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.  :-))))

Where could we...? Where? Where? Where?

I am not saying this, in a complaining way...  Just, that it is interesting...  With the approach of warmer weather, Blogging Visits go down.  :-)  Using "Site Meter," my recent Visits were:

March, '13 --------  2,013
April, '13 ----------  1,846
May, '13 ------------- 1,620
So far in June, '13 -- 1,253

Interesting dropping trend.  Do you find this happening, with your Blog Statistics, too?  Again, NOT COMPLAINING!  Just noticing a trend.  :-)

Hot summer weather has arrived, in my neck of the woods.  As I compose this, we have a really hot day, forecast today/Mon.  90 degrees with T-storms.  Yes, I am glad we have the wall A/C units.  No, I am not happy, with having to live, closed up in the house.

Do I hear whispers of; "Never satisfied..."  -grin-  Yes, it's so true.  So true. 

This hot summer weather could make one wish to have a place to travel to...  To escape to, actually.  Well, I don't have any.  We just don't drive far, anymore, due to his eye sight. 

But!!!!

I live in "Pretty Blog Land"!  And Dear Bloggers have lovely ways of looking at many things.

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"Older But Better" blog has a delightful "place" to visit.  It's a wonderful Virtual Reality place!  Doesn't that sound interesting?  Please click on her blog name above, and go find out about her "Bailey's Cove"...  Betcha' it might inspire some of us, to make one, of our own.  :-)

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And then, there is "The House In The Roses" blog, where she often shares her delightful imagination, with us.  Taking us places, we'd probably never go, on our own.

Like her "Gitanos" posting.  Which you can visit....  By clicking here......  And by clicking here................  And by clicking here...........  ....Delightful, yes???

Soooooo, where could we go????

Where could you Dear Reader, use your imagination, to travel to?

Either using just imagination, like the Virtual Reality escape?

Or actually making delightful imagination, into reality?

Where?

Where?

Where?

:-)

I'm getting behind, in leaving links here, to the books I've been reading.  By clicking here.....  You can read more about the last "Cozy," which I had fun reading.

I hope this prompts you to..... :-)

The latest "Victoria" magazine...

I hope, that by showing you...

...some of the things in this magazine...

...it will prompt you...

...to go buy a copy...

...for yourself.  :-)

I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

There is something-for-everyone, in it.

Some things, which are so beautiful, that they are just-dream-about-things.

And some things, which we could have/do.

And as always, "Victoria" has a lovely last page...  A sweet little memory, all on one page.

Don't forget.  If you missed viewing the Full Strawberry Moon, last night (Sat.)...  It is still FULL today (Sun.).  So you can look for it, again tonight!!!  Don't forget!!!  :-)

Midsummer's Eve...!!!

Getting set up...

Earlier....  "Bling"....

Granddaughter going to another party...  This time, an upperclassman's "Sweet 16 Party".  At a fancy place.  Wow!  Growing up has surely changed!!!!!

Sending her picture, to her boyfriend.  He is in another school, so was not invited to this party.

Love her make up.  Done by her!  :-)

Back to the fire pit.  First "S'more" for Gabe!  "Are you done with the picture yet, Nana??????"  "Can I eat it now?"

More getting ready.  Not all chairs here, yet.

And there we are!!!!!  Pretty fire pit. 

Concentration....!!!!!!!!

Perfection!!!!

Did I have any?  NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!  But I had my "Drinky-Pooooooooo."  :-)  So I was happy, happy, happy.

This "Grand," likes her marshmallows FLAMING!!!  ,-)

"Pop's" perfect "Smore"...

Son/Dad's perfect "Smore"...

Cooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!

Daughter came over, from next door, and had some, and told us when to watch for the Space Station, passing over head.  We saw it!!!  Clear as a bell!  I remember seeing it, another summer.  Most had not seen it before. 

You can find some NASA site, where you punch in your own area...  And it will tell you when to look up, and see the Space Station.  It's cooool. 

Feet up.  Time to call it a night...  :-)

It was a grrrrrrreat way to Celebrate the Changing Of The Seasons!  Oh and!!!!  We saw FIREFLIES too!!!  Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrfect....

Wishing you a lovely Midsummer Night's Eve!!!

Wishing you a lovely Midsummer Night's Eve!!!

I doubt our fire, will be as big as these!!!  Better not be!!!

But next door son's family, does have a Fire Pit now.  Someone who couldn't use it, gave theirs to him.  So now we have the Tiki Torches.  And the Fire Pit.  :-)

Of course, I'm *scaring* everyone, by *threatening* to dance sky-clad, around the Fire Pit.   -giggggggles-

No dancing!  But we surely will have fire, to celebrate the return of the Sun.  

Head garlands of flowers, are pretty.  I did that years ago, one Midsummer Night's Eve.  When the Grands only numbered 4.  I made head wreaths of 'Queen Ann's Lace' for the 3 girls.  Youngest Grand then, was a little boy.  So he had to be the King.  

They danced around the back yard, for us.  :-)  While I played the CD of the music, from the film "Midsummer Night's Dream."  :-)

It would be lovely if the Fireflies came out, tonight.  Kind of don't think it's really warm enough, for them though.  Fireflies look so like Faeries!!!

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I love to notice the turning of "The Wheel Of The Year".  I love to pay attention to the changing Seasons.  Really pay attention.  Even if, in modern times, we don't really have to.  We now have light, heat, cooling, 24/7.  And it's easy to forget the Rhythms of Nature. 

But I think that when we forget, we diminish our lives.  We lose the connections, to the natural Cycles of Nature.  And we lose Magic, and Fun, and Joy... 

Again, wishing you a lovely Midsummer Night's Eve!!!

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