I have not been enjoying 2021, and I do not like August – I took against it in 2000, and that was that. To get myself through it I have been reading novels – trashy and otherwise – and relying on my superpower, which is being able to fall asleep on a sixpence.
AND, I have been wielding my nibs and playing with double sided tape – but I seem to have been too lazy to slap up any pics on my blog… so here goes….
Apologies if I have put these pics up before – I’m surprised that I haven’t.
Anyhow, here is a concise list of stuff that I HAVE enjoyed this August:-
Book of the month: The Appeal by Janice Hallett – Laugh out loud funny, my copy will be winging its way to a friend very soon.
TV series: The Morning Show [Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon] – Surprisingly addictive – worth watching for Aniston’s meltdown in the final episode if nothing else.
And finally….
Health tip of the month: The correct resting tongue position really, really, really matters if you have chronic TMJ disorder caused by clenching.
Oh….and Sunday Music….
Wonky Words 
No, as far as I can remember you have not shown these pictures before.
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Thank you for that confirmation, Mr Mags! Good to know that I am not totally losing the plot.
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Fab collages. Brilliant song…
I have to like August, my birthday month – despite all the recent disappointments thanks to bloody COVID, and the un-summery weather – it’s the law!
So, does the “old ennui” disappear on Wednesday, Ms Scarlet? Jx
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Thank you, Jon!
We’ve had blazing weather here – which makes a change, though it does seem to have drawn the crowds, and The Covid. Ack.
Does the “Old ennui” disappear on Wednesday? Hmmmm…. I feel a tune coming on…
My story is much to sad to be told
But practically everything leaves me totally cold
The only exception I know is the case
When I’m out on a quiet spree, fighting vainly the old ennui
And I suddenly turn and see
Your fabulous face
I will try to perk up by Wednesday!
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Oh, I am so pleased you got the Cole Porter reference! Jx
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Jon – But I’ve only just got the ‘Wednesday’ reference!!!
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What lovely work, sweetpea! August has been a monumental DRAG everywhere it seems. Here’s to a better September! xoxo
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Savvy – Late August always does this to me, it’s because I can smell a hint of Winter in the air – and the days start getting shorter – I’ll feel better by late March 2022!
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I used to like August. Now, it’s difficult. Too many conflicting emotions.
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Z – I know what you mean. I’m probably going to be on edge from now until sometime next year, I really need some sort of strategy to knock myself out of it.
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Always a heavy month, August, but September looks like being a doozy. My strategy is to stockpile fiction, devour costume dramas and gaze in wonderment upon flouncy handwriting. I also had a notion to read the complete works of Longfellow on the grounds that it would be good for a laugh, but blimey, there ain’t ‘alf a lot of it. Nominative determinism at work once again.
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Mr Batarde – Crikey, I must change my name immediately – to something like Scarlet Extremely-Organised-and-Prolific-Artist-who-is-also-Minted? Though that’s a bit of a mouthful, and possibly too literal?
I will be doing much the same as you with the fiction, flouncy writing, and TV dramas.
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Trashy novels seem to have got their hooks in me.
And the fix-ups of the cock-ups around the new place continue.Perhaps I’ll blog later…
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Dinah – I’ve just finished reading a novel called Ghosts by Dolly Alderton – it was aimed at a younger cohort, but I found it melancholic and haunting, and it made me feel sad for the generations of women below us. Anyhow, no more melancholic novels for me until next summer!
I’m looking forward to reading blog posts about your new home.
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You can be rid of pesky August in just a couple of days which will be easy because you have already lived through 29 or 30 August days just this year!
I’m liking the collages, especially the one with the V.
Can I listen to Sunday music on Monday?
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Kylie – Yes, you can listen to the music tomorrow! Or any time you like 🙂
I hope I throw myself into more collage making this Autumn.
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August is nearly over and we have ABBA to look forward to in September so it’s swings and roundabouts. As for your teeth clenching, have you tried Psyllium husks?
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Mitzi – I think I’ll give the husks a miss, Sweetie! Unless they also work for mental constipation?
Abba – oh yes! I read something about that.
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I haven’t seen those pics before either. And I’m sure I would have remembered if I had, because I have (as yet) unanswered questions, such as: Who sits at a table with Royal Mail? And just how many faces does Debbie have? (And in what circumstances did those faces come to be in the Jubilee Mail Centre?? And was Debbie still attached to them?!?) See?
Anyway, your collages and postal pieces are splendid, as always!
I can’t wait for August to be over, so September can begin. August has been an absolute shambles of a month – a cold, wet, dismal disappointment. I’m sure September will be a marvellously warm and sunny month!
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I will answer your queries, Mr Devine, when I am sober enough to do so.
*Falls over whilst trying to find shoes*
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I have thought about your queries, Mr Devine – I have decided to make a quiz out of them.
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Jon is right, it’s now illegal to dislike August, under the August (Positive Attitude) Act 2020. You could face very heavy fines, or even a spell in jail. Just keep telling yourself, August is fab!
I like the song. And the figures in action.
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Nick – Phew! It’s September – I think I got away with being anti-August! Hopefully I’ll also get away with being cynical in September.
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Well, we’re in the same group when it comes to not liking August very much. For me, August is just a month of planning for September. It’s funny, I’m a winter baby, a Sagittarian and yet I have so many Virgos in my life that I refer to September as “the Christmas where I only give presents and not receive them. (Lots of bored horny people in January apparently or did it start as an excuse to warm the bed perhaps?)
At any rate, I love the pictures! I have recently developed a fascination with eco- friendly Washi tape and I got an adorable..wait for it….FOX stamp. Adorable I say! I should do a light-hearted post on Nature-led next week with said stamp and tape. Look there, you’ve inspired me, Ms Scarlet!
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Mels – I’m pleased to be an inspiration! I am keen on Washi tape as it is reusable, and covers a multitude of sins on a humble envelope. I also love stamps – postage and otherwise.
Virgos. Hmmm. My opposite sign.
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