It’s Our Anniversary

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Anniversary

Lots of things going one here, the MOST important is our Anniversary on Sunday. Got me Tootsies embellished. Flowers on one toe and a fish and 2 hearts on the other…we DID go Fishing on our Honeymoon…and of course I had POSEYS for our Wedding.

Then there are the Olympics, my Fathers Birthday, the BIGGIE Picnic here, then Labor Day, Jubilee, the eldest and her hubby going to be visiting, and then Sweeties B Day and the Annual trek to Canada…

Needless to say this has been one Hectic summer. The three new dogs etc…

Bottom line all is well, and soon when the bitter winds blow inside will be necessary… I do love being outside, EVEN training the dogs.

Jazzy and I are going to Obedience School, I am doing ok she seems to be getting a tad more socialized which is a good thing.

The garden, when I have the chance to go in there is doing wonderfully, Sweetie sure does wonders with his garden.

I have not blogged much, but that is ok, this summer just has been such that time for blogging takes low priority.

There is a new PC on the Horizon for me as well…WHO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Many Projects are taking longer to complete BUT progress is happening I dast say blogging will be sparse for a time…

Things just seem to fall into place

Be like the flower; turn your face to the sun. -- Kahlil Gibran Needless to say it has been hectic around here since mid May. A lot has been accomplished and while there is more to do [when does it ever end?] progress is showing its self off! I was in so hoping that the bedroom, the new mattress, the recovered bench and chair would be in place on the 10th. Alas and alack it did not QUITE make it. Instead, we used Tatami mats, ours not quite with Japanese tradition. I actually slept on those when I was in Japan several years ago, not too bad to sleep on actually. We also had camp pads for use under sleeping bags to soften the floor. The skylight was awesome as we gazed into the evening sky. Tatami (畳 tatami?) (originally meaning "folded and piled") mats are a traditional Japanese flooring. Made of woven straw, and traditionally packed with straw (though nowadays sometimes with styrofoam), tatami are made in individual mats of uniform size and shape, bordered by brocade or plain green cloth. Tatami were originally a luxury item for the wealthy at a time when lower classes had mat-covered dirt floors.[1] Tatami were gradually popularized and finally reached the homes of commoners towards the end of the 17th century.[ My Sweetie and I worked most of the day re hanging artwork in the bed and bathroom. Replacing tie racks, making a shelf unit that will house the towels and generally cleaning the room. We have reclaimed our room. All that remains is cutting in the accent colors on the window trim, the doors and the mantel. That is something that, while it takes time, it is a pleasurable chore. The re painting of bedside tables is ½ complete, and since it is enamel, that takes time and at least 4 coats also factor in the humidity. Weather wise we have had a reprieve from the humidity and that is always a good thing. Guess one could say we are on the last leg of THIS Marathon. ;) “Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time” John Lubbock quotes (English Biologist and Politician, 1834-1913) Now off to PAINT!

Perseus on the Rise!

Spectacular weekend ;) The skylight is ready for the Show! METEOR NIGHT: The Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight. No matter where you live, the show begins on Sunday, Aug. 12th, around 10 pm local time when the constellation Perseus rises in the northeast. Expect to see a meteor every five minutes. The rate will surge as the night unfolds, increasing to one or two meteors per minute before dawn on Monday, Aug. 13th. http://spaceweather.com:80/http://spaceweather.com:80/

The day before we wed…

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Not only did my parents not allow me, to attend the PARTY/BASH before the wedding~~~ they said, “It would not be PROPER”! BUT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1974: Nixon leaves office & Ford sworn in Having announced his resignation the day before, Richard M. Nixon steps down from the presidency of the United States and is succeeded by Vice President Gerald R. Ford. Nixon had resigned rather than face almost certain impeachment because of the Watergate scandal, in which he was charged with misuse of presidential powers to violate the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens, obstruction of justice, and failure to respond to House Judiciary Committee subpoenas. The departure of Nixon would prove to be a fatal blow to the South Vietnamese, who always believed that the American president would be there to make good his promises to support them in their continuing post-ceasefire war against the North Vietnamese. In accordance with his statement of resignation the previous evening, Richard M. Nixon officially ends his term as the 37th president of the United States at noon. Before departing with his family in a helicopter from the White House lawn, he smiled farewell and enigmatically raised his arms in a victory or peace salute. The helicopter door was then closed, and the Nixon family began their journey home to San Clemente, California. Richard Nixon was the first U.S. president to resign from office. Minutes later, Vice President Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States in the East Room of the White House. After taking the oath of office, President Ford spoke to the nation in a television address, declaring, "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over." Ford, the first president who came to the office through appointment rather than election, had replaced Spiro Agnew as vice president only eight months before. In a political scandal independent of the Nixon administration's wrongdoings in the Watergate affair, Agnew had been forced to resign in disgrace after he was charged with income tax evasion and political corruption. In September 1974, Ford pardoned Nixon for any crimes he may have committed while in office, explaining that he wanted to end the national divisions created by the Watergate scandal.

Oh things are getting closer!

MAYBE today the insider painter of our bed and bathroom will be able to begin painting the floor. OH JOY! In our home circa late 1800’s the floors upstairs were painted. In order to maintain some credence to the age and appropriateness, we have chosen to maintain that look and or appeal as it were. By the early 1800's more parquet patterns were in use, but only in the richest of homes and rooms. Wooden plank flooring remained the norm and were usually painted, and in the better homes laid in a tongue and grove configuration. More modest houses would have random width boards simply face nailed to the joists. With the advent of tongue and groove milling, the floors could be laid in a more level fashion before they were painted. This still required a lot of labor to install as well as to maintain. Of course if you had these types of floors you probably had some servants that did the work! NOW there is a concept! Servants? HA! http://university.floormall.com/hardwood-flooring-101.php At any hoot, we are doing the floors of these two rooms. We had years ago painted one of the rooms down stairs and have since replaced the wood with newer oak flooring as the joists were beyond repair. The old floors were too dry and did not withstand being even the best sanding equipment. Now the upside to the old uneven floors was that one could play marbles and NEVER win! ???? My hope and wish that these two rooms would be ready for occupancy by this weekend is CLOSE to happening. But as they say Close only counts in Horseshoes and hand grenades. [It's a baseball saying that first started around 1935. The full quote is: “Close doesn't count in baseball. Close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades.” http://www.mindlesscrap.com/stumpme/03-02.htm A HUGE THANK YOU for my Sweetie and both of our sons as they got all the trim ready for these two rooms so the Painting goes on. Boring as it was, it is FINI. Well that part is! Also JUST for my Sweetie…a GUSHY MOMENT…tee hee, bet he thought I forgot! ;) “Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.” Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I think ...

Hydrangea, Pee Gee Hydrangea paniculata 'Grandiflora'

I think a man and a woman should choose each other for life, for the simple

reason that a long life with all its accidents is barely enough time for

a man and a woman to understand each other and. . . to understand - is to love.

William Butler Yeats

One week from today!

What do we live for,

it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

George Eliot

English novelist (1819 - 1880)

Eye to eye

There is nothing more admirable than two people who see eye-to-eye

keeping house as man and wife, confounding their enemies,

and delighting their friends.

Homer, 9th century BC

Words to woo ~

Blackberry Lily, Leopard Lily Belamcanda chinensis 'Freckle Face'

~~ A build up to our Anniversary ~~

Thinking back over the years I still get that gushy feeling when I think about my Sweetie…

For you my husband, my best friend!

If you live to be a hundred,

I want To live to be a hundred minus one day,

So I never have to live without you.

Winnie the Pooh

Anniversary coming soon

OR SOCKET /Shock it to me! Many Americans remember Judy Carne and others saying “sock it to me” on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In between 1968 and 1973, I do remember both front-running presidential candidates in 1968 were invited to make cameo appearances on the show just before the general election. Richard Nixon accepted and deadpanned, "Sock it to me?" on camera. 'Hubert Humphrey' declined. Also, it was because of Nixon's appearance, that many credited Laugh-In with helping Nixon get elected to the presidency. Doing a bit of research I learned some possible origins if the phrase SOCK IT TO ME! A book about the American Civil War, published in 1866, which contains this line: “Now then, tell General Emory if they attack him again to go after them, and to follow them up, and to sock it to them, and to give them the devil”. The phrase to give someone sock, to give someone a thrashing. These date back to the late seventeenth century in Britain, and were presumably carried to the USA by emigrants. This past weekend my Sweetie asked what we should do this year for our Anniversary. A get Away or something he queried and what would you like as a gift? Yikes it is almost August where has my summer gone? May began Sarah’s Pond then the day before my Birthday [June 13] the roofers arrive, July 13 the Gutter crew arrives, July 23 the painters arrived. All I would want is to have all the major projects FINISHED. To sit and enjoy the peace and quiet, then I could sit and looking into my Sweeties eyes savoring the thirty-six years of knowing him. Not much to ask is it? Perhaps, a card or better yet several cards in hidden locations, dinner here without PEOPLE around! The ceramic light sockets in two ceiling lights/fans need replaced…[one in each] I will even help! See I did think of something I needed and it will benefit everyone.

See I have already studied up on this!

ONE YEAR

As I sit looking out into our yard, from of course the Nook, sipping coffee I remember last year this Day of Days. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

The flowers that go with THE DAY OF DAYS…

Today is the Day of Days

Happy Anniversary my love ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Let there be spaces in your togetherness And let the winds of heaven dance between you ~~~~~~Kahil Gibran~~~~~~~

Just one more cup of coffee please!

The Rotational mechanized nun chuck pierced the stillness of the morning mist. The Ninja of the morning bestowing blow after blow to the innocent Box Elders! The water roots of the Alternated leafed dogwood stood breathless. Whom do we take HOSTA? But Ivy stays there in totally defiance. My task is to aid in the demise of Ivy and assist to the uprooting of invasive things. Brick by brick no stone unturned…no worm unearthed we shall plod forth as the sweat drips from our brow. Am I ready for this daunting task? Almost, the socks, boots, gloves and other necessary uniform is almost ready to be placed… Thirty-two years ago my concern was that my nails looked good…at least for a few days… But Just one more cup of coffee please!