autumn clematis...

its that time again...

not as sweet smelling as it usually is...

lack of rain, I suppose...

had Craig home today...

still didn't get much done...

tail was a draggin'...

there are several patches of this between us and the lots across from our driveway...

I love it and it was so cheap!

(free)

hope your week is progressing along...

been spending too much time on the deck here...

:)

the deck

it is finished for this year...

I will put a coat or two more on in the spring...

just as soon as its warmed up...

I did all the painting...

the first coat was on my butt with a brush...

the second with a roller...

and some rearranging and all that fun stuff...

and its awesome!

the guys even like it...

and of course, there's the photo bomber...

the cats have taught him well...

:0)

worked outside this weekend, but nothing major compared to the deck and went very slow...

so today is inside fix what they messed up over the weekend day...

laundry going, a sink full of dishes and it looks like Harvey spent the weekend in the living room...

but...

then there's the deck...

I might take all my breaks there...

I told DH if the house work isn't done this week...

he would know why...

I am so tired already, I know there's a nap in there somewhere...

have good days and I could use some special prayers for a friend of mine...

just not working out the way this person would like it to...

but you know there's a bigger plan going on here...

and another door to open...

fighting letting go of the door that closed...

;(

thanks...

as August ticks away...

 who else is soaking up the last days of summer?

while fall slowly creeps in...

letting it all go to seed now...

we had 49 degrees here this morning...

I got my shower and dug out a pair of jeans...

we are in the 70s now...

had on my granny nightgown last night...

the warm one with long sleeves...

and I was still cold this morning sitting here drinking my get up and go juice...

love these kind of days!

:0)

hope you are getting them, too!

happy eclipse day...

I took these Sunday evening...

this was "the during" shot...

I think I have a roller or paint brush in my hands most of the time these days...

this is "the after" shot...

I painted the potting bench and lightly brushed the fencing...

did you see the furrbabies in the first photo?

there's Lester...

 

and there's Mr Wiggles and Mr Peebody...

( in the washtub )

I had painted these back in the spring and then just took a dry roller over the top of them..

I toned them down a couple of notches...

I had nothing to do with this morning glory winding its way up the frame and curling around it...

but I love it...

its awesome in the mornings when its blooming...

putting back the odds and ends...

I pulled about half of the plants in here, too...

looks much better...

this years start of Lamb's Ear...

its the softest thing ever...

and it spreads very well...

still waiting on the deck floor paint, but it says it will be in on Wednesday now...

got rain coming tomorrow, so planning on doing that over the weekend...

its been so dry here, we have missed all the rain the last few weeks...

so hoping for some on Tuesday...

we are mowing every other week now...

this is going to be a fun place to be for years to come...

even as I get to where I have more trouble getting around...

I LOVE the checker board design and wish we could do it everywhere, but it will take time getting enough blocks...

everything is picked over this year and they don't re-order until the spring...

all of this just because the other side of the house flooded so bad in the spring...

everything has a silver lining to it...

and its really working out for us...

and DH really likes it...

(sometimes he doesn't like my ideas as much as I do)

so that's a big plus around here...

;)

we were cloud covered today with thunderstorms south...

not much of an eclipse here, either...

it got dim, but more like just cloud cover but with a funky hue to it...

the birds did quit singing and the cicadas started sounding off...

that's the only change we had...

the dusk to dawn lights didn't even come on...

Craig's off the next 2 days...

so we will be inside much of tomorrow, depending if we get rain or not and when it comes in...

we have things to do around here inside and out...

but the list is getting shorter all the time...

might even get the fall house cleaning started...

have a good week!

lots going on...

and then not much going on...

been painting anything that doesn't move this summer...

like?

the other one has a lion in the middle of the iron work on the sides...

I dry brushed the metal parts...

and we have carcasses everywhere!

I have been so sick off and on the past week or so...

been to the doctor and didn't feel like he listened to be at all...

wasted trip...

we are so thinking about changing doctors...

and seeing what happens...

I know its the non insulin he has me on...

went off of it and the tummy problems stopped and the blood sugar went down...

went back on it and was sick most of yesterday...

DH and I did our yearly blood screen on Thursday...

same day I turned 55...

we have been cleaning, cooking. weeding and yes...

even pulling flowers that are past their prime now...

we have leaves down...

been raking them...

some...

not keeping up, though...

bon fires the last two nights...

should have been painting the floor part of the deck this weekend...

but FedEx destroyed the first shipment...

(can you imagine the inside of that truck with brown deck paint?)

:)

so its reordered and waiting on it...

I am running out of time to get that part done before more leaves fall...

or the fall rains start happening...

we have been super dry the last few weeks and this would have been the perfect weekend to knock that project out...

sorry I haven't been posting...

lack of photos and time has just flown by this week...

hope your week has been a good one...

so much going on in the world...

so much hate...

throwing some love out there...

and prayers for a better world...

;)

have a fun week...

not many left of summer now...

oh, and school started back up this past week, too...

I know the parents are taking in all the peace and quiet....

:)

weekend gone awry...

DH's willow tree...

and I topped it pretty good the first two years...

no grass mowing here this weekend...

too dry for it to grow much...

I am in day 4 of high blood sugar numbers...

but after racking our puny little brains...

I think we have our answer...

been eating 2-3 tomatoes a day since Tuesday...

so no more for me for 48 hours to see if that's it...

got up Saturday morning and it was 294...

so Craig called in and stayed with me in case I needed to make an ER run...

but guess who went instead?

poor old DH came home from work with a bursitis attack...

so off they went to the ER (after he almost fell in the shower)

for a couple of shots and few days worth of meds...

all better now...

and here is a recent photo of the rugrats...

3+ weeks old now...

no names yet...

all  girls...

Wingus and Dingus are ready to go now, I think...

need to get some good photos of them and start posting them...

would love for them to go together, but it doesn't always work that way...

anyhoo...

I will be here STARVING! until this comes down again...

it could be, too, that the meds I am on for the Type2 have quit working and going against me...

had some tummy problems, too...

which is one of the side effects of it and what the Meformin did right before I couldn't take it anymore...

got off of it and my BS dropped to normal...

:0

wish I wasn't so weird and could take stuff like other people...

oh, well...

I am my mother's daughter...

she wasn't "NORMAL", either!

Have a good week!

August...

one of my favorite months...

its birthday month...

my cousin's special day is the 12th...

mine is the 17th...

and Aunt Mary's is the 18th...

she didn't hold it against me too much that I couldn't wait just one more day so we could share our birthdays...

like I knew!

so getting her card ready to get in the mail...

my cousin is online, so I will send her birthday wishes there...

but Aunt Mary is old school...

in her 80s now and in a nursing home...

I have already gotten my card from her...

:)

gearing up to get some more things knocked off this weekend...

shouldn't be too bad...

going to start dumping a few pots, too...

neighbors and friends have blessed us with green beans and tomatoes this week...

made a roaster full of green beans...

sadly, we finished them up last night...

but we still have tomatoes...

and my friend has named herself the tomato fairy...

and she even delivers...

we are dry here and lacking rain in the forecast...

I am going to text the mower guy and pass this week...

its not growing much at all...

having to water quite a bit...

but with this cooler weather...

its not taking much...

but the ground is too hard to dig and transplant things...

so will just put off any of that until next spring...

when we hit the ground running!

have you started your fall cleaning yet?

I am about to get started...

going to be painting the deck, too...

that shouldn't be too bad...

the floor part...

be well and have a great weekend!

lovely weather we're having...

been in the upper 70s...

and its been so nice...

fall's coming...

those are leaves down...

autumn clematis is ready to bloom...

walnut trees are full of nuts and those are starting to come down...

DH's willow tree...

and the rose garden wanna be...

maybe that's what we will work on this weekend...

I have put in 4 days in a row outside...

things are shaping up, finally...

we have conquered the overgrowth, weeds...

and the dreaded flood area...

and I am taking a down day...

I haven't felt real good anyway...

like a cold is coming on...

might be the fibro, too...

Craig had Monday and Tuesday off...

we got the back steps painted...

the rails on the front one done...

kick plates...

and a whole bunch of little things on the list knocked off...

one by one...

we picked up where DH and I left off from the weekend...

neighbor gave us a bunch of green beans and then couldn't find his crock pot...

so we cooked them off in the big roaster...

and gave him a big container of them...

our beans and tomatoes didn't make...

on the new list to pull and dump pots this weekend...

and we need to water every day now...

super dry and no rain in sight...

have good days!