Daily Notes on a Cloudy, dismal, damp 67 degree August Day. In Maine. It started Raining.

 I saw this image and was transported back to the days of Water, Paints, Paper.  I don't have this many paint brushes.   I only had a few carefully selected ones that I cleaned and kept in very good condition......I still have them.  One was purchased in Vienna along with the paper I am still using..  I use only watercolors as I NEVER had the cash to invest in oil paints etc while in college. I think I might have enjoyed oil painting.  Pretty sure I would have.

My manual pencil sharpener- still in use--was purchased in Germany.  I sharpened husband's colored pencils every day when he was coloring...now I sharpen my own pencils.  But I rarely color anything these days.  Perhaps this Winter.  I did color quite a bit last Winter.  or the one before.

1.  So..we are definitely in trouble.  In Washington DC.  "We Need A Hero"

2.  Monday..the calendar changes to September.  Time is moving so slowly...which feels odd.

3.  I have ordered a good number of books at the Library...some last evening.  They may or may not have been pulled off the shelves.,..yet.

4.  I will be wearing my orange raincoat today. And my professional grade non slip shoes.

5.   I doubt this heavy rain today will have any effect on my VERY DEAD LAWN. Which is very dry and yellow.  The Google Search Engine had some items they wished to insert HERE.  Eleven of them. I said no.

6.   I am not sure what we will be buying today- only three items on the grocery list. I still have hot dogs and buns....left from last week's shopping...and as it gets chilly- I usually am happy making vegetable soup....so I'll check the vegetable bin.   I have two carrots but no celery and I have one onion. I have one can of white beans and one of black beans...

Daily Notes for Thursday, August 28th. Sunshine, Service Guy working in the crawlspace.

 You were going to get an image of something else....but it refused...

1.  A very large guy is now in my very shallow crawlspace under the house.  Working on my Boiler that heats the house and the water we use for showers etc.   He has just reported that the Boiler is oxygen starved. So we need to find a way to give it air but not open the crawlspace to small animals.  Like mice. Who tend to chew on wires......... and I like having electricity.

2.  Son had to wait for his morning shower.

3.  The Morning Newspaper was dismal......sigh.....and I only read the headlines....and have stopped watching MSNBC completely.  There's no point...... the shooting yesterday was more than I could take. Who sold the guy those guns?????  That's the question that needs answering. The why is mental illness. Also television...on Will Trent a few days ago there was a massive gun fight on the latest rerun episode.  Perhaps the Church Shooter watched that episode????  Loaded his guns with bullets....

4. I skipped my Daily Walk yesterday...but today is warmer (sunshine) so I plan to go do the walk...as soon as I press publish here and might do it twice.  The walk not pressing publish twice.

5. September is just around the corner....moments away.

6.  Yesterday's book was The Satisfaction Cafe by Kathy Wang.  I liked it but decided to stop reading it about halfway in....it felt like whining.  There are family members no one likes...but they seem to feel they have to put up with them......you don't....have to.  You can cut them loose and never speak to them again. Let them find their own ways to live.  Without you. (without me)......it works.

7.  Hot dogs again for today's lunch.  Antique's Roadshow if there is a new episode on PBS. If not I'll  select a Library book and give it a chance...... if it fails then I will choose from my own bookcase. I looked for a green ish fabric for the fourth border of a square...I found something but now it's a rectangle.

And I am okay with a rectangle.

Daily Notes on Sunshine Morning here in Maine. Box suggesting 7 Google searches they would like to start.

 Kiwi.

1.  The Sun is shining but it's neither humid nor cloudy.  Not really warm either.  My mouse needed to get charged up. I no longer have one of those little square things to use to move the little arrow around.

2.  Haven't read the daily news as yet or chosen a breakfast cereal.......a very slow start to the day. Summer is driving past us here in Maine at quite a fast speed...and soon I will  compost whatever flowers are still alive in the planter boxes and get someone to help me empty them (soil) and return them to their Winter Storage places. Something I did all by myself for decades. and could possibly still do, if allowed to try.

3.  I have to finish this quickly so I can plug the mouse into the computer to charge it.

4.  Watched Will Trent last night...a repeat that is possibly two years old...and still listed as new in the paper.   I like the Will Trent in the books so much better than this guy- who is great but is not Will Trent.

5.  I have to hurry and eat some breakfast before it is officially NOON.   And time to eat Lunch.  I am hoping for a British Soccer Game or some Antique's Roadshow.  But I do have books to read.....

6.   I went thru my Kurland book list and WOW did I make a mess of it that first go round.   I now have 8 book titles I need to buy.... As my Son has mentioned I need to get over my of dislike Amazon- just wiring that about needing books has opened a Google Search for 10 or 11 things they say I need.  Just got another one.....This didn't begin until I purchased a book.

7. The Female character in my latest book was excited about leaving the past and getting home to  Toll House Cookies....I found a recipe and actually own all the ingredients........ I can't promise I will actually make cookies but it's nice to know it's POSSIBLE.

8.  That's all....had a good long talk with myself this morning- out loud- and feel like a bunch of emotional garbage has been bagged up.....  Garbage- Baggage...same difference.  Moving on. Hopefully.

Daily Notes for August 26th. Sunshine here in Maine. Robo Calls all day long.

 Another odd index card.  Looks like a game machine.

1. Dentist was lovely...my teeth feel all smooth... the X-rays were not so nice.

2.  The outdoor containers; plant netting had a very large BEE caught... I shook it out.  Plants are getting a bit raggedy.....I clip off the flowers going to seed.  In another part of my Life: I would have saved the flower seeds and used them to grow my own plants. Some parts of my Life were quite interesting.

3.  Someone is getting Propane.  Not us.  The only Propane run item we have is the super expensive  Whole House Generator....  I read somewhere that open flame items contribute to asthma in children. And I think make adult asthma worse.  So my lovely new stove is electric.

4.  DEBL recommended Moonstruck to me... the OPERA in that one is very very nice. And like DebL- reminds me of myself summer in New York. I have it in my TiVo.... When I watch it I always wish I had had a family like that.....to sit down for every meal...argue, care for each other etc. There's a lot of LOVE in that movie.

5.  The first book in Kurland's  Middle Ages MacLeod series is still churning along.  They are all about to walk across a certain area of grass and walk into the Future.  And James MacLeod will be driving a dark green Jag instead of riding a horse going forward.  Not everyone survives that last battle, though. Next up is The Very Thought Of You.  

6.  BLT for lunch yesterday and today it's HOT DOGS......can't wait.  I might even have baked beans.