Books by the old Leather Chair

  • Snow In The Summer
  • My Bible
  • The Power of Silence
  • What Comes Next and to Like It
  • Encore Provence
  • A Year in Provence

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Wedding

Sharing a few pictures... (could not wait until tomorrow :)

My first granddaughter was married in New York
this afternoon.
                                              
My oldest granddaughter and her mother - my oldest daughter
The bride and my youngest granddaughter - cousins :)
 
My special grandson and Missy
My Jamie and Amelia

Wish I could have been there.....

Another one could not attend
because of soccer tournaments
but now enjoying the pool :)
Enough
from this one
in the woods.
Another day has ended....

WHAT IS IT ?

Living in the country a number of years
I have grown accustomed to seeing
Chicken Snakes
at first it bothered me
but now
just do not pay any attention to them
Also have seen small green snakes.

But sunning in my flower garden
is one that looks a little different.

Took this image from screen porch...


Read online to soak rags in ammonia
or put out some glue traps
a good way to keep them from around the house.

Friday, May 30, 2014

The Reward

Oh yes
one of the rewards
of rising
just before dawn
is standing on my small front porch
and seeing the spectacular
sky
as day breaks.
I kept wondering if I could in some way
capture some of the beauty
my eyes were seeing ?

I believe
I did it....

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Wren and More

The little bird flys out of a pot that contains a small shrub
every time I water.  Could not see a nest but closer look
revealed a nest in the mulch.
Now that I am aware of this nest
will be careful when I water.

Two special friends arrived this morning
and so glad that concrete work was done
almost 3 weeks ago and it made me feel better
for one of them with a cane and recovering from
hip replacement months ago.

They brought me fresh strawberries and I gave them a bag
filled with magazines they will enjoy
and Sunday's New York Times (my favorite newspaper)
and this Sunday
it will have my granddaughter's wedding announcement :)
Nothing much blooming  in garden area at the back of cottage and next
will be daylillies and hopefully they bloom.  This area is becoming more
difficult for me to weed continually but will keep on keeping on at the moment.

Approaching cottage there is
more blooming and Oak Leaf Hydrangea - as usual - will be beautiful and
covered with white blooms and in the Fall will sport unbelievable huge red leaves.
Foxgloves have survived and hopefully spread.
After visiting
we went to lunch
which was
a special treat for this one.

2 new books
are keeping my interest,
underlined much and books you never finish and put away - just keep picking back up.
"The Untethered Soul"  Michael Singer
and
"Dancing Fish and Amonites"  Penelope Lively
a lot in this book
 that this one can relate too lately.

Also, an old book I read in the past
that was spotted among my son's books.
One you need to read and reread many times.

Much this one
thought she had learned
needs to be reminded of
it seems
over and over....

"Take Your Time - Finding Balance in a Hurried World"
Eknath Easwaran

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Remember


A light rain during the night
everything is so clean and fresh.

Going to enjoy a quiet and peaceful
day at the edge of the woods
just me and Miss Callie

A big salad, fresh strawberries and
a gallon of tea on hand.

Images taken at dusk yesterday
and they make me smile.

I must say this one
looks old to me :)
and they always make me smile and was lucky to get an image as night was coming quickly
 
Someone wrote that she is 54 today
My reply along with Happy Birthday
Special one
"you are still a child"

Friday, May 23, 2014

Days And Thoughts

Days are very hot
90 on deck most afternoons and  mosquito's have arrived.
Plus do not like that I am now bringing in bird feeders
in the evening as it seems the squirrels are cleaning them out.
Put them back out at daybreak...

Did not notice as many wild flowers in the woods this Spring
but did not walk the paths like in the past.

Straw bale garden looks kind of sad at the moment :)
checked information and I may have planted to soon
before following instructions for 10 days.  Also learned
I need to water more often - like 2 or 3 times a day and
fertilize good - which I am now doing.
Update, filled the last straw bale last night and those plants
are doing good.  It sat empty for 10 days and was watered
daily and fertilize added to soil.

Some of my Iris did not bloom this year and wonder why?

I moved my Hollyhocks to a new location
and one made it
look at these leaves

and corn is about 8 inches high


Recent trip to garden center and I look longingly at the plants
but vow to buy no more... but purchased one today an inexpensive Foxglove
and will see how it does...Lowe's price was twice as much.

Unsettled about situation in my son's land :(  but he assures
me all is well.

A lot of reflection lately, nothing to do with anything but - just me
at this time of life.   Trying not to share a lot with my children and wish
they would just say "checking on you and close with I love you."
 Do not want to be boring or continually talk about how I feel
even though they ask.   Just cannot seem to pretend and be jolly a lot
and cannot seem to pretend I do not like what is happening with health issues.
One day I think they have disappeared and I am so busy and happy.
Then another day and night they return with a vengeance.
Arthritis is not on a schedule and balance is severely off.
But thankful I do all that needs to be done in my world
just want to do more :)

Excellent diet, very little medication, exercise, rest, meditation
doing all I know and will not stop.

I an so different from my mother, aunts and grandmother's
who are all gone at this time.
On my visits and they were younger, my age and beyond, it seems most
of the time  they were calmly sitting.  This is not what
is happening here by the woods :)

Eventually you would think
that the body would  stop trying to keep up with the mind,
and does the mind keep giving instructions
until the end
I wonder......

And I will leave you with a smile

New words from my youngest granddaughter to her mom.
"She looks good, even though she has old freckles like you :)"

Saturday, May 17, 2014

What Lifts Your Spirit

My youngest granddaughter
never fails to make me smile.

Gymnastics this past year
and she is good.

Image received this morning

Safe travel wishes go out to my daughter
Beth
as she travels to Nantucket to visit my granddaughter.

Another special daughter in Michigan recovering from Pneumonia
and hopefully you are soon back to full strength.

Each of my children and grandchildren
come to mind as this day begins.

A lot going on in this family.

Here in the country
a lot of outside work planned today.

The thought never leaves my mind
that this one
has so much
to be thankful for.

Just life is going by too fast...