Yesterday I spent the morning in Ft Worth. The Kimbell Museum of ART is soon going to say good bye to the beloved Monet exhibit. I needed more time with some of my favorite paintings.

After the museum, my lunch was at Chef Point Restaurant where I had the delightful salmon and grilled veggies. {have you seen the restaurant on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives?}

The cottage is a cluttered mess today. I have finished the holiday cards and must pack them for France. {where I will mail them from la poste} The cards are finished! I am happy!

The ironing board is up and ready for work. I have cut out a dress and my fingers are itching to start work.

I will have time to work on the dress this weekend. Larry has a hundred restaurants in Florida and will be busy the next few days. Hurricane Dorian will be hitting the FLA shores sometime early next week? Who really knows? Larry coordinates everything having to do with the restaurants and the supplier he works for. {he loves his job} I will sew during the storm.

Good news! The orchid that I bought at Whole Foods a couple of months ago is re-blooming!!

My life is very much like an orchid. Beauty {happiness} for a short amount of time and then it becomes bland or bleak as time is needed to renew the spirit of the plant by letting it rest. Then, as a new shoot emerges from the boring foliage, hope reigns. The hope and promise that good days are ahead. Orchid analogies are always wonderful, aren’t they?

I must admit, recently I have felt invisible. My family is awesome, but outsiders and friends have made me aware. Is this what happens when you turn 65? Do we become less relevant as we become older? How important is our opinion?

Perhaps like the orchid, better days are ahead?

This is the last weekend, of August. Have a great Labor Day!

Love you beyond the moon.

Me