It got down to 50 degrees at bedtime last night.  Summer is finished here in Maine. I have a few visits to make: library, grocery and post office.  My triangle.  All very close to each other.  I still bring the rescue inhaler.  Walking can trigger an attack.

I started a new notebook for the Morning Pages.  As I completed the last one, I noticed I had written about the same things on the first page of the notebook and the last page.  I can see why people think the practice of morning pages becomes "circular".  Same topics but not written about in the same way.  I wrote about procrastinating in planting my tomatoes into the Grow boxes on that first page and on the last page I lamented the fact the tomatoes were all still green.  Cause and Effect.  Not really circular unless I repeat the procrastination next season as well.

I have a large bowl of peaches  (beautiful small peaches all gold and rose red) on the island in the kitchen.  They smell like peaches.  Taste really good.  I still have blueberries in the vestibule fridge.  I was going to make blueberry cake a second time. I didn't.  I wonder about the future of these peaches.  There are hundreds still on the tree.  I don't want to eat cake or cobbler.  I am trying to lose another 5 pounds.  And when that happens-another 5.  Small steps.  So, cake.  I can make it and just hope G will eat it all.  He will eat the blueberry but not the peach.

So, I am eating the peaches as they get ripe.  Uncooked, Unbaked, Unsugared.  I know my daughter's diet is okay with fruit-she will have three or four large pieces of fruit for breakfast.  Then some sort of wrap for lunch and I am not sure what she has for supper- but I know she eats no meat or dairy.

I meant to draw yesterday.  But the day got away from me.  It just slips away.  I didn't even read. I had a book ready to go but didn't read.  I sat.  I cried.  I closed my eyes.  Then I watered the tomatoes.  Watched Law and Order with Riley.  Then we ate tomatoes with olive oil and Balsamic vinegar and then sweet corn.  Summer food. And then it was Time for bed-- an hour early.  10pm.  the man and the dog reported a good night's sleep.  Me too.  With the window open and the 50 degree night air.