Are your days buzzing with busyness? Mine seem to be! I have made some effort to try to get a clear photo of a bee this summer like some of the photos I have admired in other blogs. This is the best I have managed so far.
The Hollyhocks prompt fond memories for me of my Auntie Ruth in West Boxford, Massachusetts, USA, who for many years had some like this blooming next to the side entrance to her Stone House Farm home.
This past week in between painting and packing and cleaning chores for moving I was resting in a chair on the front porch when I saw a big fluffy mama raccoon and I think four of her babies scurry across the driveway intent on reaching the huge old cherry tree to feast on the very ripe cherries that are on the grass. I just barely caught a glimpse of mama behind my garden cart and a baby's tail to the right of her.
Then I cautiously moved around the house and got this shadowy view of mama who was posed ironically by a "caution" tape workmen had put down while installing a new internet line.
While preparing to move I still have been meeting with my stitching friends at church who are committed to knitting and crocheting blankets for babies who are admitted to the preemie NICU at a local hospital. My current blanket is at the bottom of the photo. Do you see the squash on the table? One of the ladies is not only a prolific blanket maker but is also an avid gardener. She brought her surplus squash to share! So kind!
The current heatwave we are experiencing here near Portland, Oregon, has been great for ripening our blueberries. I wish I could share them with you because they are delicious!
Although we did not meet our goal of having the house on the market by July 1st, we are very nearly ready for realtor photos and the next phase of the moving process. I miss interacting with many of you who have struck up a friendship with me through blogging and appreciate so much those of you who visit and leave comments here in spite of my erratic posting here and erratic commenting on your blogs over the last two years.
As I go now to paint two closet shelves I am wondering are you busy as a bee on a bloom?
Blessings!
Gracie xx
The Hollyhocks prompt fond memories for me of my Auntie Ruth in West Boxford, Massachusetts, USA, who for many years had some like this blooming next to the side entrance to her Stone House Farm home.
Then I cautiously moved around the house and got this shadowy view of mama who was posed ironically by a "caution" tape workmen had put down while installing a new internet line.
While preparing to move I still have been meeting with my stitching friends at church who are committed to knitting and crocheting blankets for babies who are admitted to the preemie NICU at a local hospital. My current blanket is at the bottom of the photo. Do you see the squash on the table? One of the ladies is not only a prolific blanket maker but is also an avid gardener. She brought her surplus squash to share! So kind!
The current heatwave we are experiencing here near Portland, Oregon, has been great for ripening our blueberries. I wish I could share them with you because they are delicious!
Although we did not meet our goal of having the house on the market by July 1st, we are very nearly ready for realtor photos and the next phase of the moving process. I miss interacting with many of you who have struck up a friendship with me through blogging and appreciate so much those of you who visit and leave comments here in spite of my erratic posting here and erratic commenting on your blogs over the last two years.
As I go now to paint two closet shelves I am wondering are you busy as a bee on a bloom?
Blessings!
Gracie xx
