It's July!

Can you believe this year is half over?  I guess we're truly settled in here. Our lives aren't much different from living in Texas.  The pandemic  has probably slowed us down a bit, but age has too!

Wednesday was a normal day around here. Both of us were busy in the  morning. Jim with outdoor chores and me with indoor chores. Just can’t avoid them.  And there’s usually more waiting to be done! Fixed salads for lunch, a chefs salad for Jim. I had a Greek salad. Perfect for our warm and humid day.

Mid afternoon brought us a shower, pretty intense for a few minutes. We didn’t do much after lunch. Jim had a wee nap.  I'm pretty sure I only went outside to check on my compost pile and plants.  It's fun watching the chickens scratch around in the compost pile.  Daily I rake it back into a pile.

Boo has been more alert the last few days. Eating at his normal times and even insisting once or twice.

Handmade Cards Because:

No one displays an email on the mantle or

Shows off a tweet on the fridge or

Saves a Facebook post in a box of treasures

Total for the year, 264 cards made

The June Paper Pumpkin has some beautiful elements. This card is an alternative using the gold elements from a past suite. I stamped the sentiment and envelope using Bumblebee ink and the stamps from the kit

June card kit from Echo Park. Nine 3x3 cards.  Using paper from my stash to make the bases I just cut the EP papers to fit and layered cut aparts on top. Couldn’t be easier! 

Three more cards from the June Paper Pumpkin.  Layered sprigs over vellum on that pretty Bumblebee card stock

A couple of movies rounded out our evening last night.  One was Quantum of Solace..always fun watching a Bond movie.

This morning it is dreary.  Overcast skies and still wet from yesterday's rain.  The chickens are making their rounds and the roosters are crowing.  Of course they crow all day!  There has been some lambs born and a couple of adoptee lambs are being raised here.  Christy and Rik are very good with animals.

What are your plans for the 4th?  We'll probably stay right here.  But who knows?

All is right in our world