A Daybook . . .

 

FOR TODAY, June 6th, 2024

Outside my window ...

Its a cloudy day today. This photo is from a few days ago.  Cinnamon loves to sit on the window sill and watch the world go by.  If I put a few peanuts out in the morning, the blue jays come and squawk and make a lot of noise. The cats both enjoy that. Not a lot happens on this street which is a good thing because that makes for a nice and quiet life.  I have had more than enough excitement in my lifetime. A quiet life is all I want now.

I am Thinking ...

This is that stupid game on Facebook that you see everyone playing at the moment. It takes one of your photographs and you can switch the hair etc.  I used that photo of 17 year old me from the other day.  I ended up looking like a movie star.

I liked this one too.  They do look like me, when I was 17, although I don't think my skin was ever that smooth and polished and blemish/freckle free. It is fun to play those games, but I think, too, that they can make you feel really dissatisfied with how you really look, and I don't think I need to be any more dissatisfied with how I look than I already do!  These are very glamorous photos to be sure, but they are not the reality.  

Even the reality of way back then was a far cry from those glamorized photos. I had long and curly hair that I despised. It got frizzy in the slightest bit of humidity.  I thought I was fat. (As if.) I never thought I was pretty at all.   I would like to be that fat now and even a fraction of that good looking!  I think if I had had the ability back then to switch out my photos for these glamor photos I would have been even more dissatisfied and critical with myself.

We live in an age which is always distorting the truth.  Visually, mentally and in every which way that it can.  We can't really trust what we see or hear any more.  We need to be even more vigilant, careful and discerning about the things which are presented to us. 

I am also thinking ...

This is your reminder to be present. Stop living your life in a day, week, month, or year that hasn’t begun yet. Life moves far too quickly to be living in a time other than this moment. If you spend too much time worrying about the future ( or the past) you’ll miss the beauty around you right now. ~Charlotte Freeman

Love your life. Here. Now. It is okay to challenge yourself to do and to be better, but really, do try to find joy and beauty in the here and the now. If you don't, you will always be dissatisfied. Comparison truly is the thief of joy!

In The Kitchen ...

In The English Kitchen today, a Small Chocolate Cake.  A lovely six inch layer cake. Rich and fudgy, with a decadent melt in the mouth chocolate buttercream filling and frosting.  This is the cake I baked for  Dan's birthday celebrations. It turned out lovely. My dad, who really doesn't like chocolate cake (We had to remind him that it wasn't HIS birthday so it wasn't his choice, lol) actually requested a second slice!

On my "To Bake" list  ...

Torta Del Nonna.  From One Sarcastic Baker. This looks amazingly delicious! 

Good to know ...

From Patricia Freeman's Book entitled, This was Meant to Find You.

I would love to create ...

Daisy Farm Crafts. Infinity Scarf pattern. Free. 

ATERCrochet on Etsy. Crochet Garland. Not free, but also not overly expensive.  

 Lola J Folkart on Ravelry.  Crochet Necklace. Love the primitive colours and styling. This would be a great scrap buster. 

Whistle & Ivy. Colourful Clutch. Free pattern.  

Lia Griffith.  DIY paper houses.  

Oh My Goodness ...

Love LOVE these glasses. I have always had a fondness for glasses which had pictures on them.

I am Reading ...

The Sweet In-Between, by Sheri Reynolds 

 Kenny Lugo has grown up in a family that’s not really hers. Her mother died of cancer when Kenny was very young, and Aunt Glo–who is, in fact, her daddy’s girlfriend–took her in when her father was sent to jail for drug trafficking. Now, as Kenny approaches her eighteenth birthday and the end of the government checks Glo has been receiving looms, she is desperate to prove that this house and these people really do belong to her. But when a senseless murder occurs next door in their small coastal town, Kenny can’t get it out of her mind. She has always been consumed by the ways in which she is different–and inherently unworthy–so the unjust death of a young woman with everything to live for becomes an obsession. 

 In the end, hers is a story of an unforgettable young woman whose redemption comes from a source she never would have imagined. Only just started this one.  Its a slow go. I wish I had more time to just read  . . . 

Things I love ...

Source of all 

 

Big fat bumblebees  . . . 

 

Fresh berries  . . . 

 

Red and white  . . . 

 

Embroidered flowers  . . . 

A nice front porch . . . 

Something to watch ...

The Chosen Season four. On the Angel App. Finally.

A Thought to Carry with You ...

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 *.˛.°If everyone is thinking alike,

then somebody isn't thinking.

~George Patton  ° * 。 • ˚ ˚ ˛ ˚ ˛ •

And that's my daybook for this week!



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⋯ ◯ ⋯ Take time to enjoy the small *´¯`.¸¸.☆
  ⋰ ⋮ ⋱ blessings in life.*´¯`.¸¸.☆ 



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Have a beautiful day!  Don't forget!  

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And I do too!