songbird's crazy world

 Working from home today.  I didn’t plan to.  Got to work this morning and found out there’s no air conditioning in the building.  In August.  Thank goodness for laptops.  Someone small and furry is enjoying having mom home today. That’s her, hiding under my very messy desk. I have to stop buying clothes!  Buying clothes has become fun again now that I no longer need to shop in the plus size department.  And I really did need to build an office wardrobe.  But I have enough now … (she said, while adding a new skirt to her closet…). Seriously,  I’ve been on a bit of a shopping spree, and I really did need the clothes, but I do have to stop for awhile.  I like “Memories”, the feature on Facebook that shows you your posts and photos from previous years, Anazon photos sends me reminders, and I also use an app called “Timehop”.  Today’s memories feature my activities on this date in various years — a baseball game, a Broadway show, t...

 So the solar eclipse wasn’t visible here, and we had cloud cover for the meteor shower.  I’m hoping for clear skies  the night of August 27-28, a total lunar eclipse.  Laugh out loud time.  We ordered a new dining room table and chairs,  it was delivered Tuesday, right on schedule.  So imagine our surprise when we got a phone call Wednesday to expect delivery of our new table in Thursday…  so different from our experience with the grill last year.  Way back in 2014 I was kind of into subscription boxes.  You know, you get a new box each month filled with merchandise the company selected for you.  It’s like getting a gift every month.  I stopped subscribing after a few months.  So I was very surprised to receive an email from Ipsy asking me to come back to their subscription service.  After all this time?  Well, why not?  I updated my profile and I’ll give it a try.  The last day to use the community po...

    August is the Abundant Harvest of Vegetables month. CoolKidFacts says these veggies are in abundance this time of year tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and peas. Use these for inspiration or go with vegetables in general found in artist/band name or song title/lyrics. Interesting theme. Especially since I spent a small fortune at some farm stands last week.  Found a few weird ones. And where do veggies come from? And this song from Broadway …I love the child reciting all the veggies they grow.

I posted earlier about our visit to Long Island’s North Fork, and the sunclock at  Orient Beach State Park . Stand on the tile corresponding to the current month, and your shadow will point to the correct time.

  Blueberry Hill Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to  answer the questions, however, and here is today's questions! Saturday 9: Blueberry Hill (1956) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it  here . This month Saturday 9 will be tasty, featuring songs with food in the title. 1) Fats Domino sings about a hill named for blueberries. According to the Old Farmers Almanac, blueberries can grow just about anywhere in North America, as long as they have plenty of direct sunlight. Do you have a garden?  I have a backyard,  buy it’s just grass and weeds. 2) Blueberries are low in calories and rich in fi...

 It’s too darn hot, Shadow says. But Duchess somehow stays cool.