A Day Book . . .

 

FOR TODAY, JUNE 2nd, 2026

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW ...

Could it be any nicer?  I think not!  What a gorgeous day!

 

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I AM THINKING ...

This is a funny story.  The other afternoon, Eileen and I were watching Gary Eats on YouTube and he and his friend Danny were having dinner in an airplane converted into a restaurant. I heard my smoke detector beep. I thought, oh no  . . . it beeped again. But wasn't quite as loud as I thought it should be so I wasn't sure, and the battery had only just been replaced not long since. I paused the video and went and stood under the smoke detector, waiting to hear it beep again so I could confirm it. Nothing. Went back to watching the video and it happened again, and again, but every time I paused the video and went to listen . . .  nothing. So then I thought, what else in the house might have an alarm like that.  Freezer? Air purifier? I checked everything to no avail.  So we went back to watching the video and then a few minutes later Gary said, "Anyone got a battery? You can send a battery here. Really appreciate it. The smoke detector keeps going."  I'd just spent half an hour chasing a sound that was coming from the television. DUH!

Eileen and I didn't half laugh.

I AM ALSO THINKING ...

You can't make this stuff up!

 

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I AM GRATEFUL FOR ...

I am grateful for a forgiving heart. A heart that is not spiteful or mean-spirited.  I had a flash of anger last night. Eileen and I were talking about food, and she told me about a time when she was working at the Drug Store here in town, and was in the lunchroom having her lunch with some of the employees. She had some potato chips and her stepmom, who used to work in the same place, came in and immediately began yelling at her and berating her (in front of the other employees) for eating potato chips. It must have been bad because Eileen said she had an anxiety attack and one of the employees had to get her a paper bag to breath into. I was so angry when I heard that. I wanted to  . . . well you don't want to know what I wanted to do. I had to repent.  I did assure Eileen that if anything like this ever happens again, I will have her back. 

I cannot comprehend how someone can be so insensitive and cruel. And in front of other people. And have no conscience about it!

I AM ALSO GRATEFUL FOR ...

A daughter who trusts me enough to confide in me and share with me. She knows that I love her unconditionally.

IN THE KITCHEN ...

Garden Lentil Soup with Lemon & Dill.  This was so delicious. Hearty and yet light and loaded with bags of flavor. Very easy to make as well. A win/win all around!

ON MY "TO COOK" LIST ...

 

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I wonder if this really works  . . . 

THIS I BELIEVE ...

 

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I am grateful for my soft heart.

SOMETHING THAT IS NICE ...

 

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Wild strawberries  . . . 

SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS NICE ...

 

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A shady veranda on a hot summer's day  . . . 

I AM WANTING TO CREATE ...

 

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An Amish Knot rug  . . . 

 

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Heart garlands  . . . 

 

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Quilted place mats  . . . 

 

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Tea bag book marks . . . 

 

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A rag wreath  . . . .

SOMETHING I ENJOY ...

 

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The sound of trickling water  . . . 

SOMETHING ELSE I ENJOY ...

 

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Sunsets  . . . 

I AM READING ...

LAND, by Maggie O'Farrell

On a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomás and his reluctant son, Liam, are working for the great Ordnance Survey project to map the whole of Ireland. The year is 1865, and in a country not long since ravaged and emptied by The Great Hunger, the task is not an easy one. Tomás, however, is determined that his maps will be a record of the disaster. 

 The British soldiers in charge are due to arrive any day, expecting the work to be completed, but Tomás is unexpectedly sent off course by an unsettling encounter in a copse. His life, and those of his family, will never be the same again. Liam is terrified by the sudden change in his taciturn father. What was it that caused such cracks to open in Tomás and how is Liam, aged only ten, going to finish the mapping, and get them both home? 

 Land is a novel about separation and reunion, tragedy and recovery, colonisation and rebellion. It is a story of buried treasure, overlapping lives, ancient woodland, persistent ghosts, a particularly loyal dog, and how, when it comes to both land and history, nothing ever goes away. 

 As spellbinding and various as the landscape that inspired it, Land is, above all, a story of survival, for our times, and for all time.

I have only just started this book.

THINGS THAT CATCH MY FANCY ...

 

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Yellow blooms  . . . 

 

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Pink Pyrex  . . . 

 

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Pretty linens  . . . 

 

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Fresh watermelon  . . . 

 

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Heart shaped lockets  . . . 

 

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Pretty cups all in a row  . . . 

MAKES ME SMILE ...

 

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A simple piece of cake on a pretty plate . . . 

SOMETHING TO WATCH ...

Person of Interest  . . .  Netflix.

A THOUGHT TO CARRY WITH YOU ...

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*Enjoy your youth,

you'll never be younger than

you are at this very moment.

~Chad Sugg

And that is my daybook for this week!  Thanks always for being here!

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⋯ ◯ ⋯ Take time to enjoy the small *´¯`.¸¸.☆

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Have a beautiful day!  Don't forget!  

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And I do too!