REFLECTIONS

Here's my now empty pot. It was looking so good. This year we had more rabbits than usual.   I suspect one of them was the culprit. Maybe it was this guy.

Photo is from the web. I love watching lightning bugs in the summer.  We always called them lightning bugs instead of fireflies. Video:

I found this holiday to be personally meaningful for me.  I often make things more complicated than they need to be.  I'll just have to keep trying to make my life simple and enjoyable. From the site: "In our fast, ever-increasingly busy lifestyles, National Simplicity Day is the time to take a step back and begin to simplify our lives. One can start by slowing down, tuning into nature, enjoying the simple things in life, decluttering and striving for balance.  Once you have done this, you can begin to enjoy the many stress-reducing pleasures and benefits of a simple lifestyle." “In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness.” ~Henry David Thoreau “My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants.”  – J. Botherton “Simplicity is the essence of happiness.”  – Cedric Bledsoe “Enjoy the little things, fo

Is this Sad or Courageous? This video has me puzzled.  It's a Greek video I found a while back and I'm sure it loses a lot in the translation.  I was afraid to post it because it makes me sad and I don't want to make anyone sad. "Positive thinking  is a mental attitude in witch you expect good and favorable results. In other words,  positive thinking  is the process of creating  thoughts  that create and transform energy into reality. A  positive  mind waits for happiness, health and a happy ending in any situation." Many people have the opposite viewpoint.  I think of it as "The Power of Negative Thinking" .   Never expect anything good and you'll never be disappointed. I like the music and video but the lyrics can be sad or courageous (in a Greek way?) or ironically funny . Lyrics in the video: Here's a better translation by Martha of the Plowing Through Life blog.  I don't know why the above lyrics were in the

I made these wind chimes from old broken ones.  For the one on the right I used paint can openers suspended under a part from a weather vane.  Small chains and fishing line make sturdy connections. While sitting outside I noticed their shadows and the shadows from my flowerpots. Here's a short video.

I never knew that pumpkin blossoms were so large.  It reminds me of a zucchini blossom. The tomato plants are in the blue buckets.  Marigolds are in the pots on each side. The pumpkin is in the center and sunflower plants are in the front and back. I'm looking forward to the sunflowers blooming.

The mill is located in Millwood Virginia, obviously how the town got its name.  It's powered by a small stream. One of the grinding stones.  They use different types to get what is needed from different grains. Below are the gears which work the grinding stone.