Good afternoon Friends,
Time flies! I thought it was time to come catch up with everyone. The above picture is looking out over Lake Sonoma from the overlook, a favorite spot. This is only a very small portion of the lake. You can see what the day was like! All broody which creates the mood of the picture.
Amanda, I hope you do get a camera for Christmas. If you do I have some hints to pass along! It has taken me a long time to get to where I am with mine. I've mailed one Christmas card so I'm only doing one tiny bit better than you. So far I've only received one from a cousin & his wife. Since I am on the west coast I always start with people on the east coast and work my way west! I need to get busy with that. Thanks for telling me more about that book. I will have to go back to get the title of it from an older post.
Sandi, nice to see you here. I thought maybe since you just started a new job that things might be hectic making it hard to find time to come post. It sounds like things are going well with the new job. Yea! The weather seems to be a bit crazy all over. We had all that rain & now it is supposed to be sunny for about 10 days but today has had cloudiness, not rain clouds but enough to block out the sun. Right now it seems to be poking through again! There are so many books out as ebooks that I would like to try but just not there yet! I am thinking seriously about buying a tablet after the first of the year. Probably not until maybe February or so. I think it might be a Kindle Fire HD or the Nexus 7.
Amanda actually Everyone, there is a whole community of photographers here on Google+. I see some amazing pictures that make me wish I had more money to travel & see some of the places & that I was a much better photographer!! I spend way more time there than I should. It is taking away from my reading time!! By the way, did you all know that Google+ now has communities you can join? They are trying to lure away some of Facebook's users. There are probably all manner of subject. I am pretty sure there are ones for cat or dog lovers. I've only explored a small portion as it just started this week. I was wondering if there was a reader category!
Trudy, I'm so glad that the day of your birthday was good despite being quiet. Did it warm up enough to use the A/C? I thought it was going to warm up more here but then Mother Nature does like to make the weather people look bad!! Is your friend Sharon still doing okay?
I did finally finish a book! Another library book & a hardcover which I am never thrilled to read as it was over 400 pages. They just get heavy especially when I read in bed. All that said I really liked the book The Great Escape by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. She is one of the many of my favorite authors. If you read her books this is the latest in a series of connected books. There was some great humor! Yea, the image stayed small!
I saw on the Chamber of Commerce website for our town that there was a craft fair today. I like going to them sometimes so decided to give this one a try. Had no clue the type of things I would find or the vendors that might be there. Well, it was a lot of retail type products such as Mary Kay cosmetics, Avon, Pampered Chef, Healdsburg Soap, but also some craft type items. This was one that a portion of the proceeds will go to buy toys for kids in the hospital. A very worthy cause. When driving to that one I discovered another one down the road so stopped in there also! That one had a $3 admission charge, a drawing for a $100 gift card & 50 or more vendors that really were craft type items & some of the wineries had a table also. It was well done held at a nursing homes here. I thought that was a bit unusual! Or maybe it is just some kind of a senior day care, not sure!! Anyway, I bought a few items, saw a couple of people I know. Some of the proceeds for this one go to Meals on Wheels which some of the people in my complex receive. Anyway it was fun looking at all the things. If I had had more money I maybe would have bought a few more things. Later in the day I got out for a walk along the river, took a few pictures. The path I was on is not terribly picturesque!! At least I got out & walked. Tomorrow I am off for a short pet sitting I will be back home sometime Tuesday afternoon.
This long post should catch me up for now. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. I have a movie to watch tonight & then tomorrow get my self together to go take care of the animals! They aren't leaving until late morning so I don't need to rush. This is run off on the hillside but it creates a nice little waterfall.
Take care, happy reading,
Donna M
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