Daily Notes on a Much Cooler Day in Maine. Monday, July 21st.

1. My 'road" where I am walking.  Is titled a Drive.   The nice smooth paving is due entirely to my husband. He went to EVERY Town Council Meeting for MONTHS and raised his hand and commented on the fact that our street had never gotten its final paving... it was lumpy and crumbling etc.  Difficult for the Town Plow to clear of snow and ice without also removing some asphalt..   It's now smooth and nice.  And easy for me to walk on.

2. Walking every day is not a new thing...it's just something I haven't done since Riley (my black lab) got too old to walk and I stopped the daily walk....before/after Riley I walked with Janet...and now...I haven't walked at all.  It was a bit uncomfortable at first but now....body memory is coming back.  Or developing.  

3. We had a very rapidly developing storm yesterday and got quite a bit of HEAVY rain.  I will wait and see if it was enough to make my yellowing lawn turn green.  I have no affection for yellowing lawns.

4. I have to figure out what to watch during the daytime hours.  Bones is okay for one or two episodes but after that I get pretty annoyed by Bone's whiny voice. Law and Order is only on after 11pm and if I try and record episodes I get something else--EVERY TIME.  Reading...well my eyes get tired faster these days.  Sewing has been the best choice....I can almost do that with out paying attention.  Fabric selection is the most intensive part. And not really THAT intensive as I am a Colorist by Nature so....I make choices pretty quickly.  I have wanted to do books on CD but have failed miserably in ordering them from my Library.  And I think I might actually fall asleep listening to them if I'm not actively doing something while listening like running my sewing machine etc..  I haven't used the sewing machine for much of anything recently other than repairs to my old pants..or tucks to make the waist smaller.

5. I have enough fabric (NOT always THE fabric I WANT these days) to last the rest of my Life and beyond. And that's a good thing are there are ZERO places to buy new fabric...I could try on line shopping...sigh. We both know that will never happen.

6. Today I will be making (boiling) four ears of corn...looking forward to lunch. I could Make the Southern Fried Corn recipe from the NYT's but I lack roasted red peppers.   I think the peppers are necessary to the success of the recipe..  On last Friday's shopping I purchased a few extra things....of interest so I would have interest in making LUNCH.  Shrimp and Asparagus.  Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes.  Corn.   The Shrimp and Asparagus was fine but not as interesting as I had expected.  I possibly would have enjoyed an ice cold Shrimp Cocktail much more.  

7. So today I will be using a good portion of the last of the colorful stripe fabric....Watching something on TV.  Reading... and Walking...and perhaps closing (resting) my eyes and just BEING ALIVE.