The Simple Woman's Daybook . . .

 

FOR TODAY, July 14, 2020 

Outside my window ...

The sky is overcast and it is cool.  What will become of today remains to be seen.

I am thinking ...

Sometimes life can be more difficult than anything you ever envisioned or expected it to be. The hard part is keeping a level head through it all and making the best decisions in order to help you move forward with the minimum of loss. These things don't happen overnight. Patience is the key.

I am thankful for ...

Once again, the powers of discernment, and the companionship of the Holy Ghost.

In the kitchen ... 

 

In the English Kitchen today  . . .  Small Batch Plantation Cupcakes. 

On my "To Cook" list ...

  

Spicy Southern Kitchen. German Chocolate Upside Down Cake. 

Good to know ... 

  

I am creating ... 

  

Walkerland. All Natural VapoRub Ointment. 

 

Crochet and Create. Kitchen handtowel and dishcloth.  

  

Improvised Life.  Triangle Letter. Interesting.  

 

No source.  Needle felted mushroom/toadstool. Very cute! 

  

Pixie Hill. Polymer Clay Toadstools. Sweet inspiration. 

I am reading ... 

 

The Things that Keep Us Here, by Carla Buckley

How far would you go to protect your family? Ann Brooks never thought she’d have to answer that question. Then she found her limits tested by a crisis no one could prevent. Now, as her neighborhood descends into panic, she must make tough choices to protect everyone she loves from a threat she cannot even see.

In this chillingly urgent novel, Carla Buckley confronts us with the terrifying decisions we are forced to make when ordinary life changes overnight. A year ago, Ann and Peter Brooks were just another unhappily married couple trying–and failing–to keep their relationship together while they raised two young daughters. Now the world around them is about to be shaken as Peter, a university researcher, comes to a startling realization: A virulent pandemic has made the terrible leap across the ocean to America’s heartland. And it is killing fifty out of every hundred people it touches.

As their town goes into lockdown, Peter is forced to return home–with his beautiful graduate assistant. But the Brookses’ safe suburban world is no longer the refuge it once was. Food grows scarce, and neighbor turns against neighbor in grocery stores and at gas pumps. And then a winter storm strikes, and the community is left huddling in the dark.

 Trapped inside the house she once called home, Ann Brooks must make life-or-death decisions in an environment where opening a door to a neighbor could threaten all the things she holds dear. Carla Buckley’s poignant debut raises important questions to which there are no easy answers, in an emotionally riveting tale of one family facing unimaginable stress.

Interestingly enough this book was written in 2010.

Dreaming about ... 

 

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Cottage Gardens . . .   

  

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Apple pie  . . . 

 

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Sunflowers  . . . 

 

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"She" sheds  . . . . 

 

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Fresh fruit  . . . 

Something to watch ... 

 

Alfred Hitchcock Presents on YouTube. There's always an interesting twist.  We enjoy these. 

 Makes me smile ... 

 

I could not find the source  . . . 

Corners of my kingdom ... 

  

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Tenby Pembrokeshire  A harbour town and resort in southwest Wales.  

A thought to carry with you ... 

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˚ ˛ •˛• ˚ ｜ 田田 ｜門 ★
 *In peace I will lie down asleep,

for you alone Lord, make me

secure. ~Psalm 4:9•。★★ 。* 。 

And that's my daybook for this week!



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Have a beautiful day! Be safe and don't forget!   

 

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And I do too!