My friend is visiting! Yay! So just a quick catch up.
You all have a
Category: Happiness
More like sort of beginning.
I finally got the beach sunset up. Square drills are the worst! Some are still trying to pop off. I hated my painted frame. I used too much sealant trying to keep those tiles on. So the idea of a sunset on a beach is on the wall above the piano. My dream area in Dar’s Dabbling Den, right next to my gifted Mermaid (thank you, Georgia). Yeah. Now I see they need to be straightened. And tenor recorder tried to get into the act.
I started a new diamond painting. A lighthouse. It is bigger than others I’ve done. It’s for my husband.
Here’s a quick unboxing.
Knitting socks continues but less than the diamond painting. But the progress doesn’t show up much in pics, just a couple rows each.
So what have you been up to? Being retired is great!
I just saw this on Willow’s blog. Her answers were cute. Thought I’d play along. Thanks, Willow!
Throwback Thursday #41 – First Crush
Welcome back to Throwback Thursday, the brainchild of Maggie and Lauren. This week it is Maggie’s turn to pick our theme.
Your First Crush.
Who was your first crush? First names only!
Richard Chamberlain (Dr Kildare) Sorry it would make no sense saying Richard.
Was this a celebrity or someone you knew ?
Celebrity
How old were you?
12
How old was your crush?
An adult
Did you let your crush know you liked them? If so, how?
No. But had I known how to let him know how strong it was… I could’ve been killed for propping up a mirror system so I could watch from bed, where I was supposed to be asleep. Every week. I don’t think my folks ever found out.
Did your crush like you, too? How did you know?
Sadly, no. And now I realize I wasn’t his type if far too young.
Did you get teased by your family for having a boyfriend or girlfriend?
Nobody knew.
Did you feel like you were in love or did you think it was simply a fleeting crush?
I had no clue. I was pretty naive as a kid. Maybe still.
Was this just a temporary crush or your first heartbreak?
I’m still not over him.
When you think of that person today, do you have fond memories of them?
Absolutely!!!!!!
That’s what I try to share here. Things that bring me joy.
The things I make aren’t professional, but I love working on projects and finishing.
Here’s one
No pictures until totally finished and hung on walls but working on straightening, sealing, and framing my diamond paintings. I can’t wait to unwrap and kit up my next, a lighthouse for my husband.
No pictures, but continuing knitting a couple pairs of socks.
Spring brings me joy. The mesquite are starting to bloom. I’ll wait until full bloom to capture. But yesterday we caught sight of a bright yellow bird. I thought it was a finch. But today I got a good look. Unfortunately, he kept moving beyond my phone picture range. But I Googled what I saw. Turns out to be a Western Tanager.
And I’m writing this early as today is my last long drive. My final eye recheck is this afternoon. At least not early in the morning. Still, so many 5 hour driving days are so wearing. Maybe by July I will have recovered.
I think tired is the reason I’m not seeing more improvements. My eyes are tired and blurry. I hope to find ways to get better this afternoon.
Speaking of tired. I just realized, this is Tuesday!!!!
And Happy Tuesday!
Hundreds of miles to see and ‘I can see for miles and miles.’
Long drive day. Last left eye recheck. Guess what? After legally blind it is 20/20. I still need to train my brain and get the right eye surged (that isn’t a word is it?) Then we correct what we can with glasses.
Whew! Pooped! Still…
“Hat…” Was mentioned twice here. It was the first thing I thought of with the prompt.
Hat sunglasses, sunscreen. My mantra before a walk.
But keep this under your hat, I sometimes don’t. I know I should. But sometimes getting out there is hard enough without adding more tasks.
Hat, hate, that, oops can’t follow that stream, especially when adding an ‘S’. Well, hats, works. Just don’t put the ‘S’ at the beginning.
Okay, stream gave up to vapor. But I wanted to share the finished dragon. No straightening or frame, but diamonds are in place.😊
And new painting has been kitted up.
Oh how I wished to be done today but I have a few more scattered diamonds to put on. So tomorrow it will be fully diamonded. 😉
Not as much done on the writing. Pretty tired from stress, long drives, actual surgery, so I mostly vegged
Reading. I’m having to learn to track, or figure out which glasses help best. And I won’t know for a month. So Audible and Text-to-speech is still my friends. BUT, standing in front of the mirror winking first right eye then left eye, the surprise is that my left eye sees my reflection better than the old favorite my right eye.
Darswords 
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