August: the Venerable Season

Happy August! Well, three days in, and I'm pretty sure it's going to be cooler and more beautiful than ever. We've had such storms and foggy mornings, pink sunset Canopy skies at twilight... just amazing.

I did the tiniest nod to Autumn.. more to follow, of course. I'll be changing that quilt... The pillows are new from Etsy... 

I've chosen these traveler's notebooks for the month... I have way too many, I guess, but I don't get out,  so it's my new way to accessorize. I buy Planner Perfect products and follow her method... It has really made a positive difference for my life.  

 The focus for August is a prettier, level-up for life around here.  

I don't like the bummed complacency I've drifted into although I understand why.  Illness does that to me,  and 2023 has been a bit rocky without being really awful.  I have been dealing with after effects from my total tooth extraction. No.  I haven't even thought about dentures much.  I just need to feel better before I start that... Then I did have 3 to 4 months of Shingles... they were really a downer. I had a stress fracture in my right hand... so... knock on wood,  I am on the mend! And allergies... Then more than my own pebbles, there is always the Boulder of my son and the way he feels... I don't say all this for sympathy... I just need to give this house some grace and let God have all this.  He's more than capable... Denial has done nothing for me! 

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My first day of August was a bear killing experience.  I kicked tail and took names. Less accomplishments  filled day two, and yesterday was  totally a "bust."

Well,  I truly love reading your blogs I don't always comment because I read on my phone, and it doesn't allow me to comment well at all... not even as myself... not sure what I did, but it wasn't wise and I mistakenly  selected a typo "iatmealandwhimy" so it just acts mad about it!  Lol... 

I'm working on a journal for a friend who's having some festivities for her family... I've just started being able to cut and glue again.  Hallelujah! 

My rainbow homemade bread from a young neighbor!  How sweet! It was yummy! I had a carpenter come to fix a corner of my ramp. It had been built wrong,  with a raised border, and almost everyone hung a foot on it..... so I just decided to fix it before someone fell! My dad always told me,  "You think you don't have time to do things right, but then you have to find the time to do them over!" So true, Daddy-o.

I have a surprise coming from Etsy... it's on the way!  I commissioned it in June or July! And it's for me...  my Precious! Lol... stay tuned!