Daily Notes for Saturday May 16th. Sunshine here in Maine- still wearing wool socks.

 Wisteria.   I don't have any here at the house...it might now survive here in Maine.

I am typing this BEFORE I have had breakfast so the sugar levels aren't steady as yet.  My sleep and wake patterns are changing with the Season.  Up earlier than usual .... at loose ends being up so early.

Haven't set the oatmeal for 3 minutes as yet... newspaper headlines look disturbing... lots of space being used by the interest in a vast Amazon Building south of here.  Not sure we (Maine) have enough employees - unless they HIRE ALL the LLBean People??????   Could be interesting.

Yesterday I took a book off my own bookcase...not IN- it was ON.  One for the Money.  Been awhile since I read any Evanovich.    Hard to find here in Maine..  This was a Goodwill purchase.  Two and Three are "billed" at the Library so they aren't coming back..  Four and Five- "unavailable" so they aren't coming back.   Six and Seven and Eight might actually be on the shelves. BUT might be Large Print which my brain Can Not Deal With.  So I'll read One and be Done.

What my library does have is the books on CD's.  I used to listen when I was way into Quilting... Not now.

Now I like a good book, a cup of cooling tea and no one bothering me.

Well, I have breakfast to make and the disgusting newspaper to read...then the Suduko and back to the couch.  Stephanie Plum.....  Hasn't blown up anything in a dozen or so pages...Joe Morelli is in the kitchen cooking something- perhaps hoping to get the keys to his car back.  I'd forgotten how much Fun these books were.....and well, this is the only one....I'll be reading.  They are best enjoyed 1..2...3....4....etc. And NONE of those are available to me....who cares....I  have a GREAT FAVORITE  Danielle Steele waiting for me.

Daily Notes for Friday, May 15th. Clouds and Rain here in Maine....Temps in the mid 50's

 From Shutterstock.  Flat faced and really quite lovely.

Well, the newspaper has been read, the Suduko attempted, the oatmeal eaten......I am up very very early today for no reason at all.....I even got to hear for the first time in perhaps 10 to 15 years (or more)...the message my husband recorded on the phone when it rings all the way to the message...I usually pick up on the early rings...I didn't recognize his voice.  

And then I made the bed, brushed my teeth and got dressed.

But after contemplating.... I realize that's his voice from when we moved here...decades ago. And to be honest here....in the last years of his Life my husband rarely if ever spoke....to me.  Dementia is like that.

I doubt he knew who I was.

So a cloudy, damp day here in Maine....Grocery shopping.   Library.   What books to choose??????

What shall I buy for my Fruit of the Week?   I still have some cherries.  A few Bananas?

Should I get more Potstickers????  They were pretty decent...

Perhaps some cold Chicken Nuggets???

The CSI shows have circled around and I am seeing the earliest ones yet again...well, not really..I don't think I was watching when they were on previously but did watch decades ago.  The clothing and the cars...wow. I think I might have some of that in the Attic; (the clothing- not the cars)

Daily Notes of a Crabby Old Woman. Thursday May 14th... Chilly and Windy here in Maine.

 Japanese Cherry Blossom.  (again????)

I wasn't quick enough to get you a photo of the Wild Turkey in the back yard.

The tree in my yard to the left of the front porch- occasionally sends out a few pink flowers. But more often than not goes directly to green leaves.  As it has this year......

It's chilly..I have on a thermal shirt and a wool sweater and am still shivering.  I turned the furnace up a bit.  Usually I just tuck myself into the couch with a down lap blanket (or two).  Tomorrow is Library Grocery Shopping Day.... considering what books I will be choosing to read..... or more likely NOT read. I'm stuck in the "falling in love" category. I adore Romance.

I am also thinking about next week's food choices....the bag of cherries I got for the Week's Fruit are very very good. (more????) I have one more baked sweet potato for today's lunch (or dinner) with melted Swiss cheese and three slices of Toasting Bread for a nice Grilled Cheese sandwich plus toast with butter and jam..  Love when the food sorts itself out.

TV has been dismal.  I can't settle in and watch any of the regular stuff.  Channel Surfing never works for me.  I CANNOT watch NEWS.........

Well. enough whining....I have Soccer games recorded....I have CSI-New York.  CSI-Miami is getting a bit too ORANGE for me. New York is darker.  Linda Howard's Prey was very very readable. I now have THREE of her books I can always fall back on in a BooK Emergency. There is a fourth- the Woman Left Behind but that one breaks my heart....the military helicopter lifts off leaving her.......behind in enemy  territory... I might read it again..but I have taken it off the shelf and put it back many many times.

Daily Notes for Wednesday May 13th.... Chilly, Cloudy and Damp here in Maine. 50 degrees

 Not my garden... but perhaps my lawn.

Reading Linda Howard's Prey.  I like it.  Now I have three of her books that I like.

Daughter stopped in at the local bookstore and ordered two books for me...  One is the Lost Husband.  The shop owner will call when they arrive.

I wondered when the guys would come mow the lawn and presto...there they were mowing yesterday...the lawn looks AMAZING... green and lush.  The old Peony bushes are leafing out...I don't expect any flowers.  The Twin's Mom asked if I wanted to shop for annuals for the containers with her one of these days....I said yes.  The gal I usually shopped for annuals with isn't speaking to me anymore....I think the time was right for us to end things.  Past time for us to end things.

I had grocery store pot stickers for lunch yesterday...excellent.  I fried them in my favorite cast iron pan.. I think that might be considered- loosely..... as "cooking"... I also had some Mother's Day frozen custard... I am eating it slowly and enjoying it very very much.  Today is Toasted Cheese with Pickles Day.

I doubt we will be having any sunshine today and I might need to up the temp on the thermostat.  Even with a sweater I feel cold.  Yes, it's May but in Maine that means NOTHING.  The Atlantic Ocean is just  "over there".........

There might be British Soccer....There certainly is CSI: New York.  There are the final pages of Prey to read and then choosing a fresh book for today....I'm thinking something light and frothy.  A romance out of the bookcase?

Or several episodes of Law and Order?????  So many good choices....well, my breakfast coffee needs a warm up and I need to check the setting on the thermostat...there's a chill in the air.