Hello friends! I hope everyone is doing well and surviving the summer heat. We have had some really hot days lately and very little rain and high winds. Like most of the country, we are in a drought, and fire season is starting to rear it's ugly head once again in Idaho.
I have been staying inside to stay out of the wind and heat, but occasionally I venture outside to check on my garden and flowers and give them a good soaking.
On with my daybook -
I'm listening to . . .
I love country music, not any country music...classic country. Right now I'm listening to, Ray Price, Beauty is...The Final Session - I have always loved to listen to, Ray Price. This is an album he made in his later years...it's just beautiful. Here's one of my favorite songs from this album...for your listening pleasure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dju8JIz7Kzo
Outside my window . . . Today it seems a little cooler than it has been in the past week or so. It's only going to be about 91 degrees today. My poor garden is struggling, although we water it every other day, it just seems a little droopy. I'm really hoping that our tomatoes do well, doesn't a ripe tomato from the garden sound delicious!?
My flowers are loving the heat, although they need a little more water when it's this hot. Soon they will begin to get a little, "leggy". and will have to trimmed up a bit. But it always seem like they love the hair-cut and come back even more beautiful.
I'm thinking . . . I have been thinking about how quickly time slips away from us. In the past two months, 3 of my mother's first cousins have passed away. It makes me sad to think that the cousins my age and older are the dangling leaves on the family tree. It seems like just yesterday I was a young girl without a worry in the world...ok, I worried about boys. ;0) Those years have come and gone, and it's hard for me to imagine what the future will hold for me as the years go by. Pretty soon my children with be the dangling leaves, and I will be the one that fell.
A photo of my great aunt (the one on the left) from my family tree...one day my children will show photos of me as the one that fell, and I believe that I will see this great aunt again, and maybe we will joke about the dangling leaf.
I'm thankful for . . . Today I am so thankful for living close enough to my children that I can babysit, and last week it was a fur baby. Meet, Bandit, my daughter's 13 year old miniature dachshund. He is such a sweet boy, we just love to watch him and he gets so excited when he gets to come and stay with us.
One of my favorite things . . . I love wildflowers! here are a few we found on our last camping trip.
Sticky Geranium
Rocky Mountain Iris
Spreading Phlox (my grandson called it, vanilla daisies)
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
At the end of the day . . .
Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, every day can end beautifully.
~Kristen Butler~
Be safe . . . and kind.
Hugs and Love,
Barb