A perfect day.   Somewhat cloudy but if the sun had been out, it would have been very muggy.   Too much moisture in the air.  

I drove in to Bobbie and Bill's this morning and we went the Sheboygan Area Garden Walk.   It said rain or shine and thankfully we had just nice overcast and sunshine combination.   They had nine home gardens on the tour this year, which I understand is a lot.  It did not seem like too many.

I am amazed at the ideas that these people have and how much effort and love is but into these gardens.   Of course, I don't know why I feel that way,   my Dad and Mom's gardens were always full of color and imagination.   And look at our Bobbie, whose gardens are always spectacular.   Remember, last year she was a part of this Garden Walk.  My neighbor Kathy is a member of one of the garden clubs that sponsored this and worked at one of them.   I think I have a way to use a wind glass that broke and that I don't want to throw away.

I picked up Christmas ornaments on the way home (Can you believe that Hallmark has their big sale in JULY>) and then went to Mass and brought communion to Rita and Tom.   Now I can be home until Monday.  Super.

Til tomorrow

Dia Dhuit

Mary   

An interesting day,   not too much going on which was a good thing because for some reason, I am exhausted.

I got up expecting my cleaning lady to come.  Got a call from Bonnie, the owner.   Lori, who has been cleaning is very sick.   I also found out that today was going to be her last day.  Oh darn.   She is REALLY good.   But I guess she wanted something different.  Bonnie asked if I minded if a week was skipped.    I said no, it was fine.  She would have come later, herself, but I figure a week isn't that big a thing.   I did the toilets and will hit anything that bothers me.

I did get a lot done today,  the board minutes, washing clothes, changing the sheets.  It has been like pulling teeth because I have been so tired.  

I had lunch with the bank ladies at the Dairy Queen and picked up some special food for Roxie at the vet.

Around five, I took a good walk hoping to perk up.   It felt good but didn't work.    I believe early bed and reading will be the order of the night.   Tomorrow I will be going to Sheboygan to go to the Garden Walk with Bobbie and Bill.    That should be fun.  I have never actually been on a Garden Walk.   My neighbor Kathy is working at one of the gardens so I probably will see her.  She went on the Garden Club Preview yesterday and said it is really a nice selection.

So. Until tomorrow. 

Dia Dhuit

Mary

 

I read the Writers Almanac every day.  It is an email of the Poets Corner on PBS.   Keillor does a wonderful daily column at 

 writersalmanac.publicradio.org

Enjoy

 

Taken from The Writers Almanac

Garrison Keillor

June 10, 2014

Today is the birthday of the city of Dublin, founded in 988. The area had been occupied, more or less, since before the Roman invasion of Britain, and it appeared in Ptolemy's Guide to Geography in the year 140, but the first verifiable settlement came with the Vikings in about 831. They called it "Dyflin," which came in turn from the Irish Dubh Linn, which means "black pool." The reason it's considered to be founded in 988 rather than 831 is because that's the year the Irish king Máel Sechnaill reclaimed the city for Ireland. It's also the year he first forced people to pay him taxes, so Dublin has belonged to the Irish ever since, bought and paid for.

Dublin's contribution to literature alone has been remarkable. Ireland was one of the first countries to produce writing in the vernacular, and it's long had a tradition as a nation of scholars. A partial list of writers who are from Dublin, or who adopted it as their home, includes Jonathan Swift, Francis Bacon, Samuel Beckett, George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Bram Stoker, Patrick Kavanagh, Oliver Goldsmith, Oscar Wilde, Sean O'Casey, Brendan Behan, John Millington Synge, and Seamus Heaney.

"When I came back to Dublin I was court-martialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence." — Brendan Behan

Strange day as far as weather

The temperature was nice and mild.  We had a breeze, not a strong wind most of the day.  There were sporatic showers, not very heavy but there.   I believe that they have pretty much make their way out over Lake Michigan.

I planted some giant Iris that Jean Steiner, you know her, Jim and Michelle, your neat neighbor, gave me.  I put them in the spot where I lost most of the plants.   The berm really looks good actually and things are blooming.   I also have buds and a couple of tomatoes on my plants out front.   The beans on the deck are doing well also.

I went to the Exchange Bank this morning as I told you, two friends, Rosalie Hartman and Felicia Roselund-Reindl joined me so I had people to talk to.   I always bring paper and pencil just in case I am alone and I write poetry.  Either way it is a change of scenery.

Then I walked up to Klips and Tips for my haircut.   I like it and it is good to be shorter as the heat is coming.

I then drove up to St. John's for a funeral.   I really never met this person, but she is a relative on my Dad's side.   The Ziegler Family was huge.  Rose Ziegler married a Whiffler and this is the side of the family that were there.   Jean Steiner's first husband was a Whiffler and my cousin Lorraine Schmidt and her husband were there also.   I just felt that it wouldn't hurt to go to the Mass.

I pulled out the genealogy that I received from David Mann whose wife was the decedant and am updating Ancestry.

So.  A busy fulfilling day.   Tonight I will listen to Jimmy Keane at 8PM on Concert Window.   Then go to bed.   A good day.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

Monday Monday

A typical Monday morning.  It was supposed to bet up into the 80s today and I just might have.  I left at 9AM for Bible Study.   Picked up 7 hosts for the Catholic residents an Meadow View.   I always get them before the study while the Holy Dusters are still cleaning the Church.   Last week they were done early and I had to ask Jeannie in the office to unlock for me.   Today, I just made it. 

We had 8 of our studiers there today.  A nice group with lots of discussion material.  We were trying to figure out where Peter went in Chapter 10 to meet Cornelius.   I am going to bring a map book I bought several years ago with maps of the regions then with overlays of the countries as they are now (at least how they were when the book was published.)

Then I went and had a very nice visit with Mom and giving communion to the other residents.  I almost ran out, I had to break them in half.   A couple people were added to the list and one couple had visitors.   Whew.  Mom looked beautiful and we had a nice talk.

Home again I fixed lunch, took care of the mail and other things that needed to be done at the beginning of the week.   Shortly after 4PM, I left to go to a friend's funeral.   I had not seen him in a while but his wife and I were seatmates when I went to the Mary Shrine in Champion.   Don was failing then but as Carmen said, it seems to go so fast.    She said that he was ready though.  As was my guy.

So Home again.   I am going to prepare for bed soon.   I went down after the Mass for the remembrance time and the meal.   I think it means so much to the families.   It puts off the finality of things a bit and I firmly believe that the souls are very close to us yet.

So.  Tomorrow I will get my hair cut and am going out for breakfast at the Exchange Bank at 8AM.  If you want to join me, I would be delighted.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

I finished Brittany

Finally.   I am at a point with the book that I just want to get it done and then start over with a grand rewrite.   I need to rewrite each chapter and edit and make sure that there is consistency in presentation.  I may be done by the end of July which was my first goal.   If I am not.   Who cares.

It was a quiet day.   I went for a walk this afternoon.   Kind of warm and muggy but it was cloudy.   I did not see the sun peek through even once.   There is apparently a chance of rain and thunder later tonight.   Won't bother me.

I swept out a quarter of the garage again.   I sweep in quarters you know.   When I am done this time, I want to wash off the salt that accumulated over the winter.   I cleaned off the shelf that is up high in there too.  Only have to go through the shelf unit near the ramp now.

I need to find a home for Dick's desk.   How bothersome. 

Ready for the week.

I am eager for activity.

Dia Dhuit

Mary