tubing @ Cowanesque Reservoir

August Photography Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
Happy Days, branches, staple & ribbon, by Sabrina's Creations
Go Wild arrow & fun wordart, by Bella Gypsy
Outdoors paper, by LynneMarie
template, by Jen Yurko
inner tube, my personal stash

if I could.....

August Random Challenge @ The Lilypad
credits:
reflections, texture splatter, transfer splatter & green paper
tales of spring, white paper, by Pink Reptile Designs
template, by AlinaMaria Designs
little drops of water image, by Jessie Wilcox Smith,
courtesy of Old Design Shop

for today

for today...

outside my window... 66F/cloudy @ 4:00am

i am thinking... there was a monarch butterfly outside my window today, summer wanes

i am thankful for... the cooler days so far this month, July was HOT & HUMID

i am wearing... blue jeans, gray tank/shirt, birkenstock sandals

i am going... to stay close to home

i am currently reading... nothing... am catching up on my podcasts

i am hoping... my tomato plants produce more than the 2 romas picked yesterday *sigh*

on my mind... gas @ $2.95/gallon, milk @ $1.55/half gallon, butter @ $2.99/lb

pondering these words...

If the first week in August is unusually warm,

the coming Winter will be snowy and long.

For every fog in August,

there will be a snowfall in Winter.

If a cold August follows a hot July,

it foretells a Winter hard and dry.

~  August Weather Lore ~

from the kitchen... 

homemade sausage & sweet pepper pizza

beef stroganoff, carrots

chocolate crinkle cookies

around the house... a new quilt & 2 mini-down bed pillows :)

one of my favorite things... Pennsylvania Peaches

i'm creating... the August Challenges @ The Lilypad

a few plans for the week... laundry, yard work

from my lens:

~ Morning Visitors ~

you can join the simple woman's daybook where every day is a blank page,

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