Searching for a Balance

 We've had such beautiful weather this week - so welcome, after the Previous Awful. And the nights are in the fifties lately! Very unusu...

 She fits in it perfectly. She hides underneath it, so no one can see her! except her little face She chews on the edges, bangs it around, r...

I dreamed about Dolly last night. She was outside, exploring; she was well! She was Dolly. It was so good to see her. Make of that what you ...

 We've had a lot of windy days lately, and today was one of them, but bright blue and clear. The temperatures are up and down, like they...

 Well, the split in my thumb is healed, and I stitched up the opening on the chair cushion. It was awkward using the curved needle, but not ...

 When I want to wash my face, I shut the bathroom door to keep Daisy out; she will come in when the faucet turns on and get in the way. Some...

 I realized Daisy wasn't in the basement (where she spends so much time, watching at ground level all the activity at the feeder). She w...

 I'm enjoying the Christmas rest. We had snow again, on Friday, all night. It's been mostly cold, with a warm day every now and then...

 When I wash the table, she appears. Out of nowhere! She waits for me to remove the runner and other things, to wash the placemats. She wait...

 I awoke nice and early this morning, but the cats were before me; I heard the running, then the skidding, then a bang, as someone hit somet...

The nasturtium bloomed. I was wondering if it would. The other things on the front steps are in the pink family, so I'll have to figure ...

 That was Coleridge. And oh, a day of cool air, breezing in my window, puffy clouds all over the sky! But I didn't move fast enough to r...

  Daisy, holding down the pattern pieces for me. Such a little helper! I am making very slow progress on this dress, basically just figuring...

the little landscape round was green and woody, and refresh'd the eye*   Summer is moving along too fast. I've worked extra a number...

I had just shut off the a/c, opened my side window, and was watching the pretty sparkle of the fireflies, when someone on the street behind ...

 It’s not quite seventy degrees today. And by that, what I really mean is, it’s thirty degrees cooler than it was yesterday.  it was not thi...

 Oh, the rain we've been having. And yesterday it was so cool and damp I actually shut all the windows and turned the heat back up. But ...

 It's pouring out now, and is supposed to continue tomorrow. But it was beautiful out earlier and I took advantage of it - I pulled up w...