Day 137 of 2024

Fireball. 

He asked me if I'd tried the camera on my new phone yet. 

I had not. 

I really like this one.

 

Day 136 of 2024

Now we wait.

Time shown on phones is not representative of the actual time this has taken. 

This a long story that just keeps getting longer.

 

Day 135 of 2024

Pattern drafting is complete. 

I'm planning on starting the sewing next week.

 

Day 134 of 2024

Big D and I were just talking about Blue Jays at the bird feeders. 

This morning I happened to catch a couple

 who visited several times for quite a while. 

So this photo is for Big D...and the rest of you.

 

Day 133 of 2024

Fireball and I took a walk today for Mother's Day at Holcolm Gardens

 on the campus of Butler University. 

It was beautiful and we got to hear the bell tower 

(officially Holcolm Memorial Carillon) chime twice. 

It makes such a beautiful sound.

 

Day 132 of 2024

I'm finding top secret things in the garage.

 

Day 131 of 2024

Mother's Day is Sunday. 

I received a package containing an early gift today. 

The colors are beautiful and the candle smells amazing.

 

Day 130 of 2024

This is the last of the iris colors that I have in my yard. 

It's such a hard color to photograph, 

but this turned out true to color.

 

Day 129 of 2024

My girl with the long hair wasn't doing very well 

and her hair had started to thin. 

I moved her to a new location near the window

 and now she has lots of new growth and a crazy, spiky new hairdo.

 

Day 128 of 2024

I'm trying to incorporate some new habits into my days. 

While I really enjoy listening to audio books, 

I do have some hard copy books in my possession 

that I'd like to read. 

I've decided to add reading of these into my routine. 

I picked just ten minutes for the time I will spend. 

I could read longer if I want and time permits,

 but my goal is just ten minutes. 

It doesn't sound like much but it will be quite effective.

 

Day 127 of 2024

To Scott: 

No, it's not too early for irises to be blooming. 

I looked back at the iris pictures on the blog from the last 12 years

 and I have pictures of them anytime from May 7th to May 27th. 

We had a rather warm and wet April here  

so that may have contributed to this year 

being on the earlier side of the range. 

But too early? 

I don't think so.

 

Day 126 of 2024

Fireball and I have planted a new tree in our front yard. 

I found it extremely hard to get a good picture of it. 

I tried turning every direction and there is no direction

 that doesn't have other trees in the background. 

Hopefully you can see it well enough.

 I'll try again with different photo techniques

 and post another photo if I can figure it out.

 

Day 125 of 2024

Today R and I went to visit the finished Decorators' Show House. 

This dining room was giving me the best simple, elegant, fall vibes.

 

Day 124 of 2024

Things are happening in my yard.

 

Day 123 of 2024

I needed to enlarge the pink curve so I used the grid method. 

I remember my mom using this method to enlarge patterns from magazines

 to make dolls and other crafts. 

Every pattern was printed on the page with a grid overlay. 

It was just something you learned to do. 

It worked very well for my curve today.

 

Day 122 of 2024

I'll be out of the house early tomorrow. 

This is usually not the case. 

I don't usually have to know what I'm going to wear

 on a particular day until that day arrives. 

I'm trying to remember to use the "rule" 

I had for my kids when they were little. 

Decide what you are going to wear to school tomorrow 

and set it out. 

For me this means ironing this shirt tonight. 

Done.