Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder....

Today.....

My face is broken out by a flare up of psoriasis.  I feel self-conscious on days like these.  I KNOW people look at me and wonder things like, "Is it catchy?" 

My hair has a white skunk stripe where I have slacked off on covering my roots. And to add to the appeal, my hair is a mass of frizz thanks to the humid 90-degree weather we've been experiencing.  Think Cruella DeVille....

Lastly, all this humidity has me feeling bloated, so I decided to wear a baggy tie dyed t-shirt with a pair of shorts that didn't quite match....

I didn't care....

The kids and I were only going to Walmarts to buy a new kiddie pool.  We're still waiting for the replacement liner for our pool.  It's been on order for three weeks now. Arghhh!   Nope, didn't care how I looked.   I was just looking forward to escaping the heat while riding in our air conditioned van.    I can't believe that I was whining about the rain and cold less than two weeks ago....  

And so, not feeling particularly good about my appearance, but accepting that it is just *one of those days* I said, "Let's go...."  As  we began to walk out of the door, Sammi innocently looked up at me and said, "You look beautiful today Mommy."

Suddenly I felt better,  I guess I did care.  Ahhh yes,  beauty is indeed in the eyes of the beholder....

                          ...Thanks Sammi girl, you made my day....    

Quote of the day:   

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.  They must be felt within the heart."  ~~Helen Keller

            

My Garden

The rain finally stopped and a beautiful rainbow appeared.... 

For a moment,  seeing the rainbow almost felt biblical, a personal promise from the Man himself that the rain would stop.  And it has....  I  cancelled that order for the do-it-yourself build an ark kit.   We literally went from temps of 48 and rain, to sunny in the upper 80's & today we  hit 90!  Too hot, too quick, but I'm not going to complain.  It was a lousy Spring, even my flowers drowned.   I'm just happy to see it go....

My garden survived the nor'easter.... barely.  Now I hope it can survive the deer.  I wondered why people surrounded their gardens with mesh, thought they were just being unfriendly.  But after having one of my plants mysteriously disappear and discovering some hoof prints, I know why.  The 20' X 40' plot I rented in the community garden is one of the worst.  But I did get a great deal.  Instead of $15.00 for the season, I was charged only $5.00.  The soil in my corner has alot of clay and after it rains, the soil forms a cement-like crust around the plants.   I've been going down to scratch away the crust so that the roots can absorb the water.   I don't know if anything will grow, but I'm having fun (and getting alot of exercise) trying.  Speaking of exercise, I'm still going to Weight Watchers and have lost 17.5 pounds so far.:::ok, done bragging now:::   

The water spigot that everyone uses is at the fire hydrant, it's about 75 feet away from me.   I have two large watering cans that I use to carry the water and I usually have to make four trips to get enough.   I've been adding Miracle Grow to the water, thought it was appropriate for a garden plot on church property.   ....Think it would be sacrilegious to mix it with holy water? Ok, so maybe it would be, but hey, as you can see my garden needs all the help it can get.  Ahhh well....  

I'm pretty sure my garden won't be the best looking one, but I don't think anyone else will have as big a variety. I planted bell peppers, 3 different varieties of tomatoes, cabbage, broccoli, snap peas, carrots, wild flowers, eggplant, zucchini, baby cucumbers and corn.     Hope the next picture I take of my garden isn't quite so pathetic....                  

            .....Well, off to bed with visions of cucumbers dancing in my head.