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october zinnia
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martinis with a view
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gettysburg fence for
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germinate shawl on rocks
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field of flags 2
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color affection with edge
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cedar leaf shawlette 2
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Summer Book Bingo Update

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Last week I shared my Summer Book Bingo card but told you I didn’t have a plan for how I was going to track my reading. After some searching on Instagram and Pinterest, I came up with an idea of how I wanted the 2 page spread to look.

Wa-la:

It’s fun and functional and organized. In other words, it suits me perfectly!

And, as you can see, I’m already tracking books. In fact, I took this photo last week and I have filled in 3 more Bingo squares since that time. For now, though, here are my first three:

Square #4, Originally Published in the 21st Century: Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin
A fast read and one I expected to be lighthearted and humorous. It was – at times – but it was also so much more. It turned out to be a thought provoking read on feminism, politics, and the double standard that women face over and over again.

Square #9, Latest Book by an Author You Love: The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
I’m a big fan of Bohjalian’s writing and I love that his novels are all pretty different from each other. This one, while certainly not his best in my opinion, has a good story and it’s a quick read. I thought the ending was a little far fetched but overall I enjoyed the book.

Square #14, Set In More Than One Time Period: An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
Jamie and Claire never disappoint, I love their love story.

It’s going to be a great summer of reading!

And We’re BUSY

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Isn’t summer supposed to be when things slow down? Long, lazy days? Relaxed schedules? Well. Someone around here hasn’t gotten that memo because we’ve got a week that is absolutely FULL.

Last night we had a Kiwanis planning meeting related to September. Ugh. I hate that it’s June and we have to think about September but calendars and schedules fill up and we’re trying to get the word out about how awesome our club is and how much we actually do for the community and these things have to be planned in advance.

Tonight I have a work meeting and Dale has his monthly Civil War Roundtable group.

Wednesday night we have to go to a wake. This is not my story to tell but a good friend of mine lost her husband unexpectedly on Saturday. He was 51. In light of that I do feel the need to take a moment and say this: every day is precious, my friends, and tomorrow is not a guarantee. Do the things that make you happy right now.

Thursday night is the annual concert on our town common by Dale’s band. It’s one of my favorite shows of the year because I love seeing our entire town come out and enjoy the music and being together. Plus, it will be Jack’s first time hearing Grampa’s band and that’s very exciting for all of us!

Finally, on Friday night, there is a bench dedication that’s part of the Legends and Legacies event that honored our family last November. I’m quite sure, like everything else this committee does, that it will be a wonderful time.

Reading that over, I’m grateful for our active and busy social lives. I mean, really, only one of those evening activities is work related, everything else is about our community and the people that are part of it.

It’s a good problem to have, I think.


Gratuitous selfie with Jackie because every blog post needs a photo.

Weekending

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I think this past weekend was our first one without rain in something like nine weeks! We made the most of it by being outside as much as possible.

Friday Night Snacks on the deck, of course. It was warm enough to stay out there all evening and that’s my favorite kind of Friday night. Music, conversation, cheese & crackers, it just doesn’t get any better.

I had the entire day to myself on Saturday since Dale was doing a Civil War thing. I spent the early morning on the deck, knitting and listening to The Genius of Birds. I went out at lunch time and did some plant shopping for our front border. And then I came home and read for the rest of the afternoon. It was heavenly!

I texted Dale and suggested that perhaps he could bring home lobsters since he was very close to the place we like to get them. It agreed readily and our first lobsters of the season were consumed that night. I like to think of it as priming the pump for our week in Maine!

On Sunday we had breakfast on the deck – local strawberries were probably the best part – and then we worked (hard!) to get everything we had planted in the front border. There are still rocks to deal with (always, it seems) and I haven’t found the sedum ellacombianum that I want to use for the border but it’s mostly done at this point and I’m so glad. I’ll share more details and photos in a separate post.

In the afternoon we went to a graduation party and then had a nice visit with Sean.

Hooray for June weekends, full of fun and satisfying things!

Three On Thursday

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I’m really good at sharing my monthly photo mosaic with you all but when it comes to the monthly one second videos? I tend to forget. This may be my subconscious taking over because I just don’t think my video skills are all that great but still, if I’m going to the work and effort to take a daily video and then compile the 1.5 second clips I should share them with you.

And so . . . not surprisingly since it’s Thursday . . . I have three to show you today.

March 2018

April 2018

May 2018

Even when the videos are lame and the quality isn’t that great . . . it’s still a pretty fun way to look back over a month . . . or three. The fun of watching them is what keeps me engaged, at least.

If you wrote a post for this Thursday please share your link below. Thanks for playing along!


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