It is nearing the end of August and you would think there would no longer be a need for the dandelion weeder… sadly, I had to pull it out again for a few new dandelions that popped up in the yard. Now if it was Queen Anne’s Lace….. I might not be so quick to pull 😉
This is a weed. But I know it as Queen Anne’s Lace and that is what I will always call it. This grew along the rural roads where I grew up and I have always loved it. At it’s peak, the blossoms look like a circle of intricate lace made up of dozens of starbursts of tiny white petals. Kind of reminds me of a dill weed blossom. I was on a walk yesterday and spotted some growing out of the sidewalk cracks by an industrial complex and picked it. Amazing something so beautiful can grow seemingly from the concrete. I just might have to go back and pick them all.
This is the broom from my Ikea mini dustpan and brush set. It’s called the PEPPRIG and it’s $2.99. I should have drawn the dustpan as well, because like all Ikea products, the design is perfection and the color is a very pleasing gray. The brush snaps into the dustpan perfectly and the combo manages to get all the little bits picked up without leaving anything behind. It is most definitely an EVERY day kind of thing.
Summer would not be summer without the constant buzz of cicadas in the evening. We were Face-timing Nana and Papa outside after dinner and apparently they were so loud that Papa said it sounded like a paper shredder! HA! Now last summer was an invasion and I didn’t like it at all. This year, much better. You see a few here and there, so few in fact that it took me until late August to find one to draw. My phone identified this one as a “Neotibicen Pruinosus”. Cicada.
I have a weighted walking vest that I ordered on Amazon last year. It’s only about 8 lbs and it does nothing…. to my knowledge. I think I probably need to up the weight a bit but hey, it can’t hurt right? Weighted vest bandwagon… I’m on it. But maybe in a back seat sort of way.
I’m more of a spearmint person but I’ll snack on a peppermint. My purse tends to be well stocked on peppermints especially since horses love them. When my daughter rides at the barn she gives one to all her favorites. I appreciate the individual wrapped nature of them as well.
This is the cheese stick that I was supposed to put in my son’s lunch today, the first day of school, but I forgot. I realized this as I was eating my own lunch today and immediately felt horrible. The single source of protein in his lunch and I forgot it. Of course, he didn’t care in the least and enjoyed his lunch without it. But I…I will never look at a cheese stick the same again.
I am planning on making chocolate chip cookies for first day of school lunches tomorrow when I remembered that my brown sugar is as hard as a rock. I took a slice of sourdough bread and stuck it in the bag to rehydrate the sugar…. but not before taking 15 minutes to draw it. We shall see if this brown sugar trick truly works.
This is a hair tie. It is meant to be worn around your wrist so it is ready for the moment when you need to go from hair down, to hair up. This particular one is from Athleta Girl and says “UNSTOPPABLE”. I was just about to post it when the power went out. Thank you Comed for stopping the “UNSTOPPABLE”.
Everyday Art, Every Day 