happy memorial day...

happy memorial day blogettes...

it's been a beautiful weekend

for all the picnic-ers

this weekend..

until today..that is!

doppler was *off* yet

again...rain and thunder

and humid for now...

but..as we say weekly..

it is what it is...

seeing the weather was so

nice up until today..

we had thought..

gee..maybe the pool

would be great..

but then we remembered..

the winter storms 

toppled it..

and paradis pool

hasn't gotten 

here

yet 

to replace

 it..

again..

it is what it is...

as always..

thanks for taking

the 

journey with me...

it makes it so

much more

pleasant having

you by my side..

be sure to keep 

that

love and sunshine

in your hearts

today and always...

be well...

warmly.........susan

feeling like the weather...

'evening blogettes...

it was really pretty

and feeling like

spring

the other day

here at 9 rowland...

and i felt

the same

way....

the wisteria vine

looks

almost

like a heart..

to me..

anyways...

beauteous....

mrs. dalleywater's

peonies

were

just about...

but today...

dark 

and 

rainy

and

VERY cold...

unfortunately..

i am feeling 

just like it..

puffy eyes...

painful ear..

thinking it is

yet another

sinus infection 

in the

offing...

oh well..

as we say 

every wednesday night...

it is what it is...

as always..

thanks for taking

the journey

with me...

be sure to keep

that 

love and sunshine

in your

hearts

today and always...

be well....

warmly.........susan

copied from a blog my dana sent me...

'morning blogettes...

i am going to read and re-read

this daily until it gets into my

innards...

maybe someone here will benefit

from it also...

hope so...

“Life is messy. Accept this. It's okay to have a plan, just don’t focus on it. Things aren't likely to go according to plan. Focus on what you need to do next, right now. Pay attention to what has real value for you at the level of your body-heart-self- the people, places, activities and practises that help you feel truly alive, that support your ability to be present and kind. If there’s something calling to you, turn toward it and start walking. It may not lead where you think it will, but make a place in all of the wonderful chaos of life to listen deeply to the voice at the center of your being and pay attention to what it tells you.

Life is short and messy. Don’t postpone living until life gets neater or easier or less frantic or more enlightened. There’s a “catch” to the popular admonishment to “live in the Now.” It’s that the only way to be in the Now is to be Here, in the life and the body you have, and in the world we share, right now (not with the body or the world we hope to someday have or imagine we used to have.) This is it. And it will change. Choose life in all the small ways you can, every day.”

here's the blog it is from...
the green bough...

as always...

thanks for taking

the journey

with me...

be sure to keep that 

love and sunshine 

in your hearts

today and always...

be well...

warmly.........susan

my take...

'afternoon blogettes...

a little bit ago ..

i was perusing 

blogland and came

upon miss mustard seed's

tutorial for a sheet music

dresser...

i enlisted the help

of newly retired

mr b ...and here

are the results...

thanks miss mustard seed

and mr b!!...

as always ..

thanks for taking

the journey with me..

be sure to keep

that love and sunshine

in your hearts 

today 

and 

always..

be well....

warmly..........susan

while the gettin's good.....

afternoon blogettes...

i figured i would

post again while

the gettin's good

around here at 

9 rowland...

took some pics

of spring cropping

up around 

*aching acres*..

term lovingly stolen

from my mrs dalleywater...

the wisteria is just starting...

the broom plant from dana

for mother's day is just about

ready to burst...

beach rose is lush and lovely...

my roadside find from last year

is all gussied up...

st therese' got a little weathered

but i just love her any way at all...

the ducks like the little flags

that are keeping them

company....

iron chair welcomes all...

my two seater is in need

of a new roof....was hoping

for copper but *way* too

expensive...so i am thinking

weathered copper aluminum..

will keep you all updated as

to the progress...

as always...

thanks for taking

the 

journey w/me...

be sure to keep

that love and sunshine

in your hearts

today and always...

be well....

warmly........susan

it's been like...forever...

'morning blogettes...

i have been yet again MIA

for physical reasons 

which then affect my

*umph*...if you get my

drift...

but thought i would

stop by to say hi

and hope that all of you

are well...

i have gotten out then

and again and had some

fun w/the littles....

no matter what..

they sure bring

a smile to my

face...

both the BIG littles

and the LITTLE littles...

as always...

thanks for taking

the 

journey with me..

hope it won't be too long

til i am back again...

in the meantime..

be sure to keep

that love and sunshine

in your hearts....

today and always...

be well..

warmly........susan