June 30

The juicy, delicious wondrousness of pears in my hand.

See that little white thing in the lower right corner? That’s a mothball. I spread an entire jumbo box of mothballs at the base of my tree, in order to deflect the interest of busy tailed rodents.

Nasty smelling, but it appears to be working.

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June 29

I am the mistress of my domain.

It’s kind of a messy, crappy domain, but it’s all mine.

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June 28

Cherries. They’re the fruit of the gods.

Next to pears, that is.

More on that later.

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June 27

This week, I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tired of whiners.

Man up!

And if you’re not going to do that, BITE ME.

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June 26

I’m kinda-sorta getting ready for the Ann Arbor Art Fair, which is in two and a half weeks. I’m a member of the Michigan Silversmith Guild, so I will be in their tent again this year.

Art Fair is fun, but it’s (usually) on the hottest weekend of the summer. Two years ago, I thought I would die from heat stroke. Last year, it was so chilly, I had to buy a poncho from another artist to keep warm. The first year, I barely made enough to pay for my fee. Last year, I made a TON. It was nice. I prefer chilly and flush to hot and poor.

I’m making ankle bracelets this week. This one’s my favorite – sterling silver, jade and mystic topaz.

Damn, I have ugly ankles.

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June 25

Gracie’s checking out my kicks.

You can tell by her expression that she is not amused.

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June 24

It’s a jungle out here, Jane.

I don’t know how the hell we are going to drag these into the house in October.

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June 23

Sunday.

It’s supposed to be a day of rest.

Any day I don’t roll out of bed before 7:30 is a day of rest. Me? I have a lot of things to do today.

Work, yard, shopping, cooking.

This is why I’m dressed to run.

I might edit some more this evening. Oh, yeah. That’s work too.

Filter: Rise

PS I might try out that Instagram movie feature today. If I can stop long enough to find something moving.

June 22

Back at work.

I am ALWAYS on the phone. It’s amazing I get anything accomplished.

I will be cutting out early today though. Unless a crisis breaks out. I really have to get to that editing I’ve been putting off.

Did I tell you I have resisted many urges to run away from home this week?

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June 21

Summer solstice. The longest day of the year. Well, it still has 24 hours, but more daylight hours. I love this!

I noticed we have cherries!

The flipping squirrels have not yet attacked.

Summer solstice. It’s all downhill from here.