2025 Project 365 – Week Thirty

In the midst of all the national and international dumpster situations, I have two blog friends who have lost beloveds recently. Steve Reed’s Olga went away in her favorite place in the back garden, and Nance’s Marlowe was in her arms. I know that they’re both grieving. I don’t have any fancy words, but I’m thinking about them both today.

Sunday, July 20th 

We had six folks join the church today. It was a good day!

When I went to Dad & Sue’s I tried on this hat that my brother gave my dad. I think I’m hilarious. (Click on the video & view full screen for the full effect).

Monday, July 21st

No photo from me today, but here are Sue and her sisters on their girl trip to Charlotte. They saw the Superman movie (and got up to other shenanigans). 

Tuesday, July 22nd 

Sue inspired me! (I took these to the office - I did NOT eat all of them!)

Wednesday, July 23rd

No photo today either, but I saw this on Facebook & immediately screenshotted it to send to some of my favorite southerners. Ha!

Thursday, July 24th 

The way I plowed through this bag of caramels was a sign of how crazy it was at work this week.

Friday, July 25th      

In my defense, I had a coupon.

Saturday, July 26th

Dr. M drove by one of our favorite scenes. It’s lovely in any season (although right now, with no trees around it, I sure hope that house has a really good air conditioning system!).

Our wildflowers are winding down, although they’re still providing plenty of sustenance to flying things.

I’m feeling puny today. A cold? Allergies? I skipped church & I’m thinking about taking a Tylenol PM & sleeping through the Braves game.It’s been so long since I’ve been sick that I can’t even remember how to treat my symptoms. Ha!  How are you doing these days? What do you do when you have a cold?

2025 Project 365 – Week Twenty-nine

Every week it feels like there’s a new level of crazy and depravity. It almost makes me want to unplug entirely. Almost. In any case, we continue to move forward with our little lives. 

Sunday, July 13th 

Dr. M was highly amused at this neighbor cat being vexed by junebugs. 

Monday, July 14th

I’ve taken to photographing my outfit AND my accessories, so I can remember what to wear the next time. I only want to put a lot of thought into it once. 

Meanwhile, it’s Crepe Myrtle season around here!

Tuesday, July 15th 

We ended up with a few ears of corn, so Dr. M made creamed corn for me. It was so good!

Wednesday, July 16th

Seen around the yard. That was the last of the daylilies…

Thursday, July 17th 

Another fine edition of #thebugparkingbadly, but in my defense, I was distracted by my passenger. It rode with me from work to the doctor’s office, back to work, and then home! 

Friday, July 18th      

Happy mail! I don’t usually wear hats, but I might have to start. 

Saturday, July 19th

Dove on the bird bath. It continues to be in the 90s here, so I’m glad we can offer some respite to the critters.

I saw this last week & it reminded me of the many times I’ve tried to solicit opinions about things & then just did what I wanted. Help me edit this poem! Psych - I’m not making any of those changes. What kind of chair should I get for the living room? Ha! Those are all great ideas, but look at this completely different chair I got. Should I keep or get rid of this dress? Well I don’t care, it’s comfortable. So I’m sorry, but mostly likely won’t be changing any time in the future. How about you? Do you listen to other people’s advice? 

2025 Project 365 – Week Twenty-eight

Basically we’re just concentrating on food around here. I mean, what else is there to think about?

Sunday, July 6th 

I ate a salad! Please clap! (The lettuce was kind of sad, but the yeast roll was on point.)

Monday, July 7th

Dr. M mowed his dad’s grass. Look at that ginormous fig bush! Lordamercy that thing is OUT OF CONTROL. They keep cutting it back & it just keeps taking over. Fun fact: fig leaves can irritate your skin, so exercise extreme caution when pruning. 

Tuesday, July 8th 

Dr M says that he looked at the temps & decided that the 1970s were calling (except that our crock pot isn’t round or harvest gold). That brisket was GOOOOD. I raved about it all week. 

Wednesday, July 2nd

The photo on the left is my current internal landscape. The one on the right is me cosplaying as a functioning adult.

My boss got us all cupcakes today. It was very tasty!

Thursday, July 10th 

My doctor has been worried about my blood pressure (it was 160/100 in her office on the 3rd) so she changed a couple of my meds. I think they must be working!

Went out to dinner with friends and got this giant quesadilla (chicken, black beans, mushrooms, & zucchini). It was good - but the best part was I only ate half, so I had lunch for the next day.

Friday, July 11th      

This sweater was so easy to make that I think I’m going to get my yarn out & make one in every color! (Note: I made it several years ago - it had just gotten buried in my closet.)

Saturday, July 12th

Morning glory. I woke up a lot earlier than I meant to, so they were still on full display when I took the recycling out to the bin. So pretty! 

Did you know that Rosie O’Donnell is living rent free in our president’s head? Do we think she wants to be there? Doesn’t he have better things to do? To be fair, almost anything he could be doing would be better than all things he IS doing. And that’s the earth shattering thing on my brain at the moment. What’s going on in your brain?

2025 Project 365 – Week Twenty-seven

This week, in addition to the potential collapse of democracy, I have a lot of food & selfie photos! Yay! 

Sunday, June 29th 

Dr. M says: We are definitely seeing more bumblebees on our bee balm, along with a few pretty little butterflies, but the star of the show right now is the bumblebee moth! Hemaris diffinis, the bumblebee moth, is also called the snowberry clearwing in reference to the plant on which its caterpiller feeds. Hemaris diffinis is much smaller than hemaris thysbe, the hummingbird moth. You can see in my pics how the bumblebee moth blends in with our bumbles. So much fun to be able to capture this little cutie!

Monday, June 30th

I got a new topper! Just what I needed - I have so few (that was sarcasm). 

Tuesday, July 1st 

When I saw this travesty in my dad’s bowl I said, “have you no decency, sir?” (Chicken salad, potato salad, & BLUEBERRIES 😲)

Wednesday, July 2nd

I misread this company quote (mission statement?) & thought YES WE ARE APPARENTLY DONE WITH INTEGRITY IN THIS COUNTRY.

Meanwhile, Dr. M saw an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. A bit battered but still lovely.

Thursday, July 3rd  

I was aggressively patriotic at work today because dammit it’s my country too. But I mostly felt like a lie. I wanted to be carrying a sign that said I don’t approve of the evil things this administration is doing but all I did was wear my Black Lives Matter bracelet. Tiny concession to who I am as a person.

Friday, July 4th      

We decided to have veggie burgers for the 4th & they were really good! I like how they’re sort of daisy shaped in the pan. Ha!

Saturday, July 5th

I woke up very early (for me on a Saturday) & took a little ramble around the yard. These photos are the result of me trying to get a photo of a bumblebee, and me giving up & doing a rudbeckia selfie instead. 

My caption to the photo on the left: When someone asks an Enneagram 9 to decide what to have for dinner. And then other people ask the same Enneagram 9 what to have for lunch the next day. Food. I would like food please. The food I decided to eat for dinner was a chicken and potato salad sandwich. Yum!

Finally, here’s my caption for this photo: I don’t know man. A project that uses 29 stitch markers (SO FAR) might be a smidge more complicated than I bargained for😂.

This coming week is the first payroll of the new fiscal year so all of the benefit changes I’ve been entering will go out into the world. Hopefully there aren’t very many issues with them. The payroll after that is a little more scary for me - fingers crossed! THEN my several months of stress will be over & I can concentrate on other aspects of my job (to be clear, this year has been a walk in the park compared to last year). ANYWAY, I know you’ll be glad to stop having to read about it. My next thing to obsess over (personally, because “the politics” is ever in my mind) is my hair. I’m thinking of coloring it because I AM BORED with it. Thoughts? Suggestions? Other things you’d rather talk about? Tell me all!