A Moleskine Sketchnook arrives and Julyathon Day 11 (not really!!!)

YAY! I have a moley--A Moleskine traveling sketchbook--again--it just arrived a little while ago!!! What a wonderful treat to see all the glorious artwork IN PERSON--it's so beautiful in the flesh--or--in the paper and ink etc. I'm afraid my photos do not do it justice!!!!

I couldn't take it outside to photograph as I often do--because it is POURING RAIN!!!

Speaking of rain, we are STILL digging out from the mess created by two floods, but we are slowly regaining some portion of normality. Still, I may need a full month to complete the moley.

You can click on this image to see it bigger. I did not choose what pictures went where, it was done randomly by Picasa. If I have time, I may post more because there was so much to enjoy. One that is not well-represented in this collage is Roma's Vietnam post, which was wonderful. I was trying to get the words so they could be read, but it didn't work out. Go here to revisit.

As Far as my Julyathon, well, I've been too busy to blog, BUT I've walked every single, or jogged, or biked or both or all three, at least 45 minutes a day and often more. I haven't missed a day--and I've done my exercises and yoga etc. Every day EXCEPT today--it's been raining too hard--but hopefully, before the day is over, I will complete my 11th day of daily walking or running or biking. Which of course is sort of sill, because I've been doing this EVERY DAY ad infinitum.

We had a big birthday bash for my granddaughter, Rachel, and then we had company all week. So there was some good busyness mixed in with hard cleaning and repacking etc.

This morning, I took Piano boy to the doctor. That wasted the entire morning. UM--OK, maybe not a waste, exactly, but it took MUCH more time than it should have. And while I was there, I started a new book--always dangerous, as I tend to get sucked into them.