Monday Mondays 6.15.15

It seems that summer is here.  While I’m a weirdo in that I actually LIKE the heat,  It’s a great time for nature to show off its stuff.  For instance, our bees are filling up their comb again. So much so that we might be able to harvest another round of honey in the next couple of weeks.  And the swallows I see from my kitchen window are busy growing, eating, and beginning their flying lessons.  Truly, it’s one of my favorite times of the year!  Plant-life lush and colorful, the animal kingdom is busy making the next generation (well, I could do without the baby skunks!), the sky is blue and the breezes warm.  It just makes me grateful to be alive.

I hope that your week is blessed and you can find something to be grateful for as well…  Enjoy your Monday links…

• Today the Magna Carta is 800 years old.  Why it still matters.
• Straw bale gardening? With no weeds? I may have to try this next year…
• Replace an electrical outlet with this USB charger for your phones!
• The perfect tomato salad
• DIY lemon sugar scrub
• A jogger finds a just-hatched bird, takes it to his veterinarian brother.  Watch it’s transformation!
• As you grow older, less than a good night’s sleep increases aging, so get your sleep, people!
• Love this grocery store, and it may soon be bigger than Walmart
• Is there a double standard when it comes to Caitlyn Jenner & Rachel Dolezal?
• These color coordinated photos of everyday objects appeals to my OCD tendencies
• How highly sensitive people interact with the world.  Are you HSP?
• About that froyo….
• I love this customizable free printable – it would make a great gift tag or label
• Genius!  A grilled – healthy – blooming onion
• As Christians, we have to make room for grace… Why Shia LeBoeuf’s conversion might not look like we think it should
• Researchers have cracked the code to happiness?!
• How to keep your berries fresh much, much longer
• If your garden yields more zucchini than you need, make zucchini chips
• How 1 line of code almost killed Toy Story 2
• My daughter spent some time on a boat and now insists I learn the phonetic alphabet
• 5 rules for the last 5 pounds
• Do you need to stop meddling in your child’s life?
• Maybe refrigerating your eggs isn’t such a good idea
• What the NYC skyline will look like in a few years
• Some ways to battle fatigue
• I want to make this DIY water fountain
• Making peace with your flaws
• See what a dyslexic person sees when they read
• Common sense nutrition
• 10 ways to help you be more stress-free
• Incredibly amazing decorated cakes – truly works of art
• Why conflict can be good for you
• Do you have a best friend?  If you don’t, “trust [the] circumstances and the people God has put in [your] life”
• Food trends infographic for this year and next
• How to be the smartest person in the room