OUTSIDE MY WINDOW ...
It is cloudy and I think we are in for rain. No surprise there. It's garbage day. It is very rare that we don't get some kind of precipitation on garbage day.
I AM THINKING ...
Sometimes I can't believe the world we live in. Yesterday on a local ask a question page on FB someone had posted that somebody had hit and killed their cat with a car. The vitriol towards the person who was clearly grieving was horrendous. Things like, "That's what you get when you let your cat roam outdoors," etc. Why are people so mean? Rhetorical question. I know there is no answer. I just think it is so wicked to kick someone when they are already down.
I AM ALSO THINKING ...
Not only did he graduate with Honor and the highest marks in two categories, but he also won a $500 bursary and two $50 awards. This was a wonderful achievement and a great testimony to all of the hard work he puts in. Despite having a disability he has managed to excel and we are so proud of him. But then, we are proud of him anyways, no matter what. Congratulations Jon!
In the kitchen today a Small Carrot Cake. All of the deliciousness of a full sized carrot cake in a small, six-inch single layered cake with a lush orange and maple cream cheese frosting.
ON MY "TO COOK" LIST ...
Maple Bourbon Brown Butter Peach Pie. Now that's a tasty mouthful. From Host the Toast.
I KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE ...
It is truly the smallest things in life which matter most of all.
I WOULD LOVE TO CREATE ...
Small Raggedies. Cloth Doll Patterns on Etsy.
Primitive Painted Gingerbreadmen. DIY Beautify.
Beautiful throw. On Instagram.
Embroidered Pillows. No source.
Again, no source . . .
OH MY GOODNESS ...
Remembering when Cinnamon was a wee kitten and first came to live with me.
Nutmeg too . . . both so adorable.
I AM READING ...
PRETENDING TO DANCE, by Diane Chamberlain
Molly Arnette is very good at keeping secrets. She lives in San Diego with a husband she adores, and they are trying to adopt a baby because they can't have a child on their own. But the process of adoption brings to light many questions about Molly's past and her family—the family she left behind in North Carolina twenty years before. The mother she says is dead but who is very much alive. The father she adored and whose death sent her running from the small community of Morrison's Ridge. Her own birth mother whose mysterious presence in her family raised so many issues that came to a head. The summer of twenty years ago changed everything for Molly and as the past weaves together with the present story, Molly discovers that she learned to lie in the very family that taught her about pretending. If she learns the truth about her beloved father's death, can she find peace in the present to claim the life she really wants?
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And I do too!
Huge congrats on your grandson's achievements! Kudos..WEeare so happy when they are happy:). Love a lot of little things here..Vitriol on FB is scary.I don't participate..but on my daughters accounts I see..especially this type of thing..RIDONKULOUS.
ReplyDeleteIts incredible the way people talk to each other these days. Nobody has a filter! xoxo
DeleteWell done Jon, does he know what he is doing next? A very hard decision. Sunny and a bit hazy here, the rain has moved on or now, guess it is your turn. Happy Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteHe is going to a local college and taking a one year course in some kind of electronics thing. Then he will know if he likes it and can pursue it further! Happy Tuesday! xoxo
DeleteHearing about Jon and seeing his photos warm my heart.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to him…and his parents. 💕V.
Thanks very much V! xoxo
DeleteGreat to see kids do well and rise above problems like your grandson has. Our oldest grandchild has Asperger's (caused by mom eating way too much tunafish while pregnant with him they say, and probable some DNA too) but he has done well and now has a very good job, after finishing college with high grades!! We are proud of him too!! We have learned tho that there are many kinds of effects when one has this, including maybe certain things like cooking smells, or sounds like fingernails on chalkboard, or some such...it has many characteristics and we feel most of us in our family have some part of it. But we never knew...so somehow managed anyway. And often kids with this will be far more talented in some areas than most people. So there is that. I guess all of us have to learn how to survive in this world and most of us will have some kind of issue or other.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth xo
I do believe that they have many skills in other areas and will rise like the cream to the top if given the right motivation and help! Thank you Elizabeth! xoxo
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