started out raining this morning...

so we were grocery shopping before 8am...

and then did the deli run just in time for an early lunch...

hot BBQ sandwiches were ate on the way back...

when my hands were finally free, I took a few photos on the way...

river hill...

the corn is coming up all over the place...

got things put up and headed out again...

the rain had stopped and the sun kept trying to pop out...

its not been out much, though...

one of the last columbine...

I always let mine go to seed...

the peonies are loving the little rain showers we get...

but the rain makes them so heavy, they droop terribly...

DH sawing the limb up in back...

thank goodness there's no butt crack showing...

she looks so muddy...

I think a good scrubbing and a new paint job is coming for her...

azalea are blooming now, too... 

the fire pit is filling fast...

and that's just the small stuff in the south yard...

we do sit out here quite often...

sticks everywhere!

some are hidden and you have to look really hard to find them...

the lilies will be opening very soon...

progress...

just too wet to drive the truck back there today to load it up...

hauling the debris to the city dump...

and the logs will be stacked to dry to use next year in the fire pit...

looks funny...

kind of naked with the center gone...

my view from the deck when I am in my chair...

we raked and raked and had to rake some more...

DH can finally mow the south section...

its supposed to be nice and dry tomorrow...

I think I am going to grab Craig and a couple of paint cans and head back out...

DH is napping...

have a good weekend and I hope the storms missed you...

we could get rain today and tonight...

but then it should be done for a day or two...

happy weeding!

;)

more of yesterday...

we were so blessed last night...

the radar looked bad and they were calling for 80mph winds...

started praying for it to calm before it got here...

and it did...

all the red turned to yellow and then to green on the radar...

this is where that limb came from...

the very center of the tree...

I think that might pierce a roof if it had fallen the other way...

its pretty good size...

the corn is starting to look like corn now...

there were a lot of small limbs down all over...

everything was fine here...

and the watermelon came up...

Craig chased this little one to the safety of the brush by the railroad...

he was confused, we think...

but he's still a baby...

the north lot has a row of trees that are on the railroad side of the line...

and it has many broken limbs and trees in it...

DH and I took a load of sticks to the city dump last night...

others had been there before us...

there were several piles from the clean up...

we haven't gotten all the rain they said we would, either...

so that's a good thing...

no flooding here...

its cooler today, though...

back to sweatshirts...

have a good weekend and stay safe...

;)