2026 Project 365 – Week Thirty-four

You’ll be relieved to hear that this week isn’t a selfie extravaganza. It’s actually mostly flowers and pizza (with a side of Grim Reaper). Enjoy!
Sunday, August 16^th
My Finch Selfcare app has a prompt where you pick an area you want to work on each week (remember the candle fiasco?). Anyway, this week I chose Take a Photo of Something You Love. Today’s photo was a zinnia with a butterfly (a Silver Spotted Skipper, according to The Google) and an azalea blossom. Happy sigh.

Monday, August 17^th                 
Look who I got behind today! I would love to know the story behind this. It’s a little early for Halloween, right?
 

Tuesday, August 18^th    
I was washing my hands in the bathroom and caught sight of my hair in the mirror. I’m not sure what’s going on here, but as far as I know, it had been that way for a while.
 

I love these morning glories – they drape over the rocks behind our house and brighten up that corner.
 

Dr. M got pizza this week as he often does, and I’m sharing it because I ALSO got pizza this week, so we were twinning. Sort of.
 

Wednesday, August 19^th                   
Deck flowers! Ms. Pinky looking prehistoric, and the little buttonhole zinnias looking lovely. (Yes, Ms. Pinky, you’re lovely too.)
 

Thursday, August 20^th        
LOOK OH MY GOSH I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!!! This isn’t a great photo, but the bridge on the road that I like to take to work has been fixed! It was damaged during Hurricane Helene (October 2024) and it has felt like forever. This was small potatoes compared to the damage in the mountains, but it really made my day when I drove by & the Road Closed sign was gone.
 

Friday, August 21^st     
Peaches is blooming up a storm!
 

And here is MY pizza. I didn’t have a salad, but I think the salad was actually on the pizza. Spinach, mushrooms, & tomatoes on cauliflower crust – SO TASTY.
 

Saturday, August 22^nd       
This is my Photo of Something I Love from today. He has been working SO HARD to take care of his dad lately. He’s been the only person in charge of his dad’s care for 7 years now, and just recently that care has ramped up to an every day visit situation with the introduction of insulin into the mix. It’s been exhausting – physically and emotionally – and I’m so proud of how well Dr. M has handled things. He just works to figure things out and do what is in the best interest of his father.
 

We had a Church Council meeting after church today & here is a dirty little secret: they were talking about events happening this fall that I would most certainly ordinarily be participating in, & I kept thinking, “Can’t do that – I’ll be recovering from shoulder surgery!” This withdrawing Enneagram 9 Mostly Introvert is now trying to decide if I scheduled my surgery for September for just this purpose. Hmmm.

What are you trying to get out of doing?