A Day Book

 

 

FOR TODAY, June 25th, 2024

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 ...

 

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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 ...

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.

 

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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?

I love books by Diane Chamberlain.

THINGS I LOVE ...

 

Ruffles on sheets  . . . 

 

Painted stair risers  . . . 

 

Painted dressers  . . . 

 

All of this  . . . 

Little surprises  . . . 

MAKES ME SMILE ...

 

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A meal enjoyed out of doors with the people you love most in the world.  Look at that table and bench.  How beautifully rustic.

SOMETHING TO WATCH ...

Breathe on Netflix  . . . 

A THOUGHT TO CARRY WITH YOU ...

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 *.˛.°Yesterday I was clever,

so I wanted to change the world.

Today I am wise,

So I am changing myself.

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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!