My Favourite Drummer

I am so loving all the time I've gotten to spend with Jax this Summer - eight days in August already! Today I picked him up at his friends' house, where he spent the night and early morning practicing with them and additional pals that have formed a Rush cover band. I arrived and we packed Phineas to the proverbial gills with his drum kit and took it back home. Then we went for dessert at Lena's Water Ice, Lowe's to pick out paint samples (he was such a big help!!), and then dinner at Greens & Grains. As always, Jackson played DJ in the car and he switched my Ozzy playlist off and put on Rush. I never thought I'd like their music - love the fellas of Rush, but could never get into their songs - but Jax has broken me down and now I actually like them for real. I'm so lucky to have had this kid as one of my besties since he was a wee lil' babe.

Widow's Bay

Finally got around to watching this series and holy macaroni - it is so good! I've always liked Matthew Rhys and he's never been better than as the mayor of this creepy-as-hell island. One minute I'm in a full blown anxiety attack and grabbing for the remote to hit pause until I recover and the net I'm busting out laughing. I'm definitely re-watching this in October.

Keep On Dreamin'

In my ideal life, which hopefully exists on another plane of reality, I'd have this for my engagement ring and this cake from Vegan Treats at the wedding with my perfect guy. I think it's sophisticated, but also charming and sweet, feminine, but not overly so. It's stunning.

(post scriptie: this cake was most certainly inspired by Taylor and Travis' engagement bc Tay was wearing a striped dress when he proposed and the flowers match the ones that Trav set up in the back garden. That and it's already known that the peeps at VT are Swifties.)

It's Fire

Yesterday I was in a market on the Main Line in Bryn Mawr when a teenage boy on his cell phone walked past me, stopped his conversation and said, "Your hair looks great. It's fire." A child paid me a compliment and frankly, it doesn't get better than that. 

The Onion - Veggie Posts

Few things in this miserable world of ours can make me laugh like reading old Onion posts off Instagram. Good gravy, they are a dang riot. These two still make me LOL for real.

Helen in Leeds

This spectacular photo by Helen was published to her Insta page on 27 November 2019 with the note "Tree with fairy lights, or festive Stranger Things monster? 🧐 rainy days in Leeds followed by cosy evenings with mulled apple cider 🧡" 

28 - The Library

The Library

We almost destroyed our brand new library. The architect did a fine job but we thought the top was rather plain. We wanted something majestic. The architect suggested a dome or a clock, perhaps a turret or a steeple or a crown. We said yes to all of these ideas and suggested adding a screen that displayed the temperature and a lighthouse so everyone could find our library from all directions. We also asked for a statue of a lion because we thought it would look wise and grand. The architect sighed. When he was finished, we gathered beneath the sweeping beam of a lighthouse on a 52-degree afternoon and oohed and aahed at our library. Then it began to wobble. Our library would have collapsed if we had not used all of its books to build columns to support the weight of our beautiful rooftop.

The grand gesture often threatens to destroy our endeavors. Do not allow your desires to threaten your well-being. The center of gravity is always in the middle.