I have a confession to make ~

I like to peep in windows.

But, I'm not a peeping Tom.  I promise.

If I haven't scared you away, allow me to explain.

It's just that if I'm the passenger in a car and let's say my husband is driving and it's nighttime, I tend to notice lit up windows.  Now, let's also say we are driving through the country and the lit up house is one of those cozy farm-type houses.  Well . . . my imagination takes over as I begin to picture what life is like for the people who live inside that cozy place.  Have I mentioned that I think life on a farm sounds appealing to me?

I'm not sure why as I've only spent time on a farm once in my life.  I was a kid then and this is what comes to mind from that experience:

1. A very full fly strip hanging above the dinner table.  Every night I lived in fear that one of those flies was going to drop on my plate.
2. No air conditioning.
3. Trying hard to pretend that I liked the taste of milk fresh from the cow when inwardly I was thinking YUCK!
4. Forgetting my toothbrush and having the farm wife sterilize one of her toothbrushes for me to use.  Can I just say that combining that fact with well water made this city girl not brush her teeth for a week.  I feel another YUCK coming on.

Despite these facts, I romanticize life on a farm with all that fresh country air, homegrown vegetables, slower pace of life ...

I think I've watched "The Bridges of Madison County" one too many times :-).

Anyhow, it seems that this summer I have spent more time peeping out windows than in.  The heat, high humidity and my back issues have caused me to be in the house quite a bit this summer. 

So, rather than peeping in, I've been peeping out and, for the most part, enjoying the view.  So glad I planted lots of flowers on my patio so that they could be seen from the kitchen and the family room.

Sometimes I peeped into little windows in the kitchen.  I did encounter a bee, but at least she doesn't sting.

This window had a cooling effect even on the hottest days.

One day I spotted two butterflies dancing around the plants on the patio.  I grabbed the camera and ran but was only able to capture one of them.

Right after I captured it big rain drops began to fall.

I wondered what it would do as the drops were hitting it.  It seemed to nestle into the flowers until the rain subsided a bit.  Either that or it was hiding from this peeping Tom camera happy lady who's been cooped up in the house too long.