A whole Day at Home

This has its good and its bads.   I Like the ability to not have to answer to anybody else and I miss not having to answer to anybody else.   Does that make any sense at all?

I slept until 8:AM and lo9lled in bed until 8:30AM.   Spent the morning on writing.  I am still trying to figure out a second poem to send to the Irish Fest Poetry Contests. Following lunch, I took a nap but it was way to hot to go the whole route that I usually take .   I may go out again tonight.  If I put it in writing I guess I have to.

Roxie and I sat on the deck for a while.  I read and she enjoyed the fresh air.   Now the trouble is going to be explaining to her when it is NOT nice to sit out there.  I am sure she thinks I control that too.

So, I kept myself amused.  

Tomorrow is the 50th Anniversary of my cousin, Mike Shea's ordination out at St. Michaels in Parnell.   So that will be a busy day.   I am looking forward to being with the Shea cousins and whoever else is there.

Dia dhuit

Mary

Michael Kelly " In a land where there are no musicians; in a land where there are no storytellers; teachers and poets; in a land where there are no men and women of vision and leadership; in a land where there are no legends, saints, and champions; in a land where there are no dreamers, the people will most certainly perish."

I had a really really nice day.   The weather was fine, I had the front door open most of the day. 

Went to lunch with my Bank Ladies at the Dairy Queen and did a few errands.   Cat food from the vet for our Roxie, mailed a couple things at the post office.   And I also stopped at Fleet Farm to pick up some varied slats that I think I can use to frame that HUGE copy of my painting called I Watched the Trees Die. 

This evening I went to the Ebco ArtSpace for the SVA Final Friday.  It was fun.   I painted a small piece that will be a part of the drawing at next month's Final Friday.

So.  it is almost 9PM and my bed time.    Tomorrow should be rather quiet and I am glad as Sunday is Fr. Mike Shea's 50 Anniversary of his Ordination at St. Michaels.   That will be fun.  Will se e lots of relatives and friends there.

Dia Dhuit

Mary


"In a land where there are no musicians; in a land where there are no storytellers, teachers and poets;  in a land where there are no men and women of vision and leadership; in a land where there are no legends, saints and champions; in a land where there are no dreamers, the people will most certainly parish."   Matthew Kelly

Finally, a beautiful day.

It was not to cold, not to hot.  Not humid.

I was home all day and Dick is probably fussing in his urn, I had the doors open almost all day.

I fried out some brats and hamburgers for the next few meals and cooked up a bunch of dump sauce.   It tastes good so I will eat it over noodles or rice.

I entered a poetry contest and worked on the book.

This evening , the condo complex had its first gathering.  We started this last year.  Whoever is available and wants to comes to our open area with a chair and a drink and perhaps a treat to just visit.  Not bad we had a bout 10 0of us there for the first day and it was so lovely.

Now I am winding down for the day.

So.  Good night and God be with you

Dia Dhuit

Mary

I am content

Just arrived home from having dinner with Nora and Leif at "our" restaurant, The Blind Horse in Kohler.   We had visited there the past two times they came to Wisconsin so why change a good thing.

We had such a great visit with a wonderful meal.   Nora had Walleye, I had Salmon and Leif had Filet.   then we shared tasted of everything.   They serve their own wines so we shared a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc.  It is scrumptious and the bottle is unique too.   When we finished, we walked to the back of the property and found the wine bar, which is also a wonderful place.    Next time, we will start there for a wine tasting and then go up for dinner.   I bought a bottle of the Sauvignon because it was so good.   We found out all bout the place from the server and then he gave Nora an etched glass from the place to take home with her.   Now we will SURELY remember, as if we needed an excuse.  

The early part of the day was mildly active.  I went grocery shopping, washed some sheets and did general work around the place.

Roxie seems very needy today.   She was fussy when I got home but was very happy when I gave her a bit of salmon.   That girl has good taste in food.

Tomorrow will be an at home day until late in the afternoon.  If it is not a rainy day, the Condo residents are going to meet in our open space for our summer afternoon gatherings.  They were fun last year.   Whoever was around and felt like it came with a chair and something to drink and we visited.   No obligation, but a good time to get to know each other better.

Now, it is 9:30PM.  past my bedtime.   That is good.   I hope to sleep well .   Today, my shoulder was not to painful.   Keep your fingers crossed.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

Sun and Rain

It was undetermined as to whether I would be busy today or not.    My neighbor,Jean, called at about 8AM to see if I was going to Mass today.   I did know that today is the Feast of St. John the Baptist, our church's patron saint.   However, I had not noticed that there was a mass being celebrated at 10AM at the cemetery.  There was no reason not to go and Jean was driving so I went.    It was cloudy and muggy while we were there, but did not rain and the sun even came out for a bit.

Home again, I worked on the book until lunch time, then ate and went out to do some errands.   When I got home, I rested a bit but got up when I heard the thunder that preceded a really heavy rainstorm.   It poured.  I wish I had a rain gauge.   Sure glad we are not in a flood zone.    I talked to a couple of people not far from here and they had no rain.   It took a narrow very wild path.  Now it is evening and the sun is out again.   I am going for a walk.

I'm back.  It was a nice walk.   Sunshine!  and I ran into people to talk to and walked part way with the Cornell's.  Couldn't ask for more.   Now that I am going more often, it is getting easier.   I really miss a furry companion, but this is OK.

So tomorrow, will have dinner with  Nora and Leif.  I am so looking forward to that.

Until then,

Dia Dhuit

Mary

A usual busy Monday.   It poured last night but there was no rain during the day.   Also very little sun.

I left at about 9 AM for bible study.  I had to drop things off at one place and pick things up at another on my way. We have a new member in our study group.   Barbara.   I knew her and she knows Mom.   We will be in Acts for a LONG time yet and this week were talking about the spirit of giving and sharing.

Then I drove to Sheboygan to spend time with Mom.   She looked good.  We had a lovely visit, remembering.   Jeff usually has a couple more pictures from the sorting to identify.  This week one was easy for me.  It was Grandma Bowser and me  on the occasion of my First Communion.

I had lunch with my friend Jena from the Plymouth Writers club than was able to be home the rest of the afternoon.

I am tired now.  Worked on the book and a bit of digging out of some chives in the garden.

So.   Until tomorrow.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

I am not giving an opinion on this but it is interesting.

The Arctic Ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot, according to a report to the Commerce Department yesterday from Consulate, at Bergen, Norway

                               

Reports from fishermen, seal hunters, and explorers all point to a radical change in climate conditions and hitherto unheard-of temperatures in the Arctic zone. Exploration expeditions report that scarcely any ice has been met as far north as 81 degrees 29 minutes.

Soundings to a depth of 3,100 meters showed the gulf stream still very warm. Great masses of ice have been replaced by moraines of earth and stones, the report continued, while at many points well known glaciers have entirely disappeared.

Very few seals and no white fish are found in the eastern Arctic, while vast shoals of herring and smelts which have never before ventured so far north, are being encountered in the old seal fishing grounds. Within a few years it is predicted that due to the ice melt the sea will rise and make most coastal cities uninhabitable.

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I apologize, I neglected to mention that this report was from November 2, 1922, as reported by the AP and published in The Washington Post; 93+ years ago.

I was home all day, except for a short walk after lunch.     I decided that since it was Sunday, I would rest.  

I worked on the book a bit and called a couple of people, but basically, I just rested, read, played games.  

Tomorrow will start out as a normal Monday.   Back to Bible Study followed by a visit with Mom.

So. with nothing exciting, I will say goodnight to you all.

Dia Dhuit

mary