8-17-2020 City Morning

 

8-16-2020. Recovery

Folks in Iowa are still trying to recover from

the 'Midwest Hurricane' that came through 

on the 10th of August.

Over 1/3 of the crops in Iowa were flattened 

and are not un-harvestable.

Power is still out for tens of thousands of residents.

Linesmen from other states have come in

to help get the power grid back up and running.

Please pray for Iowans.

It's just been one hit after another this year!

(Images are from th internet.)

8-15-2020. Review

I decided to spend some of this 'down time' 

from the Covid19 isolation

to review what little Spanish I (used to) know.

I got out my old Rosetta Stone

and was told it no longer works on my new computer...

after having spent this much money,

I was a bit miffed, needless to say!

So, I went to the Rosetta sight

and they were having a 'sale' on their language programs

so I decided to do the lifetime package

with unlimited languages.

Now I'm good to go again...

as long as I have internet access

and streaming capabilities available

(which is not aways the case).

8-14-2020. Pride

My 8 year old GD was so proud of herself

for having made bread and cinnamon rolls from scratch today!

She even ate some of the finished product!

8-13-2020. Take A Load Off

Now that the makeup drawer is decluttered and current,

it's time to start on the closet!

Time to take a load off to the re-sale shops!

8-12-2020. Star Gazing

Last Night

DH and I went out on our back deck,

lay on a blanket

with a pillow tucked under our heads

and a snuggly blanket over each of us,

and we looked up at the sky for half an hour.

The storm 2 days ago washed the air clean of dust

and left us with crystal clear skies

for viewing the spectacularly bright planets

of Jupiter and Saturn and Venus,

many constellations,

and numerous meteorites

from the Perseid Meteor Showers 

now in progress (July 27-August 26)...

debris from the Comet Swift-Tuttle...

a dirty snowball that is 17 miles wide

and orbits the sun every 133 years.

It's last shower was in 1992

and Rod and I enjoyed it then also while playing 'night golf.'

Between 160-200 meteorites hit earth's atmosphere every hour 

at 133,000 mph and burst into flames about 60 miles overhead.

What an amazing sky we witnessed last night!

Although I do NOT have the camera equipment

to photograph such amazing sights

I thought I'd post some photos I found on the www...

by googling meteor shower images:

8-11-2020. Colorful

 Everything seems quite colorful today...

8-10-2020. Packing a Punch

The storm coming through today

really packed a punch...

70-112 mph straight line winds

sustained for over half an hour!

Thank goodness we have VERY flexible/bendy trees!!!

Our's survived the storm

while many others on our street did not.

Sirens went off 10 minutes before it's arrival...

Here it comes!

https://www.facebook.com/adam.colbeck.5/videos/10164614393205001/

Midwest Hurricane video from Facebook:

The aftermath...

shredded leaves blown onto the siding

like what you see after tornados...

And our two very flexible trees survived!

8-9-2020. Decluttering My Makeup

                                    This morning's declutter project...

throw away a 20 year old collection of drugstore eyeshadows!

I'm keeping my Bare Minerals though...still love them!

8-8-2020.

Up At Sunrise

to go for our morning walk at the park...

Surrounded with trees on the trail...

I love some tree energy to start the day!

Fall Colors are starting to come out and play...

I love this photo that my DH took the day before...

a lovely rainbow with the setting moon!

8-7-2020. Back to School

 

8-6-2020. Common Buckeye

Finally got around to doing a loose painting

of the 'common buckeye' butterfly...

(See post from 7-16-2020 )

8-5-2020. Bruschetta

The GDs made some homemade bread

and picked tomatoes

this morning.

Looks like I'm having some bruschetta for dinner!

Daphne's 'first basket'

square on the bottom and round on the top...

8-4-2020. Masks During the Pandemic

Why are we still having this discussion

6 month into the pandemic?

Until there is an effective vaccine, just wear the masks people!!!!!

Stop being so Trumpishly self-centered and narcissistic

and think about other people for a change!

This pandemic is not a joke or 'fake news.'

Ugh!!! I am so frustrated with humans in the USA right now!

8-3-2020. Sturgeon Full Moon

Wishing I had a big telescope 

so I could zoom in on this beautiful Sturgeon Full Moon!

And Jupiter and Saturn are visible to the right of the moon!

We've been watching them for several weeks now.

Paintings for my dear grandsons

for the Sturgeon Full Moon...

8-2-2020. Angel Flying Overhead!!!

I was looking up at the pretty clouds

on my morning walk...

...and noticed this angel flying overhead!

8-1-2020. Mystic Pirate

A beautiful blend of

peppermint

eucalyptus

and 

rosemary!

Perfect for this weekend's seminar!