{pretty, happy, funny, real}

~ {pretty, happy, funny, real} ~

Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~

Every Thursday, here at Like Mother, Like Daughter!

{happy}

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What really makes me happy is that the garden is getting somewhat weeded. It’s like when you vacuum and dust inside… so peaceful when it’s done. You can think.

And also that I have a big enough clothesline for two, three, or even four loads of laundry. Those are full-size bath towels, the kind that are extra-long. This thing is a beast. It’s true that it’s a little wonky, due to the underground streams that pour off the hill. Not even being set in concrete helps those posts stay truly upright, but I feel there is a metaphor in there for my life… This is where it has to be, and it’s okay.

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{funny}

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I recently realized that I am obsessed — OBSESSED — with having the right-sized bowls for various applications. Thus, I have a plethora of bowls, some not pictured here. It’s like what would happen if you served the thing in a less than optimum bowl — please, don’t even think about it.

Also, remember, I told you about planting fava beans as ground cover in this bed (just here because that’s how many I had). This is them, turned and dug under.

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You know darned well that if I had been over-zealous in weeding or just not been careful but had intended these plants to grow, they would have expired on the spot. But since I meant to destroy, kill, dig them under, however you want to say it, well, they keep growing. This is very similar to the grass that grows in the asparagus beds but not in the lawn…

{real}

Proof that you can get pretty old and still be stupid. A tiny splash of bleach on my pretty linen shirt. Could I have been less hasty and put on an apron before washing those towels (see above, clothesline). COULD I???

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{bad phone pics for pretty and happy}

My birthday ice-cream cake, made by Habou, was so pretty, but this dumb phone picture was all I got. I mean, I got a piece of cake — and singing — too, but this is all there is to show for it! Sorry… but it was pretty!

A nice little harvest of asparagus for a supper, on my pretty new plate that Bridget got me from Poland! Isn’t it gorgeous?