Lesson 813: Remarkably Bright

Happy weekend, Readers!

Looks like a beauty ahead.

Eloise will try to just enjoy the weather we're given,

and not worry that we've had no rain.

The moon was remarkably bright last night

as it hung over the Huskies home stadium.

Although, I much prefer how it looked

shadowed behind this tree.

The boys were intense

The game was a nail biter down at the end.

But the faces from the Dog Pound

were Remarkably Bright.

The Huskies pulled off a win!

My hometown has a remarkably crisp smell of grapes.

The harvest has started!

If you haven't guessed already,

Remarkably Bright Creatures is one of my books I'm reading.

Actually,

my hold for the audio came on Libby,

so I grabbed it.

If you don't have Libby yet 

and are interested in getting your reading game rekindled,

Eloise will show you how!

It's so easy--

and FREE.

This novel is read by two different people,

a male and a female,

making it for the perfect listen.

And,

it is everything my recommenders said about it.

So good.

 

So are these!

These are fantastic, too.

What constitutes good for me,

is DIFFERENT.

Both Remarkably Bright Creatures

and

Steven Kings 11/22/63 are just that.

Different stories I haven't heard yet.

Even the meaty Master Gardener manual is good

because I'm DOING something different.

It's the single easiest way I've learned

not to get stuck in a mental rut.

Change things up!

The Community Park pond is changing!

Drained and trenched,

it looks like.

We watched this guy hunt fish.

Can you see him?

Look closely, he blends in.

I didn't hang around long,

because I felt sorry for the fish.

It's like me and wildlife shows.

I never know who to root for.

The baby antelope escaping the lion,

or the momma lion trying to feed her hungry cubs.

So, Eloise just opts for Home Improvement Shows instead.

Much safer. 

Instead I turned my lens to the giant dirt pile the digging created.

I think I'm going to go pound a sign in the top of it

titled

Momma's Nightmare!

This weekend I have to figure out what to do with my

Remarkably Bright sunflowers.

They are starting to droop.

I want to save the seeds,

but don't want to rob the birds.

I suppose the 1,046 pages of my Master Gardener Manual

tells me somewhere.

Better start digging into my book.

I loved seeing this Mom reading her book

while her child practiced Little Gridders Football.

The memorial bench has a special meaning to a local family.

Please share this if you know who.

I'm sure they will be happy it is getting used.

I took some Remarkably Bright 7th Graders

to Presque Isle for a field trip on Wednesday.

Nothing screams Junior High more than this photo.

The Clark School Tree

is on its way to becoming Remarkably Bright.

You loved the photos last year,

so I'll share them along the leaf cycle this year, too.

September 22

September 29

The most Remarkably Bright thing of the week

was a surprise sky with an early morning rainbow.

I caught just a glimpse of it over my neighbor's house.

Dena B,

who lives almost across the Six Mile Gorge from the Lamp Post

caught it from this angle.

Childhood friend Chris P caught it

from the Public Dock.

Peg was down that way, too.

                                                   Jessica D posted her angle from Waterford.

My favorite goes to Amy Stubie from Klein.

This gets the award for the 

Most Remarkably Bright Rainbow Photo.

Have a Remarkably Bright weekend!

Eloise

Lesson 812: The Company You Keep

Hello, Readers!

Eloise is sitting on the couch,

with a pup on either side of me,

getting ready to watch the Friday Night Lights

Sports Highlights.

Huskies had a win tonight out in Girard.

So it's late,

and I'm too tired to load my photos,

so you'll have to take my word for it.

Notice that I wrote TIRED

not LAZY.

You have to be wary of lazy people.

It's the company you keep, after all.

This advice was given to a student by his principal earlier this week,

and I've thought about it ever since.

It's great advice!

There are many versions of these words of wisdom.

This is one of my favorites:

My life is a circus,

but not because I'm surrounded by clowns.

I like to think of myself as the Ring Master,

and I draw attention to what is going on in each ring:

The People Ring:

The Places Ring:

A Little Football BINGO

The Pages Ring:

If you are looking for me,

I'll be in Dallas.

The Plants Ring:

My Master Gardener Course started this week!

Looky at my booky!

I have to read the first chapter for homework.

I think this one I have a handle on!

I really like the company I keep!

Enjoy the beautiful weekend!

Eloise

(Questies, we need to make these finger people)!