Love this time of year!
The air is more crisp, the breezes cool us off in the evening hours.
The warmth of the August/September sun is soaked in by the goldenrod, and black-eyed susans.
I found a few small gourds on the plants. This is the first year for growing gourds for me. I put the plants in very late. Early/mid July, the garden center had them on sale for a few dollars. Just had to try!
Geese were honking the other morning, and woke me up as they announced they were leaving the area.
My nasturtiums have dried on the stems, and I am collecting the seeds for next year's crop.
I think they might be my new 'favorite flower'... easy to grow, bright and colorful, and they expect nothing from you but a bit of sun and rain. They bless you each year with their seeds, to be put in the drawer til spring.
The grass is still very green, as the summer is not over, but hints of the new season are all around!
Day Off....
I was relaxing with my dark chocolate dove, and the message inside:
"Find little ways to make part of your day like a 'day off '."
Hmmmmmmmmm...
I have the opposite problem, I fear.
I need to have goals for Work hours!
"Find little ways to make part of your day like a 'day off '."
Hmmmmmmmmm...
I have the opposite problem, I fear.
I need to have goals for Work hours!
Changing bad habits...
We all have them. Bad habits die hard.
Mine: over eating, over thinking, procrastinating.
Overeating
I am working on hitting only 1500-1600 calories per day til I reach my goal of 138.
I am walking or gardening, or floor yoga each day. (one mile+, one half hour, or 15-20 minutes.)
Over Thinking
This one is more difficult for me. I have a need to analyze everyone/everything.
I need to learn to 'let go'.
Procrastinating
I begin, but seldom finish.
I wrote 'never finish' first, but then realized I have finished some things I have started. If a person says to me, 'whenever you get to it'... it doesn't get done.
But under time constraints, I manage to complete. I am not always satisfied with the end result, but I know I have it completed. I believe I am a perfectionist in my head... and to reach perfection (or my idea of perfection for any given painting, task, etc...) is not possible. Therefore I 'give up' ... and seldom find an 'end' to a project.
I need to get over the idea of perfection, and enjoy the end result, with flaws...
(whether the flaws are real, or perceived!)
Mine: over eating, over thinking, procrastinating.
Overeating
I am working on hitting only 1500-1600 calories per day til I reach my goal of 138.
I am walking or gardening, or floor yoga each day. (one mile+, one half hour, or 15-20 minutes.)
Over Thinking
This one is more difficult for me. I have a need to analyze everyone/everything.
I need to learn to 'let go'.
Procrastinating
I begin, but seldom finish.
I wrote 'never finish' first, but then realized I have finished some things I have started. If a person says to me, 'whenever you get to it'... it doesn't get done.
But under time constraints, I manage to complete. I am not always satisfied with the end result, but I know I have it completed. I believe I am a perfectionist in my head... and to reach perfection (or my idea of perfection for any given painting, task, etc...) is not possible. Therefore I 'give up' ... and seldom find an 'end' to a project.
I need to get over the idea of perfection, and enjoy the end result, with flaws...
(whether the flaws are real, or perceived!)
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