need to get these posted...

took this this evening...

while everyone's peonies are fading and gone, ours are just opening...

little bees in little flowers...

lilies will be opening soon...

it was a crazy day yesterday and a lazy one today...

a friend stopped by before I got my shower and we spent quite a bit of time on the deck catching up...

the green beans are looking good in spite of several really cold nights...

this is the garden...

its a great place to hang out...

Craig pulling maple trees!

I will plant more flowers in here next year...

the roses are blooming non stop now...

started painting on this and ran out of paint...

Craig brought two more cans home tonight, so will hit it again in the morning...

and look at the corn!

it looks really good after the little bit of rain we got...

and this pink flamingo is moon lighting as an ostrich...

what do you do when life gives you pink flamingos?

paint them and turn them into black swans....

and that's the way it went around here?

how's your week stacking up?

part of our Sunday drive

well, here I am and its almost 2am...

thinking I really need to get to bed soon...

very soon...

I hope you are sleeping well while I type away here...

;)

it should be a bit warmer today and I am planning on playing outside...

we shall see...

have good days

morning...

we got some things done outside on Saturday...

we got up to 87 and dodged all the rain that day... 

so much for an 80% chance...

peonies are beginning to open and the iris were deadheaded...

yellow knock out rose...

green beans...

we had such a whacky spring, and we aren't sure these are going to work...

if they do, we are going to paint some of these free pots this fall...

tomatoes are growing well...

we worked inside all day yesterday...

and took a drive (will post those photos later this week)

with the clouds and .3" that we got, cooler temps came in, too...

40s Saturday night and in the 50s yesterday...

had to dig out the sweatshirts...

again...

up to the 60s today and then 70s tomorrow...

found this bee on an online garage sale...

$2

another find, same sale...

$2

lots of roses and sweet faces...

a tiny blueblird...

haven't even looked inside yet...

we got some rain, but could sure use more...

but don't want the flooding that's going on in some areas...

home alone today, so going to slow down the pace and just hang out in jammie pants and long sleeves...

I am not turning the furnace back on...

(I am sitting on top of the space heater, though)

a nice hot shower should make it all better...

;0)

I also see a nap in my future...

wink, wink

prayers & praise...

praise...

Robbie, who I have asked prayers for- who was born a little early...

then had complications...

3 hospitals, surgeries and who knows how many doctors and nurses...

got to go home today for the first time...

after 2 1/2 months in hospitals...

praise...

Tori, who bravely fought cancer...

had her 8th grade graduation...

she missed a year with chemo and her amputation...

but so far, all pet scans have been squeaky clean!

prayers...

for Teresa...

who's husband only has a short time here...

advanced cancer found too late...

prayers...

for a tiny baby who might not make it...

prayers...

for those dealing with the floods this spring...

prayers...

for our soldiers in harms way...

where does time go?

it just seems like we were planting the garden...

and I turned around and its the last day of school here...

but did want to show you a few things...

the lockers- bought last fall off of a friend who posted them online...

finally got moved onto the deck for storage last weekend...

all connected and heavy...

love it there...

cleaned up all the clutter of things you don't want anyone to see...

and the kids helped move the stuff around on the deck...

and its all coming together...

hung this up to keep the wasps and dirt dobbers from making nests on the deck...

supposedly, they think its a hornets' nest and won't build anywhere near them...

will let you know how it worked when summer is over...

its just a brown paper bag with walmart bags in it...

shhhhh...

you can hear the corn growing!

clover is blooming now...

great for the bunnies and the bees!

but wear shoes...

got to work on a few more areas and find something to use this old paint on...

they will take empty cans but not ones that have paint left in them...

just add some water and white wash a few fences and it will be gone...

my old non gliding glider is out in the yard now and about to be repainted...

soon, that flower bed will be expanded and the glider will set just inside it...

so we will never have to move it to mow again...

back on the deck now...

we looked high and low for rose bud impatients this year...

and Craig finally found 2 in this by-color... 

I need to dig out the new pillows that I have been snagging up all last winter...

and there it is so far...

not a bad place to spend time...

my last day of lying low...

Craig is off the next two days, so will put him back to work again and I will be outside all day long...

hope you are having a good week...

I am doing pretty good, considering all that we got done and trying to keep up with the guys...

have a great weekend if I don't get back in here...

;0)