Worth Sharing This Week: Living Hard and Easy

I found this link for five free reading sites.  I'll be the first to own that I really like holding a book in my hand and turning pages.  It's a whole different thing to read in an online format.  However, I am currently in a state of wanting so many books of so many different genres that I cannot afford myself.   Online reading to the rescue!  Some of these, like Project Gutenberg, I was aware of.  Others are new to me.  I'm going to look up a few books this weekend and see what I might enjoy reading.
  

The rest of this week's post is all about the pictures.  I'll try to explain those that need to be explained and the rest will likely speak for themselves.

The Week Ahead: A Busy One

My plan to slow down for May was based mostly on this coming week's line up of appointments and errands and because  thinking of it slightly overwhelmed me.  I finished up the workweek  early on Friday and decided to start an early rest.  It's rather nice to have the house all neat and nice about me, and see the yards freshly mown outside the windows and know that we are essentially done until Sunday morning which is when I clean the baths and our bedroom.

The Week Behind: One Thing At A Time

Saturday:  In an effort to 'do something different' today we hit the highway that runs westward through our town and rode and rode and rode and just before we reached the big city on the state's border, we turned around and rode and rode and rode all the way back.  It was lovely.  The highway runs through tiny little towns and loads of rural and forested lands.  Traffic was not heavy, and frankly, it seldom is heavy.  The day was sunny, bright and beautiful  and we so enjoyed ourselves.   A drive without a destination is a lovely thing.

Worth Sharing This Week: Taking it Slow

Southern Living shared this list of  classic childrens book series.  Some of these I think I'd like to read or re-read.


When we look far and wide or spend too much time focused of the enormity of a problem, such as many are doing with the worldwide pandemic right now, we soon begin to miss the small things that our hearts need to ground us in the here and now, the gentle everyday things which display beauty to the eyes and plant seeds of calm in the soul. ~ Jenny of Elefantz blog.

That was her opening in her blog post .

Coffee Chat: Sunday Afternoon

Do come in!   Shall you opt for iced coffee or tea?  If, like John, you think a hot cup is always appropriate then have it hot.  Let's settle here in the kitchen sitting area and have our chat.  We can see the glorious afternoon, the green lawns and the golden sunlight on the leaves of the trees.  It's a little cooler and a little quieter back here.

This morning I opened the windows of the house wide and let the fresh air flow.  As I worked in the bedroom it was lovely to see the white sheers billow in the breeze.  Is there anything lovelier than sheer curtains billowing?

In My Home This Week: Slow and Steady or Let Her Rip?

My head feels crammed full of things I must do, things I want to do, things I don't want to do at all, things I don't want to deal with and things I know must be dealt with or reap the rewards of letting it go.  And then there's the part of me that just wants to stop.  Take that vacation that we had to cancel.  Rest deeply.  Do only what I'd like to do.

The Week Behind: Tips and Tricks and Treats, Oh My!

Saturday:  Taylor's dad moved into a new house this weekend.  He was moving and closing on the home Friday so Katie picked Taylor up at school.. six hour drive round trip for her,  but well worth while to have the time with her girl. 

Of course, today Taylor called and asked "Gramma will you come see me?"  "I will..."  "And will you bring me Fried Chicken?"  I heard Katie gasp and say "Taylor!",  lol.    That's something we didn't do last weekend, have Gramma's fried chicken,  and I know she likes things to be routine.    I tried calling our local chicken place but they wouldn't answer the phone.   Instead I called the one in the next town and got through right away.  It's just fifteen minutes from the house to go there but I erred on the side of everyone being busy and told Katie we'd be over about lunchtime.   I paid for this meal from my allowance which I've done nothing much with since the viral self isolation started.  I keep thinking of various things I might buy with the money I've saved and I'll promise you that fried chicken was not on my list of wants, but I'm glad I'd been tucking it back.