resistance sisterhood

we had to buy two of these - one for me and one for she - cuz i'm bad at sharing...

princess spy rebel diplomat senator general 

they are our protest glasses ... after showing up and exercising our First Amendment rights, these are filled with ice cold Dr. Pepper Cream Soda pop and raised in a toast to Freedom, Democracy, Justice and Truth...

 it's a sweet reward, lemmetellya...

may the Force be with you 

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

sticker shot

ugh...

putting that together was absolutely no fun

  especially since it involved the A word - i do detest doing applique 

whose bright idea was that tree in the middle?

 oh yeah, it was mine ... sheesh

close ups of the border

onward...

bruisers

not cruisers...

cute shoes, huh?!? 

that heel is 5 and a quarter inches (13.5cm) from the ground 

yes, and they add more than 5 inches to a five foot frame (not mine - i'm not short, i'm average)

they used to go great with a little navy blue dress - but that was twenty pounds years ago and they went from being a cute accessory to just taking up space ... they were headed for the VVA donation box when someone who shall remain anonymous but her initials are Melissa decided that she still needed them to give her enough height to water some of her indoor plants without using the step stool

one of many  - on the mend

and that worked till her ankles decided that they'd had enough and down she went ... no doubt, the donation box it is...

rest easy, dear Dolly

 

and know that i will always love you 

welcome back

 the sunflowers are looking raggedy and i was thinking that it is time to cut them back ... sunflowers are gorgeous from a distance ... up close they are scratchy and woody and unruly and messy and buggy and they don't smell good and my neighbors think they are weeds...

but this guy?!? this guy has another way of thinking...

he/she and his/her family have been missing since the bird die off six years ago and it was awesome to see him/her hanging out and willing to pose for Melissa... 

the sunflowers are staying...