Fell asleep reading her book.

Finally got to celebrate our anniversary with lunch at this lovely inn overlooking the lake. Only about 2 months late. Loved the dessert! A chocolate eclair, but instead of custard filling, it was ice cream and then frozen, topped with chocolate sauce. Delish!! I'm going to have to try and make that at home.

My DD and I attended one of my favorite PBS radio shows "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" last week. It was my first audience event in a long time and we had a great time.

I’ve been working on a penny mat to give to my DIL for her birthday later this month. Have been inspired to take it up a notch from my visit to Sue Spargo’s shop while on vacation. Five more to go.

Maire, love that show...but man, they all look old!

Sueb20 - I love it when dogs are so secure and relaxed like that. We live with two amazing Australian Shepherds.

Have been seeing this mantis every day in the same clump of tall ornamental grass since July 28th.

Is it Sunday already??? This is just a fun visual arrangement I spotted in a gallery

New foldable extra dining room chairs to store upstairs. So I don't have to drag big ones up from the basement when I have casual company. Etsy pillows

Hanging out at a friends house with his five dogs

Nhbaskets, that’s a gorgeous penny mat!!!

I tried my hand at using chalk pastels. My ref was a friend’s photo from the SW, so nothing I’d see around here. lol! it’s 5“ x 7”

MCM table lamp and dishes, Palm Springs Modernism Week

Sunset in CT the other night at our family cottage dock.

Beak tucked into the Gold Flame Honeysuckle. We're filling 4 feeders 2-3 times a day now!

What we jokingly call landscaping day which is actually more like 3 days - cut, fluff, windrow, bale, pickup. A neighboring farmer hays our meadow.

Rufus

Breakfast New Mexico style, Huevos Rancheros: a warmed tortilla topped with fried or sautéed eggs, red chile (sauce), green onions and sour cream. Served with a side of pinto beans and fresh tomotoes.

Lola

Annie, that's a profiterole. Actually much easier than making custard. Yum!

My DH walking my mom back in to her memory support residence on the day she entered hospice care. Love this photo because how sweet it is but I took the photo because DH had pointed with his left hand to the grip my mom had on his behind :).

Lemon tree blossom in our conservatory. (outdoor cushions in disarray)

Encountered these wild irises hiking on Great Wass Island. They were growing out of a crevice on a rock grouping only accesible at lowtide. They filled me with hope

ETA I have no idea why Houzz posted upside down

Interesting, they called them frozen chocolate eclairs....that's what they were shaped like. I always thought profiteroles were very small round things.

A fun cloud: a child eating ice cream?

A Ben Long fresco. A native of North Carolina, he apprenticed in Florence, Italy, under Maestro Pietro Annigoni for nearly eight years. He has completed more than a dozen frescoes in North Carolina, as well as his commissions in France and Italy. This is one I saw near Boone, NC, 2 years ago.

I took this at my Nephews wedding.

rubyclaire, that pic is sweet and hilarious at the same time!

so pretty kitch!

I miss travel. I miss France. Not going again this year. CDC has it on the danger list. Called Viking cruises, may sign up for the Greek Islands next October. Hard to wait.

Happy birthday to one of the kids across the street.

Black-eyed susans are one of the show stoppers here right now.

@mtnrdredux_gw, Thanks! It was a gorgeous day!

ninasmom, I haven't seen a "rainbow" dachsund before. Very cute!!!

We have a lot of lizards, frogs and toads. This dude is my favorite. He lives in the grassy dog area. I see him almost every night and sometimes during the day.

He has beautiful markings.

Awwww I don't have the heart to destroy my new squirrel nest. A week or so I posted some dried grass and twigs that a squirrel builds on my balcony. I got rid of it and lo and behold. ..........

He's so industrious I don't have the heart.

Long ago when the kids were small. Our first family dog.

I'm adding another picture. I tried to get a frame from a video I took a couple of days ago but I don't know how so I stopped the video and took a picture of that. The quality isn't good but you will get the idea. It's from a video of heat lightning that was happening the other night.

murraysmom- it’s my sidelite window film- she loves to observe the ”goings-on” from the front door.

DGS as a toddler and my late BFF, Gracie Girl.

Last week i tried my hand with acrylic paints in class; our assignment was to copy a lurid crime against art and i am sorry to say mine was a pretty good copy. Can’t you just see it on a souvenir shop tee shirt in Florida?

The bird is (supposed to be!) an egret.

Maire Cate, i went to a taping of Wait, Wait in Atlanta about seven years ago. It was such fun! My faves were Paula Poundstone and Mo Rocca.

Kswl - what a great assignment!

It was their first public show since the pandemic and it was thoroughly entertaining. DD and I try to go whenever they come to Philly and hope Paula will be one of the panelists. We saw her 2 years ago and she is such a hoot. Mo is like the mischievous school kid who can't contain himself and just shouts out funny comments during class. The editors do a great job of turning it into a cohesive show when it airs.

Maire

I did a short overnight camping trip this weekend in the Sacramento River Delta. This was sunrise. The sun looked quite red a few minutes earlier, but by the time I got my phone and waited for another camper to walk out of frame, this was what I got. It doesn't do it justice.

Kswi, that would make a GREAT book cover!!! Very cool!!

Thanks, Murraysmom, maybe for an Elmore Leonard book!