Good Saturday to you from our corner of Iowa where we continue to have August heat and humidity. Looks like it'll be an indoor weekend with heat indexes into the high 90s or triple digits. The plants seem to like an okay. Speaking of plants, we bought a hydrangeas a few years ago and it just never grew. joel moved it three times in 3 years and this year one beautiful bloom appeared. Sadly it also disappeared before we were able to enjoy it. We think the same pesky rabbit that ate all our geraniums had a tasty morsel last night and now it's gone. Sometimes it's hard to commune with nature. The other night I fell asleep to an owl hooting. We don't get too many in our yard but it was familiar and in some ways comforting. Joel has spotted a few deer on his bike rides too. We drove to Clear Lake Sunday afternoon to do some people and lake watching. It was a beautiful day for it. We continue to enjoy August knowing that in four short months it will be the end of another year.
Joel has been busy doing some repairs on the house. He did hire a man to power hose above the porch cleaning off the siding and roof, caulking and repairing and then painting that area's siding. He himself has been climbing ladders to put new trim around where the old trim was starting to deteriorate. I could write a speech about how I feel about him on ladders but it has all been said before. He thinks he's Spider-Man I guess. He's also been biking and getting ready for Sunday when he'll preach at a church here in town where he was Pastor for 10 years. He enjoys seeing all the familiar faces!
I've been walking mostly indoors, saw the chiropractor and had my checkup for the glaucoma. Things are steady there so that's good. I've done some baking and some cleaning..... the same old same old that takes up a lot of our days. Another activity that can take up my days is listening to books on tape. When I walk I listen....when I clean around the house I listen....when I have rest time I listen. Yeah....I figured I have listened to around 40 books this year so far. Lately it is one every 5 days. I have always gotten "into" the book I am reading/listning to.. Once many years ago I was cooking while reading and set a book on fire. Really just singed a few pages, but you get the idea. I limit my book hours. As a child I would get lost in books...they were my friends inviting me into a different world. I guess that is still true. I much prefer holding a book in my hands but also thank God for audiobooks! I love that you can go on Libby or Hoopla and connect through your library to "borrow" books for 2 or 3 weeks to read or listen to on our phones or devices. What a world we live in....what opportunities at our fingertips! Books have always been "members of our family so to speak. Books grace the homes of our kids too....in abundance! One extended family member once said, "You know you are in a Dahlen house when there are books for your convenience even in the bathroom! Haha
Speaking of books, I have been listening to Kate Carlisle and her Bibliophile Mysteries along with an Ann Voskamp best seller from years ago....One Thousand Gifts.. We have watched AGT and Murdoch and Mallorca Files once in awhile along with the quirky Northern Exposure and also Antique Roadshow.
Bringing Saturday's Scribbles to close, today, I am grateful for A/C. Grateful for a few porch sitting hours. Grateful for the chiro and eye specialists. Grateful for walking, biking, resting, baking, cooking, cleaning, and all the other day to day activities that remind us we are still here! Grateful our Spanish Eyes ivy is too high off the ground for our pesky rabbit to get! Grateful Joel got to see in Hydranges finally bloom...for day. Grateful for neighbors, friends, and families. Grateful for books! Books we hold, treasure, and listen to. Grateful for one wonky eye that still works. Grateful for texting emails, photos, and phone calls from those we love and care about. Grateful for all this and so much more.
Enjoy your weekend!
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