The Last Harrah

... of summer is upon us, n after the huge Friday work-order I will get my much deserved, paid time off. I'm hopefull it will still be warm enough for a few leisurely beach trips, n a gazillion other things I'd like to get to.

We may be getting Harvey rain leftovers by the week-end. Thankfully nothing like what happened in Texas this week. It has churned my stomach watching the news about what those folks are going thru there.

A video of a guy swimming under water to catch a fish in his livingroom is etched in my brain. Hopefully this aftermath goes a bit smoother since we all  took Katrina lessons a dozen years ago this week. All the help n money going to aid the aftermath will likely be better alloocated. The vollunteer effort shown so far is heart-warming. Neighbors seen helping each other fosters faith in the goodness of folks during time of need.

I hope to not need to expect such large-scale disasters in my future, but we need to admit that now all bets are off, n no location is immune.

Lots of traffic accidents going on locally so far this week. Wish folks would slow down a bit more. Everyone is cramming in all they can into the last week of Summertime, n some have begun classes already.

They put an end to our annual Harvest Moon Festival here, but that's what it is emotionally here, when residents are relieved to have the place free of boisterous tourists n quieter again.

I'll have my own little rest celebration this up-coming week anyhow. Hopefully I don't find myself too busy in my upcoming free time...

... to find time for reading, writing, art, n music without hurrying thru it. I have been under too much pressure this year. I tend to put it onto myself tho-

The temps here have cooled down the past few days, n it's a relief not to be too humid for a change. My mood has already changed just knowing I can rest after busy Friday this time.

Saw some cool cattails on my way home from the store last week.

Have a good Labor Day! I will for once-  not having to work.

By Another Name

Just a few weeks left of "Summertime" on the Cape. Work has gotten even crazier than usual. The effect of the increased minimum raise here plus lack of raises for long-term employees has a parade of quiters marching out the door.

All us spectators are left holding the bag with too much to do with too few people. Everyone is over worked n exhausted. Even I am tempted to go work for the nearby new supermarket being built. Meantime, I'm still stuck in place needing bill money. Mostly I need a vaca to be able to rest n think. I'll get that in a few weeks.

I had got some paper n cheap paints from the store to play with this week, so I can use brushes on more than the garden. But I got side-tracked out of errands this week, n it all will be tough to get all done today.

I keep dreaming of how easy my life could get if I hit the lottery. I just found out a woman from my state won the huge powerball prize. Actually that dough could be alot of work, but much fun. Time again would be the limit on that. But delegating things to get done to helpers, n paying off debts would be much less stress.

Without stress tho, I have noticed - motivation to get things done is less urgent, n results not as good. I think after getting money that big, that security would be way more stressful as all want to rip you off, or get a share. You'd definitely find out who your friends are after the dust settles.

Every other pic here has unchanged color , like this one. A case of how magenta looks nifty with pinks. Maybe it's an Alien symbol for Rose, like symbols in that movie "Arrival" I am seeing this week on dvd.

The other Alien  theme film I saw this week is "Jupiter Ascending" which I thought was fun tho intense. It asks you to swallow alot about aliens to get into that story, n is full of fighting.

Alot of these are out in the Garden area trees this week. Alot of bumble bees also.

back to the errands now- Have a good week!

Is Everyone but me on Vacation?

Now I can see why it is so easy for folks to only keep up with their FaceBook stuff n let their once beloved blog world slide away into oblivion. I'm so glad I don't have a smartphone now, because I'm in danger of becoming one of the "head-down-at device-in-all-my-free-time" folks.

Currently I have a love / hate thing going on with FB. Granted I have limited access n time with my small tablet, but I hate that every time I turn it on, an hour n a half goes blip! Gone! Until the battery runs down again. I also hate how FB randomly decides to reload n I have to scroll down to what I wanted to read again. Then there's the clicking I never mean to do, n stepping back out of where it took me, trying not to reload n wasting more time.

I can also see how some could feel pressured into doing things just to have a post that can compete with their friends great times. It seems like everyone I know is on vaca having a great time, n I'm having a terrible time I don't wish to share.

I like feeling like I'm part of all the old pals n family lives, but I hate not really being there in person. Still, I feel like I'm missing out.

 Most of my week I am avoiding seeing it.

When I do go on FB, I end up not getting enough sleep or don't watch films or read other things. I haven't even tried any games. My fave thing to do on the tablet, is watch funny cat videos on Tiger Funnies on u-tube.

I'm on FB mostly to see the new baby pics. I like doggie pics too. I'm getting good at avoiding most other stuff. The blog is definitely getting less attention these days too. That's normal for Summertime anyhow...

I only joined FB 2 months ago.

It is getting even more difficult to find time lately...

Last week's garden catch, a bag of green beans are in back of the large Zucchini, n Midnight Madness Petunias in the background.

Trumpets Buds

Here it is- the long lost third section I wanted in the original post!

Think I won't play with the last post anyhow. It was so annoying, n I ran out  of time!

Got to toe dip at the beach earlier today, yay!

This is the same as  above with just the color changed.

OK format is messing with my plans here again... Please excuse the line breaks 2 paragraphs below.

I found  some good veggies to eat this week in the garden. On my third week of fresh .green beans, probably $5 worth after planting 4 packets. But I was surprised to find a large zucchini hiding in some tall grass, plus a small one. after planting seeds three times. There are several dime-sized green tomatoes now too.

Watched the film "Lone Survivor" with

Mark Wahlberg , based on a biographical book 

by Marcus Luttrell, n Patrick Robinson. 

It's about a SEAL team 

on a mission in Afghanistan,

 with alot of fire action. 

This is what trumpet flowers look like preparing to bloom. Kinda nifty looking, huh?

Hopefully I get to the next post before summer's over...

Trumpets

I saw them by a side plaza exit on my walk home. Trumpet vines like I had back at my previous village home. 

Then I found something not seen all summer so far -honey bees! Tons of them! They must have traveled from the cranberry bogs behind the store.

Still there are none around my garden, about a half mile away. 

Yep, that's what I wanted to put in the previous post. 

Really, I hate pics in the middle here, n justified text is a sin for anyone with training in typography, but today that is all I can do on this little tablet, or wait even longer to post..

Only three failed attempts at getting the stuff here to behave. Maybe I can find time to edit, later. 

Anyhow, my bee pics didn't come out well, so are not here. I am glad that there are still some honey makers in town. 

There is still more that was intended for last week's post, but it will wait for better control over formatting... Sorry didn't have time to go comment , will get to it this week .

Sun

There has been a distressing shortage of honey bees n bumble bees in my garden. I'm resorting to using paint brushes to try to pollinate squash n tomatoes this week. Blooms have had no fruit in two weeks of flowering. Other folks have some veggies on vines now.

I planned this post differently, but today the edit window won't do what I want, so looks like I'll have to split the post up n do a separate one for the other pics I was going to include here.

Sunflowers seen on the walk home from the Library last week. Ones I planted in the garden got eaten quickly. I've been not using bee poison there, only seven garden powder.

It will likely confuse folks I'll have more than one post , but really wanted it all in one until no more pics would load up here.