Here it is Monday, August 22, and I still haven't posted my usual monthly calendar post! August has just slipped right through my fingers with so much activity going on.
There's been no time for me to go swing on a swing like this sweet little girl and her doggy...the caption says "After Chores"...that's probably why I haven't...the chores just keep coming! LOL.
This painting is from my "Country Seasons" Calendar by John Sloane. His paintings always seem to capture my heart. Wouldn't you love to be there too? Oh to be a carefree child again...
Then on another wall in my "Room with a View" I have this Teapot Calendar, which features a different delightful teapot each month. My dear sister Doris gives me this calendar each year for Christmas, although she said last year they are getting more difficult to find...so we shall see what happens this year! I save them from year to year because they have so many interesting pictures and stories about teatime around the world...like this one from Rustic Brittany:
Now don't you want to find a delicious loaf of crusty bread and slather it with some creamy fresh butter and have a cup of tea with me? Let's do it!!
We can pretend we are sitting in this lovely cottage, which was painted so beautifully by Thomas Kinkade...Now that truly would be a delight!
One delightful thing that happened this month was our anniversary, which you already know about. We received this beautiful card from a thoughtful gentleman in our church who makes it his ministry to send out cards to everyone for their birthdays and anniversaries. Little did he know that swans are especially meaningful to us. My hubby bought the lovely glass swans for me one year because he remembered that his mother told us that swans were a part of our family crest on her mother's side. And even though I have been unable to verify that claim, it was still a beautiful thought and we have adopted it for ourselves. So receiving this lovely card on our anniversary was very touching.
Next week we will celebrate our son's birthday on his actual birthday...and then again we will celebrate with the family at large on Labor Day! Family from a couple of hours away will be traveling here on Labor Day so we can actually celebrate not only Ben's birthday, but our nephew Nicholaus' birthday, which is on the same day, just 31 years apart, and also my husband's brother Bill's birthday, which was earlier this month, and also my niece Debbie's birthday, which is a few days after Ben's birthday! Then of course there was our anniversary, and my hubby's brother Bill and wife Peggy will have an anniversary this month as well! August is a big month! Oh, wait! I almost forgot, my niece and her hubby had their anniversary this month too! And their son will have a birthday right around Labor Day...so it will be a BIG celebration! Everyone is coming here and they all want to tour Dixie Cottage after lunch! It will be a fun fun day!
So moving right along and flying by to say so long, like this pontoon plane that flew over us the other day while we were walking...
I will say farewell for now!
Have a happy Monday!
