The above picture isn’t anything special but I can’t help smiling every time I see our Mimosa trees in bloom.  When we bought this house a hundred years ago, so it seems, our property contained several of these trees and I remember how my late MIL loved them.  I guess for the same reasons I did because of their feathery-pink foliage.  She liked them so much so that she asked to uproot a few to transplant to her yard.  Nothing else grows in our yard but these trees flourish.  They not only grow well but are invasive. It’s a chore to keep them weeded out of the lawn.. 

Anywho, I continue to grab snaps here and there with my iPhone mostly. That’s exactly what I did with my next one.  Last month after we got home from the store, Grady came for a visit.  You might recall I introduced you to our new neighbor a few years ago. However, this is the first time I know of him coming to call at our porch. I barely got this picture, too.

I’m trying to live more in the moment capturing daily life that makes me happy and the one thing that makes me VERY happy is chocolate. I made a German Sweet Chocolate Pie for the first time in decades. I can’t even remember when the last time it was I made this recipe but a co-worker shared it with me. I remembered liking, so I decided to see if it’s as good as I remembered.  You know how the brain is and well… it’s better to set things accurately and to erase all doubt, right? 

Conclusion…it’s very good but the German chocolate might be a bit too bitter to suit my taste. I think I might have to reinvent the recipe further using a different type of chocolate. I guess I’m forced to make a new one sometime soon. Oh, what agony! Well…someone has to do it, might as well be me and besides, you’ll not hear any complaints from my official food taster aka DH.

Now, it’s time for another update from April’s A2Z challenge, The Little Mermaid art sketch series.  I reinvited my pencil drawing Flotsom & JETSOM using my Procreate app on my iPad.  I think in the do-over I drew these villains’ eyes a bit more evil than originally. The color helps a lot to capture the mood, too. What do you think?  

ABC Wednesday is nearing the alphabet again with the letter ‘X’ today and after April’s A2Z blogfest my brain is too pooped, but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying mewsic.  I mean, who can’t get into some tunes any time?  

Instead of bands/artists, I’m going to use mewsic selections by artists who feature the xylophone in their songs. My hearing isn’t as good as used to be, so I’m relying on the suggestions of others through various Google resources.  Hit play to enjoy my 5 song picks using the xylophone. 

With the summer crunch on and Internet traffic slowing down, I’m dismissing the use of the linky tool until after Labor Day weekend.  You’re welcome…actually I encourage you to leave a breadcrumb (direct URL) back to your site for others to find you quickly and easily.  

Have a blessed day and please join me tomorrow for Thursday Art Date with Rain!

More mid-week hops:

• Scribble Picnic (temporarily on hold)
•  ABC Wednesday 

 I participate in these Wordless Wednesday Communities:

• Comedy Plus
•  Wordless Wednesday
•  Xmas Dolly (site and/or computer woes)