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Today is supposed to be very hot.   So far this morning, it is still nice,  with a bit of a breeze.   But with the rising of the sun in the sky, things will change.    And we'll have to close the doors/windows and turn on the a/c.

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It's a day, to take it easy.   The eggs are already hard boiled, for egg salad.   To be had for a light, cool dinner, with tuna salad and a small green salad.

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It's a day to find illustrations, which bring to mind, enjoying summer, in a cool glade.  (I just realized!   The picture above!  It is of a lady bug wedding!!!!   😊)

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And a day to enjoy playing with my "blog look".  

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If it is to be hot in "your neck of the woods,"  I hope you will try to take it easy too.   Do only the necessary.   Leave all the rest, to tomorrow.   Yes...??????

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😊🌼Fun~"Smart"~Musing🌼😊

We enjoyed "Mrs. Brown," a Judi Dench film, as the widow Queen Victoria.   Fun fact....   A big part, in this film,  was played by the actor who plays "Lionel" in "As Time Goes By."   Billy Connolly is a wonderful 'John Brown.'  And Antony Sher plays 'Disraeli' marvelously.
 

I remember an article by Judi Dench, about the making of this film.   Billy Connolly is a wonderful story teller.   Nights, they would all sit around, drinking, and listening to him tell his stories, and laughing their heads off.    She said she would think.....  "I have to get up at 5:30am, to be on set....  Can I stay here, another hour, and still get up?"

They must have had a wonderful time, making this film!!!

Aug. 1st....  Kitchen sink cleaned....   Bathroom sink and bowel cleaned....   Before sitting down here, with the rest of my decaf.   😊  Sooooo proud of myself!  😊

 

I again think, I really need to take up "Fly Lady's" admonition, to clean sink before going to bed.   Such a wonderful...  brilliant even, idea!   So hard, somehow, to put into practice.    Do you???????   Always clean kitchen sink before going to bed?   

And I should do necessary housework, early in the morning.    Well, not necessarily really early, but 'early,' after we have gotten up.   Morning is my 'perky' time, and I need to utilize it.  🌼🌼🌼🌼   Of course I know this!   But do I always do it?   -sigh-  -sigh-  -sigh-  🌼🌼🌼🌼   Do you have a "more perky" time of day?   And do you utilize it? 

I'm really loving all these adorable, summer time, cute animal illustrations.   As you can see.  

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Wouldn't you love to have a picnic, like this one above????  😊😋😊   With all those delicious 'goodies,'  which you have *somehow* made yourself!   And then, had the energy left, to pack it all up and go out in the country? 

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And don't forget!!!!   There would be no admonitions to not eat all those delicious things!    It would be normal to bake them and eat them.  😊😋😊    Ahhhh, the so-called good old days.  😏  

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 Am happy with the Instacart ap on my smart phone.   Have tried 2 grocery stores, and the one in town, is the best choice.   Even in our "High Season", it only takes 10 min. to get there.  Happy to have validation, for getting a smart phone.

Have another appointment for a hearing aid.   One of our sons researched area places and this one, had the best reviews.   Hope this one works out.

The other son is getting our money back, from the first place.    This son will go with us, to the next appointment.  It is a Fact Of Life, that older people are targets for "bait and switch" and etc., etc., etc.    Really hate to admit this, but it has been proven, time and again.   

Our Dear Daughter in Law had to phone and phone and phone and phone, to get a Security System to "let us go."  It was horrible.    But we are so lucky, to have family, to "go to bat" for us.    

If you are a "Senior Citizen," you may well have had this experience, yourself.

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🌼I've decided... 🌼

 Ya' know what...

I have decided to simply view our weather, as Summer.

Loving living in all 4 Seasons,

how can I complain,

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Had bad experience with first place, I went to, for hearing aid.    Soooooo,  a setback.    Hope to carry on with my quest soon.

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Life continues to be thick, with health related appointments.   Guess we should be glad we are still "pottering along", and able to go to such appointments.   But it does get tiresome. 

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Loved "Murder In Provence" on BritBox, but sad it only had few episodes.   But enjoyed it enough, to think we'll watch them again.  Probably pick up clues, we missed, first time.

BritBox sent me a list of suggestions of similar shows...  Which we will have to try.

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Very hot temps....   Glad we have wall a/c units....  

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Europe having similar heat spell and they do not usually have a/c.    Wondering why well off Europeans do not get even a window a/c unit for bedroom, so they could at least sleep....

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 I get illustration suggestions, in e-mail, and these were just so sweet.    Not really any theme here, but they are adorable, to me.    😊   The one below, reminds me of those Jell-O and fruit salads, of the 50's.  😊   

Next week, I have an appointment for a hearing aide!!!  Whoooo-hooooooooooo!   I'm finally doing it, and my family is ecstatic!!!!  -grin-

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I now have looked at both the Old and the New "Lucia" shows on Britbox.   The newer one, had a lot more money spent on it, so it is much more slick and full-of-things and action.    Though I like the performances of both the actress who play 'Lucia'...

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I much prefer the performances and acting of all the other characters, in the Old version!!!    All of them, other than the 2 'Lucia' actresses, are so much more to my liking.   Especially  'Georgie' and 'Major Benji'!

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Loved "Mrs. Bradley Investigates" but there seems to be only one, on Britbox.   There were 4 made.  I'm looking to get them, from the library.     This stars Dame Diana Rigg, always a joy, and one of the "Midsomer Murder" inspectors, when he was younger.   

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Again on Britbox, we tried "Silent Witness" but it is too depressing.    Also tried "Murder In Provence" and this is a winner.

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So, this and that, for a Saturday...

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Our city is a visitor destination, all year long, but now 'till Labor Day, it "bursts at the seams," with visitors.   I call it "High Season."    

When locals use the back streets, instead of the main streets.   And no matter, we have to be watchful for people, who just don't know where they are going.  And people who are in a terrible hurry!!!   -sigh-   -grin-

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It's a beautiful summer day, so far.  We went to grocery store early!    And came home to have our coffee/decaf.  Delightful to get errands done early.    Actually, as summer progresses, it will be more like absolutely necessary, than just delightful.    

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Our city is a "Summer Destination" and when out-of-towners fill the streets, it is not fun driving.    

 

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Well, it's not fun driving at all any more.   So many cars!    So many unknowns to deal with.   (Like "Will he really turn here?"  "Watch out for that one, weaving in and out, of lanes!"   "She's going to run that Stop Sign!"   Etc.)    Ughhhhhhhh...

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After having followed a few Instagrams on 'The Royals'...   I love Catherine and William...  Watch Meghan/Harry for *Drama And Circus*, as I saw one person put it.  LOL
 

I'm going back to pretty English IG's.   I especially love tiny English Gardens as they call them.   Here, we call them Back Yards, with grass.   And the places, where we grow food or flowers, we call the Gardens.

In tiny English (back yards) gardens, they often don't have grass to mow, opting more for paving stones.   In these tiny spaces, a place to sit and not many flowering plants, make a pretty display.   Add a spring flowering fruit tree, for some shade.... 

The tiny size makes it more easy to take care of.  And not that many plantings, can make it delightfully *faux-crowded* and lovely.

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All Instagrams are *Eye Candy*.  😊  No one pictures anything, which is not pretty.  And some, are over-the-top pretty.   Soooooo...   All Instagrams are *Eye Candy*.  😊

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Do you agree?

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🌅 Tomorrow! 🌅

"Everything You Should Know

About the Longest Day of the Year"

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"In 2022, the June solstice occurs on Tuesday, June 21, marking the astronomical first day of summer."

"The June solstice occurs on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at 5:14 A.M. EDT. "

"This solstice marks the official beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere..."

"In the Southern Hemisphere, the June solstice marks the beginning of winter."

 "The word “solstice” comes from Latin solstitium—from sol (Sun) and stitium (still or stopped)."

 

Happy June Solstice, tomorrow!!!!

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 Now, even February is hitting me, with "stuff."   I know, that's life.   But it's really interfering with my Deep Winter Hibernation.   So even I, might be joining those, who are not-so-patiently waiting for spring. 

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(This painting was in the paper, and it led me to other Art, by Louis Abel-Truchet,  about whom I had never heard.  Interestingly, they are painted in mostly pale or muted colors...) 

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Not wishing for Spring-Spring.    Rather....   For the fact that it is so much easier to be out side.   One can walk safely.   Can socialize out side.    Can eat at an outdoor dining place.  Etc.

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I am getting really fed up with staying in home, because of covid!!!!!!!!!!   Wish I lived in those Nordic countries, where they are DONE with RESTRICTIONS.   Where people are free to follow their own brain's decision, about how to deal with living, with this thing.

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So yes, I am still GRUMPY!

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“Good moods’re as fragile as eggs...Bad moods’re as fragile as bricks.”  

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We are having a couple of really hot days.   Ho-Ho...  I can hear Dear Readers in FL. and TX. laughing heartily.  😁

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We went to the grocery store early.   "NO MASK MANDATE" yet!!!!    Some wearing, some not.   Personal choice!!!  

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One tall, slim lady looked so nice.   Blond hair~~wheat colored long, slim column of a casual dress~~color coordinated sandals.  I just *had* to tell her, how lovely she looked!!!!  😊

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We have cool food.   We take it easy.   Just happy that these days, are not constant, yet....

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No doubt, there is Global Warming.    No doubt mankind needs to address it.    But!   We can not simply banish all fossil fuel use, before developing the ingenuity, to heat and cool, in a new and better way.

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And let's get China and India "on board"!   The rest of the world, can not kill their economies with Toooo Fast Green.   While these countries continue to grow their economies.

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China!   Who makes it clear, it wants World Domination.

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My blog.   My views.  Even though all are free to have their own views. 

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😊 🌞Not yet...!🌞 😊

Friday was a beautiful day, which followed a late day and night of torrential rain.  In the morning, it was as if the world had been washed clean.    We had sun, blue skies, white clouds and a breeze.  😊  But!   It was like a lovely day, IN  SEPTEMBER!!!!!

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It's too soon, for September!!!!  It's too soon for, as the illustration above is titled, "Late Summer Garden"!!!

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I have seen pictures of fallen leaves... 🍂  Someone saying how lovely a fireplace will be, with coming cooler weather...  🔥 People feeling their "heat~of~summer" is over... 🌞 Etc.  

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Granted, thinking about Autumn, is delightful.   But, not yet!!!!   🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂   How do you feel about this????

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“I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.” ~Kellie Elmore 

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"Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne."~Bryan Procter

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"When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome."~Wilma Rudolph

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"Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability"~Sam Keen

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✨ 💛Pretty~Fun~????💛 ✨

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 I just adore this illustration!  Some may remember, that I have used it before.  😊  I love the style.    The soft, very feminine main Faerie...  Her golden hair and flowers in it, and on her gown...    The balance of the light green grass below, with the dark blue sky and moon above...  ✨✨✨  Not necessarily the "Message" though...........

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The other day I got a nail polish, which is so very, very soft pink...  That it is nearly while.  💅   And I like it!    But!  I learned the hard way, that one can not try to apply this, in a rush!!!!!!!!   😕   Oppppsies!   The first hand turned out to be a mess.   Second hand, ok.   💅    Well...   'Live and learn' as the old saying goes.

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Our weather seems to have changed, from hot/humid and occasional rain...   To cooler.   Which is nice, with sun.  Perfect really, with cool nights!  But today seems grey again.   💭   Ahhh well,   really cool and really dreary weather will be here, soon enough...  💭  

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Did anyone see the Meteor Shower last night????  🌠   Our Grandson told us, about it.   But our skies did not cooperate.  They were too cloudy...  🌠  It was supposed to be lovely, I guess.

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“Everyone knows—or at least, was probably told as a child—that you can make a wish on a shooting star. Not everyone knows that the only way to be sure it will come true is to speak it aloud before the star disappears, and this is a nearly impossible feat to manage.” ~Kate Milford

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“What are we but shooting stars, hoping to shine long enough to make at least one soul believe in the magic.”~Sherry Namdeo

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“I remember thinking as a child that diamonds were stars that fell from the sky as shooting stars. You can only imagine my disappointment at learning the truth of them. I still prefer the stars.”~Barbara Lieberman

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❓❓How to...?❓❓

I know I keep showing pics of our front stoop planter, with the Tuberous Begonias.   They are doing so well, all by themselves!  My husband has not 'fed' them this year.  They love the shade.   And moisture.

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 How do you, keep whites things white?  ❓❓❓  I used to use Clorox all the time.    Then my towels began to show holes "eaten" out of them.   Read, this can happen, from bleach use.   ❓❓❓ And my whites began to have a yellowish tinge to them.   An eventual bleach effect?    ❓❓❓   

So, stopped using bleach.   And replaced the white bath towels, with gray ones.    But have still~usable white hand towels.   Which are pretty *grungy* looking now.  😞  

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I love this clear, ✨sparkly✨ float, the "Grands" got this year!  Pictures do not do it justice.  The blue pool water shows through.  And loads of ✨sparkles✨, seem suspended in it.   And when the sun shines on it........   The ✨sparkles✨ are amazing!!!!!  ✨✨✨✨✨✨

 

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"ring the bells that still can ring

forget your perfect offering-

there is a crack in everything

that's how the light gets in"
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