IN Carmel

 So, another day almost is over.  That happened faster than I was expecting.  I slept well and the morning happened.  I spent some time at the sewing machine finishing what I left undone last night.  And then it was ripping time with new fabric. I ripped a whole lot of burp possibilities putting together what needed to be folded and put together.  This is the last of the snowflake fabric.  I did a walk in the garden finding a few things trying to grow in big water puddles.  That happens every year and by evening most of the water had soaked down never to be seen again.  The Lenten Roses looked more awake with flowers open or thinking seriously about opening.  Other things were farther along after taking a long drink the past few days.I looked around so long that the Y time got away from me.  I got my act together, arriving not too late.  Once again, this new work out rotation is more of a killer using neglected muscles that nee...

                                                       A picture taken yesterday.  Shivering Crocus. Another middle of the week day.  There have been a bunch since I was born years ago.  And the hope is that there will be more to add to today's total.  I figured it out a long time ago and forgot.  The forgot part is a good thing when it comes to how many Wednesdays.                          Today's picture. The yellow color reminds me of free range chicken egg yokes. Morning came as usual with some fog for the beginning and with all the other usual stuff.  There is a whole lot of to do things to get this body ready for the day.  I didn't forget anything today. The paper was delivered and a first for the week of not l...

  Today, we're starting inside looking at a bloom on the Thanksgiving Cactus.  Or so a friend gave it that name when gifting to me.  I think for this year it missed Thanksgiving.  Should I share that with T C.? A busy day.  I like that.  It makes me keep up.  Last night's sleep was one of a kind on the good side.  It was daylight when I woke.  That doesn't happen very often.  The morning stuff happened and after a short morning of waking up, I was off to the Y.                                                         I hit the garden path and passed by  one of many wine-colored Lenten Rose. I think it was shivering.  It will survive even though it's complaining. I've joined Angie's class for the month.  Woo. She is one teacher who makes her students work....

 Today's flowers are wishful thinking surrounded with hope this summer the garden will surpass last summers.  That's really wishful thinking. I'm good at that. Now where did I put last summer's left over seeds?   The start of another week is what I call Monday even though there is a Sunday that comes before.  Someone else planned this week thing.  There was a decent amount of sleep last night.  I like decent.  All the morning stuff happened and there is a lot of stuff, believe me.  I watched a little TV.  The big surprise for me was snow.  I knew there was some predicted but I guess I just didn't believe or remember that was a possibility.   Praying these little friends will be back with us.  They usually appear in August if they are stopping by. This morning was Living Strong again.  I was early so I did the NuStep.  I like that little machine.  There is less chance of falling off of it then some other...

                                                         Altar flowers honoring a member's birthday. The day has been super slow.  That happens when the previous night just didn't work very well.  Way too many things from Saturday was taking space in my brain leading to about three hours of sleep.  I hate it when that happens.  A few Saturday things need to be fixed.  Until that happens I need to keep the brain space available for sleep.  Right?  Agree? I hope so.   Church day and we were on our way south again arriving in time to hear the choir rehearsal.  My goodness.  Thay had a tough anthem.  It was Rheinberger's Agnus Dei.  The first part is easy.  The second part hard as nails. And true to form the choir peaked at the right time during the secon...

 It was two kinds of days all wrapped up into one.  The first part was busy in so many ways and the second part a big sleep over sit over taking care of the first part. Yes, it was Soup Kitchen day.  I thought the brain was waking up an hour later than it should.  I was happy to learn that I had one more hour than though to get ready for the trip south.  Woo.  Time became a big gift.   So I was on the way south at 8 arriving as usual to do a lot of preparation before the gang arrived.  We were gifted with a new volunteer that was kept busy in so many ways just like all the usual workers.  Craig was the best helper yet having served in other soup kitchens.  So, the morning went on as usual with all jobs finished around 10:30 giving us time to visit and become better acquainted.  My favorite time of the morning. The guests arrived as usual at 11.  There were times when the line was long and sometimes the line was short....