Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

 -James Bryce

bon fire and family plus one...

vintage light fixture...

the cats get their drinks of water out of this when they are outside...

Terri made it originally...

but Craig and I took the old beads off last night and put some of the new ones on...

a lot more colorful and fun...

coleus...

this looks so much better...

weed killer and then the weed eater...

this area is coming along...

the yard looks so good now!...

my son and husband...

ditto...

one of Steve's many faces he makes...

another one...this is the one that happens when I whip out the camera...hehe...

Craig trying to start a fire...Tia watching...and Steve in the background watering the new dwarf lilac...

he did it all by himself...

finally...

I'm the camp fire girl around here...

Tia and Craig hanging out...

they did marshmallows while Steve and I took a walk...

then when we got back we came in and I had to call Rebecca back...

she had been calling...

hope you are having fun this weekend!...

seedless watermelon...

oh, was this one ripe...it popped as soon as I stuck the knife in...

and it's so sweet and juicy...

most of it was cut up and put in the fridge to get cold for later...

but the rest was juiced...

and it was so good!...

if you have never juiced watermelon before...

try it...

your elbows stay dry...

new Steel Magnolia video for "Just By Being You"...

http://www.cmt.com/videos/steel-magnolia/534403/steel-magnolia-just-by-being-you.jhtml

These guys are really great and Josh is from here!...

check out the video...

another before and after...

before...this grapevine is a volunteer... planted by the birds...

and we finally got it moved this morning...

we will know in a couple days whether it makes the move or not...

it's in shock right now...