Shannon Bardwell

A flash of harmless lightning, a mist or rainbow eyes. The burnished sunbeams brightening. From flower to flower he flies. John B. Tabb, The Hummingbirds flitting here and there around the humming bird feeder. John B. Tabb, The Hummingbird. John Bannister Tabb, American poet, Catholic priest (1845-1909) Standing at the kitchen window it’s easy to see six to eight hummingbirds flitting here and there around the humming bird feeder.

Extreme heat & severe heat advisories came in June through August and into September. Dangerous heat reaching 110 degrees to 115 degrees. Cooler weather may finally arrive in October having upper 70 degrees and overnight dropping to the 50’s. A few weeks ago, it continued to be hot as usual. Sam had an appointment with the dermatologist removing sunspots on this forehead and later returned to removing a larger cancer near his collarbone.

There’s all kinds of words for thrifting, it could be cheap, frugal, inexpensive, affordable, economical, reasonable or just budget friendly. Written from the book “The Tightwad Gazette” by Amy Dacyczyn. In my younger daysand occasionally now there was nothing more fun than to go thrifting. Some people even tried the occasional dumpster diving knowing that what was one man’s junk was another’s man’s treasure.