The Week That Was....

I really don't know where the past week went...but it sure went by so quickly!

One day I went in to get the car's tires rotated [it's been over a year!], and ended up needing new tires. Since I'm usually alone when I drive this vehicle, I didn't hesitate after the representative showed me the lack of tread. Now I have a 'new pair of shoes' on it and I feel more safe driving alone to places unknown.

[no, this isn't my car...tho I'd love to own it! I saw it along the park road when walking back in March]

Then, another day I didn't feel up to par so I was spending most of the waking hours, reading the book my sister sent me...CLEMENTINE The Life and Times of Mrs. Winston Churchill. Since my son, Erik, plans on writing his PhD dissertation on Winston Churchill, I've been trying to read as much as I can on the subject. I got about half way through the book that very day....learning quite a bit of the two, their marriage, their children, their aspirations....quarrels, love, travels, financial traumas, etc. I also learned that her name is NOT ClemenTINE [as in wine] but, ClemenTEEN...Winston's pet name for her was Clemmie.  And, I most definitely have come to the conclusion, even tho I've not completed the book, that she was quite neurotic in my opinion.   

Another day I worked a bit on my indoor orchids....Yes, I talked to them....they didn't talk back tho.  Guess I didn't say much of interest.

Also, started another paint in pastel work...This one will be a challenge.  -lots of Autumn aspen trees in the foreground, and getting the shading and colors...well, maybe this one will be tossed in file #13 [trash] 

Oh, and another day....that was August 1st...I always have this day marked on the calendar each and every year since we've lived here....it's the day that Tuesday Morning [store] puts out their witches for the season.  I bought two and probably will go back in a week or two to make sure no others I see will be missed for this time.   I'll show these little beauties when it gets closer to Halloween. Y'know I love 'em!!  To fill out the rest of the week....Laundry, very little cooking, a bit of yard work and a bit of walking here and there.

It's predicted to be rainy this weekend [not much rain, but a tropical wave from near the Caribbean has been heading our way all week.  It's a wave, not an all-out tropical storm/hurricane.

Maybe tomorrow I'll do some birding if it's not too wet or hot.

PS...Isaiah says "howdy"!!! He KNOWS he's not supposed to be on the laptop...Cute, tho, huh?  If you look up the name Isaiah, the meaning is simple...diablo as Bud calls him, I often think Isaiah means 'turd'...but who am I to judge?