the frost this morning...

but it didn't do much damage...

the roses and snap dragons were untouched...

DH started putting leaves on the beds last weekend and they are still blooming through them...

a few leaves are still left on this small maple...

that crazy dusty miller will be doing ok by Christmas if this keeps up...

windy here, but sunny...

chilly...

warmer tomorrow, back in the 60s...

Craig and I sat out front on the bench awhile this afternoon getting our sun for the day...

too windy to walk but it felt good out of the wind in the sunshine...

DH is working tomorrow and hopefully, we will go in a check the booth on Sunday...

haven't heard anymore on Aunt Mary, so that's good news...

hopefully she will get to go home tomorrow...

you all have a great weekend!

all went well!

Aunt Mary just got out of surgery and all went well...

that's all I know...

for now...

thank you for all the prayers!

thank you just doesn't seem enough...

but it's all I have to give back...

remembering my father in law...

Harold...

who spent a year in hospitals on his way home in WWII...

who watched friends die over there...

who never forgot...

who called me every Veteran's Day and cried for the ones who didn't make it through...

he never forgot...

never...

always wondering why he was chosen to come home and others weren't...

you know , their tour is never finished...

not until the day they die...

they carry the war within them all that time...

that's a lot to ask of anyone...

one way to honor those that have been there and the ones still there...

is to respect what they have fought for and are still fighting for...

and be an example when the flag passes by...

the anthem is sung...

the pledge is said...

and remember them in your prayers daily...

put them first on your list...

first in your hearts...

that's where they have put you...