Love Never Dies

 The stores already have Halloween things out now! And there are quite a few items with the theme "Love Never Dies". Sadly and spookily sweet! I have seen them in several stores now.

“Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.”

 — Madame de Staël

The Tattoo

The other day, our granddaughter Anne Marie said to me "Want to see something cool?" "Sure" I said. Then she pulled up her top and showed me her new tattoo. At first I thought it was a temporary one. But no, it is real! I think it is pretty; it is her birth month flower. She wants to get more. We shall see...

I thought this pic was funny. Phil had to put his glasses on to get a better look, so she came right up close to show him!

“The difference between tattooed people and non-tattooed people is…tattooed people don’t care if you’re not tattooed.”

 

Moonshine

 On the outskirts of town, we happened to pass this building. It used to be a gas station. But what a difference now! What was going on?

One entire side had a mural that was being painted. And the artists were right there in the process of painting it.

What was it going to be? We returned a few days later to find out. It was all done.

A big moon proclaimed "Moonshine Market"! Yikes, will this place be selling only moonshine? And is moonshine even legal here now? And if so, where is the still? Cause I would love some photos of it. Without being shot.

Sunday Sunset

 

…so that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting people may know there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Isaiah 45

Through The Fence Friday

 This house is about a half hour away. They made their fence from real millstones!

You do not stumble over a mountain, but you do over a stone.

 — Indian Proverbs

Summer Coffee Corner

 Not sure I like this one as much as the others, it is too crowded.

I drew this one on a mini chalkboard.

I also made this sign on a letterboard and hung it over the coffee cabinet.

Coffee is my birthstone.

The Dollar Store Dilemma

 These photos are of our Dollar General just a few blocks away. It is a really nice store. BUT...

Did you know that since 2014, there have been 49 people killed and 172 people injured at Dollar General stores.

Dollar Stores are a prime target of armed robberies because they sometimes have only a single worker manning the register, and they lack security.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited unsafe conditions at dozens of Dollar General stores in recent years. Stores are open for business with rodent infestations, rotting food, exposed electrical wires and broken toilets, according to an NBC News review of health inspection reports and interviews with more than a dozen current and former Dollar General workers.

Looking at both Dollar Tree and Dollar General over the course of five years, inspectors found boxes stacked dangerously and blocking exits, water leaking through the ceiling and causing wet floors covered in ceiling tiles, and boxes blocking fire extinguishers and electrical panels.

 All of ours always have tall stacks of boxes everywhere. They just do not hire enough staff to unpack them in a timely manner. Considering how much money they have been making, this should not be the case. Often, one employee has to do everything. But I will still be shopping at ours, just being very careful.