Did You Know

 Did you know, Thomas Jefferson kept pet mockingbirds? Dick was his favorite and would sit on his shoulder, hop up the stairs after him, take food from his lips and of course sing to him.

 

Writerly Wednesday

 What's your go-to word for hope? Mine is healing.

It's Tuesday

 

FRANK

So...I was in the living room with the television on and decided to take a nap. Frank wanted to go out. He didn't need to. It was hot outside.  I drifted off. Apparently, I hadn't gotten the message so he jumped on my stomach then walked to the door. I ignored him and once again drifted off. Again, he jumped on my stomach then walked to the door. I went to the bedroom and laid down. He started rattling the door. Now you'd think a cat couldn't make much noise with a door, but he manages to sound like a battering ram. I ignored him.  He switched to the poor, poor pitiful me cat cry that he excels at. I'm so sad. I'm so lonely. Open the door.  I ignored it. So he brings out the big guns and gets the dog to scratch at the door. Actually, it may have been the approaching storm that had the dog scratching at the door. She's deathly afraid of them.  Any hoo, at that point I gave up and got up. Critters one. Puny human zip.

In the Garden

I just finished up my walkway extension project. Some of the shrubs get a little overzealous  with their growth and shootout over the walkway. So I extended the width of sections of the walkway with these half moons.

 

AND A prickly project. 

I removed the little maples growing amongst the roses. How? Very carefully.

 

Got thorns? Roses? Walkways? Misbehaving critters?

Friday's Great Read: Cover release for WILLOW'S RETREAT

 Release Date: August 24.

 

 Dr. Willow Rider must repair what is broken inside herself before she can mend the relationships with her husband and sons. Realizing what she wants most is the one thing she's never had, a real family. Will she be too late for a second chance?

 

Release Date: August 24

Preorder  and social media links:

US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099R578N8

UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B099R578N8

AUS https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B099R578N8

CA https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B099R578N8

Books2Read https://books2read.com/u/mgEra7

Apple https://books.apple.com/us/book/willows-retreat/id1577120501?mt=11&id=1577120501&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/willow-s-retreat

 

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Did you know, an evangelical minister once said of Jefferson that he preferred a liberal atheist--referring to  Jefferson--to govern than a bigoted saint. Considering the political upheaval of the last few years, I found this fascinating.

AND

 

 

Writerly Wednesday

Greetings, Blogger Buds. Please humor me and  leave a happy word.  Mine (today:) Butterflies.

AND

It's Tuesday

AND it's also butterfly time.

Instead of taking new pics of the beauties fluttering around the butterfly bushes, I'm going to recycle pictures of their parents and grandparents.

 

Well....I couldn't find any of the black swallowtails so I went out and snapped pics again. I don't even want to say who I think is responsible for the partially missing wing. Sigh.

 

 

 

AND...Callie doing a bit of butterfly watching.

 AND In The Garden

 AND In The Kitchen

 I had pumpkin waffles topped with peanut butter. The mix was from Trader Joe's and had a more cake-like texture than mixes I've had in the past.  The flavor was purrfect.  Not too spicy, with a soft hint of pumpkin.

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 What about you, blogger buds? Got butterflies? Garden statuary? Waffles?