we finally got some rain Tuesday...

it came late afternoon, right before supper time...

and it dropped 20 degrees in less than half an hour...

its been the biggest rain we have had in a long time...

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we almost got an inch out of it...

I know of one farmer just southeast of us who was picking corn...

and hauling it to the elevator...

we have our cooler days now...

no more 90s in sight...

and I am so good with that...

cooler nights with crickets chirping is wonderful...

as long as one of them doesn't get in the house...

then its creepy and you can never find it...

and you think you will go mad!

those calves were having so much fun in the downpour...

they were prancing and dancing and kicking up their heels...

we shot the photos of things in the rain, went back home to do supper...

then we headed for the normally Monday night JV game...

we lost, but it was nice to see the kids again...

I cannot believe its been so long since our boys played...

and we saw both of their numbers out there...

Doug was 61 one year and Craig was 25...

#11 there is our friends' son...

quarterback on the JV...

it was lightly drizzling so we watched from the van...

and very few were in the stands...

the ones that were there...

stood on the side lines with their umbrellas...

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homecoming is next week...

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are you ready for fall?

Labor Day weekend...

DH has been off for 5 days...

and we have tried to get things done around here before harvest starts up...

one of our baby watermelon...

Mr Wiggles...

the weather here has been hot and nasty...

too nasty to be out 99% of the time...

my coming project for halloween...

the carpets have been shampooed...

a few things moved around...

laundry, there is always laundry...

a got 2 baby blankets finished for some friends of our...

they are expecting their first grandchild...

a baby boy...

we got our blood work done on Thursday morning where DH works...

the company pays for it to get lower insurance premiums...

and its free for us...

they will mail us the results and we just take them in to our doctors...

I have been having problems with my laptop, too...

the battery needs replaced, but it started over heating and shutting down on me...

I got a can of air and blew it out without taking it apart and its doing better...

still need to take it apart and clean it out really good...

after the kittens leave...

I have 2 that need to go back to the rescue...

one is going up for adoption from here...

and we are keeping one...

they have been free ranging in here for 3 days now...

no kennels and they are doing really good...

we are past bottles and soft food...

we have been scrubbing floors, toilets and poop boxes...

not a glamorous way to spend the holiday...

but much needed...

got the fall coats and jackets washed and ready to go...

because it won't be long...

before we are going to need it...

been in the mid 90s here with one more day of it...

cold front will come through and cool us off a bit...

I am ready...

hope your weekend was a fun one...

and safe...

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I will be around to see y'all shortly...

happy tuesday...

another busy weekend, but just your typical inside work...

the leaves are falling here and we did get a smidgen of rain yesterday morning...

the beans are starting to turn already and the walnuts are half bare here...

got us some 90s going on this week after the 70s from last...

and then dropping back down after labor day...

neighbor caught herself a possum Sunday night and have the trap set again...

the autumn clematis is in full bloom here now...

and its all over town...

DH has a 5 day weekend coming up...

just trying to get caught up and doing some things ahead of time...

we saw some horses grazing over the weekend on our drive...

won't be long and our drives will come to a stop while harvest happens...

got much to do before then, but he also needs to rest up, too...

they will probably start taking corn in next week...

looking forward to some pumpkin ice cream...

and of course, decorating for Halloween...

its going to be fun this year...

have a good day

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early signs of fall here...

good morning!

I hope your weekend is full of fun plans...

we have our city wide rummage sales this weekend...

but there is only one that I want to go to...

found these wild sunflowers yesterday evening on our drive...

we have had a wonderfully cool week here and even cooler nights...

but we have warmer weather coming and no rain until the next weekend...

another sign of fall...

those bags hold the football players gear...

and homework...

this picnic table is just outside the door of the gym...

they have always had one there...

even when my boys played...

our first game is tonight, but its away...

so will have to wait until they play at home to see them in action...

we used to be the Oakland Oaks...

orange and black...

but we had to consolidate the sports programs...

first with just one town...

so the kids at each school picked what color they would keep and a new name...

we picked orange and the other town picked purple...

yes...its not a good combination...

the shades of each could be toned down a bit...

but this is what they wanted...

and...

the new name of the teams?

Tri County Titans...

with a Trojan for a mascot...

go figure...

you would think someone would have caught that tiny error...

you know, being a school with teachers and all...

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now another school has joined us and we cover 4 counties, not just 3...

another name change?

PLEASE!

and new colors...

probably ain't going to happen...

each school does their own home coming and all that...

but we still cheer them on...

and sometimes mess up and yell...

GO OAKS!

old habits are hard to shake for us old timers...

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need to find my cow bell...

(there might have been a bunch of us when our kids played that showed up with cow bells and milk jugs partially filled with gravel)

could we make some noise...

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we might just have to show this new generation of parents how to get rowdy!

happy, happy hump day...

I know I missed a day, but got busy...

and we have baby green beans!

just a shot at the fine stackin' job I do...

that was my job as a kid...

we had 2 old wood stoves in that big old farm house I grew up in...

hauled plenty of wood, too...

split, haul, stack...

got some mornin' glories happening here, too...

and right in my back yard..

had a red fox trot across the north part of the yard right before lunch this morning...

no shot of that...

y'all know I had a bad day on Monday after all the work we did over the weekend...

yesterday was the complete opposite...

it was a wonderful day!

I was up and outside taking photos...

dead heading flowers...

it was Monday evening that I found this...

it was huge and I couldn't believe we hadn't seen it before...

this is the line of shrubs out front...

see the big white X?

this is what was in there...

a big bald faced hornets nest!

its a wonder that no one has been stung...

I walk Charlie right by there...

the cats sleep under there...

mower guy rides right past there...

it had to go...

cost us $100 to get it done...

but the guy came right after lunch today and sprayed it...

not going back out there until after DH gets home...

these are pretty mean little varmints and can swarm on you pretty bad...

check out the youtube videos of the idiots who make them mad...

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after my great and amazing speedy recovery yesterday, I got up early this morning with a d sore throat and both ears aching...

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doing better now...

just need cold medicine and a nap...

there is something going around here already and school's just been back in session a little over a week...

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I hope this isn't a sign of things to come this winter...

I might just hit doc up for a cootie shot...

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have good days!