Sunday Sunset

 From about four evenings ago. In order.

• “There’s always the sunshine, only we must do our part, we must move into it.”
• — Clara Louise Burnham

 

The Fast Food Tree

 A year or so ago, whenever we would go to McDonalds, we would park at the edge of the parking lot beside a beautiful large Mimosa tree. We would open the car windows, eat, and enjoy the wonderful evening smell of the tree. It was a real treat. They recently dug it up to build apartments. Here is maybe the largest I have seen, just a month or two ago.

They are considered junk trees, but what a wonderful evening smell they have.

There is evidence that the extracts from mimosa bark and roots possess strong antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. It also has a reputation in traditional medicine as an effective treatment for wounds and skin problems. In some countries, mimosa roots are used to make a warm paste which is then placed over wounds to prevent bleeding and relieve itching.

 

Crescent

 Due to me not feeling well enough to cook dinner this evening, we popped down to a drive-thru to eat. On the way there, I noticed this beautiful crescent moon. I think it may be about as thin as it gets. But the sky was still too light to get a good focus.

Pneumonia

 I've been sick for almost three weeks. Feeling like I have the flu, and coughing. Two visits to the doctor and one round of antibiotics, and I was still getting worse. Went to the emergency clinic yesterday and was diagnosed with pneumonia, plus inflammation all thru my lungs. I'm on more antibiotics, an inhaler and steroids. So I think it is appropriate to post some hospital pics. Here is one of the hard-working nurses on her way to work.

Seems like a lot of people who bring their children to the hospital carry them on their shoulders!

A touching moment with both the very young and the very old.

Just one of the pretty plants inside the hospital.

Breathing is the greatest pleasure in life. – Giovanni Papini

Lights In the Darkness

 This summer I posted about how so many people have lights around their houses. It started as a festive way to deal with covid, but apparently is here to stay! Ad that's fine with me. Here are just a few around here. I love this archway!

These neighbors only have lights on their steps. So that makes it practical as well.

This house has draped lights around their upper deck.

And Yucca in the dark. I thought it looked rather ghostly.

• "The light at the end of the tunnel is not an illusion; the tunnel is."

September 1st!

 A new month to look at our calendar. Let's see, what do we have this month. Two doctor appointments, haircuts, cross country running for the girls, and a family reunion.

I don't like the painting for September! It has no fall colors and really doesn't even look like fall!

Now THIS looks like fall! Home Goods.

But on a lighter note, here is a pic of a page from our desk calendar.

"The windows are open, admitting the September breeze: a month that smells like notepaper and pencil shavings, autumn leaves and car oil. A month that smells like progress, like moving on." 

• -Lauren Oliver

Sunday Sunset

 

The planes and the Chimney Swifts were out, too.

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."

                     Louise May Alcott