cleaning house tonight...

and I started with my blog...

wanted something simple...

no frills for right now...

just airing things out a bit...

ever wanted to do that?

hope you like the new unlook...

just me and my guy...

there are so many things your learn from your parents...

and if parents are smart enough to listen to their kids....

there's a lot to learn from them, too...

cone flower...

and when you weed and plant together...

you get to know each other...

it's like that with God, too...

the more you talk to Him...

the better you get to know Him...

so today...

me and my guy weeded and moved the mail box...

isn't it cute here?

nothing was growing in here anyway and I don't have anything ready to go in here...

besides...

it looks cute there...

and this is where we planted the yellow glads...

12 of them...

it shouldn't take them too long to come up...

and I put Steve's little pansies out here for everyone to see when they go by...

which isn't many since we live at the end of a dead end street...

bwahahaha...

and after lunch, we washed windows...

my guy did most of the work...

and we washed cutains...

all put back...

then we did this...

he wasn't going to smile...

silly guy...

but I did what I always do to my kids to get them to smile and it works everytime...

I just say...

there's a rooster on your nose...

we pulled the pickets off of a section of fence and replace that old section with this...

any guesses where it goes?

I'll show you later...

cooking spaghetti tonight...

sauce is made and my guy just let me know the angel hair is done...

time to throw it all together and test it out...

have a good night...

lightening bug season, so wash out that mayonaise jar...

my morning walk about...

well, the sun is up and the skies are clear here on the prairie this morning...

and there is a heavy dew on everything...

got my toes a little wet out here...

but the dew means the cicadas are silent...

and it was so peaceful with just the birds singing away...

and the sun kissed many things here and there...

did you know that if you want a fuller, bushier plant...

that between the 5th and 7th year you have to cut it all the way back to like 6 inchs high...

yep...

I did that after the 5th year...

it took all that was in me to cut it back...

I hated to lose the growth...

but it was so worth it...

and I sat on the bench out here for a bit...

while Bebe did his business...

and Boofy and Mr Wiggles kept me company...

looks like a scarecrow xray...

I sat here and prayed for my dad this morning...

this is my favorite shot today...

the lilies are just wonderful this year...

I'm not sure what we are going to be doing today...

maybe washing the kitchen and bedroom windows...

there's always weeding...

bought these seeds Sunday are the grocery store for 59 cents a pack...

not sure if they will come up or not...

there's globes, poppies, larkspur and statice...

some of my favorites...

put them in peat pots so I can just plant the whole thing without disturbing the roots if they do come up...

I did pick up 6 more glads last weekend that need to go in the ground...

these are yellow...

the pink ones have come up already...

so I'm hoping they bloom this year...

gardening is like your spiritual life...

what you do today will not be reaped right away...

you plant for the future...

do not expect to see immediate results from your Godly work...

and it needs to be tended to daily...

so the weeds never get a good footing...

and there are always weeds to pull...

plants to prune...

blooms to enjoy...

but they are fleeting...

and only there a moment...

you have to keep working to keep blooming...

and pull the weeds in your life that keep you from doing so...

make sure your roots are planted deep...

so when the storms come...

you bend...

thank you for all the prayers for my dad...

and for me...

it's going to be a great day...

enjoy every minute...