A Monster Calls...wow what a book!

Finished this book (work of art)... very difficult tale but very well written. If you dare pick up this book please read the back story of how it came to fruition. The illustrations are beyond beautiful in a scary sort of way but the pictures this story created in my mind will never leave me. I really did have nightmares the first night and I am not sure if it was the earache, Mexican food or this story that truly crept inside my head and keep my heart racing all night. I finished this book in three days flat with one book of tissues needed. Excellent, dark and meaningful. The road the 13 year old boy must travel on was captured so well by Patrick Ness. Hats off to you sir!

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Great Read!

Great little book I finished last week. From the first scary chapter I was hooked. I could not put the book down. Great read. A little Jungle Book an little Harry Potter.... fun and fast. Check it it!

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Fall Alter

My fall alter. I bring things in from outdoors. A bit of lavender, a pinch of sand, pine cone some beehive etc... reminders of the harvest and the beautiful earth we live upon. Reminders of the hours we spent laboring in the gardening and in the kitchen storing food for the winter. Reminders that now is the time for rest. Fall to me means books, warm drinks, long walks and deep sleeps. Happy fall.

Play Kitchen Makeover

Before

Wallpaper

A little paint

All done

Now all I need is small children again....

Here Comes The Sun...

Sunflowers from my sunflower teepee. 

BUZZ

I am fascinated by how different all the colors and centers of these beautiful flowers are.

Up close, you can see the dark shell of the sunflower seed. The yellow blossom reminds me of a pomegranate.

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Oh Honey....

Yesterday...

Sticky

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Bookish and Upcomings...

My latest read was awesome. I have read of few of Carl Hiaasen's adult books but never any of his young adult books before this one. I loved it! It had me from the very first chapter. Funny and a mystery. I will definitely go looking for some more to gobble up.Check it out!

Next weekend is the wedding...

Glittered antlers- check

Moss- check

Green glass terrariums- check

Dozens of twinkling lights- check

Hanging lanterns- check

Burlap- check

Gold dust- check

Toadstools- check

We got this!!!!!!!

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Ginger Bee Man

Did you know I have my own ginger bee man!?

Here is my hubby all suited up and ready to go out to our beehive.

Smoker ready..

 

Three jars of lovely honey was the take today. Just a couple of the frames were cleaned. The tall jar is going to a friend, he is going to make Honey Mead...the other jars are going to my kids. I still have two jars in my cupboard from the last time.  Bees are awesome!

We also made my Screaming Raspberries (Raspberry Jalapeno Jam). My eyes are still burning!<3 p="">

 Dill Pickles

 Canning season is in full swing here...I need to hurry because work starts in another two weeks!

(Don't sit still at my house, I may bottle you!)

BUZZZZ BUZZZZZ

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And The List Goes On and On and On......

This is what I have been up too...

Canning loads of spicy green enchilada sauce.

(Pickles tomorrow)

Meditating by our pond to feel peace.

Snapping pics of kids in sunflower tee pees.

Watching crazy videos Lara makes out of her MRI's. (Go watch, way cool!)

Peak Inside

And babysitting my son and his girlfriends cute little puppy when they are working or at school.

Hours upon hours of phone calls to neuropsychologists, insurance company and lawyers....

Getting the last of the wedding items done...the wedding is on the 30th....

I am tired. I need oreos.

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Kitchen

Remember this....

Well we finished....took some time but we got it done. I love it. I made the drawer pulls (out of floor tiles). I couldn't find any I liked without having to sell a kidney for them. This kitchen is all  made from reclaimed throw out cabinets. My hubby sanded and re-stained them. He made my counter tops from pine...I LOVE them! The only thing we bought was the sink... on clearance for 99$....... the island was a garage work bench and the top was our old dinning room table I sanded and my husband cut to the right size. The "new" bar stools I bought used for 10$ and the paint was a mess up mix for 3.50$ a can. I Love my new (OLD) kitchen!

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Too Much...

Gratitude.
Lara was very injured. I have not been able to speak about it. My blog is only for uplifting and positive musings. But the wreck was horrific. A distracted driver ran a red light in a school zone and hit my daughters and her fiance car. They used the jaws of life to cut her out.

That moment changed both of there lives forever.

He walked away with some ongoing neck and back problems, some Post traumatic Issues and anxiety.

She didn't walk away.  The stay at the hospital was long. Sleepless pain-filled nights. It left her with a crushed pelvis, all the ribs on the right side broken, skull fracture, inner ear concussion, stage three concussion, internal bleeding, contusions on her liver and lung and a Traumatic Brain Injury. After she was moved into the rehab part of the hospital we quickly feel into a routine of making her move. She is able to walk around with a walker and wheelchair. She is non weight baring on her right side.....that was up until today. This morning her orthopedic specialist has finally given her the go ahead to start rehab again...to learn to walk......we didn't know if this would ever happen....

I think that is why I can write about it. She can start rehab. WOW.

The neurologist hopes the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) will heal itself in a few month. She has no short term memory, horrible vertigo (spinning and falling sensation all the time), no appetite, no filter on her mouth (which is cute and funny most of the time) and sometimes cannot get the words out she wants to so she can become angry. Also my wonderful daughter who hated to clean now has to have everything SPOTLESS!!!! She cannot have clutter. It is too much visual sensory. Big crowds are a no no and she tape records or writes everything down. She also prefers to watch TV on mute. But really TV is better that way. ;)

We have known and met many wonderful people along this journey. Kind people are everywhere.
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Hospital Bed at Home

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