wrung out

I've worked to hard in the garden and completely ran out of energy this week. I am tired and lack interest. I think the important lesson is if I get too tired my zest ebbs. Losing interest is much more saddening than the lack of energy. A lesson I should keep in mind next time I try to push too long.

happy feverfew a plant whose properties a I am experimenting with

a bee balm plant I bought when we met my sister, her husband, and my parents for strawberry picking

I love this dear little random pink cornflower

Today the weather is oppressively hot and muggy but overcast (or it was - the sun is out now). The girls needed to get out so we went to Goodwill. I found a beautiful hardcover set of Louisa May Alcott books with olive green spines, colored title page art, and illustrations. The set includes, Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys, Jack and Jill, Under the Lilacs, and Eight Cousins, it didn't have Rose in Bloom which I think it should have. Ah well. The artwork is by Ruth Ives and is lovely.

I also bought a beautiful hand-blown, green-glass apothecary jar, an illustrated Golden Press of The Red Badge of Courage and an illustrated Golden Press of The Five Little Peppers Midway. I also bought a combined copy of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - with Tenniel illustrations (did I need another copy, no but...) I also bought some beautiful glass marbles and new pillows for our couch (the holes in the old ones are shamefully large).