2026 Project 365 – Week Thirteen

I was really sad to hear that Bruce Taylor (Catalyst from Oddball Observations) died last week. He was one of the 5 remaining faithful commenters on my blog, and I always looked forward to his Friday Funnies. His beloved wife Judy (SWMBO) passed away a few months ago and I suppose he didn’t want to hang around without her. I’m going to miss his snarky commentary about DST (Arizona doesn’t have DST) and winter weather.
Sunday, March 22^nd               
I was cutting down some weeds in the phlox & saw so many butterflies that I I told Dr. M he needed to check them out. So he headed out with the big camera & got some good photos. Yellow morph & black morph Eastern Tiger Swallowtails on pink phlox.

Monday, March 23^rd              
Spring beauty from Lincoln County – Mike’s mom’s azalea, phlox, wisteria, & dogwood.
 

Tuesday, March 24^th
My print copy of Shannan Martin’s book Counterweights arrived! I have really enjoyed reading it.
                                                                     

Wednesday, March 25^th           
Our Carolina Allspice (Sweet Bubby) bush is doing its thing. It smells heavenly!
 

Thursday, March 26^th
I posted this on the socials: It’s not even 9am & I already have chocolate on my sweater (mini Butterfingers for the win!). How’s your day going?

 Friday, March 27^th
Girl lunch! It was an excellent combo – salty chips & sweet hummus.
 

Saturday, March 28^th     
Dr. M saw this giant rooster in Worldwide Imports and sent me a photo. My response? WE NEED HIM! Unfortunately, I’m not sure he’s worth $100.
 

Next Sunday is Easter & I’m already pre-grumbling about having to be at church at 7:15 am for choir practice (the service is at 8:00). On the other hand, we have brunch afterward & that will be amazing. See? Counterweights! What are you complaining about/celebrating this week?

2022 Project 365 – Week Thirty-five

Last week I was sleepy from being full from my church potluck. This week I’ve waited so late to write this that it’s practically my bedtime (however, I have tomorrow off, so I’m sure I’ll stay up later than usual). What I’m saying is that I’m STILL SLEEPY. Proceed with caution.

Sunday, August 28^th           
Food from the aforementioned potluck at church. I got what I thought was quiche only to find out it was tomato pie. DELICIOUS! And yes, my dessert plate had as much food as my dinner plate.
 

Meanwhile, Dr. M rushed out of the house to take butterfly photos & had to wait on his camera lens to unfog.
 

Monday, August 29^th  
No photo.
 
Tuesday, August 30^th       
I arrived at work to find my lunch bag entwined with my purse. I am not at ALL sure how that happened – I had to go through some gyrations to get them separated. This was also the day that I moved into my new office, but did I take any photos of that? Reader, I did not. Maybe after I get my wall hangings up.
 

Wednesday, August 31^st               
No photo.
 
Thursday, September 1^st          
My evening hair situation.
 

Friday, September 2^nd         
My hair doesn’t look too bad in the first photo; however, it flopped in my face & made me a little crazy (I really do have a ridiculous amount of hair). Anyway, I got all that chopped off. This is the shortest it’s been for a while! These are terrible photos – maybe I’ll do a dual new office new hair photo shoot next week.
 

Flowers from the deck, looking a little bedraggled.
 

Saturday, September 3^rd          
Dr. M did some porch sitting with his dad.
 

I took a not very good picture of our spider friend.
 

And then when Dr. M came home he had a visitor! It’s always fun to see Free Range Roy. It doesn’t happen as often as it used to – he’s getting older like the rest of us.
 

So, let’s talk about how it’s September and how the heck did that happen? As usual, I’m a little salty about it (more on that on Wednesday). And I think not only do I talk about this every fall, but we discussed it on this very blog already this year! What can I say? At least I’m consistent. Or a broken record. Something like that.
 

2022 Project 365 – Week Thirty-two

This week is all about food and selfies. Thank goodness Dr. M took a few other photos so there’s a wee bit of variety.
Sunday, August 7^th           
A gorgeous Red Spotted Purple butterfly.
 

I found a zipper to put one of my zipper pulls on – wore it to church. Then I went to Daddy & Sue’s & had a photo shoot of the temperature blanket on their king sized bed. It’s a monster!
 

Monday, August 8^th   
Common buckeye butterfly. It’s so pretty and cheerful on the Sulphur cosmos.
 

My dinner – toasted naan with sliced tomato, some parm, and a fried egg. Yum!
 

Tuesday, August 9^th        
I got the necklace that matched my newest pair of earrings. Love love love!
 

Wednesday, August 10^th              
The Braves called up one of their young’uns from triple A and he hit a home run! I always love getting to see the family’s reaction when their kid does well. Also, he is ADORABLE. Ha!
 

Thursday, August 11^th         
I parted my hair slightly differently and I am not a fan.
 

This is why there’s no Super Moon photo this week. Sigh.
 

Friday, August 12^th         
My snack for the day – black cherry yogurt, sliced banana, and dark chocolate chips. Oh my was that delicious!
 

Saturday, August 13^th          
Today’s lunch – edamame, Frito twists, and lemon Nekots. It was good – although at least one of the edamame pods squirted water all over me when I tried to squeeze the bean out.
 

Dr. M had a rough week – he had some (non-medical) dad drama, and our nearly 20 year old version of Quicken stopped working so he had to come up with a new solution. I guess nothing lasts forever anymore. Harrumph. What’s the oldest piece of software or technology that you have?

2022 Project 365 – Week Thirty-one

I’d like to apologize in advance that apparently I thought you guys would want to see me eating things this week. I don’t know why I do that, but enjoy?
Sunday, July 31^st           
We had an actual gulley-washer Sunday evening! The ditch out back was trying to do its roaring river impression. We have had a lot of rain this week.
 

Monday, August 1^st  
I took a picture of my salad at family dinner, but there was a lot of Thousand Island dressing involved and I’m not sure you need to see that. Instead, here are a couple of screenshots from my phone. First, I was pretty annoyed that Wordle wouldn’t accept my offering of uboat (it said it wasn’t a word – the nerve!). The winning word was quart, which was my next guess. Next, a new book series that my brother recommended. Has anyone else (Pam) read these?
 

Tuesday, August 2^nd       
It’s the 25^th anniversary year of the best ice cream in all the land (I know some folks dispute this). It was excellent!
 

The moon!
 

Wednesday, August 3^rd             
A battered Spicebush Swallowtail enjoying the Sulfur Cosmos.
 

Thursday, August 4^th         
This is a terrible photo taken through my dirty windshield & the truck’s dirty windshield, but I have questions. Does the fact that the second license plate is upside down signify that the driver is a Satanist? Looking for the Antichrist? Does Jesus NOT save?

 

Friday, August 5^th         
Seen around the yard…
 

I had the day off of work & went to my dad’s house to work the Puzzle that Shall Not Be Named. I asked Sue if it would be ok to have a cheese sandwich & she made me a GRILLED cheese sandwich. Yum! (Note: that’s Miracle Whip on there, not another kind of cheese. I don’t usually put mayo on my grilled cheese sandwich, but since we don’t keep Miracle Whip at home I try to have it at Daddy & Sue’s house.)
 

Saturday, August 7^th          
I got some zipper pulls from my friend who sells jewelry, and a couple of them might actually show up on zippers, but I’m really excited to use at least one of them as a stitch marker.
 

I’m “test driving” a new schedule at work where I get every other Friday off. It means working extra hours during the week, but I think it’s going to be worth it. Do you have anything new going on in your life?

2021 Project 365 – Week Fourteen

I got nothing. Talk amongst yourselves while I sort out these pictures…
 
Sunday, March 28^th  
No picture. Which is crazypants because I went to church & everything. What the heck.
 
Monday, March 29^th   
The ancestral phlox is just going to take over that circle one of these days.
 

The moon!
 

Tuesday, March 30^th  
I had the second part of my root canal today (they took out the “medicine” that was helping with the infection & then put a filling in the crown). After I got to work I was checking to see if I looked weird (since my face was still numb). Nope – I looked the same as usual. 
 

Wednesday, March 31^st      
Dr. M made me get out of my recliner to look at the sunset, and I’m glad he did. It reminded me of the color scheme for the International Transgender Day of Awareness. Lovely!
 

Thursday, April 1^st  
Baseball Opening Day! I had to work, but Dr. M got to watch the game.
 

Friday, April 2^nd  
I made a chicken!
 

Saturday, April 3^rd   
Lots of pictures today. First up, this gorgeous Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
 

Next, our Blue Phlox is blooming (yes, it’s purple. I don’t know.). And every year I think that the peonies will never come back & every year they just do. Is it just me, or does the peony look a little obscene?
 

I made some more flowers – these are bigger than the other ones I’ve been making.
 

Temperature blanket update. It was a lot cooler this week. I have about another month & then I’ll quit increasing. Then it will look very weird for a few months until it’s time to start decreasing. I know, it sounds confusing. You’ll see!
 

Finally, I had put my phone down on the futon while I arranged the blanket & somehow turned it onto selfie mode. When I turned around to pick the phone up it was very alarming! Then I had to take a “normal” picture to cleanse my palette.           
 

Tomorrow is Easter Sunday! It’s going to be a nice celebration – we might even get to sing since we’ll be outside and not close to each other. Will you do anything to celebrate?

2019 Project 365 – Week Thirty

I’m working on this post a day early because we’ve reached D-Day! Tomorrow we’re heading to a hotel that’s located near the hospital (a little over an hour away), and then Monday at 9:30 Dr. M has his surgery. We’re both very excited & terrified. I don’t know about Dr. M, but I might weigh 200 pounds by the time this is done.  

Sunday, July 21^st                                           

This project isn’t finished, but I needed to block it before I could move on to phase two.

Monday, July 22^nd             

Dr. M had QUITE a day. He went to the hospital for his pre-op stuff, and then came home to find out that his dad’s air conditioner wasn’t working (he has a window unit). After pushing the 130 pound old unit out of the window, and a couple of false starts, he got this new one installed. He was so exhausted when he got home around 7:30. It’s hard because although there are people who would probably have helped, there weren’t really people that he could call (if that makes sense).

Meanwhile, I was stressing out waiting to see what kind of state Dr. M would be in when he got home. So this was dinner (that’s peanut butter & honey).

Tuesday, July 23^rd                                               

Dr. M’s brunch - grits, runny egg & tomato. That looks good enough to eat!

Wednesday, July 24^th                                                        

Dr. M saw a field full of zinnias today!

Thursday, July 25^th                                                         

I put banana peppers on my turkey sandwich & it was FABULOUS. Took that sammie from bland to gourmet – ha!

In the meantime, Dr. M was prepping for life after surgery.

Friday, July 26^th                                                        

I walked to a nearby yarn shop (it’s a quarter mile from the office!). I was just going to look around – really! No intention of buying a thing. $40 later… I blame the yarn dog.

A butterfly enjoying our wildflowers. They look a little worse for the wear, but the insects & birds don’t care – they still love them. The other day I surprised a couple of goldfinches who flew off when I opened the door to go to work.

Saturday, July 27^th       

I got an invitation to go see The Lion King tonight, but instead I stayed home and chopped okra (I also cleaned the house and did laundry).

I’ll probably jump on the blog Monday & post a quick note to let you guys know how things went. Have a great week!