Wonderful is the goats new shelter in your "155". So instinctive to explore shelter ~ I am most secure when I have my back at a wall, and windows all around in front of me, so that new shelter of theirs - oh so nifty - well done! Today "156" ~ the scene/picture that you love is my favourite! Truly a "thrill, spill, fill" arrangement of beauties ~ full of promise and substance ~ scene is a 'work of joy'. And your new shop item - IMG_6440f - oh. my. word! if I could just touch it through the screen...

winding down a hot, dusty day. grateful that I have things in life that give me purpose, and yes, exhaust me in a good way. I am now intriqued with lizards, of all things. The only creature close to a lizard, that I am familiar with, is what I call a "roughy newt" ~ Roughskin Newt (Taricha granulosa), which is nasty, and not really a lizard. Piqued yet another segue in my curiousity and learning! Yay! Rest thee well.

oh this is one of your BEST ~ I mean to say my favourite, instead ~ posts EVER! the goats ~ pictures, commentary ~ lizard drawing, lizard stitching, your "stamina and resilience"! made my day, thank you so much!

Grace's Self: you have the goodLuck within and without, and the temperment. You have the love of place, of creatures, of beauty. You have stamina! Haven't milked goats, but a.lot.of.Tillamook.cows! dairy farm cheese and soap makin' in the "last century"... I'll take a look in my storage locker to see if I still have a couple of cheese molds, and if I DO, will send them your way.

I love the "light in your window" ~ my favourite time of day, dusk. So welcoming. Silent, peaceful, a satisfying reward at day's end ~ no more stamina and none required.

love the hollyhock ~ and tickled "little blue orb" was found~

love the PINK ~ Traveling Woman is a "go to" knitting project!

oh Grace...thank you for this gorgeous, colour-full start to my day!

Exactly! thank you for the all-inclusive, which I thought, but didn't write.

and IF I could, I would MAYBE give almost anything or everything, for thee and me, to free range, and cover our feet calloused by rock and stone, with soft sturdy leather. thank you for your "today".

Love hearing from you. Love my crows, and ravens! My plan is for the amulet bag to come to fruition in this What-if Diaries adventure. And being new to blogging, currently I am overwhelmed just exactly how to do things. Pix will come eventually ~ thanks for your interest!

and grace Forrest, the little white brush cleans out my medicinal libation thermos....

oh Grace Forrest! you have delighted me so - I burst into laughter! What's a toilet brush? I use the big yellow brush to scrub decks, gutters, planters, bird baths, my boots, bed of my truck. It used to be for scrubbing out my boat. And I don't have goats this year. Otherwise their tubs would be on the list. Orderly? did you not see the stuff jammed on top of driftwood, beach rocks, kids trucks, and who knows what such? Uff da!