Aren’t you glad it’s not another daily cow?
Answer carefully…
Tag: Houndstooth
Photo Friday, No. 648
Current Photo Friday theme: Morning
Husband Appreciation Day
April 20 is Husband Appreciation Day. I advise that if you are ever planning to go through a natural disaster, you make sure you have a husband who
- will handle all the official stuff that overwhelms you
- appreciates that you can laugh about the craziness of it all and laugh with you
- tells you that he’s glad he’s married to you instead of a different kind of person who is not you
And I am glad I’m married to Tom and not a different kind of person who isn’t him.
The first photo is from January 2018, five months post Harvey flood. The second is current day. With Tom: Jack, who is his own natural disaster, but he and Tom are best buddies.
Photo Friday, No. 645
Current Photo Friday theme: Sun
Let’s Go Outside
I highly recommend that you be born into or marry into an artistic family. I was lucky enough to experience both.
This birthday card, and the bookmarks next to it, were made by my mother-in-law using pictures on the card and the middle bookmark from the collection of flora and fauna photographed by her and my father-in-law. So much beautiful nature.
Recently I had reason to look through the Flickr album of my old Compound photos, and we had so many more flowers and plants there than here! I’m not sure why that is. But last weekend, before my birthday, while I did animal rescue work, Lynne did housecleaning (which she hates, so you know what a favor that is to me), then worked outside cleaning off our patio and getting rid of dead plants, dividing new plants into more pots with good soil, and generally sprucing up the place. Plus she washed 40 tons of pollen from everything, which means I could breathe better for a while. So in addition to being born and marrying into good families, I advise you find friends who take pity on you and your home. =)
Scrying
There are days when I swear that “scrying” is in my job description.
Speaking of crystal balls, this tiny crystal is on one of my charm bracelets. I think it was a gift from Tom’s parents many years ago when I wanted some crystal charms. They always find unique gifts that I never know exist. Many larger versions of this hang in windows around Houndstooth Hall to send rainbows inside from the sun.
Edgy
I can’t stand the edgy feeling the bookcases in the living room are causing me another day. It’s time to arrange the books properly. Top two shelves on the left: complete.
Otherwise, the great fiction alphabetization has begun.
…a few hours later, ETA: BOOM! Done.
Gay and Lesbian, Rock and Roll, Mystery, Science Fiction, Religion, Philosophy, Politics, Metaphysical and Healing. Order has returned to my Universe.
…and the next day I realized I must have been listening to too much hippie music, because my Mystery shelves were not organized AT ALL. FIXED NOW.
Funny that mysteries use only one bookcase plus a tiny bit on the top shelf of the next bookcase. It’s because I have dozens, especially in series, on my Nook as ebooks instead of owning hard copies. Plus all my Stephanie Plum mysteries are in the library and not in the living room. They now take up more than a shelf by themselves.
Tiny Tuesday!
Are they getting larger? Or smaller?
I remain staunchly Team Bella’s Red Truck after all these years.
These are in the guest room, where there is now also a pillow Tim gave me at Christmas. No need to put it away. It’s always a holiday when there’s an old red truck.
Library corner
So we went from this, pre-flood:
to this, post-flood:
to being my temporary office space when the back office/craft room was under repair:
to now:
Despite all those photos on the desk, it’s still quite usable, and I like to sit there sometimes to write notes and cards. (Um, I still haven’t sent my holiday cards.)
Glass
Sorry to my Instagram followers for repeated content, but…
Back when I used to blend and sell essential oils, I also gave many customized blends to friends in bottles like these. When we were purging/decluttering after bringing all the boxes back from storage, Tom and I figured out a way to repurpose these remaining bottles. He created a windchime/suncatcher to hang over Aaron’s Garden just outside our front door.