Daily Notes- Saturday the 26th- Sunny and supposed to be hot

 Pretty faint but I used pencil.  My husband has run out of coloring books and he enjoys coloring so I set to work making him a few 8-inch square coloring pages.   The others were with a ruler- this last one- while watching Ancient Aliens was pencil. I had a drawing book-  with smooth surface pages.  Easy for colored pencils.  All the other 8 inch square books were watercolor paper- differing surface textures. From rough to almost smooth.  Not suitable for colored pencils.  (he had bought me flowers earlier in the day)

Perhaps I could entice the Chinese to buy my designs?  Publish coloring books.

Grocery again today.  Only because I had two reserve books to pick up at the library.  Two by the author of the Hating Game which I read twice because I liked it so much. (I am reading most books twice- I close the book after finishing it and then open and read it again). We'll see if these two are as good. Since I was next door, I went into the grocery to get husband a jar of grape jelly.  He was out. I also bought another $12 bag of cherries.  Now.......I had no idea the cherries were $4.99 a pound and that the  bag totaled 2.5 pounds.   And after preparing my mid day meal of Greek yogurt, BranBuds and pitted cherries my white linen shirt is dotted with cherry juice.  Bah Humbug.  The threesome needs a few hours in the fridge so the Bran buds soften.

Yogurt, Buds and Fruit was my daily lunch at the greenhouse ( mostly red grapefruit).  Though every so often I would make the Big Salad and eat that.  When you are sweat soaked, filthy and crusted with blowing dirt- nothing is as nice as a soft, creamy fruity yogurt bowl- ice cold from the fridge. Makes Life worth Living.  And yes, I do miss those days at work.  I was on auto pilot most days- only concerned with the alphabet.  Getting plants on the right tables. Hauling hose.  Watering for hours.  Almost ten years.  Until I just couldn't do it anymore.  And....was that a SAD Day. Crushing. I do not miss the 113 degree heat and humidity in the greenhouse during most of July and all of August.  I just.... could...... not..... breathe.