a good day...

laughing...

curly hair just like her mama...

very skeptical about my stories...

tried to take out the camera...

a very happy baby...

and pretty...

Craig keeping her awake to feed...

and after pooping 3 times today, it was nap time...

it was a very good day...

;)

what I did yesterday...

I got to play with this little girl...

Miss Amileeya...

and she is so stinkin' cute...

and this kid can fart and poop...

her mom had to work yesterday, so she came to visit for a bit...

her milk bumps are fading...

and she is growing so fast...

her dr's visit was good and they were happy with her...

shots the next time she goes...

I held her mom when she was this size, too...

amazing how they keep getting older and I don't...

;)

remember...

we will never forget...

taking a moment to pray for the families of the fallen...

and for the ones still fighting...

and our nation's leaders...

lawmakers...

and the ones who hit the streets every day protecting us...

yesterday's setting sun...

we are having our hottest day of the year here today...

but we did get out last night and took some photos as the sun went down...

today and tomorrow will be hot and then we get a cool down...

that's a knock out rose...

the island after last weekend's clean up...

there is no wind today...

and I pray for my guys out there working in it...

but I am staying in...

and I am not going back out until I need a sweat shirt...

the sedum are so pretty this year...

we are watering every other day...

and here is the island from the other end...

now, if only all the beds were done and ready for fall...

just wait until all the maple leaves come down...

its really hard to imagine when its 98 out there...

I am looking forward to a very long fall...

like until April...

it can snow on Christmas...

have a fun day!

;)

its time to get caught up here...

this is the biggest one of the rescue litter that came in...

and the four that belong to Myra...

big difference when the mama has good food...

this is DH's little buddy...

he has attitude...

so we have been doing babies...

and getting out a bit, too...

leaves, leaves and more leaves...

and the trees haven't turned here yet...

and things are so dry...

we have missed all the rain in the past month...

the loungers are out here now...

Craig bought a sofa bed for his room and his full sized bed is on the deck...

I got so many shots of the sedum...

I love this plant...

it will take us right into fall and beyond...

it will go from this to a rust orange for Halloween and Thanksgiving...

and it will stand all winter...

in snow, in ice...

and this is a good place to be when its cooler outside...

letting the cone flowers seed...

had the mower guy come Friday and he sure stirred up some dust, but the yard is level again...

do you have an old pair of flip flops that you just keep hanging onto?

these are mine...

good for yard work now...

and we baby sat this one this weekend...

look at all her milk spots...

mom's milk is very rich...

and then this morning, while we had clouds moving across us...

we hit the island...

getting things ready for what's coming...

mowed off the iris and raked the walnut leaves out...

dead headed the roses...

DH has been hauling buckets of water to them every other night...

and we cleared out...

moved things around...

and ended up with this...

the swing is now where the bench was, and the bench is now facing the field...

DH brought me flowers on one his trips to dump leaves on the burn pile...

and there you go...

moved the rabbit, too...

it will time in the spring to cut this rose bush back some...

you need to do that every 5-7 years in the spring...

mr rabbit...

the sun has come out since this morning...

and its nasty already out there...

Craig and Daphne...

we have 3-4 more nasty days...

and then back to the 70s...

so, that's the last few days in a nutshell...

besides maybe having what Craig had last weekend...

its been good...

feeling better today...

but I did get a trip into Walmart yesterday and then snagged a root beer float on the way home...

;)

life is good...