when I took Bebe out this morning, this is what I found in the front bed...
so I went back on the porch and hollered in the door at Steve...you know- to come out and see too...but when we came back inside- this is what we found...
he was laying beside the basket...he had died in the few minutes we were outside...I think maybe an aneurysm or something like that...his name was Winston...and he liked to bite...
the next pics are Winston at his best...
My friend's husband- Ray...just when I thought it was safe to turn him loose again...he had hip replacement surgery recently...I think they operated on the wrong end...
and this is my friend...and don't say it was my influence on her that made her this way...I'm completely innocent and that's my story and I'm sticking to it...
love you guys- thanks for ammunition to use against you later...
just a few fun things I found online yesterday...
the peppers ...
a tomato...
moved things around again...I think this is it this time...
we moved the totems back here in the center of the yard far, far away from the neighbor's mowers...one rock could end it all...
safely tucked in...
this bed has been bothering me for awhile...thought it looked too junquey...so we thinned it out a bit...
stever's idea of using pcv pipe instead of copper..ie- cheaper and weather proof...I will paint them later...maybe...but the flowers fit on perfect and I love them...
we put my sign here...found this a few years ago and my boys thought I needed it...they think I'm bossy...hey, I'm just doing my job, I'm the mom...
broken things can still be useful....
the bird cage is no longer hanging and is reunited with the base and set out here...
Spaz- the weird outside cat...high in the bush...not sure why...it was there?
a lily...
green beans from the view of a grasshopper...
the corn...needs thinned...looking nice...
Stever hoed this morning and then raked it too...like a sandtrap at the golf course...
Terri finished another totem for me...yeah...
and these are my flowers...don't have the rods yet to stake them...will soon...this pattern I found at a rummage sale last summer...not a full set...bits and pieces for 50 cents...it is the same pattern of my mother's good dinnerware we used when I was a kid for Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter dinners...she picked them up before I was born at the grocery store...you know where you saved the stamps and then you could buy pieces really cheap...and she saved and saved and got a whole set of the wheat pattern- she loved golds and yellows...and I really don't know what happened to the original set...my dad had them at one time...but they could be gone by now...they just make me smile...
We've got another rainy day...not much rain...but the thunder tells of things to come...
not a lot of time to work outside this morning...only did a few projects that didn't take long...
these chairs were at Rebecca's barn sale and I saw them in one of the photos she sent to put on her new blog I started for her...it had cushioned seats but they weren't weatherproof...so we took them off and put them in the shed so they wouldn't get wet until I got material to recover them...then...this morning...out of the blue and still half asleep...I came up with this idea...I couldn't wait for everyone to get up and get started on it...
but a new item means moving things around again...so this goes here...
that goes there...boy, did the guys roll their eyes...but it looks great and I'm happy until I get a better idea...