Pics~~~Flowers~~~Heat~~~Question~~~Etc.

Nasturtiums, planted at edge of garden, to ward off some *bug-critters.*  They are finally blooming! 

 

Our own Tiki Torches!  Another of my "marked-down-after-season" buys.  -grinnnn-  At least, I thought they were marked down.  Perhaps they never cost more.  :-))))

My next-door son/daughter-in-law have a lovely grouping of Daisies and ......  Oh, the name of the red ones, escapes me!  -pout-  But Dear Readers will know.

Every summer, they make a great Photo Opp!  They even made my Header pic. 

Just another silly pic.  :-)  I added the tiny bit of left-over Pomagranite Liquid, to the bottle...  And the Pink stayed at the top.  It must weigh less, than the more clear one.

This hot/humid weather is getting to me.  Don't feel like really doing much.  Hate to have to be cooped up, inside, in A/C.  Oh I am grateful that we have it.  But it's simply the idea that I *have to* stay inside.  What we can't do, we want to do.  Blahhhhh....  :-)

I think, I hope, I am "getting-a-handle" on posted picture size.....   The picture size, in this blog entry, looks big enough but not toooooo big, to me.  Hope, hope, hope they do to you too, Dear Reader.  If not.....  Tellllllllllllll....   :-)

Looking back~~~And wishing~~~

(Pic from my blog, in July, 2009~~~See  how beautiful our Hydrangeas were, way-back-when...)

Guess I'd better ask....  Does my blog, show up too wide, on your screen?  If so, when did it begin doing this?  Please...

I was just told that mine, is too wide, on one Dear Reader's screen.  Any others????

A while ago, one of my Dear Reader's blogs, began to be too wide, on my computer.  I mentioned it to her, but guess I'm the only one......

So, I ask here.  You are reading my blog.  Does it fit your screen, or is it too wide?  Please and thank you.

You who are fans of Elizabeth Goudge...  Have you ever read "The Little White Horse"?  I just saw it here, and it sounds delightful.  So I'm getting it, from the library.

Looking out, at our back yard, and beyond...  TREES...

Again, looking from Patio, across our little back yard, and  across half of my son's back yard, next door.  TREES...
 Too damn many TREES...

When
we built here, nearly 50 years ago, we could see across a number of back yards, to the next street over.  Yes, trees were planted, here and there, over the years.  Nice ambiance plantings.

Then!  The woman next door, got herself a boyfriend, who "had a thing" for grabbing any old tree he could find, and planting it in her back yard.  With never any shaping of them!  Just a bunch of scrub trees, which he let grow and grow and grow.

The BF is gone, but his damn trees remain, and get bigger every year.  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...  I so want my nice, normal view back.  -pout-
    

Found a cute, new-to-me, book blog.  Very interesting concept.  It's written "by" the characters, in some favorite cozy mysteries.   Isn't that a cute and novel idea, for a book blog????? 

 

The blog name is (click)   "Killer Characters"....

More pictures, from my blog, in summer of 2009.

Silly me, I was complaining about a lot of rain.  Hehhhh.....  Little did I know, what a lot of rain, could do to my husband's lovely flowers.  -sigh-

Do you ever choose to be still?  Even for a moment, at a time?  I came across a lovely writing, titled "Be Still."
Please take a minute and click here, and enjoy this relaxing post.....  Please....

Weather~~~Words~~~Meaning~~~Moods~~~Music~~~

Gabe and Daddy...  "Making" faces, sitting together, at edge of the pool...

 -chuckle-  Just noticed that the above picture, should have been rotated.  :-)  Oh well...

Gabe (3 years) seems to have discovered a "new" mood, and how to "display" it.   SAD...

"Pop" ran out of cookies, in his work-shop stash of Cookies.  Now this isn't earth-shaking.  But seems as if Gabe latched onto this fact, and became SAD. 

Here is another example, of Gabe, showing SADNESS.  He would come in, stand there, just look SAD...  :-)  I DID NOT just tell him; "Oh you don't have to be sad."

Children have a right to "own" their feelings/emotions.  I don't like to tell kids, they *should not* be/feel this, or be/feel that.  I told him it was OK to feel SAD, sometimes.

"Nana" is a great believer in watching what one says to small kids.  At least, I try to be.  Think before one speaks, etc.  "Listen" to the message, we are REALLY sending, to a child.

Our understanding of words, and their understanding of them, differ greatly...  Especially when very young.  Care-givers need to keep this in mind.  In my humble opinion.   

Another steamy weekend...  On Sunday, we had A/C on inside.  I went out to take pics of family, in the pool.  My camera lens got fogged up.

Cold camera + hot outside = steam-effect.

This picture, shows how our weather pattern has been going.  Sun - Rain - Sun - Rain - Sun - Rain.  When the rain is heavy, it knocks the flowers down.  -sigh-

Ever  start reading a book, and decide you can't really read all of it?  But you have to know "what's going on"  and "what happens"?  So you keep skimming ahead, until you have answered those 2 questions?

Hope so....  Because then, you can comprehend what I did, with "Room."    If you are intrigued, and want to know more about this book...  You can click on the click-able link....  "Room" .

Actually, this book, is an excellent example of what I said above....   That small children's understanding of "words," depends on what they have so-far-learned, in their short life-time.

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Happy New Moon!  Or Happy Dark Of The Moon!

Tonight is what is referred to as the New Moon.  A New Moon occurs when the moon is positioned between earth and sun.  The entire illuminated portion of the moon, is on the back side, the half of the moon, that we cannot see.
From: Lunar Phases Explained

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Remember the old song...  Which goes like...  "No moon at all, it's so dark, ..."  :-)

Click here, to hear Nat King Cole sing it...

So far, so good... :-)

Well, it seems as if most of us, are still OK...  With our ways, of seeing new posts, on the blogs we love.

My new lace kitchen curtains.  I've had them quite a while, and finally got them up.  I am soooo slowwww...

The little Moss Roses, beside the patio door, continue to thrive and  blossom.

New boyfriend was over...

Not a good pic, but he is cute.

"A" and "E"...  :-)

Don't say it...   I have no *shame*!   -grin-  Taking pics behind the curtain and etc.  -giggggles-  Awww come on, that's what "Nana's" doooooooooo.  :-) 

"The Ocean at The End of the Lane"

by

Neil Gaiman

I'm still "playing catch-up," with getting my book reviews written, and linked to.  

Who could resist that Title, and Cover Art?  Not I.  Plus, I've read a book by him, before.  

Please click on this link, and go to my "Auntie's Reads 2013" blog, to read reviews.

#39 books read this year
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Another post on "In Dragonfly Hollow"...  :-)   I am only reminding those, who might want to be reminded.  Not pushing.  Not pushing.  :-))))

Fri. fun, and Sat. sun...

We had a nearly full day of sun, on Fri.  Wow!!!!  And a purrrrrrfect Saturday is forecast!  Double wow!!!

Yesterday was spent, as I said....  Up at 6am, to watch old Esther Williams films on A&E.  Watched 'till an old black and white one, with no swimming, came on.  Turned that off and baked the bread.

  The bread, which I am not showing.  Because I messed up the recipe, and it did not come out, "pretty."  It's ok to eat, but I'll have to do it again.  More Correctly!  ,-)

Then it was back to more movies, until I had to take a nap.  Missed some of that one.  But then continued my marathon watching, thru the last one, at 8pm.  Wow!!!

I have fun with old movies, by watching to see who did the Set Design on them.  (The name I recognize most, is (click-->) Edwin B.Willis...)  And also have fun, noticing other actors, who later became more famous.

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A very young (click-->)  Ricardo Montalban  was in a couple of them.  Oh my wow!!!!!  What a gorgeous man he was!!!

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All his life.  Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm....   Yummmmmmmmmmy...  :-)

I read for a while, but had to go to bed.  I was tired!  LOL. 

And woke to beautiful SUN, this (Sat.) morning.  Yessss!!!!!

Wondering, am I the only "Old Movie Fan," out there in Pretty Blog Land?  :-)  I kind-of doubt it.  If you too, are a fan, which kind of "Old Movies," are your favorite?  Or do you like a lot of different types of them?

"Today Class, our lesson will be on Inflammation."

(Planting...)

"Today Class, our lesson will be on Inflammation."

When you and I are *bedeviled* by Allergies, we have Inflammation.  When you and I have Arthritis Pain, we have Inflammation.  When you and I have certain Gut Discomfort, we have Inflammation. 

My cold/allergies were so bad, that my doc gave me both Prednisone, and a diff Antibiotic.  Prednisone... Without going into all the medical reasons, one can simply say that Prendisone gets rid of Inflammation, in the body.

(Getting belt, to fix next door's vacuum cleaner...)

My Allergy/Cold symptoms are gone.

And my ARTHRITIS PAIN, is gone!

I can walk up and down stairs, without pain!  I can get up off the *pottie,* in one move.  Before, I had to rock back and forth, to get up the momentum, to get up.  (Too much info I know but...)  In the morning, I do not get up all stiff.

Magical!!!

 (Madagascar Pink Rice...)

But!!!

We can not continue to take Prednisone for long.  The *magic* will cease.  Our pains will return, if we continue to put food into our bodies, which cause Inflammation.

Why does our body make excess Inflammation?  I go with the theory that the processed, pesticide and anti-biotic ridden food, we consume...  Does.  The body becomes almost overwhelmed with trying to eliminate all this "shit," and we get Inflammation, in the process.

Being able to eat only Juicing, for a period of time, is a Cleanse.  Allowing our bodies to eliminate the "crap."  But Paul (our doc) putting me on this regimen of Prensidone, to clear up my allergy stuff, is almost a Cleanse too.

 (Family over, to open pool...)

So, now....  When I stop the meds, I am back on my own.  Do I NEED sugar, processed foods, cakes, pies, cookies, etc.....  Do I NEED these things MORE, than TRYING to be (mostly) pain free?!?  We shall see...

So far, I use local Honey for my decaf...  We have cut out processed foods.  Are eating Organic, and only Organically grown meats, chicken, etc.  (One does NOT have to eat much meats, btw.  We teach ourselves, that we do need meat, meat, meat.)  ~~~~   But I have a ways to go.  I have to learn to bake, without the use of regular sugar or any of its equivalents. 

(Dust catcher --  Pretty dresser scarf  --  Dust catcher  --  OUT of bedroom)

I could have given click-able links, to information.  But we are all rushed.  If you want more, go to the Mayo Clinic web site and type in Inflammation.

Sorry the Class was so long.

Thank you for your patience.

Class dismissed.

:-) 

Day #12~~~New, *magic pills*~~~And *magic elixir*~~~

(Neighborhood Kitty...)

Let's see.  This is Day #12 of the "Cold From Hell."  On Day #5, got "Z-Pack" and took it.  Didn't work.    Day #11, my doc gave me Rx's for 2 different day-time *magic pills*, and 1 night time *magic elixir*. 

(Hopping around yard, trying to pounce on whatever insect, she could see...)

And he said, to come back to see him in a week, and that; I WILL  BE BETTER THEN!  Guess Paul can recognize a kinda' depressed/grumpy little ole lady.  So he added the Personal Order!  :-)))))

(Sick and "stuck" in my recliner, this view looked very pretty, to me.  It's not so grand, later.  But...  :-) )

So far, the *Magic Pills* and the *Magic Elixir* have been working wonderfully. 

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It's common knowledge that it takes more meds, to knock out lots of "bugs" now.  I wonder?  Could this have to do, with all the antibiotics fed to the meat, which we consume???????  Well, we don't eat that kind of meat, any more, here.  But we did, for years and years and years. 

Are you still doing so?