Mid to END of June 2024

"All my dreams / Pass before my eyes, a curiosity..." ~ Kansas' "Dust in The Wind"
Book: The Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon by David Almond
Cockscomb
"Dust in The Wind" by Kansas 1977
Fish for dinner after a very interesting Thursday afternoon
Hydrangeas
"I close my eyes / Only for a moment / and the moment's gone..." ~ Kansas' "Dust in The Wind"
Lovely Lavendar plus one pink clover
  
"Mend the future... More perfect union..." ~ Tom Hanks see "T" below

Philately: the collection and study of postage stamps. p. 47 Nicholas and the Gang by by René Goscinny (Author), Jean-Jacques Sempé (Illustrator)
Quora answer to "Why are cross country runners called "Harriers"? Answer p. 2 The Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon 
 René Goscinny was a French comic editor and writer, who created the Astérix comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. He was raised primarily in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he attended French schools
"Some nights I drown in the weight of the things that I think..." Someday" by One Republic
"Vroom vroom crash bang!" p. 74 Nicholas and the Gang by René Goscinny
Wild Morning Glory 
Xercising with my pup
Yes!!! We had a great visit with Andie

 for Misty, who is struggling lately

Welcome, June

"Breathing in and out's a Blessing, can't you see? / Today's the first day of the rest of my life /  And I'm alive and well" ~ Kenny Chesney 
Christening Day for Amelia June 2, 2024
Disc golf with Ken and Lynette!!
Enjoying Ken's birthWEEK
Finished a few books
Greta's Baby Shower
H is for this song I just Heard for the first time: click the image to listen

I is for...
"June is generous with her authentic gifts." ~ Sarah BanBreathnach 
Kerry & Greta at Greta's Baby Shower
June 8, 2024

 includes this poignant song "Soon You'll Get Better" for her Mom
Mystic Aquarium  June 1, 2024
Next up...
Oh what can be the "O" for this blOg pOst?
is for..
Q is for... 

R is for
S is for... Stone Acre Farms ice cream float with Mom
T is for ... 
U is for "Under the weather"
Violet's dance recital pics

Xu, Wendy, author of the graphic novel I read this week Tidesong

Zoomstones p.52 

ABCs of Cecelia Ahern's Postscript

"Adjust like a tree in its quest for survival; those roots spread and stretch..." p. 143
"Be kind. Be smart. Be brave. Be happy. Be careful. Be strong." p. 262
"Carve out a space in the world that was theirs, to get lost in their imagination, to play, to read, to be left alone, to be themselves, to find isolation and Calm in the midst of Chaos." p. 205
"Death doesn't push us; Death catches us when we fall." p. 141 "Did you miss your stop? No... just enjoying the journey. " p. 218 "Don't be afraid of being afraid." p. 262 
"Eejit" p. 252 my favorite Irish word ;)
"For once, I can't run from me." p.  91
Ginika: if she was fire, now she is embers, but she continues to Glow and Give out heat, prrof of fire, symbol of life." p. 253
Holly: "His letter gives me roots and wings." p. 288
"I'll see you everywhere." p. 64
"Just because you can't see them / Doesn't mean they are with you" click here for Instagram video 
"kernels of knowledge" p.252
"Love; as natural as shifting tectonic plates with seismic results." p. 63 "Life has roots, and death, death grows them too." p. 189 
"My troubled mind calls out to my roots to dig deep and steady myself. " p. 60
"No matter what I face this I know in time / You'll take all that is wrong and make it right" ~ Lauren Daigle's "O' Lord"
"Our hiding place is each other. We create our space, and we live in it. " p 212
PS, I Love You Club
"Quiet, but formidable" p. 136
"remember me" p. 255 "Roots and wings." p. 259
"see you later?" p.288, 291
"Ticklish with anticipation and scheming, a world of possibilities open ahead for everyone. " p. 267
"Unnecessariness" p. 257 the quality or state of being unnecessary
"Vivid, moving, fluid..." p. 56
"Weave and unravel, to unravel and Weave." p. 68
"X-ray of my soul" p. 265
"You can cut a tree down but you can't kill what it started and all the life that sprung from it." p.  143
Zest p. 253