Today's my half birthday. I always envied people with birthdays well away from Christmas, so this is my answer. Also I may not have a lot more, so I may as well seize the day.
Two men visited to help me celebrate. The dryer vent cleaners, to be exact. I was so glad the weather has cooled to the 70s, because one of them has to go up on the roof.
while the other man lugs a giant vacuum cleaner thing upstairs. Between them, they remove the accumulated lint from the exhaust, then vacuum the money from my wallet.
Now I have the official certificate showing it's done. I can take it along to the manager when, if, he shows up Thursday at the clubhouse, and that completes my obligation to the HOA. Before it became a requirement I used to get it done anyway, lint being a fire hazard.
Such an exciting birthday party.
I'm thinking about making a sash for my kimono, just a narrow band one, not like an obi, and I'm picking colors. Please chime in.
I need two colors for a clasped weft design, to echo the swoops and jags of the kimono design.
I'm also revisiting Elizabeth Taylor, one of the best novelists of recent times. She keeps making penetrating observations and her eye is wonderful for description in few words. Today it's
This is a quietly savage, desperate novel written in gentlewoman's language, just an arresting read. You keep having to stop and take in what she just said. So many throwaway lines. You need to experience it for yourself though.
Happy day everyone, I'm off to sit outside today because I can. Three bean salad for lunch. Several lunches.
Did I mention that all my sunflower seedlings were picked by birds, likewise my cotton plants? Sic plantia mundi.
