Out and About - June 2015

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The weather this month has gone from being too hot and humid to downright cold to somewhere in between.  It has expressed my mood quite well......languid to exhilarated and somewhere in between.  I shared in the first post for the month how I was feeling about my life.  Poetry captures how I felt as she lies in the window trying to catch a breeze. . . .

Then one morning this doe and her fawn helped snap me out of it. . . .

I spent a lot of time this month keeping up with the weeding and deadheading of my garden.  I keep a Garden Journal in which I record which plants are in bloom.   This one volunteered in my Arbor Garden a few years back.  It has such a pretty lacy flower.  I thought it might be Cow Parsley or Queen Anne's Lace so I searched on the Internet and discovered what it really is.....the most poisonous plant in North America!   Water Hemlock. . . .

I pulled it out and bagged it, but it keeps coming back, so I've started "painting" Round-Up on it.

In the meantime, my Gardenia "tree" bloomed.  I moved it closer to the walk so I can catch a whiff of its lovely fragrance when I pass by. . . .

Here is a close-up of the cottage in my miniature garden I showed you last month. . . .

Olivia June loves having Gabriel ride in her wagon.  She's forever trying to hug and kiss him. . . .

Ken on Father's Day with our offpsring. . . .

And this is my newest offspring, I Come in the Little Things  . . . .

I wanted a place I could record the moments in my week that embody Tasha Tudor's life philosophy of taking joy in the little things in life.  The title, I Come in the Little Things, is from the Eveyln Underhill poem that Tasha often quoted.  The idea to start a new Web Journal came to me after stumbling upon Lesley Austin's website when I was searching for ideas on ways to celebrate Tasha Tudor's upcoming 100th anniversary birthday next month.  Lesley writes, "I am in love with what I like to call the Everyday Deep...for I find that our Everydays have all the scope for imagination one could want."  A friend's mention of Sarah Ban Breathnach's Midsummer's Eve entry in Simple Abundance that talks about Tasha Tudor's account of her Midsummer's Eve celebration took me in search of my copy.   Sarah writes that Midsummer's Day has become her personal midcourse correction for the year.   I thought it was serendipitous that I read this on the day I decided to make my own midcourse correction.  When I noticed it was June 24th, Midsummrer's Day, I had no choice, as they say, to start my new Web Journal right then and there.  It is still evolving into what I hope will be a place for quiet contemplation....to remind myself what is really important and to inspire me to notice and take in the moments God is showing me His glory.  I hope you will sign-up to receive my posts so you can go along on my journey, too.  You can read the first entry HERE and then use the "Next Post" link to move on to the next post until you are caught up.

Olivia June was in Italy for 10 days with her parents and other grandparents earlier this month.  Here she is gesturing like a true Italian as she expresses her excitement over the songs on her Granddaddy's iPad. . . .

And finally, another of the joys in my life. . . .

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Take Joy!