• Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 8.26.2012

    Outside my window…at 5:45 this evening it is pouring rain, thunder and lightening…..for the last hour.  We are currently at 75°F with a flood advisory until 7:00 this evening….and a pollen alert?  Seriously….pollen?  The rain is forecast to stop around 8:00 this evening.  There is a section of my street that is already flooding again. Yesterday morning we received three inches of hard rain in three hours and it flood a good deal of our region.  When I last checked early yesterday we had received 3.54 inches of rain….I don’t know what the final tally was for my area, let’s just say I have two very full rain barrels.  …

  • Life In General

    Being Still

    I sent out an email to family and friends recently and told them I was “amazed that it is already August…this year has just flown by as far as I’m concerned. It makes me almost dizzy when I look back at the year and remember certain events and highlights…and the summer, almost a blur! I have come to the conclusion that I don’t always have to be doing something….it is ok to be still. Sometimes it is nice to just sit…to look around and really see…to take a moment to listen to the sounds of life.  I’m practicing enjoying silence….enjoying just being still.” I was recalling a night recently when thoughts were…

  • Free Stuff

    July 2012 Free Desktop Calendar

    There are two free desktop calendars to choose from this month….the first ~ To download a zip file of this calendar, click here.  There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. And the second calendar…. To download a zip file of this calendar, click here.  There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. Most of you know the drill, but just in case….click the link and choose “save” or “save as”.  Make sure you take note where the file is saved.  After the download is complete, go to your saved…

  • Free Stuff

    Free June 2012 Desktop Calendars

    A little late this month….what is it they say, better late than never.  🙂  You have two calendars to choose from this month….the first one is some of my black and red lilies ~ To download a zip file of this calendar, click here.  There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. And a tall ship…. To download a zip file of this calendar, click here.  There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. Click the link and choose “save” or “save as”.  Make sure you take note where the…

  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 5.6.12

    Outside my window…Sunday night….end of the weekend….where did the time go?  The weekend was filled with some wild weather, work and relaxing in between learning.  Friday night came upon us with rumbling thunder, wild and wicked lightening, wind and torrential rains.  The weather forecasters had predicted strong storms but I haven’t seen lightening like that in quite some time.  It was lighting up the neighborhood….explosions of light that made me nervous each and every time they popped.   The storms lasted well into the night.  I woke up early Saturday morning to sunshine and warm temperatures.  There was sunshine with a healthy does of humidity until early afternoon when the clouds…

  • Free Stuff

    Free Desktop Calendars For May 2012

    This month I have two free desktop calendars for May 2012 so far….. To download a zip file of this calendar, click here.  There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. To download a zip file of this calendar, click here.  There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. Click the link and choose “save” or “save as”.  Make sure you take note where the file is saved.  After the download is complete, go to your saved zip file, extract the files by right clicking the downloaded file and selecting…