Greetings Gail-Friends! Yes, I've been busy again, but my heart is full of JOY! No time to do posts because I've been working on Jem's second book. It is done! Finished! Published! It's been a long haul to get to this point. His book, Shenanigans, is about his adventures (and mis-adventures) as a US Navy sailor back in the 1960's. It is so funny, y'all. You can read a sample at the link below.
It's available in paperback and as an e-book. Here's the link: https://a.co/d/8IaGWRy
We hope you'll buy it, read it, and if you like it, do a review on Amazon.
Now, I'm working on finishing up my book about Proverbs. Hopefully, it will be finished by mid-September.
So other than this, we've been enjoying the garden. The heat has been terrible, but we were able to have a small harvest of the Everglades tomatoes. They are about the size of the tip of my pinky finger and sweet as sugar. They re-seed themselves and (supposedly) come back every year:
Here are some of our beautiful flowers:
I think the zinnias are about finished. May have one more bouquet. They have brought me so much JOY!
I've also enjoyed sitting on our back porch (with a fan blowing on me, of course!). I'm hoping the buntings will be coming back this month, but you never know. But, we had a tit-mouse couple come by and the cardinals are regulars, along with the woodpeckers and blue jays. The birds and butterflies are such a joy during my morning quiet time.
We celebrated Jem's birthday this month. He'seventy-nine and said he never thought he'd live to be so old. Well, he did and I'm so glad. We spent the week celebrating and one place we returned to was the Pig n Whistle, a British pub in Cocoa Beach. Jem had the fish and chips and I had a Reuben. It was so huge I took half of it home. We saw this sweet little Mini Cooper there and had to take a picture. We sure do miss our Minnie (that was her name) and talked about maybe getting another one.
Another day, we took a slow ride down the river and visited a very nice restaurant in Titusville. It's called Shiloh's and it's directly across the river from the space center. Jem had the salmon and I had the fish and chips. We even ordered a key-lime cheesecake to share, but took most of it home.
All of this kind of rich eating is rare for us of late because we are dedicated to eating healthy. I've lost fourteen pounds and he's lost thirty-six, which makes me so upset. Why do men lose weight so much faster? Any way, I am faithfully eating healthy every day and night. Veggies are my friends. Speaking of veg, I thought this was so funny. I opened a new bag of baby carrots and found this super-sized baby:
We had a picture made at the restaurant and I can really tell we've slimmed down. Praise the Lord!
Maybe next month, I'll share how I've lost weight.
Oh, I forgot to tell you about our new car. A 2025 Honda CRV. It's just like our 2016 model, except for the updates:
So, life at Golden Cottage is golden . . . and easy . . . and we treasure every day together. I love our prayer and Bible time together in the mornings. Toonie does, too. He's a very scholarly cat.
I hope all is well in your world. God bless you and keep you, and may His face shine upon you.
Bye for now. 💗
