These are some of the most creative images for a farmers market advert that I have ever seen!  The Calgary farmers market stays open year round, which I think is great and something we should do around here!  They did another series of photos to advertise there winter market!  I love the summer and going to all the local farmer’s markets, I’m getting a little sad with us entering the fall that our market days are coming to a close.  Check out the local farmers markets in your area before the are gone!

My Kindle arrived in the mail yesterday!  Do you know what a kindle is, check it out here?  And to my delight I have been hooked on it ever since! I mean how east is it to read a book on a pad thinner than a pencil?  It’s perfect and so light weight.  While I have been on the hunt for the perfect kindle cover, and have yet to find it, I decided to make my own and the result was pretty good; if I say so myself!  Me not being the best sower in the world this meager attempt made me quite proud of myself, it’s pretty cute for being made from the scraps I had in my sewing area!

I down loaded a truck load of book, all free mind you, Amazon has a ton of free books, mostly classics, but who can complain about that.  There are also many cheap books 99 cents up to the new releases that can cost $12.  But for me the free books will work for the time being, there are so many I have been wanting to read anyway.  Now with this little beauty I can take the books anywhere and not add to the already weighted purse I have.  This technology is awesome and really one of the best things to come out in a long time!  I’m loving my kindle!

When we tell someone the time we use phrases like “half past” or “quarter too” or nearly nine”.

Well this lovely sight tells you the time in exactly that eloquent way.  It distinguished the AM or PM by the color of the background, being black or white.  I think it’s so creative I mean amazing that someone even came up with this idea and put it online, people amaze me with the different ways to use their creativity.  And this is one such sight, so go there and check out this eloquent time!  Makes me want to ask if you have any gray poupon, I mean it’s so sophisticated!  (ok I’m reaching, but you totally remember those commercials, right?)

I drifted into a music coma today.  Letting myself be totally enveloped by music, no not a word filled songs that fill your mind with other peoples thoughts, but music that allows my mind to meditate on my mind.  It’s a precious thing, to relax my mind and fly way on the sounds of someplace else.  And what better way to the beautiful music from some stellar composers.  Are you a fan of scores? I know it is probably not every ones cup of tea, but for me and My Mr. it is the perfect escape music, the tunes often fill our Sunday play lists intertwined with Mo-tab and other qualified LDS’ers.  I think it is hard not to love many of the songs as they seem so full of stories and emotions that are expressed in  a way the words can’t seem to touch.  The pain and joy, sorrow and understanding, the multitudes of feelings a song that elicit is endless, movies are made or broken on the music that backs up the first kiss, or the loss of a beloved character without it the story would feel hollow and lose the magic that is created in telling a story be it real of fiction.  So I allowed myself to get caught up in the tunes today, and thought I would share a little of what is inspiring me, maybe you will find a song that flies you away if even for 2:15.

If you want a detailed list of my favorite scores, and the exact songs, let me know I’m happy to encourage your adventure!

P.S Are you guys glued to Mormon Messages?  I’m pretty much hooked!  Check out Chris Williams story below, it makes all your pettiness slip away.

This summer I was introduced to the ultimate summer snack bag; Munchies!  It has pretty much everything you could want in one bag of deliciousness.  The mix has Doritos, Pretzels, Sun Chips and fritos and that is just the totally ranch mix!  The other mix’es have some of the same basics but change up a couple of the snacks included, making it different but still tasty.  I mean can you ask for a better all around mix?  I don’t think so, Chex mix eat your heart out, it is my go to summer snack and I think it is perfect!  So check out your local grocery store and pick up the flavor that best suits you and your crew, you won’t be disappointed!

Bieber,  Neon Trees just kicked your songs butt!  This is the best version of the song I’ve heard yet!  Who doesn’t love a little soul in a song?

Enjoy!

http://www.dayswithmyfather.com/

I found this website called dayswithmyfather, no idea how, and I couldn’t help but shed a few tears at my work desk.  But it touched me deeply as Phillip Toledano described & photographed his experiences with his Father.  Having seen 3 of my Grandparents slowly pass away, from various causes (all abnormal if you ask me), this writer touched me.  As I watch this older generation of lovely, truly astounding people pass on it makes me sad.  I think they are the generation that kept us grounded.  The ladies were sassy (in the most charming way, like our own GW), and magnificent, then men were gentlemen, and dashing. They were a driven generation, ambitious to a fault.  They are amazing and a great loss to our world.  It is hard for me to see them go, the neighbors I grew up with are slowly slipping away, the teachers from school, even those who passed by my house every Sunday for there evening walks aren’t there anymore.  They are just moving on.

My Mother’s side, the Swiss in Us, battles Alzheimer’s.  I have seen my Great Grandmother, a couple of my Great Aunts and now Great Uncle battle this disease, it is complicated and demoralizing.  You wonder where this person came from, it’s like your meeting them again, and there not who you remember.  This is not a battle I wish any family to come up against, it is trying to the core.  But in the silver lining in my mind i think there is a special place in heaven for those who battle these illnesses, and a special place for those who take care of and love them through it.  It takes an Amazing amount of love, truly the divine kind, indescribable by any earthly words.  But I think Phillip put it beautifully in one of his last photos;

“I feel luck to have had these last three years. To have left nothing unsaid.  To know that we loved each other nakedly, without embarrassment.  To have felt his pride at my accomplishments. And to have discovered how funny he was. . . . . What an amazing gift.”

I love how he said “we loved each other nakedly” which I feel to be the deepest kind of love where you “knew the worst thing about each other and it’s ok.” (another favorite quote from a film)  But that is true love the kind that last and pushes us through the hard times, the kind that I think Phillip describes so beautifully on his website.  So if you get a chance wander over there and find your way through his website and read the entry’s he has to share, you will be changed for the better!

Thank you Phillip for sharing your story and Your Father!

Photos by; Phillip Toledano