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Storms are moving through today.
It is cool and nice outside.
Although I had planned on working an hour in the garden this morning, the thunder and rain sent me back inside.
During a loll in the storm front, I found some time to quietly stroll around.
More, no differently beautiful than yesterday.
A beautiful display, delighting the eye, and calming the soul.
Please enjoy my garden.
Feeling blessed to live so close to the park.
Able to load the kids up, throw on the canoes and go.
Pack a lunch. Grab the fishing poles.
Magnificent, spectacular, memories in the making.
This is truly living!
God is so good!
Hustle, bustle, hurrying along.
What to do first?
Then you came along.
Everything stopped!
Then you fluttered along.
Two days ago I snapped some shots of my gardens. I was so happy with the way they were coming along.
Then it rained. It rained a lot! In fact it poured from the sky, filling the puddles to over flowing.
It was beautiful!
Today I planned on taking new pics of the magic that occurred. The garden took off, growing, growing, growing. Miraculous!
When I came inside to get my camera, it started to rain again.
I am hoping tomorrow I can get the “after” pics.
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Found in a hole in my backyard 😳 I hope they take care of some pests in the garden
I understand their usefulness, but I don’t think I am totally over my arachniphobia from giant barn spiders in my grandparents front porch when I was a child.
Standing rule for spiders, stay outside! Inside you better hope that the kids are home to move you. (I do try to move some that get inside, but seriously, where’s my boot?)
I had an appointment in the city this morning. I really wasn’t looking forward to going today.
I left in lots of time. Travelled at a near constant speed. Stopped for a brief pit-stop, and made it to the parking lot at exactly the right time, even with the construction. A good start to the day.
After my appointment I spent a bit of time with my niece, and then my daughter. It was good.
Helped my daughter run some errands. Found a hidden bubble tea shop. Enjoyed a lychee treat, dropped my girl back home.
Was a bit concerned about the time of day I started heading out of the city. What a surprise traffic was much lighter then expected.
Travelled home at a near constant speed, with not even a pit-stop.
It really was a good day!
I hit a wall! Everything was piling up. Kids were picking at each other. Tim was exhausted. There was no peace.
I called a time out.
Bought supplies, and Tim and I checked out.
We didn’t get away to our usual place, it was booked up. We found someplace close to home.
Would like to say we came home relaxed, refreshed, with a fully restructured plan and the umph to get moving on it. We didn’t.
We did have a break from the grind. Maybe it will help everything be more manageable.
Sweet thing about staying closer to home. We were able to get home in time to take the kids fishing.
Fred caught a bullfrog. Thought for a bit that the frog was going to have him head first in the lake, but he persevered.
Maggy is turning into quite the fishin’ girl. This is her biggest catch of the day. One of six this gal pulled in.
Fred was an awesome big brother and managed to climb out and unhook Maggy’s line. It was close a couple times of him going swimming.
I remembered I had forgotten my salt shaker, again, when I found my feet covered in leeches. Asked for hip waders for my anniversary, lol.
When it was time to hike out the sun came close to say good night. Looked like I could have reached out and picked it up out of the water.
What a wonderful renewing weekend! Tonight I will rest, and tomorrow, it’s not here yet, so for now rest.
Beautiful Remade 