Saturday is King Kamehameha I Day and Hugh Laurie's birthday; Sunday is Superman Day, Loving Day, and Anne Frank's birthday. We're marking it all with our usual open thread poll.
Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, your favorite summer-weight tropical fragrance, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: top image is King Kamehameha Statue - Leis Closeup [cropped] by Daniel Ramirez at flickr; some rights reserved.
Saint Julep for me today. Happy Saturday, y’all! 🌺 💃🏼
And to you Nancyleandros!
Hello and happy weekend!
Sotd is tropical fruit salad Zoologist Chameleon.
One of my favourite summer scent is Terry de Gunzburg’s Fruit Défendu (I think it’s sadly discontinued though). It has a bright citrusy opening then becomes this realistic juicy sweet mango nectar. Very good.
A still available fav will be Bronze Goddess. I am pale as chalk but a girl can dream.
Bronze Goddess honestly makes me feel tan.
I put on some Bronze Goddess body cream this morning. I swear that is some great stuff!🤗
In Hermes Un Jardin sur le Tout.
Happy weekend, everyone! 🌞
*Toit.
You smell great and I like “Tout” too 🙂
Thank you! 😄
Lovely perfume for a warm weekend. Happy weekend!
Thank you, Kanuka! 🌻
Hey, maybe that’s the French way to say “on top of it all.” 😉
Lol! I”ll take that!
That’s a good one.
I do not have anything like a green thumb but all four of the pots I planted for the balcony are thriving, and with any luck I’ll have a profusion of scent-flowers — candytuft, forget-me-nots, four o’clocks, and nicotiana — in four to six weeks. (I chose flowers that thrive on indirect light, because we have a north exposure and the only straight-on sunlight is early evening for a couple of hours.) This is the first time we’ve had a balcony in almost twenty years, and I feel lucky to have a little space for growing.
Today I’m in YSL Yvresse, post-renaming but pre-reformulation, and it’s so charming.
That’s great that everything is thriving! I sympathize with your need to find part sun plants; my back patio is a cave because there’s a huge hedge trying to hide the school portable that’s just behind it, so I’m in the same boat. Half the nursery is off limits!
As part of the process of moving, I did some research and ordered nine packets of seeds, the ones that would grow in my part of the world (nothing tropical), didn’t require a lot of skill (something I don’t have, to say the least), and were strongly scented (I don’t even much care what they look like). And then I realized too late that a lot of them wanted full sun, but luckily I had four that were okay with indirect sun. Next year I might try to plant the others anyway, just to see what happens, but this first year I really wanted to succeed so I planted only the ones that weren’t quite so finicky. So far so good!
Thanks for the ideas, pyramus! Next year, I’ll look for some nicotiana for my balcony, which gets only morning sun.
By the way, you are smelling great.
My mom wanted her garden to look just so (and she really did have a green thumb, which I did not inherit, and had a way with roses). She grew nicotiana grandiflora in the flower beds at the front of the house: she loved the masses of white flowers (and the hummingbirds they attracted), and I loved the smell of them.
I love patios with scented flowers! My granny, who died decades ago, lived on the 21st floor of her Chelsea apartment in Manhattan. She had a huge patio with incredible views, that she filled with plants and flowers. I loved to sit out there in the sun and listen to the city below.
Oh, that sounds just lovely.
My mother-in-law was a great gardener, and she grew an oasis around her little mobile home. I hope her daughter, who bought it, will keep it up. She’s a garden lover as well, so I’m hopeful.
woke up it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I saw…
was the sun through yellow curtains and a rainbow on my wall…
🙂 🙂 🙂 !
Winter daphne grows in shade and partial sun and is pretty hardy. It’s quite good as a plant pot shrub as it has a tendency to die if the roots get too wet. Smells great.
Taking notes!
I believe I’ll order some for next year. I hadn’t even heard of this plant but it sounds lovely. Thanks for the tip!
I love Daphne and have several plants in my yard, including one with a distinct jasmine scent.
Yay!! Sounds lovely. We were just sniffing nicotiana plants the other day…I did not realize that there are varieties with almost no smell (cool lime green flowers though).
So far my front porch plants are doing well too, but we’ll see what happens when we go out of town. Keeping fingers crossed for my tuberose bulbs.
Good luck with your tuberoses! I bet the smell of the fresh flowers is intoxicating.
As for the nicotiana, it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that every possible variety of flower has been bred for visual appeal with a consequent loss of scent. (We’ve done it with fruit and vegetables: why not flowers?) I’ve been disappointed by far too many pretty but scentless roses and carnations. I genuinely don’t care what they look like (and in fact the candytuft I hope to succeed at growing are very drab): a beautiful flower is a bonus, but I just want them to transport me with their perfume.
Near, hear!
I’m in Tauer Sotto la Luna Tuberose today. I’m hoping it will clear up and be at least spring-like this afternoon.
Good luck! Meanwhile you smell great.
I’m in Ormonde Woman today.
Super excited about my garden –just planted lots of basil yesterday. I also have arugula, Swiss chard, romaine, peppers, tomatoes, scallions, lots of other herbs and garlic bulbs that I planted last fall. And some raspberries in another area. I wish I had lots more space to plant more!!
For Jalapeno: I brought one of my own bottles to the pedicure: Essie Enuf Is Enuf (such a happy summer toes color: a pinky coral). I think my very favorite is Orly Haute Red, but I lost my bottle. Need to remedy that. So there you go – way more than you ever wanted to know 😉 .
Oh yay…caprese salads coming up!!
I’m in awe of your energy, springpansy, since I know you are a very busy person without gardening. But gardens are relaxing and rewarding too. Enjoy!
Your garden sounds great 🪴
When I logged onto NST this morning, no one had yet commented. But I got carried away looking up the history of King Kamehameha and now it’s an hour later 😂🌼🌸🌺 🌴 🏝
Love the photo of the leis—now I am daydreaming of tropical humidity and warm winds carrying the scent of the sea and flowers. It is painful to read the recent/last 300-year history of Hawaii, or that of any indigenous people really. And I find the transliterated names particularly difficult to remember or keep sorted in my mind, but I also feel like it is a sort of duty. Anyway, that is all I will say about that.
Perfume! Last night I got loads of compliments on my Dear Polly. It really is so pretty. This AM, idling with a hot cup of joe and the World Wide Web, I’m in The Favourite. All the doors and windows are open wide, and the sounds of the birds and squirrels is so loud it is almost drowning out the banging being made by men building a fence on the ridge above our house.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend. I felt so sorry for the birds yesterday as they huddled outside looking miserable that I fed them three times. Take me with you on your tropical daydream!
I did the same thing this morning! So the post was also a little later than usual.
There are really good images on flickr of that whole statue, draped in flowers…did not come across well in the small sizes I use here, so I only posted a close up of the flowers, but worth looking at, it’s a cool statue.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=26a7skUt6-g
We had snow on the hilltops yesterday and it was one of those days where being outside left you feeling chilled. Today is not much better so going for warmth in Smoked Ambergris and a cruisey song from Nick Drake (Saturday Sun) to warm the day. Drinking coffee in bed, listening to the wind rattling the trees, and three hours to dawn….winter. Happy weekend.
I never cease to marvel that I can be swanning about mid morning, maybe still in bed with coffee, and you are on the other side of the world, pre-dawn the next day, doing much the same. 🌏🌈💙🇺🇸🇳🇿
Ps. A sparrow just flew into my bedroom and landed on my bed!
But with a woolly hat on!
Now I have a mental image of a sparrow in a woolly hat. 😆
😍
Oakland Fresca, and another geographical difference…a sparrow could never fly in and land on my bed because as soon as the weather here is warm enough to open a window, there are too many bugs not to have screens in the windows!
Did the sparrow leave of its own accord or was it work to get it back outside?
Well I am, ahem, an expert on “wild things and other animals that stray through your open windows and doors.” Dogs are supposed to be on leashes, but I have shooed countless out of our living room and backyard (and one pit bull that chased one of our cats upstairs and through all of the bedrooms, leaving deep scratches in our wood floor and a cat that needed valium for two days afterwards–the dog was very sweet to me, but not so much to our cat). We’ve had mice, lizards, squirrels, raccoons, (of course rats!) and a close call with a skunk that almost came in. And birds of every feather. The most memorable was the duck who eschewed the wide open door, and crashed through the glass of our closed kitchen window. . . Hummingbirds are the hardest to chase out. But this little bird–I’m amending my characterization of him as a sparrow, it turns out it was a chestnut-backed chickadee– and I did a three-second stare down and then he politely flew back out.
LOL…useful to have a good stare!
We had a ferret run in once, and various dogs and cats that weren’t ours, but that’s it other than the mice, of course, and a couple bats.
Feeling tropical in Kai today.
Love Kai. You smell great!
Thanks!
Wearing Angel Eau Croisiere today. Yummy.
Nice. Hope your day matched.
Continuing with the CP. SOTE yesterday was Dear Polly; SOTD today is Berdoues Assam of India. I guess I have quite a few tea scents, huh.
It’s going to be another hot one today, though not as hot as yesterday. Tomorrow should be much cooler, ahhh. I think I’ll save the outdoor chores til then. I love it when the weather gives me permission to procrastinate.
Assam of India is very nice. Wish it lasted longer.
Pouring rain here and happily procrastinating right along with you!
Farmers market and relaxing at home.
Tonka Impérial for SOTD
I forget how gorgeous this is.
For anyone that needs a smile this morning (my affiliation is that I volunteer at the library) https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/this-video-of-the-nypls-lion-at-the-beach-is-the-cutest-thing-youll-see-today-060922
My kids watch the video and they loved it!
You smell wonderful!
Very cute! I haven’t worn Tonka Imperiale in a long time — will have to remedy!
I forget how much I love this one, and will be sad when I finish my sample.
The library lions 🦁 are cute and the photos too
Slept badly and consequently am in Carthusia 1681 for comfort. Today is caulking day, people! Worrying about making it come out well is partly what kept me up, so it will be good to get the process over with.
I’ve found that during a caulking session, the longer I caulk the better it looks. So I practice in the garage for a while before caulking the area that actually needs it. I hope yours comes out beautifully!
Good advice, thanks! Your garage must be a lot cleaner than mine. 🤣
Hope it is all over and perfect, SheriG?
Not yet (see below) … but soon, I hope!
Update: Foxbins saved my bacon. Found an old piece of moulding in the garage and squirted some of the new caulk on it, just to get a feel for the gun. Turns out that the “biscuit” color I thought would match the pale tan color of the existing caulk and grout is basically white — not the color I expected to see. Apparently “almond” is the color I need … sigh. Mr. G will run out and get some for me later this morning. So the saga continues.
Further update: the almond color is also probably too light, but I used it anyway. And it’s done!
Bravo!
Hooray!
I wanted something cheerful today, so Bombay Bling it is! I only have about 5mls left and I can see a bottle in my future someday.
I could hook you up with some more of BB
I left you a message!
I’m in SSS Bee’s Bliss for what feels like a day in Florida with better temps. The humidity must be 110% because we just did a tiny walk and I’m sweating. 😅 The temp is a much friendlier high 60’s, so thankful for that!
Found a very nice park here that caters to equestrians (should have worn SSS Equestrian!) and has miles of trails available to horseback riders and hikers, dogs allowed on leash. No bikes or motorized equipment allowed, which I appreciate. Very thick canopy too, so it should be one of the cooler places to spend summer days.
Happy weekend!
You smell great! Glad you and T-Rex are enjoying the equestrian trail!
Happy Weekend NST friends!
Wearing LeLabo 18 today. Very pretty scent, but silage is weak imo…
If it lasted longer and was stronger, it would be a phenomenal fragrance.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
That’s the Labdanum?
Hope your weekend is going well!
That one is very pretty. I went through a rollerball of that one as a bedtime fragrance and I rather miss it.
I love Labdanum 18, it lasts fine on me and was gifted a bottle last year. 🙂
Oh and Nancy, let me remedy that..I can send you some, Please mail me at kalliela 11 at the hot male:).
Oh my goodness, thank you. Emailing you now! 🙏🏻
I got a bottle of the shower gel of that and it’s been wonderful. Just finished it off the other day. It lathers up really nicely.
I’m wearing Diptyque Ilio today.
Photographed some bees minding their own beesness in the wild flower Field, so take a look if you wish:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeqpwaUDGMX/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Beautiful photo! 😍
Thank you
What a beautiful flower, bee and composition. And you smell amazing!
Thanks
Wow as someone who also likes and has studied photography some, bravo! Just gorgeous. What camera do you use? Great macro shot. Those are so fun to take.
Beautiful! I love the blue flower.
I was excited last night to discover I still had a little left in my sample of Bengale Rouge. It had seemed too vanilla when I first tried it, but it had grown on me. I can now confirm that an FB will be a future purchase. It’s definitely an appropriate perfume for the cold and wet day here.
I love Bengale Rouge, I smell lots of opoponax in it.
I slept poorly last night due to the heat, but I’m still so happy it’s the weekend, and really enjoying my scent. I’m wearing Neroli Amara, very good in the heat!
Just doing chores around the house today, and recovering from my son’s last week of school this past week.
Hopefully you have A/C!
Yay, school’s out!
I’m contemplating cleaning the windows. My excuse is that my right wrist is no longer what it used to be since I broke it.
I wore Diorella today, this vintage edt is extraordinarily diffusive, so I walked in its bubble today it suited the weather, sunny with occasional clouds and 21C. This evening it’s Angels’ share which I purchased only because I paid around £40 is for a tester bottle but I’ve grown to like it quite a bit, especially the cinnamon.
I like Angel’s Share the more I smell it. Another great deal too!
So glad you grew to love it too, perfume sisters that we are, it’s a sleeper this way, when I picked it up solely based on the great price I wasn’t that impressed but as often I just had to get to know it better.
If you need more of it I’ll travel to France early sept (I bought my ticket) and could send you a decant then.
That’s an excellent excuse and nobody can argue with it 🙂
Thank you Robin 😃, windows don’t clean themselves, alas.
No, but you’d be surprised how long you can go without caring! I can offer pro tips if you need them 😉
Iris Torréfié for another rainy day. Managed to make it out this morning with the dog for a walk before it started, where I ran into the next door neighbors who announced they are also putting their house up for sale this week, and theirs is nicer than mine (wail). The universe is conspiring against me I swear.
You smell nice! I say you may be in a good position as unless their house is significantly nicer than yours, you will benefit from the value of the other house.
I sure hope so. It is a bit nicer from the front, no idea about the inside but I’m guessing quite similar to ours.
You smell great 😊
It’s cool and rainy in the DMV tonight. Perfect for a pavillion concert with my old pal Robert Plant (& Alison Krauss). He sure sounds like a perfect crooner nowadays. I’ll probably where some sort of jasmine. Maybe A La Nuit.
Oh, lucky you!
Oh wow! I had no idea he was still touring.
Jealous! Your jasmine fragrance pairing sounds perfect.
Oh, I am so jealous — they are amazing together. Hope it was wonderful.
The show was stellar! His voice was in fine form; it seems to get better with age!
So glad. I have heard most of the last album on the radio and really enjoyed it, and the tour reviews have been stellar.
DMV?
I wish Robert Plant would play at a DMV 😆
Ha!
Ooop sorry – DC, Maryland, and Virginia area.
Thanks!
Soup Of The Day is Dolce Peony, tomorrow I believe I will wear Daisy (M Jacobs); getting all flower-ed up this weekend.
💐💐💐
After reading this last night, I decided to wear Daisy today. I love it!
SOTD = Hotel Costes Costes
… from the Splitmeet – so wonderfully soothing refreshing that I now want to try all the bath products!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CerOwJDuv2b/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
I finally packed up my old phone although I was foiled by not being able to remove the SIM card. I wiped out all the data etc etc so I am not concerned about my data getting out there.
In other news, I am closer to identifying the Angel oversprayer. She works on the other side of the floor and in a different line of business. I will confirm next time.
You smell nic! Love the Costes body oil. And LOL on the Angel oversprayer. I’ve smelled several walking down random streets in Paris.
If it wasn’t so potent, I wouldn’t mind at all!
Lol! You are sniffing her out!
Literally!
Almost twins — I wore Costes at bedtime last night. It’s weirdly wonderful.
Isn’t it? I did not know what to expect and was super pleasantly surprised.
I have the Costes body milk and love it.
Wow! I looked into ordering but the DHL shipping was too much! I am awaiting a response back from shopfrance.
I bought mine at either LuckyScent or BeautyHabit.
I saw that at Beautyhabit although many of the items are out of stock.
I took today off because my daughter had a Prom like dance to go to. Her school put on a fancy dance for the kid’s with disabilities in the area. She didn’t want to wear a dress so we picked out a cute black jumpsuit with a sheer sparkly star shirt underneath. She wore constellation fake nails and sparkly barrette and sandals. It was fun. She danced like her mom ( swaying, lol) we ate pizza and chicken. Her sotd was Arianna Grande Thank You Next body mist and I wore TM Miroir des Majesteax. A happy day!😊🌞
That is adorable. The outfit sounds great!
Adorable! She’s my Sparkly Sandal Twin! 👯♀️ Her whole ensemble sounds killer cool! 😍
How fun! What a wonderful night to make memories 😀
What a fun, memorable mother daughter experience. Priceless!
This is so nice! I hope you took pictures!
Hajusuuri.. as you know I am inexperienced with technology. Last night I decided I would jump into the 21st century and for the first time ever use the video recorder on my phone. I discovered later that even though I had it in video mode there was still a record button to press. Nothing recorded. However I did manage to take a few pictures and the school was taking them too. Lol at myself.. I guess that’s what I get for being so stubborn.
Nah, they don’t make things like they used to where you can just look at something and know what to do. At work, we have one group that literally said “It’s very simple but we are working on the more complex version.” Say what?
LOL it took me a while to realize that too about the record button! And I had to ask a stranger the first time how to do a selfie.
How lovely!
What fun! Sounds like some great memories were made last night. ❤️
How wonderful!
SOTD was Chanel No. 19 as we went to a memorial service for our neighbor/ friend’s dad, who was well known in the community. He apparently wasn’t an easy man, and one of his sons delivered a very honest, funny and charming eulogy.
In the category of “what are people thinking?” there was a woman who came into the market the other day, accompanied by a little girl of about 5 or 6. The woman was wearing a T shirt that said in all caps “New York F$#&ing City” (without the edits). Who does that? Not just to wear in public but around a kid? I was horrified. And oddly offended on behalf of my former home.
I’m looking forward to wearing OJ Frangipani soon. One of my favorite summer scents. And I’m fondly remembering Nicolai Eau d’Ete. I went through a small bottle of that one summer.
I realized after posting this might violate standards. If so, please just delete and accept my apologies.
No, fine since you did the edits. NOT fine for the mom.
OJ Frangipani is great. Super summery.
I hear ya on the shirt. I am cool with edgy stuff but not in PG situations. There’s a time and a place, people!
Oh seriously, what are people thinking?
So sorry about your friend’s dad but the memorial service seemed like a nkce way to remember him.
A classy sticker I see on cars is “Baby up in the B**ch” instead of Baby on Board. Sigh. I guess it’s supposed to be funny but I think it’s just tacky. Seems like prior times just had more class and less trash.
*This B–, not “the”
I am continually shocked and disappointed by the crass things people seem to think it’s fine or funny to say and wear (and do). Oy. Wish the pendulum would swing the other way a bit.
I agree so much with this.
Public decency and manners have gone out the window.
One of the bad things about living in a van is that I witness/hear a ton of terrible things. People have no clue I’m in there, T-Rex is not a barker, so they have no clue that everything they say/do is being overheard/witnessed. The poor kids of the world! I mean, really, you have denigrate and humiliate a five year old because his shoe is untied?! I think a lot of these kinds of things are perpetrated by men who are probably not the kids father, but it’s often the mother as well. Really shocking stuff. 😢
Returned some online purchases to the mall and replaced them with new purchases. Definitely got my steps in today.
Grabbed samples of Gypsy Water and Infloresence. Already a fan of Gypsy Water, think Infloresence will be a good one based on my initial spray but also didn’t stick around for long so dunno if would purchase.
I did try the Prada Infusion de Rose and it was very nice. I would have gotten a sample of that as well but the area was pretty busy so I just did a test spray.
Have a couple options for dessert tonight. I like to top off a scoop of Haggan Daas Chocolate and Peanut Butter ice cream with a scoop of Black Raspberry and chocolate chip Talanti gelato. It’s a very tasty combo.
I started the day with some Chanel n5 EdT, then added the Prada Infusion de Rose, then Chloe Nomade Absolue (it’s fine), then got Gypsy water and Inforesence all over my hands and arms filling sample spray bottles. Threw some Guerlain Santal something-or-other on the other arm on my way out of the store and when I got home my husband said he could smell me across the room, lol. He wasn’t complaining though!
Probably Santal Pao Rosa!
Oversprayed this morning with Chanel Paris-Riviera. I haven’t used this in quite awhile; more is more with this one.
I spent the day yesterday continuing to purge and listed a few things on a local Marketplace website to thin the herd (some perfumes and jewelry that I no longer reach for).
I need to do some serious purging — good for you Gail!
Still haven’t tried the St Clair scents, but there’s a sweet article in today’s NYT about the perfumer’s sale of her dairy concern:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/10/dining/animal-farm-creamery-butter.html
It’s a good day to set your DVRs…TCM’s lineup is The Ghost & Mrs Muir, From Here to Eternity and Sunday in New York. Sunday in NY is a very dated comedy about dating, but still entertaining with an appealing cast.
About to revisit my Hera sample.
From Here to Eternity is SUCH a great movie. Mmmm–that scene on the beach!!
Commando after the Eau Rose edp had a musk that was bothersome but was too lazy to scrub off? But I should have. Just didn’t agree. I can have Trader Joe’s Rose Water for much cheaper and no musks doing whatever shannigans. Lol. So that is probably gunna be my scent, if any, as it’s sigh, 110 today..smh. Hopefully, some monsoons will come into the area before too long for some cooling off..however brief the cooling may be. Ice cream is stocked and soon the Gatorades lol.
I agree—there’s something in that edp that sets my teeth on edge.
Starting my summer vacation off right with a few hikes and a few loaves of zucchini bread baking in the oven. I’be been wearing Kai all weekend to bring on the summer vibes!
Oh I love fresh zuc bread with a pat o butter melting into it:). I found Kai performed better on me in a moderate, more humid climate. I wish I could wear it but I think there’s gardenia in it if I remember. And I can’t do that note at all lol.
Freebie in honor of summer time
Lush Happy Daze bath bomb set. Has use by date of 8/22. Set of four bath bombs. Box isn’t sealed but is not used. Place dibs here along with your favorite summer time song you like to listen to. Then contact kalliela 11 at the hawtmale.
Thank you:).
https://youtu.be/xH7cSSKnkL4
Dibs🌞
Nice, nothing like ol’ school rock n roll. 🙂 or old time rock n roll..;). I got the email thank you
I did pretty much nothing all weekend because I wasn’t feeling well and just have a bad case of intense ennui, probably because I’m returning to work tomorrow. Will be happy to start depositing instead of withdrawing all the time, but still…😭 I’ve been buzzing around the new town to look for shady parks, bathrooms, and trash bin locations-you know, the essentials. There is certainly a dearth of trash bins, which really annoys me to no end. Quite a lovely area, though, and I think I must have landed on the “right side of the tracks” vs. the canceled contract that was in a very unpleasant looking area, so that’s my good luck, I guess. It’s very populated and tons of traffic, which makes me a bit claustrophobic. I’m going to try and schedule to work every weekend so I don’t have to deal with the craziness.
Wearing the same shirt as yesterday, hence still in Bee’s Bliss. This has tremendous staying power on fabric. I like it much better after it’s aired out a while. At first spritz, it’s so intensely floral it almost turns me off.
Hope everyone has had a restful and restorative weekend. 🕉
Eeek, hope you feel better! I used to have a feeling of dread every Sunday at 6pm. I don’t recall when it stopped but I couldn’t think of a reason why I would have that feeling at the pit of my stomach.
I know that feeling well. The body tells you when something is not quite right. Are you back in the office at all during the week? I’m missing your public transportation stories 😆
I’m back 3x a week. Most of my commuting stories were from the PATH train which I am treating like the NYC subway – try to avoid at all cost!
I don’t blame you. I wish they gave people the option of continuing to work from home. If they’ve proven to be dependable for the past two years, why not?
Rest up and good luck tomorrow!
Thanks! You too! 👍🏼
Hope you feel better soon and hope this work assignment goes well!
Thank you. I don’t think it’s the assignments as much as it is me. Medicine and nursing has changed so much it’s almost unrecognizable now. I think I’m just done. I’m researching and looking forward to work camping. As soon as I get my camper, I’m hoping to start that for most of the year.
Ooh, will you be a campground host in residence? That seems like a nice job.
That is one position I’m looking at, yes. Hopefully with the NFS.
Hope all goes well on Monday, Deva. When is that camper coming?
Well, not sure quite yet. Many moving parts, including people who are in line ahead of me potentially backing out because of the economy/gas prices, etc., which will shift me forward. The supply chain issues seem to be resolved for the most part now. Longest wait will be about 18 months, which is down from the original 24 when I placed my deposit, but could be less…
Right. Good luck, hope it is sooner rather than later.
Hi everyone, I’m kind of absent lately because the cast on my left arm makes it difficult to type–among other things. At least I’m allowed to get it wet, which simplifies showering a lot (no need to wrap it all in a trash bag). I’ve been wearing my sample of Mango Skin by Wilhelm. It has surprised me by how nice it is. Yes it’s fruity but it’s neither too sweet nor too simple. On me it has very good lasting power too. Good for summer and hot weather.
Last night I got ambitious and made lemon risotto. Lots of lemon juice and zest and I managed to get the texture right, very creamy. That was the star but on the side I had quickly browned some shrimp and sugar snap peas in butter and the combination proved to be a great success! Nice contrast of flavors and textures. Patting myself on the back. I can’t do much of any chopping right now but zesting the lemons was about the hardest thing for this dinner.
I’m completely hooked on the Korean crime/police/thriller/suspense drama The Stranger on Netflix. It’s very intense and at times confusing. The plot is full of twists and turns. The two lead actors are so great–so are some of the villains. Can’t wait to watch more.
Mmmm creamy, lemon risotto. Send some this way please. Risotto is one of my faves
Seriously, doesn’t that sound amazing?
Your risotto sounds amazing! I’m inspired to try it myself.
I hope you’re healing well, and quickly. I’m hoping you have home assistance for things like showering, cleaning, garbage removal, etc..?
Reporting late, but I wore le Parfum du 68 today. Mostly sunny, aside from one rain shower, yay!
Oh yum, have not pulled that out in ages.
And we must have taken your rain!
Glad you got some 🌞!
Shalimar Eau de Cologne today. And I’ve awarded myself an enabler pin after I mentioned Nicolai Eau d’Ete. Found it on Amazon and pulled the trigger on a 30 ml bottle.
Nice find, enjoy your new bottle!