Ironwood. I planted it in the garden out back. Can't dig it up now. Towers over my head each season. I cut a flower to have in the house. As always, the unopened buds are more attractive to me than the open flowers. From the house, this plant looks amazing in bloom. More blue than purple.
Rained. So today I am not watering the grass. It looks more like grass every day. Not beautiful. But green.
I went into Town to pick up a book from another library. They dribble in. The book I am reading is fine and is almost holding my attention as we get closer to the end. There is something "pretentious" about it. The obvious wealth of the characters. The way they spend without thought.
Money has such a different 'feel" for me. It comes from insecurity about money for many early years. I worry that if I spend- later I will need that money. It's why I hold back a pair of shoes and a few sweaters. In case..... I don't have shoes or a sweater. It's the "why" of My Mending Habit. Of why I save. It's who I am. I am trying very hard to "switch" over to not feeling this way. I know it's Insecurity.
On the 7 day shelf the new Louise Penny book. I picked it up and read about it on the back cover. And put it back on the shelf. Too heavy for right now. The content. I'll save heavy for Fall when I am wearing corduroy and my over mended cashmere.
I stayed out in the back garden to cut the elderberry clusters yesterday. Got a massive amount of mosquito bites- thus the pink stuff behind the Ironwood image. I picked all the tiny berries off the stems and then added water to the bowl so "other things" would float to the top.. A recent Food feed had info on making small batch jams and jelly with just the addition of sugar. Not preserves. Just using up what you have to make a ready to eat jam. Which is what I will be doing. How on Earth does anyone make jars of this????
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