Who will help me try this?

“Frailty thy name is woman……”

Highlights of my grandaughter playing Queen Gertrude in Shakespeare’s most tragic play, “Hamlet”.

With a little more time on my hands as I recover from surgery, I’ve been enjoying an all time favorite hobbie, sewing. Since I have been doing it since I was 10, I consider myself an expert. I love creating a unique one-of-a-kind dress or project.  I’m even more pleased when it actually fits just right. I made this adorable sundress for my daughter recently. I made the quirky seambinding that decorates the bodice and finished it the old-fashioned way, with a hand-sewn hem. What’s next?

I thought my daughter was exaggerating when she said a song bird was keeping her up at night. Last night I came for a visit and also was awakened by the everlasting serenade of a song bird. This morning we did some research and discovered that our nocturnal singer is the bachelor mockingbird trying to attract a female. The mockingbird mimics dozens to hundreds of other song birds as well as everyday noises like doorbells, frogs, insects, etc. He sings each song sequence six to twelve times  and usually doesn’t repeat a sequence until he has sung every song he knows. Tonight I will pay more attention to this delightful songster, who needs sleep anyway.

Surrounded by three of my daughters, my two grandchildren, my husband, brother-in-law, mother-in-law and my niece, I enjoyed a scruptious brunch. We had grapefruit with wine appetizer, then a chili cheese dish, with sauage, bacon, and asparagus. After a  relaxing visit on the patio we returned to the table and enjoyed a delicious fresh strawberry pie with dollops of whip-cream. My mother-in-law, now 90, insisted on doing much of the cooking. That’s great because she’s a wonderful cook. Afterward the grandkids pushed me around the neighborhood in an old borrowed wheelchair while I videotaped them riding the scooter. I thought I would get more use out of that chair but really, I’m so close to being fully mobile, that it’s hardly going to be necessary. Even using the cane is probably only going to be needed for just a few more weeks. It will be so fun to enjoy life without dealing with hip pain. I imagine the places I’ll go and the things that I’ll do…….

Our littlevegie beds are thriving, especially after the two days of light rain. There are lots of birds singing in the budding oak trees and all of the rest of the trees, flowers and bushes are doing well!