Wednesday, July 31, 2024

aiming toward a goal...

Dear to whomever reads this blog...

  All one must simply do is go to their personal blogger page click on the stats button and see if anyone has read a particular post. I know a few people might read a post I have written from time to time and some of you kind, encouraging souls will even leave a nice comment. And while I do not write on this blog for any other purpose than to make a scrapbook type of journal, it does create a connected feeling to know someone is reading it and following along as big and not so big journeyings are recorded. Then there is the added bonus of the enjoyment of reading your blogs.

I compose so many blog posts in my brain, always have. I write them while in the kitchen preparing dinner or canning tomatoes, while in the garden picking beans or removing June bugs from the plants, while in the car driving on long trips or just short trips to town, and especially on my walks wherever that is depending on the season. But to stop everything, sit down, get comfortable, open my computer and begin sorting through the photos taken (sometimes that is a problem because I do not always take a camera along to take applicable photos) and making a post just does not happen. I even have quite a few drafts where I was motivated to post, began a post and somewhere in the middle of it I was called away.

 I do thoroughly enjoy blogging, yet I have allowed myself to stop posting and it seems like the longer I stay away the harder it becomes to get started again. My intentions get swallowed up and I feel as if I am covered under a heap of heavy blankets.  Do you ever feel like that? 

 I do have several wonderful posts I hope to publish in the coming days. I am aiming for that goal. Journaling my days full of the simple living ventures of life while capturing those big celebrations and events of life too. Plans are to continue with posts that sometimes will include quotes and recipes also. Read as much as you want and leave a comment if you are so inclined. I thank you with all my heart❤️ for being here.


A view of the back garden taken in June with the extension of the flower garden. I promised my husband this would be the very last time. It is a perfect size now which translates as big enough for me to manage. And it will be able to hold the extra flowering shrubs, perennials, and herbs I am still planning to add this fall and next spring.


                                 This is later July. You can see the Limelight Hydrangeas are blooming!








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