July || A Review

In going through my blog reading list, I noticed someone had done a July recap. This made me realize that July was about over and I needed to get something out there, too. ;) Funny how that came to me.

(and the reason that the pictures are mostly blur and fog this month, is because that's the way life is sometimes--but it doesn't take away the beauty)

Books:

 

 

 

(re-reads, and yes I recommend all of them)

Happenings this Month:

*attended a wedding (and met a sweet girl there who shares my name)

*took a break from violin lessons for the summer

*visited some friends who live a few hours away...we hadn't been to their house for about four years, so it was a very nice visit ☺

*played music and sang at two local nursing homes. At one we did an Independence Day theme--we took homemade ice-cream and apple pies for the residents; and sang patriotic songs and hymns, as well as 'old time' songs like "Daisy, Daisy", and "Blue-Eyed Elaine" (the last song was per the request of one of the ladies there, who told us her father named her for the song ♥) I met a very sweet gentleman on that visit, as well. We sat and he told me a bit about his school days and stories from his years of serving in Germany. I have a very special place in my heart for that old veteran.

*sweet corn season! (I don't eat it myself, but it's fun to watch it come in, and to shuck)

*apple season is beginning at the nearby orchard

*celebrated a sibling's birthday

*wrote a poem in free-verse:

Will I remember?...

Irish tea in

flowered teacup and

striped saucer

Will I remember?...

rides in the PT Cruiser

with you

sweet little love

your smile

'cause we rode with

the windows down and

the music up and

we loved one another's company

like

only sisters really can

Will I remember?...

The way

your hair looked

after it got wet

and the drying strands

were high-lights of

undyed gold

Will I remember?...

Using thin chalk

on walks of grey--

we brightened them

with our names

and stick figures...

and I love how

you wrote your

name

and put a little hat

on top of each letter

tongues of chalk

holes for mouths

Will I remember?...

That way--

You smiled at me

Trusted me

Wanted to be with me--

LOVE ME

Will I remember?...

Because I so want to--

there are those

"Kodak Moments"

that only

memory

can capture...

*reading Romans

*learning, always learning new things about everything (who says you have to be in school to do that?)

*ORGANIZED MY DESK AND IT LOOKS FABULOUS I JUST CAN'T FIND ANYTHING

*and many other things that I just can't recall at this moment!

Also (I guess this is a good spot to mention it), I'm the photographer at a VBS beginning on the 31st...and I'm super excited about it!

Things my siblings said:

little brother to Mom: "Do you know why ice is so important? Because it's so cold, it makes water cold."

me to little sis: "Do you want to see my blog?"

her after I pull it up: "Is this your blob?"

me to little bro after he washed his hair: "Mmm. You smell good."

him: "That's because I used soap."

me to me: do you not normally...?

baby sis, pointing to a water tower: "A waterfall!"

Rediscovered

...my favorite poem on the face of the planet (pretty sure)

Little Things

It's just the little homely things,

The unobtrusive, friendly things,

The "won't-you-let-me-help-you" things

That make our pathway light--

And it's just the jolly, joking things,

The "never-mind-the-trouble" things,

The "laugh-with-me, it's funny" things

That make the world seem bright.

For all the countless famous things,

The wondrous, record-breaking things,

Those "never-can-be-equaled" things

That all the papers cite,

Aren't like the little human things,

The everyday-encountered things,

The "just-because-I-like-you" things

That make us happy quite.

So here's to all the simple things,

The dear "all-in-a-day's-work" things,

The "smile-and-face-your-troubles" things,

Trust God to put them right!

The "done-and-then-forgotten" things,

The "can't-you-see-I-love-you" things,

The hearty "I-am-with-you" things

That make life worth the fight.

-Author Unknown

Well, I'll let that be all for now, though I'm sure I'm forgetting something; but as a wise little girl once said: "the sun has gone to bed and so must I" ☺

Blessings & Love,

Georgie Grace