Tall Tales from Kansas

Today it’s all about the average, everyday, normal, small, rudimentary aspects of life that happen. Don’t worry, I am leaving all the unmentionable ones out.

When I got these daffodils recently, I knew they were on their last legs, but still… I brought them home. For the 48 hours they were on the table, they were just lovely.

My breakfast the other day. I don’t know why I feel compelled sometimes to take a picture like this, but it was 100% delicious. Raise your hand if you are always thinking of ways to increase the fiber in your diet. So much out there about protein, so much less about fiber.

I am coming to the last page of my everyday journal. I do not have a schedule for when I write, sometimes I will do everyday for a few days, then go a week or two or three without writing. I always enjoy it. Something about smooth high quality paper, a nice writing implement, ink on the page. Sharron, I will need another Las Palmalitas avocado sticker for the front of my new journal.

A brief look inside, a little of this, a little of that. Things that seem really trivial, things I worry about, stuff I am reading, good quotes I have heard, a drawing or 2, some photos, torn up images out of magazines, you get the idea. It’s a hodgepodge.

I think I have settled on this book to turn into my travel journal/sketchbook for Paris.

It lays flat, has a sturdy cover, and I can use it for writing as well as a bit of sketching, painting, collage… I think it will work. Going to experiment with some different paints, markers, pens, inside to make sure the paper will hold up ok and not a lot of bleed through with my favorite markers. I have been saying I am going to try it out for a few weeks. That means the day before I leave for Paris I may do it.

Because among all the commonplace parts of life, there are also those we would rather not deal with, let me mention just one more thing. The battle between myself and the bindweed has begun. It is always a series of skirmishes as the season progresses. This enemy can not be completely eradicated, just kept at bay through regular weeding. It is a worthy battle, if a disagreeable one. If only all such obnoxious, offensive, disturbing things could simply be pulled out by the roots.