2022 Happy To Be Here

Keziah and I leave in less than a week for western Pennsylvania. We have been working at getting as ready as possible as early as possible but are still very much behind. It isn't easy to prepare for two weeks of camping with an attempt at being medieval. I'm at the point where I question my sanity. Things got packed into the trailer today and I am happy that another step was taken at becoming prepared. Other happy things: Since the accidental reintroduction of gluten for me a few weeks ago I have continued to eat things with gluten. This will make food for two weeks camping much easier and less expensive. Bel has left and I am sad because I miss my kids (doesn't matter the age) when they are not near.  I am happy that we got to visit the last few weeks though, it was nice having them here. The wild sweet William is in full bloom. The color of this daylily is lovely.       ☮ Currently reading: Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations ...

My children… okay, adult children, have found a book to enjoy. It is a murder mystery that is put together in the wrong order. Bel is scouring through it with post-it notes and a notebook.  The book is made so that the owner can cut out the pages to rearrange them into the right order. If only I could have found homeschooling materials that were so interesting when they were kids! Other happy things from today: The milkweed has started growing the seed pods. They are so cute! Wild sweet William is blooming amid the weeds of the flower garden. Today I reached day 1300 on DuoLingo. One of the things I forgot to mention about the GNEW is how wonderful it was to see so many of the activities sheep themed. There were sheep on the fighting fields and I think as thrown weapons targets. My favorite was the archery target that had little sheep dangling that were to be protected from the wolf just beyond them. The objective, of course, was to hit the wolf while missing the sheep. ☮ Curr...

The day started with me being lazy. Eventually I was able to put myself together and get out of the house to run errands and go for a walk with my friend, Amy. Here are some happy things from today: Talking with TF this morning I learned that Texas was supposed to have a high temperature of about 101 degrees. I sure am happy that I live in New England where today's high temperature was supposed to be around 79 degrees. Sorry TF, I hope your AC is working well. Along the trail Amy and I walked we saw some blue herons. Another thing that caught my eye was a lovely pink flower. Lens identifies them as sweet William, but I don’t remember the sweet WIlliams in the yard last year looking like these. My memory isn’t the greatest though. It also is a similar type of flower as the ones I saw in a neighbor's yard down the street, the dianthus. More research…if I can make the time… is required.  There were more than just pink colors too. In our yard some roses have bloomed and th...