September beckons..

 

I love antique shops and thrift shops..my husband doesn't lol..nor my girls..the latter into different styles..

I pick up very little these days.

I need nothing.

For some reason I gravitate towards our vintage clothes shop..and I do like makeup.

I have so many cookie cutters..lol cake pans..years of blogging.

No wall room left for art..I don't tire of things..I don't redecorate lol.

One thing I would love is  a GREAT bed.

in the last 10 yrs we have bought two mattresses.They both are :( for me.

My friend from Fl visited..and she was talking about her beds..

People tell her she makes a bed better than a high quality hotel bed.Best linens best beds.

She couldn't believe J and I sleep in a Queen:) She said one of the first things she told her husband was KING.

Oy I would need a whole new headboard footboard..etc..we've had this set for 50 yrs.And the room would be tighter.

But why can't I get a mattress I ADORE.

She has a mattress and bed and linens here where she spends her summers..and the same in Fl.

Puffy.

Once you start Googling mattresses..it never ENDYS lol.

Pros and cons for all kinds..

I don't have hot flashes way past that and never had any .

But my calves get so warm.

I can't sleep without a sheet and blanket.

Surely there is a mattress I could love somewhere in this universe.

I mean I NEED to sleep.

Any suggestions?

Funny how my art tutorial by Chris Petri..please Google..it leads to my account if I link..hundreds of fabulous tutorials..led me to bed talk..

I know they are cute..but they munch too:)

Luckily none of these..I follow a feed in French that has gardens..veggies..they sell them..one day she suggested making edible bouquets..

All these are edible:)

Zinnias..cosmos,dill,shiso,basil,lovage,sage and sorrel.

I find they look lovely together.

Speaking of flowers..The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart..has the worst ending ever.

I hated it.

This little cake..if you think you can't bake..you're wrong.EASY Peasy.

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I love this new to me zinnia..She's smaller than the others..but packs a sweet punch.I may have to amend that area where I sowed her..I did the stupid mistake of putting geotextile 22 yrs ago..  unfortunately the earth has sunk the textile is too high now so its a struggle for seeds to grow..hardy things like weeds just love geo and run rampant and pierce through everywhere.:( To late to rip those big beds up.

The Phlox are huge this year..they need dividing also.

Jobs I am not as motivated by as when I was 50.20 yrs of digging plays havoc on shoulders and elbows etc..

As I go through my Spring and Summer photos..the gardens have whizzed by:(

I've ordered some seeds and really ..if you can save your own..Seeds plus shipping. ..$$$ and you seem to get so few lol.

So it's too early for my zinnias still soooo many to bloom..and age..same with cosmos..but you can start marigolds and definitely dill..

I like doing this:)

I had saved poppies.

I am grateful some of my last Provence 4 o'clock seeds took and are blooming..not many but I will surely save again.

The only thing that has not changed but has..

are these vultures.

They used to be gone end of August.

Taken TODAY

My tomatoes are still happening..lots every single day.Grateful.Ugly plants.Good tomatoes..go figure.

Littles(big) back in school..football season starting very very soon.

They work so hard I wish them a very good injury free season.

Enjoy the rest of August:)