No painful anniversaries this week, yay! Not really much of anything this week. It always takes me a week or to adjust to the time change. I stayed up too late and watched a lot more tv than usual. Janey was pleased.

We had One Glorious Day of near spring.

I believe my beautiful great-niece gets her posing skills from me.

Where the afternoon light is hitting these days. Not as picturesque as before.

Potted plant inspo for summer patio life.

Current iteration of furniture arrangement. Put the cubby bookcase by the door, it makes more sense. The other one was much prettier there, but now I have cubbies to hold outgoing packages, my camera bag, purse, scarves, etc.

Sofa against the wall thinking it would be nice for Janey to have a sofa window spot. However, it bugs me. Too much open space in the middle of the room. Too many pieces of furniture lined up against that back wall. Sofa/window/etagere triangle too cramped for me. This arrangement will be short-lived.

On a bad day I came home and this pretty leaf blew right up to my feet. Now it has a home in front of Lucky Cat on the newly-positioned cubby bookcase.

I bought Janey this scratching post. She has zero interest. She prefers the sofa.

On Sunday I went on a Seal Walk out east. Bucket List item! It was cold and MAD WINDY. And I, of course, was underdressed. I knew there was about a mile-and-a-half of walking and I usually get heated so quickly when I walk that I didn’t wear my long silk underwear. What I hadn’t planned for was the 30-minute talk on seals indigenous to Long Island while we stood in the open wind at the beach. Oofah.

Anyway, we did see seals, YAY! But sadly, when we got there and I went to switch my camera to my longer zoom lens, I discovered the lens currently on the camera was jammed. Yesterday when I was doing a selfie shoot, the wind knocked the tripod over and the camera smashed face first onto the asphalt parking lot. Ruh-roh. Fortunately, everything seemed fine. Til I tried to take that lens OFF this morning and it wouldn’t budge. So I was not shooting with a good long-range lens, so it was like…see that line of rocks along the edge of the sandbar? SEALS!!!

A little better view…

There are better pictures HERE if you want to see their sweet faces close-up.

And after the seals, we got really close to some deer…sorry for the photo quality, crappy digital zoom on my cell phone. But they go right up to cars now, looking for handouts.

And the day ended with me picking up some more things from the garage of the old apartment. My car looks like a crazy garden gnome is living in it. I’ll try to remember to get a picture tomorrow.

Came home to Janey in the sunshine.

Some Things I Bought Last Week

* Sheragano dress: I loved this dress LAST year and waited so long for it to go on sale that it finally sold out and I thought it was gone forever. But I got a message from my beloved Shoptagr that it was back in stock for a limited time in all sizes, so BAM I ordered that puppy. Sadly, it was too snug. It’s a mid-weight linen/rayon blend so very comfortable on the body, the rayon helps prevent the usual linen wrinkling, and it had a nice substantialness to it. But. Too snug. And not just a 5lb issue. More like 10-15. I’ve actually lost 13lbs since the first of the year, just out of the mayhem that has been this year so far to me. But I would need to lose MORE to have this fit nicely. And I don’t play that anymore (buying things that don’t fit YET). So back it went.

* Old Navy dress: I love this mustardy gold color. But on a thin-fabric-ed dress, it just made me feel a little…naked. Ha ha. I think I need to go MORE gold or MORE mustard. This was too “skin-tone-mustard,” if that makes sense. Back it went.


* Old Navy white skinny jeans. Nope. Couldn’t even get them up over my hips for a picture. Back they went.
* Catherine’s lavender top. An unusual color for me but I actually liked it once I had it on. However, the whole top was just Too Large. It was a 3x. I’m considering repurchasing it in a 2x but I’m concerned the sleeves will still not be good. I’m not a fan of a 3/4 sleeve, especially if it is a loose fit. Back it went.

Lots of buying happening. Just not much keeping.

What I Watched Last Week

  • After Life: season one on Netflix. DO WATCH. Ricky Gervais. Heartbreakingly sad, but sweet and funny. I laughed and cried during every episode. That’s the mark of a good show/movie/book/story to me.
  • Derek: two seasons on Netflix. Another Ricky Gervais show. Touching, endearing, funny, likeable. Laughed, cried, check, check.
  • Catastrophe, final season on Amazon Prime. What a shame that’s over. Clever writing, likeable couple that you’re really rooting for in spite of their unfortunate luck. Sorry to see this one go.
  • Shrill: Episode one, season one on Hulu. Sweet. I’ll continue watching.

Note: this was a LOT of tv for me in one week. It’s because of last week’s time change, I was up an hour later all week…and paid for it in the mornings! Still trying to adjust.

What I Read Last Week

The Kiss by mumblemumbleDanielleSteelemumblemumble. I haven’t read a Danielle Steele book in over 20 years, maybe longer. I read my first one, The Promise, in 1978 when I was young and impressionable and was bowled over by the tragedy and heartbreak and prevailing love. Blah blah blah. Ha. I read a bunch more til I got weary of the repetitive plot lines. But Audible had a special last week with buy one get one free on certain selections, so I figured I’d give her one more try. Wow. The story itself was compelling enough. She repeats herself A LOT, to the point where I was like, does she get paid by the word?? And the male lead character…I kept yelling at the speakers – ARE YOU KIDDING ME? YOU’RE A D*CK!!! It was written in 2001 and I kept wondering…is this how things still WERE back then? Is she writing IRONICALLY?? But no, I think this was legit character development, he was just a you-know-what and the female main character “loved him no matter what.” Do Not Recommend. And DS is now dead to me forever, ha ha.

What I’m LOVING

I know I’ve mentioned Lizzie Hadfield of Shot from the Street before. I love her style, her photography, her apartments…and now, HER NEW BOYFRIEND. For the second time her YouTube vlog contained…THIS . Start at 14:13 if you’re not interested in seeing their whole weekend in Paris. It’s just one minute (and as my mother told me as I left for a weekend retreat with my girlfriend’s church youth group and my first real boyfriend “it only takes a minute”!).  I dare you not to smile. And if you want more of the same…go to 5:04 from their earlier weekend in Lisbon.  Tell me you’re not a little in love with him, too!

THE END!