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hazy hot and humid

Maine has finally caught up to the rest of the country and was sizzling yesterday - it was 90 degrees in my cottage in the afternoon and the girls and I slept with three fans last night. I felt so dull witted from the heat, I couldn't even sew and mowing the lawn laid me right out. Mos def NOT the way life should be. It is forecast to be just as hot today and tomorrow. The good news is the Lake is right outside the door and we're taking full advantage of it. So grateful for THAT!

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Happy Birthday, Josh!

19 years old today!

State of mind

I celebrated the solstice last night - ok I know I'm a day late - with a little skinny dip in my absolutely frigid lake and then raced up to the cottage in a cloud of mosquitoes. Quite a visual, right? haha  The weather in Maine is going to crack 80 degrees tomorrow, so the water should warm up fairly quickly now and I'm looking forward to getting out in my kayak. Here are five things I'm loving on this Sunday morning before I have to go to work:

1.  new socks - yeah!

2.  In Tune by Ten with Sara Willis. In my mind, the sound track of Maine, the way life should be. 

3.  The geese and their babies parading by in the fog

4.  KT Tunstall's new album - don't know the name but it's great!

5.  Cheesy eggs; had them this morning and love them because the name, cheesy eggs, reminds me of my little niece and nephew, Genevieve and Seth.

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Happy to say I am almost finished detoxing from the antidepressants. The physical side effects have been pretty horrible but are mostly diminished. Emotionally, well I'm struggling a bit, but as the brain fog lifts I find I can remember the past without that clenched spasm of grief. The echoes are still there but I can remember all I've lost with sadness, accept the tragedy as my own and live with it. As you can see, my failed marriage still occupies a corner of my mind but I know that one day it will no longer be a part of my psyche. So, that sounds pretty healthy, right? The unhealthy part appears  to be the crushing hatred I feel toward my former husband that I can't seem to let go of. I guess that will go in time. Or, if he were to drop dead.  That would be good. 

that is all

Alone again and getting busy on an order from The Muse in Frederick, Maryland. I've linked them in my fave places to the right. Love that shop! I'm making six little cosmetic bags and here is one using my new orange oilcloth. Sweet!

And, here is something right out of a horror movie. I mean, run inside and lock the doors! The pine pollen is coming, the pine pollen is coming!! Looked outside and there it lurked, closing in on my cottage, reminiscent of The Blob, 1958 . . .

Steve Andrews: Dave! Doc Hallen's been killed!

Lieutenant Dave: Doc Hallen? What happened?

Steve Andrews: It's over at his place! You've gotta come now!

Lieutenant Dave: Now wait a minute, Steve. Tell us what happened.

Steve Andrews: I'm trying to tell you - now this thing has killed the Doc.

Sgt. Jim Bert: Well what was it? Out with it, kid!

Steve Andrews: Well it's kind of a - kind of a mass. It keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Lieutenant Dave: Come on, Steve, make sense.

Steve Andrews: I know, I know! Look, Dave, you gotta see this thing to believe what I'm telling you.

Sgt. Jim Bert: Maybe this thing you saw was a - monster?

Steve Andrews: Yeah, maybe it was. I don't know.

Lu blew thru

Lu blew thru like the wind, leaving yesterday after breakfast at Moody's diner and giving Anna and me an acupuncture tune-up.

Most of our day was taken up with sewing. Anna finished up these cute little turtles from a Heather Bailey pattern,

and here she is working on her own pattern of batik prayer flags. I'm so proud of her sewing skills. She has become a competent sewist and I love that she loves it like I do.

Well, guess who showed up on my doorstep yesterday?  Lu!!  So happy to lay my eyes on her, especially as she came bearing lobstah!  Here she is at the sink, hypnotizing the lobsters before they take the plunge.

standing on their heads, entranced

Maine Sue came over for suppah and she and Anna ate chicken (by request) while Lu and I feasted on our lobstah. Oh, was it good! We played the Best Game in the World with our dessert - strawberry rhubarb pie, thank you Sue!

And, here is Lu this morning, checking her mail and lounging with the girls.

My birthday was bright and beautiful and Anna and I went over to Alewives Fabrics, one of my absolute fave fabric stores in the whole wide world. Full of inspiration and the most fabulous fabric. Easy to get lost for hours in Alewives.
It was great to see owner, Rhea and meet her new baby, Berte, just up from his nap and how adorable are they?!

 We took the long way home, around the Lake and stopped up at Bunker Hill for the view. So gorgeous.

And yesterday, Anna and I went in to town to Crissy's for breakfast where we endured a 45 minute wait and had a pretty good breakfast.  hmmmm  Not exactly high praise. I think they are adjusting to the summer crowd starting to come into town because it was hopping yesterday. I trust they'll streamline operations pretty soon. We'll wait and see.