Daily Notes- August 14th

 

Muffy's "Going on a Boat trip around the World" dress.  It's more a South of Paris type boat trip with the little burlap laced sandals.  Real pain to try and get on her stiff bear feet in the shoes and then tie the strips around her ankles.  I wish there had been a hat of some sort.  She is carrying a map of the World rolled up. Wished I had a little toy boat to set next to her.  Or a softball sized globe.  Yes, the globe would be perfect.

Behind Muffy is my new (old) lamp that a friend was tossing out.  It's mate was smashed on her basement floor.  Muffy's port of origin was China.  The lamp not so much but Chinese in a fake way.  I said yes to the lamp yesterday as we looked thru stuff in her car trunk- no to the Whirlpool ice maker.  No to the shade. Yes to the Chinese character finial. Yes to the Zucchini curry soup.  This is my Master Gardener Friend.  We go back to 2002.  We have had many adventures and laughed so much over the years.

Law and Order Criminal Intent was Jeff Goldblum all the way yesterday afternoon.  Sometimes Life is Very Good.

Daughter dropped over a grocery sack of gifted garden vegetables.  Enough cucumbers to make one quart jar of pickles.  Two very large Acorn squashes.  One spaghetti squash. Two small yellow summer squash. I am wondering if these are things that didn't sell yesterday at the farmstand.  But. it's okay.  I like vegetables.

I have watered all my vegetables before breakfast.  Peaches are getting larger and each has some red showing but they aren't golden yellow and ripe as yet. Figs are fattening up.  It's the middle of August.  My DQ finally has Drumstick Blizzards on the menu so I am going to have one today.  I hope it isn't a disappointment.  Reading Mary Kay Andrews now- Savannah Blues.  Antiques, Food, Southern Weirdness.  What more could you want in August? 

I ordered six books and a seventh is coming from another library.  I am in a happy place. We were happily living in Georgia in August when our first child was born. Both of my children were born in Georgia.  I wish we'd stayed there. Moving to Florida was a huge mistake for the marriage.  A very good career move.  But...was it worth it?