Thoughts About Patience

Shy Sunflower

 This summer is very much into the season with heat, humidity, rain and thunderstorms taking the stage every week. There are times when the National Weather Service radar indicates rain in this area when none has fallen.

Spotty is the word to describe rain this year. It falls from rain clouds that aren't always over the location where I live. The waterfalls tell a different story. They will be running faster from rain farther south.

Not always matching is a part of life that feels more a bother than a process to enjoy.

On the home front, I'm not anxious to make the leap to a new laptop as yet. My patience with tech things is low. The old laptop has quirks. And now the old camera is joining in. I use the photo editing program, Irfanview. For a reason I don't know, photos will be so large they don't fit the computer screen. I have to decrease the size, and then Lock Zoom in the View section.. Add that to the text is always light gray instead of black, and all I want to do is turn the computer off and read a book. The camera's zoom feature has decided close enough is the new rule. It is one Ugh! after another. It is no wonder my patience is thin nowadays.

What about patience? Other emotional conditions don't change, but that one seems to be eroding with me. How do I smooth that developing rough edge? I step away from whatever bothers me. There are many projects for me to select instead of sacrificing a good mood to not having things match up to my expectations. 

The walks I planned for this summer are on hold. My feet feel like bricks some days. The arthritis in my toe has taken to sharp unexpected pains. Having meals al fresco, however, is not on hold. I regularly have a meal outdoors sitting on the deck. Yesterday in the heat, I pushed myself to finish the gardening I wanted to do by taking numerous breaks in the air conditioned indoors.

How is your summer going?

Thoughts About Keeping It Simple

I had a thought yesterday about what I was going to post. After deciding on a post title, I search the Internet to make sure the words aren't being used in some way. Nowadays, with so many millions of people online, it is very difficult to find a genuine title you create that isn't in some way of wording, being used already by someone else.

Thus, the title I chose was tossed because it is the name is too close to a television series title, The Edge of Everything (HBO).

Ink drawing 2001

Anyway, the thought is about how being on the edge of an idea or on the verge of something, I feel that we can get lost in adding too much detail. Keeping it simple isn't as simple as it should be. Nobody, methinks, likes forgetting something important. The plan should be thorough, the best it can be.  

Is there a trick to keeping it simple? 

If minimilism is the theme, then simple is easy.

If not, then struggle city we go.

For down sizing aka simplifying life, I decided to only keep the books that fit on my bookshelf, the pans I cook with, the dishes I use, and, the clothes I like that I actually wear. I wish myself a lot of luck getting that done.

Wet Laundry Brain, Mums & Asters

 

Wet Laundry

The frequent rain this summer has my new ideas leaning sympathetically into a wet laundry brain. The ability to brainstorm is on the move eastward out to sea.

I frequently put down on blank notebook paper random subjects to write about, explore, ponder. With a whiff of autumn in the air, new ideas should easily flow. They are not.

An area of study is up front, though, Science. What about science I have yet to discover why it is on my mind. Thus, I've decided to re-read a favorite book by Hans C. Von Baeyer, Rainbows, Snowflakes and Quarks: Physics and the World Around Us, 1984, that I first read well over 20 years ago.

Books I re-read provide a unique experience to explore where my mind has been. Like visiting an old friend, they will give me a life on refresh moment.

Are there books you want to re-read?

$7.99 Mums

On another note

Does anyone remember when mums were on sale 3 for $12.00?

In this area they are now $5.97 to $8.99 for the 5 or 6 inch pot.

This year I bought asters to add a warm hue to the garden. The color is actually a dark rich purple with little red tint. Think crayon purple.

Happy Swap Ideas Day!

Bluejay, Blogging, Social Media & Observations

Bluejay Observatory

 A bluejay will perch atop the unused clothesline pole, check out the bird seed area, then fly down to snack.  The bluejay, seen through the patio window, is a sight that makes me smile. Thus far, it is the only bird I've seen perch there. 

Blogging.

Searching for an easy to use blog template is on going. The search can be so frustrating, limiting the amount of time for me is a must. 

A few I have previewed appear to require posting on an HTML type coded page. The set ups are nothing like the Blogger Compose view page. I think I would have decided on a template by now if they were as easy to use as Blogger. 

As a result, I am looking into online website design courses. If you have recommendations, then please share.

Social media.

The way we keep in touch, methinks social media works for people numbers, big families, groups, but for individuals friends and family, personal contact through email and texts are better. Having the time set aside, I feel, is important. 

Facebook doesn't have a fan here. There is no delete option in Edit photo, and none that I've found to stop Facebook's photo synch feature. The solution is to leave Facebook.

Observations.

~ Almost every idea I have sends me to an Internet search. I miss the library research section. No screen can replace the feel of a real book.

~ I haven't been to Central Park in New York City since the summer of 1968.

~ Week-end lists that I post, I might attempt 1 to 3 items. I have yet to sing to anything other than food I'm preparing and TV commercials.

~ Breaking ideas down to the simplest point can open them to even better ideas. 

~ Wanting to learn something is a losing lottery ticket, if no action is taken to learn.