Shrinking Bouquet

The bouquet I received June 11th for my anniversary has been down-sized. These are the still-viable flowers put into a slightly smaller vase. The alstroemeria blooms are starting to loose petals now; tomorrow I will put the pink carnation and those purple flowers in a bud vase probably. They may last a few more days. Do you do this to your bouquets as well? Picking out the not-yet-finished blooms and putting them into smaller and smaller vases? It is hard to let the beauty disappear.

 I went to a garage sale Friday and bought 3 music CDs and one book for myself. We attended the MasterWorks Festival  concert Friday evening. I love to hear Rachel Barton Pine play her violin.

I have been in a good mood this week in spite of its downers. We had some disruption in the library because a kitchen worker was using it as a childcare place for her young boys. Boys will be boys and these left a big mess, especially large chunks of food ground into the carpet. They also picked at the plastic covering on the bar on the computer desk which keeps the keyboard from sliding off; managed to destroy half of the covering, leaving the bits of vinyl on the floor. The proper people were notified and there will be no more boys left unsupervised for 5-6 hours in the library.

 The other downer has been the rain. People in northern Indiana, including farmers, are sick of the almost daily rainstorms. Ponding and pooling of water in fields and gardens means crops and gardens are not doing well. The thunderstorms also wake me up; I was kind of drowsy in church this morning after not sleeping very well last night. How is your first day of summer?

 We already have several events to which we have been invited the first week of July. Two of our neighbors are turning 80 and have community receptions/parties. My husband’s sister has invited us for a cookout on July 4th, and then wants to attend the MasterWorks concert, followed by the Winona Lake fireworks. A friend has invited us for a BBQ July 5th. We are fast sliding into summer mode around here. We had some decent Florida sweetcorn, raspberries, strawberries, and a delicious Honey Rock cantaloupe this past week.