handstories

red dots

    Filling in one of the "boy hearts".  It's nice to have choices in matters of the heart.

    The sunsets have been glowing red through the smoke of the wild fires.  It's quite eerie and other worldly.

this & that

    The silver lining to this heat-wave . . . early blackberries.  Discovered walking home from the library yesterday.  Just enough for the morning oatmeal.  

    No matter what I tell myself about needing to break out of my blue box, it still manages to be half of the pile when I go on thread buying expeditions.

    Nearing the end of this scarf.  Loving the edges of loops and picots (and the shadow, too).   Although, now those pointy edges are looking rather toothy to me, as most of this has been done in doctor, dentist and orthodontist offices.  The boys and I have had many appointments in the last few weeks, for check-ups, and a few issues.  I have been red AND blue flagged at the orthodontist, as one of those mothers.  Honestly,  . . . oh, I don't have the energy to go into it, or my issues with teeth.  

    There will be more blackberry hunting today.

some heart work

    Continuing on this thing of hearts. Began way back here and here.  From a time when I was struggling with being good enough at mama-ing and photography.  I've learned a little bit more in both areas, mostly that there is always room for growth, and that good enough is as good as it gets sometimes, and hopefully, that will be ok enough in the end.

melting

    Oh, my, am I a droopy whiny hot puddle.  It's been in the nineties forever (or a few days, depending on your level of wimpiness), with no sign of letting up.  We are not acclimated for this!  I used to think my mom was crazy, running all over our big old house- opening/closing windows as the sun shifted, moving fans, hanging sheets in front of stairways . . . and now my people think the same of me.

    There is a little knitting going on in the early hours.  The lighter color makes me think of sherbet, which helps in cooling my thoughts down.

    There is more reading than usual, because it requires the least amount of movement.  Twinkle is on the lookout for comfort, too.

    But there was the moon last night.  I wish I could have captured the orangeness of it, and there's a blue moon to look forward to this month, too!

    I hope you are all comfortable and not hanging out with cranky souls like me!

halfway

    Six months of words scattered on this cloth.  Unlike the squares or the spiral of previous years, there isn't really an order to this, other than a working my way down.  I go back and forth with how I feel about that.  Today I'll add more cloth onto the end and cross into the second half of the year.

    And yesterday, she came inside!  We enjoyed a good close daylight look at her, before helping her back outside.  I wonder who she is?