Yikes. I feel lousy. But not as lousy as Gideon!

Ah well. I still I might have been cute. Just cute with tags! AND P.S. I had to buy the Pendelton blanket online - which I was trying to avoid! The best laid plans as they say...!

I treated myself! It was a a quick trip to Michael's - so I didn't take enough photos - there was lots more spooky stuff! It was lots of fun browsing! I recommend it!

I did buy one more sparkly souvenir -- but I filmed this video in a rush, and the clip of the other souvenir just didn't get properly recorded. I'll try again another time!

What a wonder! How lucky am I? It's the luck of the Irish, I just know it!

I feel like I didn't give Jill Biden a fair shake in this video. She does talk about the sorrow of losing Beau, the support she offered Hunter, her fight to keep her Community College teaching job, & her love of education. But I don't know. It just seemed like I knew all those things, though not with the great detail that she describes. The Presidency seems like a high pressure, high urgency job, and I'm sure the First Lady feels all that as she strives to do the work that s

I wish I knew the names of all these lovely flowers. I.know some of them, but I'm just too lazy to look up the rest! So the pictures will have to do. There's beauty everywhere. And many of the flowers are smaller than my little fingernail. While others, like the foxglove, showing off in my cabin backyard, are substantial and look like they could be in my garden at home. It's all a delight...even if I don't know their names!

These fabric baskets are so darling. And I don't think Marti knew how perfect they would be in our cabin! Thanks Marti!