And now it is August...

Can Fall be far away?

Days are shorter, nights are cooler, a little rain has fallen.

We live a quiet life. We play Farmville. Do a little gardening. Take lots of naps. Play with our kitties.

Sometimes it's like we're waiting for the old folks home to come and get us. Kicking and screaming all the way. But still...

Life is good.

Summer's here - the heat is on...

Wow, it's so hot! We're having a heat wave- over 100F every day- and it's trying desperately to rain... clouds everywhere, but no rain. The funny part is, it could rain 5 miles away, downtown, and not get a drop here.

Years ago, when I lived in Jerome, we'd sit out on the porch and watch the build-ups of clouds over Sedona, coming our way. Clouds from over our mountain would go out and meet them, and POW!! a thunderstorm, and rain, rain, rain...

Not so in Kingman. We get rain rarely, if at all- and our garden could sure use it. The cucumbers are overwhelming us- the peppers and basil and nectarines are doing very well. We have beans and lettuce and lots of greens- Such a joy to not have to buy veggies. Tomatoes will be coming in soon.

Some rain would just make everything pop. Must be time for a rain dance and some drums.

Mother Earth is pissed

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/03-12

The oils spill is such a disaster. The oil has the potential to affect the entire Atlantic seaboard, in addition to the Gulf.
From there, it's anyone's guess where it will turn up.

We will drown in oil.

When Copyright Goes Bad (English)

cupcakes are NOT a trend...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/wayoflife/03/23/cupcake.craze/index.html?hpt=Sbin

For anyone who thought cupcakes were just a silly trend... they're not.
I wonder why that is?

Etsy's Offices- Peek in and see!

The article is from November 2009 and offers a look inside the new Etsy offices:

http://www.businessinsider.com/etsy-brooklyn-headquarters-2009-11#etsy-is-in-brooklyn-but-not-way-out-in-brooklyn-the-york-street-subway-station-exit-dumps-you-under-the-manhattan-bridge-1

Only a couple more weeks...

and the holidays will be essentially over. I don't know why people get so stressed out. I mean, I've put away my high expectations, the ones I had as a younger person - soft lights, chestnuts roasting, tinseled packages holding all my most cherished dreams... and now I just try to navigate through the holidays with as little personal damage as possible.

I'll clean the house so the family doesn't call the hoarder police, put up some lights so the neighbors can enjoy them, try and make healthy foods so my blood sugar doesn't skyrocket... the simple things, really. And , of course, empty my bank account to provide glorious excess for my children & grandchildren.

Not to mention the food banks, the ASPCA, the Humane Society, ... Click on the Animal Rescue Site button to provide food for animals, and then click on each tab for all the other good causes. Volunteer some time in your community too- And keep at it even after the holidays are over.