in between the rains...

rain and more rain...

storms heading this way...

the garden and a look around...

its growing...

there are blooms on the tomatoes...

green beans are taller...

got this cleaned out...

and this used to be on the front of the deck...

but doesn't fit there anymore because of the shutters...

and they work really well at keeping everything dry on the deck on rainy days...

and we have had plenty of them this week...

the whole area has greened up a bunch...

and the peonies are still blooming...

they are less and less all the time, but still going...

hoping we are blessed with a day this weekend where we can get out and do some weeding and dead heading...

DH has to go get his license renewed on Saturday...

he's got a birthday coming up next week...

do you have plans this weekend?

how's your summer going so far?

hope y'all are not in the flooding happening across the country...

praying for those who are battling to hold onto what they have left...

some of the photos and videos are heart breaking...

have a safe and blessed weekend...

new things...

been looking at this for awhile and finally got it...

love it...

Craig saved up his money and surprised us with this...

we haven't had the chance to use it yet...

very wet here...

and 3 boston ferns...

which will become 6 when repotted...

root bound for sure...

have you got anything new?

its a cloudy, rainy day here...

humidity is way up there...

things are growing...

not doing any gardening...

or planting...

but, the house looks pretty good...

laundry is caught up...

don't even have to cook tonight...

working our way through the left overs...

hugs and prayers for good days...

L.A. Dreamin'...

that's her name...

and she sports 4 colors...

blue, purple, pink and green...

just need to find the right spot to put her...

morning sun, afternoon shade...

I can't wait for her to get huge!

it will take a few years...

the rain stopped long enough to get the yard mowed today...

but its moving back in tomorrow...

we are greening up pretty good around here...

we are not flooding, but areas around us have been...

have a good week!

the guys had a great time...

last Thursday, they headed out of here around 4:30 am...

they had to drive about 45 minutes to catch the Amtrak to Chicago...

to watch the Cubs play at Wrigley Field...

they got off the train, walked 6 blocks, caught the red line and ended up right in front of the stadium...

and they had a fun time even though the Cubs lost that day...

Craig wanted outfield bleacher seats...

so they could see the whole game without problems of poles and such...

they left and caught the metro back to the train station...

in the 6 blocks of walking, Craig spotted an Italian place to have supper...

their train back was late leaving Chicago, so they didn't make it in here until around midnight...

DH was smart, he took Friday off, too...

Doug stayed with me several days and will be back one day this week to get his check up at the doctor's office...

will see if anything is out of whack with him and go from there...

we had a really good time...

he got most of the knots out of my neck and shoulders from last weekends doings...

so doing much better this week...

yard work happened over the weekend and we seemed to miss the rain every single day...

we got a few sprinkles here and there, so we spent a lot of time watering...

have good days!

taking another down day...

looking at some busy days coming...

so I don't want to fall apart in the middle of all that...

do want to make a Paris run on Friday with my guys...

hotter out today, too...

but will cool back down...

got a bit of rain over night, but nothing much...

no high winds...

have good days!