SHOO!...'Time' Fly!!

(Tile Pendant by freetobemecreations)

        I've been really good for days! But then...out of nowhere last night...I got in a really somber, irritated mood. I couldn't figure out why my husband's cooking was not adequate. Why the laundry detergent...that my clothes are always washed in...suddenly smelled too 'perfumey'. Why I was getting pings and pains all over my body...and the rain is not due until Wednesday! O_0

      But when I woke up for the 3rd time this morning it finally dawned on me why. 'Peaches' funeral is coming up this coming weekend...*sigh* I guess my body is not handling this as well as my mind is...*sigh* I wish I could just 'Shoo!' the thought of the upcoming day out of my mind...the way you shoo away a fly that's nagging at you!

      I've been crocheting! You'd think that that would be enough to keep my attention and let the time pass by without a notice...and I thought it was!

         Say 'Hello!' to my latest 'baby'! I think I'm going to call it the "Retro Fan Headband". :-)

       It's waving at you! :-)) ...It's certainly got enough color, don't you think?! ^_^ Pink, White, Black, Green, Red...

        These are all pieces of yarn that I had laying around that weren't enough to make a whole headband out of. I wasn't sure what it would look like in the end, but I figured that if it didn't turn out that great I could use it to keep my hair tight to my head at night...a sorta night cap. LOL

       I have a few pieces of yarn still. I may work on another "Retro" headband with those pieces today. But before I got started on another one I had to put a flower on my "Retro Fan Headband"...

      I went with black...

      ...and this cloth covered 'fan' button I just bought recently...

         I ran out of this particular black and had to put a brown crochet back on the flower. It continued my 'retro' theme perfectly! ^_^ I finished the whole thing last night...

        And as is the case so many times with my creations, now I love it!! :-)

       I don't know if anybody else will! LOL But whatever!...It kept me company when I was trying to shoo away time! :-)

      It's funny, isn't it, how at some times in your life time just seems to drag, while at other times it just flies! I didn't ever think I would get to a point where I wanted it to go by without me noticing it at all though!...But this week that's exactly where I am...*sigh*

      I've almost picked up the phone to call 'Peaches' three times now...When I saw one of the parts (article) we had to study for the meeting; When I saw a commercial on television; and when I was just sitting quiet laughing about something...*sigh* I miss being able to share my 'nothing special' with her. :-(

     I'm sure the next few days are gonna go by. And I'm sure I'm gonna keep trying to distract myself and shoo the time away...mentally.  I wouldn't have to shoo it away if only Jim Croce could've figured out how to save 'time in a bottle'! :-))

      Oh well...I might as well get ready for the weekend. It's gonna come whether I want it to or not!...The only good thing is that I know I'll have forever to make up for this little bit of time we're gonna miss together right now. :-] And in the meantime I still have headbands...and time that I'm working hard to shoo and wave away mentally. :-)

I Wish I Could Wave Off The Time

I wish I could wave off the time
the way you wave off a fly about to land.
Just 'poo poo' appointments I'm dreading
with a flick and a wave of the hand.

If only the time went unnoticed,
like 'extras' on some movie set.
In one shot it's as if they were coming,
in the next shot they've not gotten there yet.

I'm dreading the phone calls and chatting,
as if time has somehow just stood still.
I wish I could wave off the ticking,
and hours of quiet to fill.

I know soon the day will be over.
The consciousness is in this rhyme.
Still I'm dreading the fact that it's coming,
and I wish I could wave off the time.

Fall And Backyard Daylight.....Before It's Gone!!

(Misty Morning by MarshaLieblPhotos)

      No! This is not my backyard. You can tell because there's no lake in my backyard, and while I 'do' have rabbits, hummingbirds, wasps, squirrels and skunks...I don't have a duck! :-) No, this is not my backyard. This photograph is of Lake Needwood in Montgomery County Maryland...Didn't she take a beautiful picture of it?!! :-)

       If I had a good enough camera, and a faster-on-his-feet husband I could have gotten a picture of the big skunk that was meandering across our yard last night though! LOL...Maybe next time! The skunk moved faster than hubby....waaaay faster!

      My husband is more of a 'meanderer'...like the duck in the header photo. And his meandering, while not good for capturing skunks on the run, is very good for capturing panoramic views of our backyard as it's showing a bit of it's Fall colors!...Let's pan from left to right, shall we!...

         Ahhhhh! It's so nice out there right now. The stuff seasonal poems, hot apple cider, cornbread stuffing and sweet dreams are made of! :-) ... Now let's pan back the other way, shall we!...

          Wait a minute!....Let's get a little closer view of that color back there...

        Our backyard is mostly green year round...except for when it's covered with ice and snow (but that's a story for a later time!...Much later, please!)...So, when I see this explosion of color back here it gives me a little emotional explosion too...right here...--> *pointing to my heart*. :-]

     Okay...back to the panning...

       And now we're right back to where we started. :-) I hope you enjoyed that as much as I did!! I'm afraid there won't be very many more days where Fall photos can be taken in the backyard. Pretty soon the few pops of color we're getting from these beautiful leaves will be gone...blown away by a north east wind!

     And this morning, as I'm typing and realizing that it's 20 minutes before 7 a.m. and it's still dark outside, I get the funny feeling that 'Daylight Saving Time' in our neck of the woods is just about to skedaddle off to some other neck of the woods until next year too! :-( 

       I guess I better start thinking seriously about what kinds of projects I wanna get to work on this winter...

            ...*cold shiver* O_O 

      Anyway...I'm probably gonna need another project to work on a lot sooner than winter, because I finished doing both of the Giveaway scarves...except for cutting and tying the fringe for them. 

     I had to take the 'Pastel' ones completely a loose and start again!! That's what I did all day yesterday...So, if you're thinking of entering the Giveaway for the 'Pastel' scarf, this is what it looks like now...

             So, if you're still interested in this scarf, remember...the Giveaway drawing is October 1st!!...See the right hand sidebar for details.

      Okay, I'm off to cut some fringe, and maybe 'cut-a-rug' too! I need to get out of this 'No Daylight Soon',...'Hormones Acting-Up'..funk I'm in. I'm feeling like listening to some music, after another cup of coffee, might help!!! ^_^ Are you with me?!!

         You Go, Girls!!!.....Tomorrow I gotta tell you what other funky-moving object was seen in the backyard yesterday!...Until then...Have a good day Everybody!! :-)

Daylight

Daylight, you bring such happiness,
shining on the Autumn hues.
And when you're gone, you leave more darkness,
bringing on some moody blues.

How could some light, or lack of it,
have me waxing poetic rhyme,
wishing for a place with celestial money,
so I could buy some Daylight Saving Time?!