Morning Glory Studio

on knitting, moons and reading...

     Chris and mom Dolly start their day reading! Great habit for him, her, both. Soon, bébé Elias will join in, no doubt, once he decides to sleep through the night rather than the day! 

Today, I deviated from my usual AM reading - journaling longer and stopping to grab a photo of the SuperBlueBloodMoon. It was durn right cold. Unfortunately, we on the east coast didn't get the pleasure of seeing the eclipse...but that's OK...the moon was majestic and indeed super!

Tonight,  Jesmyn West, author of Sing Unburied Sing will appear on the PBS Newshour, for the wrap up of the first  selection of Now Read This bookclub, a venture between PBS and the NYT Book Review...I have about 1.5 hours left of listening and plan to finish the book this afternoon...perhaps even knitting a bit. My needles for the log cabin blanket have been loudly silent the past 4-5 days...as my mom would oft say: "time to get a move on, kiddie..."  Considering today's early morning temp start: 18 degrees, a log cabin blanket would've felt right good!

Joining Kat and others for Unraveled Wednesday; links in the comments

Are you an AM reader? Did you see the moon?

Cheers~

Super Moon | 3 dec 2017

"Experimenting...I hung the moon on various branches of the pine."

~Hokusai 

     Saturday night, on my way home from the hospital, I drove by the Franciscan Monastery. The night was clear and the moon, nearly full, shone high in the sky, holding forth and inviting me to stop, gaze, take a photo or two and appreciate the beauty and peace of this planet and galaxy and unknown, mysterious universe in which we live.

I pulled into the Monastery's parking lot ( encouraged by the fact there were two police cars, occupied - the officers chatting with one another - so I felt super safe ), got out and snapped a few photos. Clearly, the iPhone leaves a bit to be desired ... but I am OK with the photo for I was capturing and appreciating  the peacefulness, place and magic of the moment. 

Just what my soul needs.

 

she persisted...

Our respite from the heat was short-lived but lasted long enough to take a walk to Zeke's this morning; fortunately, their A/C has been fixed. 

"Energy and persistence conquer all things." ~ Benjamin Franklin

Right on Ben! I am delighted to share that I figured out where I was misconnecting with the tea wallet! T'was a simple mistake that a fresh look after a good night's rest and cooler temperatures, tho' the latter is short lived, revealed. Karen suggested in her comment that maybe the moon was having an effect; could be...even tho' "Science" may  debunk... I'm game for considering it as an influence. ..Yesterday was the "new moon." I did a little research and ran across this article; quite interesting reading...

One of the new books I received last week is: A Writer's Guide to Persistence by Jordan Rosenfeld. I started it this morning and I think I shall go bury my nose in it, now!

Enjoy your Monday!

Cheers~

 

11 on the 11th of June...

 

     Top Row:  1. water spouts  2. mini flower baskets at Whole Foods  3. kaleideoscope*

Middle Row:  4. not quite full strawberry moon  5. journal entry @ Starbucks  6.cactus flower

Bottom Row:  7. Lily   8. sidewalk art  9. sat 6/10 sunset

Currently 12:30 pm:

Sitting outside Starbucks, Drinking a peach tea lemonade ...

Watching kids playing in the water spouts at Riverdale Park...

Shopping at Whole Foods: almond milk; bananas; strawberries; blueberries; raspberries. But no cute flower baskets.

Currently 4:30 pm

Sitting at Dining Room table, Catching up on email and blog reading...

Writing this blog post...

Considering starting a new book on writing: Writing With Quiet Hands...looks like another winner ...

Listening to Nationals' game and Norman snoring ( shhh, don't tell I told)...

Yawning...and thinking I'd like to take a nap but know I won't...

Contemplating what to do next...

Planning the upcoming week ...

Checking temperature - currently 92 degrees - deciding I'll wait til later to take a walk!

Earlier this morning - about 5:45 am - I did indeed see the Strawberry Full-ish moon... and tho' it's hotter than Hades, we're fortunate there's a good wind and humidity is kinda low- which are good things. Makes the heat a tad more bearable. Thankfully! 

Hope it's cooler where you are.

Cheers~

*Looking at Instagram earlier today, I discovered a new (to me) app - KaleidaCam  (iOS) -  that creates kaleidoscopes...and then, you take a photo. It's great fun and free! The photo I took is #3, in the top right corner of the collage (created using the PicFrame app: iOS and Android) .  

 

 

watercolor wednesday | do you see the moon? ...

Maybe? Yes!

Yes? No!

        As I mentioned in yesterday's post, we had an unusually warm day, yesterday, Tuesday - just right for a nice meandering walk. I loved this tree against the sky and could just barely see the moon. Do you see it?  I was hoping the Waterlogue would also pick it up, but alas, no. Oh well...

The full Snow Moon is Friday and in addition, we're also to be treated with a Lunar Eclipse and the New Year comet. So mark your calendar and set your clocks to watch for all three; check out this - and other - sites for more information. Looks like fun!

I plan to look and I'll be interested in your sightings, too! Enjoy!

Cheers~