I ❤️ Reading

 Hello, my good friends!

I hope this Monday is bringing you joy.  While some might think of Monday's as a drag, I like to think of them as a fresh start to the new week.  Monday Funday!

I know I have written about it before and I am sure I'll write about it again.  I love reading.  I always have, it brings me joy.  I associate reading with love.  My mom would always read to us every night before bed, it was a part of our bedtime routine.  One of my favorite books when I was just a little one was Bread And Jam For Francis, a classic.

I can't really think of a long stretch of time where I didn't read.  I would almost always have a book with me during my school years.  Every day after school you could normally find me at the library browsing through the books.  Shout out to the Blairsville Public Library for always making me feel welcome!

Today, one of my favorite genres is what I like to call the Harry Potter Genre.  Light sci-fi/young adult/mystery/action.  It's a little bit of everything.  I still love my mystery and thrillers, but a lot of times I just want a book that I can fall right in to without worrying about remembering every exact detail of an intricate plot.  

And since I broke my hand and needed surgery 6 weeks ago, I have had a lot more free time on my hands. I have been reading at a little faster pace than I normally do.  I normally average a book every other week. However, I checked yesterday and I think I have finished 8 books in 6 weeks!  Go me!  All of the books have been on my kindle, since it holding a book and turning the pages is a challenge (especially when I had either a splint or cast).

I think I will leave the debate on kindles vs physical books for a blog some other time.

What books do you enjoy reading?

It's Sunday Zenday! 7-16-2023

Hello, my good friends!  I hope life is blessing you and you have many things to be grateful for!

I am grateful that I am slowly but surely covering from my hand surgery.  My accident happened almost 5 weeks ago, but I do think I am healing quite nicely, considering.  My cast is off and the pins are out, and I am so happy about that.  I have a removable splint now, which I need to treat like a cast.  But I can take it off to take a shower, wash my hands, and move my fingers around.  I still need to be careful, but at least I can use both my hands to type now.

I am also grateful that I was able to go to a family get together yesterday.  I got to see some people that I haven't seen for a bit and it was nice to catch up and spend some quality time with them.  Hopefully I'll see as many of them as possible at the next event, our annual holiday party right after Thanksgiving.

So I was going to check how things were going in my bucket garden.  I hadn't been out back for a few days, and I wanted to see how things were going, plus give them a nice drink of water since we haven't had too much rain this past week.  And guess what?!  I was pleasantly surprised to see some patio tomatoes ready to pick.  It's always exciting to pick the first veggie of the season!  I was able to pick about 5 of them.   Each one is roughly about the size of a couple of large cherry tomatoes put together, they aren't that big.  And that's ok.  They will still taste great!  I only wish that I had some toast and some vegan mayo to make a little sandwich for dinner.

I may possibly still end up with a couple of crookneck squash, I saw a couple of flower buds on them.  But I am not holding my breath for that.  I did see some peppers.  I don't think they are going to get that big, but they will still taste good in a little salad, yummy!

I am already thinking ahead to next year.  While I will still do bucket gardening, I do plan on have a couple of raised beds.  I think the squash and the cucumbers will turn out better in those.

I am beyond blessed to have all of you!  I appreciate you taking a moment out of your day and reading my little blog.  What do you have to be grateful for?

Be blessed and have a great week!

It's Zen Day 7/2/2023

 

I hope all of you are having a blessed day!

For those of you that have read my previous blog, I believe my hand is healing nicely.  The pins are annoying, but the pain is almost gone.  In fact, I didn't even need to take any ibuprofen for my hand yesterday.  I go back to the doctor this Thursday, hopefully these pins come out.  I might still need to wear the cast for another week or so, but I can deal with that.

My bucket garden is doing nicely. I'm not sure if I'm going to get any crookneck squash or cucumbers.  I did a little bit of research on them, and they like larger spaces.  It's not that they can't be planted in containers, but the roots like a lot more space to grow.  I'll need to remember that for next year.

The tomatoes and peppers are doing well. I'm seeing some flowers on my big bertha tomatoes and mini peppers growing.  And the patio tomato plants are doing very well.  Some of them already had tomatoes on them when I planted them a few weeks ago.  Hopefully it won't be too much longer until my first tomato and pepper salad of the season.

I have been trying to do do some thinking on my long term plan to have a zen yard.  The first big step is to get a fence.  I am hoping to have that done by the end of summer or fall.  That alone will make me feel much more at peace.  I have seen some amazing ideas on the World Wide Web for a zen outdoor space.  It'll take some time and dollars, but it'll be well worth it at the end. I essentially want lots local wild flowers/plants growing everywhere.  And of course a decent amount of space for a container garden area.

Well, I think that will just about wrap up this week's blog. I will let you know next if if they take out the pins in my hand. May this coming week bring you many blessings!