My retirement was short. I was contacted by a co-worker, asking if I would be willing to come back as a contractor. I said yes, and was back at work by May. Was offered a full time position. It would have meant flying in to train people. I just don’t think my lungs are up to flying. So that didn’t work out but I am on through September.

I am learning to sketch and do watercolors. I’ve played with it a little. I was subscribed to Liz Steel’s mailing list. Went into an email to unsubscribe and saw it was for a class on teacups. Could not resist that! Then I signed up for Foundations, which is her sketching class and Watercolors. Trying to keep up with Foundations which is being done with a group right now. There is lifetime access to the classes and you can join with the group led versions when they pop up. It has been a lot of fun.

Jake and Fanny have been fine. It’s been a nice summer, with triple digits just this last week. Lots of rain to keep things growing. I still don’t have a garden but I have a few things in giant pots out front. Am having the house painted soon, so it will finally be all one color. I need to prepare for fall.

And there is my outside cat, Mr Trouble. He is not feral but doesn’t seem to belong to anyone. I started feeding him, so he hangs out here a lot. Will try to make him an inside cat come fall. More to come.