ODDS AND BODS - 7/1/25 - HAPPY FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH

and as this tickled my funny bone.

The kitties are wondering if the rain is going to startup again. We have had a lot of the liquid sunshine in these parts, as well as hot and humid weather.  

I am still a bit tired. How about you? 

Time for breakfast! I think I will start off with blueberries.🫐 

Muffins maybe…

Or this one.

Or something I used to have when growing up, one of my mother’s desserts. I could easily eat this for breakfast.

I love cute and pretty art.

This week I am very much enjoying seeing the bees and loving any bee-art I find…

and butterflies. A different kind of art which I find lovely!

Here is an interesting word below. It is the wrong time of the year for fires, but I find sitting next to a crackling fire very soothing. A memory: I was on a road trip traveling to a family reunion and we were in Canada out in the boonies somewhere. My dear other half wasn’t able to go with us. This was long before retirement and he was working on an important deadline. And so, son and I joined the rest of the family on this wonderful adventure. We had stayed at a small rustic lodge mid-journey, and built a fire that evening, in a fire pit, on a sandy area next to a large lake. Our cabins were behind us. I was the last one to move from the fire. Everyone else had gone to bed. I could have stayed there all night listening to the crackling of those burning logs, and watching the smoke curling up and disappearing into the night sky but, the supply of logs was just about done, getting down to ashes and well, my thoughts were on bears and other night creatures. Finally, and reluctantly, I went to bed. This memory makes me smile and even after all these years, it is very soothing to me. 

After our dinner earlier, the owner of the lodge was going fishing the next day and he told us just to toss the keys on the table where we had eaten the night before. (We didn’t meet his wife as she was visiting her family.) He told us he never locked the doors, that he wouldn’t see us again as he would be leaving early. I heard a seaplane take off on the lake in the wee hours, and assumed it was our lodge keeper.  I was absolutely in awe of his trust in us.  

And this next one should be titled, those were the days…

and while we are on the subject, do any of you have those ring or similar doorbells\security cameras, and what do you think of them?  I am toying with the idea of getting one. I would also like to have an automatic floodlight in a couple of places around the house. I feel, apart from the obvious, if I find myself out there in the dark, I would like to see where I am going and not fall flat on my face. I have a strong flashlight but would like a larger coverage in case a fox or a raccoon is about. Yes, I know they would scurry off into the dark. Anyone who has them, I would love to know what you think. Thanks in advance!

As it’s my birthday month I thought this would be fun. An oldie we all know probably.

This week’s iPad Jigsaw Puzzle I put together.

How about a few wise words?

I am me and what you see is what you get.

…and again, having come across this and how it also tickled my funny bone…

So on that note my dear friends…

I thank you for looking at the whimsical side of me,

and I wish you all a very happy July.

With my thanks to Pinterest for today’s inspiration.