If you want to learn to swim, you have to get in the water.  You can sit by the pool and dream about swimming.  You can flop on your bed and practice your breaststroke to perfection.  But unless you get in the water – it’s not swimming.  At some point,…

Happy Friday!  And hooray if you have survived the heatwave that has blanketed much of our country!  I know everyone has been hot so I want belabor it; however, just for documenting purposes….it has been in the triple digits here!  Without a single breeze or puff of air.  And there…

Happy Monday, friends!  How was the weekend?  Ours was rather wet but still quite productive…even as we dodged storms and raindrops.  It would rain hard, clear up and then rain again.  Hopefully all the puddles, streams, birdbaths and other water sources are full as it is supposed to get incredibly…

And, just like that, it is the end of another month.  I think I say that every month.  I know, for sure, I said it in May (as I copied and pasted it here) but having missed the first three weeks of June, well, the end of month (blog speaking)…

Happy Monday friends!  I hope you had a good weekend.  It was a beautiful here and the sunny is shining bright this morning:)  I have “medical things” on my agenda today and, for the most part this week, I plan to recoup (aka nap) and restore.  I don’t expect there…