the window from which we look...

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood.

The next morning while they are eating breakfast, The young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside.
"That laundry is not very clean", she said.
"She doesn't know how to wash correctly. 
Perhaps she needs better laundry soap."

Her husband looked on, but remained silent.
Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry,
The young woman would make the same comments.
About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a
Nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband:
"Look, she has learned how to wash correctly.
I wonder who taught her this."
The husband said, "I got up early this morning andCleaned our windows."
And so it is with life. What we see when watching others
Depends on the purity of the window through which we look!

got this in an email this morning...

I thought it was pretty darn good...

how can we see anything in others, unless it is in us first?

have a great day...

Wanna go for a ride?

well, then, come on...

we have got 3 layers of clouds today...

and with the windows rolled down...

you can hear the corn rustling and frogs...

this is the road to the Berry Cemetery...

our first one in the area and the graves are very old...

back to the early 1800s...

and we have bean fields...

and God didn't bestow upon us great mountain ranges...

but he did give us an enormous sky...

brush along the rail road...

this used to be a stop for the train...

so many years ago...

and we still call it King's Crossing...

littered with spent rail road ties...

cat tails...

a favorite of my childhood...

when I was a kid, EVERYONE decorated with these in dried arrangements...

an old garage/ machine shed...

these are disappearing faster than I care for them to...

being replaced with metal pole barns...

less expense but so boring...

truss over the river where trains used to cross the divide...

used now by squirrels and deer...

this is a rare thing here...

a plot of land left unplowed...

it's bottom land and the gov't has a program where they supply seed and pay you not to plant crops...

but to provide a wildlife refuge on your farm...

it also helps stop erosion...

native seeds... 

we got down to 51 last night...

so it's a bit nippy riding around with the windows down...

but so worth it!

now, these are hard to find these days, too...

a farm...

where they have sheep...

and cows...

and hogs...

out buildings...

old farm equipment of days gone by...

a functioning farm...

I do believe there's a chicken coop there...

a lone, small barn...

sad...

gearing up and getting ready...

we know this is DH's last weekend off until Harvest is over...

but it should go pretty quick this year...

well, I hope you enjoyed the ride today...

I sure did...

but it's time to grab something to eat and see what the rest of you are doing...

that's for stoppin' by...

what God painted last night...

My Father knows what I need and when I need it...

thank you, Lord...

as promised...

here he is...

Bebe the pink poodle...

good thing it was cloudy out today...

the temp is in the 70s and there is a soft breeze dragging this fragrant scent of the autumn clematis across the street and into every inch of our yard...

it is growing up and around a popular tree in the vacant lot across from us...

and it's just buzzing with all kinds of bees...

and these sweet pears are from our neighbors' tree...

she thought she was getting a miniature pear tree...

but these are so large and the tree is so full of them, every branch is drooping from the weight...

she yelled out the door for us take all we wanted...

they couldn't possibly use them all...

so when we got home, I told Craig he needs to go over and see if it's ok to pick bags of them for the food pantry this week...

I think these will find good homes and be so loved by those who cannot afford them in the stores...

the rose of sharon is about spent...

and things are quieting down in the flower gardens...

and the rust is creeping higher and higher on the corn stalks behind us...

and all too soon our hiding place will be open again...

and we will be exposed...

but the winds will be able to blow more through the flat land of this place...

and we have the windows open and lace panels have been fluttering all day...

watched an old Clark Gable movie this afternoon, part of it and I am taping the rest...

I know how it ends...

but it's still a classic...

"It Happened One Night"...

love all the old cars, clothes, hair styles, cabins and gas pumps...

just loved the interior of the bus in the beginning...

looked like a fancy train car...

we got .2 of an inch of rain last night...

still had to water today...

everything under the trees didn't get a drop...

hopefully, God will send more this week...

but the 70s are going to be so much nicer to deal with...

we might even get some outside cleaning done this next week...

have a great night!

cooler days are here again...

these photos are from Friday night since I didn't take any yesterday at all...

we have just finished several 100+ days in a row...

and some of the flowers are starting to get droopy...

but not these...

had them in total shade...

and kept watering them every night...

snap dragons are on of my favorites and I really like this color...

these are the short version, which I like the best since I cannot do cut flowers in the house...

they don't fall over as much and still bloom up a storm...

the skies have been hit and miss with clouds until last night...

several storms popped up all evening and just missed us until finally...

one came through and nailed us...

we had lightening and rain!

DH's coleus is getting a trimming when the sun comes up...

there are new leaves under this big ones...

they do well in cooler weather and might just bloom again...

this is bringing us the most wonderful sweet smells ever...

the breeze just picks it up and drifts it right through our yard and onto the deck...

you can smell it as soon as you open the front door...

and it is growing out of control...

I wonder if it will reach the top of the popular someday?

and look what we found walking...

this is our northern most bush...

and growing out of it...

yep, my very own fragrant wonder...

check out the corn in the background...

they are a week from picking...

this field is a few weeks out yet...

we are going to take a drive today, so maybe I can show you some a little further along...

I have had the best time reading your comments from the last post...

I was so afraid of posting silk flowers for my PS...

I should have known I wasn't the only one who has them!

well, I am up because I can't sleep...

it's now 4am...

went to bed and slept about an hour and a half...

woke up like I had slept 8 hours...

wide eyed and bushy tailed, as mom would say...

I am so going to be dragging butt the rest of the day....

stayed tuned, though...

Friday night, I asked Craig to cut Bebe's furry fluff...

with the clippers...

I took a nap and the clipping commenced...

when I woke...

there was my poor dog...

with bald spots...

all over...

so..........

the only decent thing to do was to buzz him....

yep, he's bald now...

I will get a few photos of this poor dog when the sun comes up...

I am going to have to find the sunscreen...

I think he could get sun burnt...

have you every seen a pink poodle???

you need to come back later...