a little morning shower...

makes weeds easier to pull...

we are back to our morning ritual...

starting the day out here...

our days have been from 79- 83...

the nights and mornings a bit cool...

I garden in my jammies and sweater...

work until lunch time...

come in and eat, blog and then grab a shower and get dressed...

there's a pretty blue sky today with fluffy white clouds...

one of the areas I worked on this morning...

and some words of wisdom...

both are so true and so important to hear...

have a great day...

our weekend antics...

poor Bebe...

his momma dresses him funny...

its been a great 3 days with my guys...

but I did have a trouble maker here...

and he let me know that he wasn't happy with me at all...

leave one zip lock bag of bird seed on the table and he thinks he owns it...

chewed 2 holes in it to get to the seed...

and you can see his cheeks are full as can be...

I left him some in a shallow dish...

still lovin' the front...

I hope I don't get tired of this any time soon...

and all the babies followed us around while we have been working...

see this mess?

its not there now...

weeds and a bean field...

they still look bad but there are some pods there now with beans...

DH mowed this yesterday...

and today we pulled weeds, cut a few limbs and mowed off the lilies...

looks better for sure...

and the rose of sharon is still blooming...

just a bit of rain has helped everything out so much...

and we got a few sprinkles today...

not much, but we will take every bit sent our way...

the guys and I have had fun working together on things...

been a long time since we got to play out in the yard very much...

hope your weekend was special, too...

prayers are needed here...

http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/2012/08/my-girl-cindy-needs-your-prayers-please.html?showComment=1345358018324#c7249688454784786150

please go here and read about Cindy...

a mother with small children...

fighting cancer...

right now she needs help...

go...

this morning's efforts...

saw this idea online...

and since we had some left overs just laying around...

we began...

we also pulled all the weeds in the drive way...

I lined the bottom of the cinder blocks with coffee filters...

can't wait to see how this looks next year with new plantings and fun colors...

just grabbed what we had hanging out here that has survived the drought...

not the best looking plants, but wanted an idea of what will be...

in for lunch and a shower and I'm pupt...

heading in for a nap...

I guess everyone has been pretty busy this last week...

me,tooooooo!

we did get some big winds and lots of rain this week...

and all that thunder and rain has sure made things grow...

we got 2.2 inches yesterday afternoon...

and some good winds...

part of the corn was laid over...

so we started on this first thing this morning...

while the ground is still wet...

easier to pull weeds that way...

we pulled the driveway, too...

around the big shrubs out front and the fire hydrant...

DH and I took a drive...

he took today off for me today...

this is the park...

and the parking area to fish at the lake...

its up some...

so since he has today off, we are playing it by ear...

if you look close you can see the heron that got lost and lives here now...

and we stopped by the pool...

for ice cream...

they close on Sunday cuz school starts next Monday!

volunteers showed up here at the park this morning to work on it...

new gravel has been spread...

there's a new rail road light at the old depot...

my new shoes...

for my birthday...

this was beginning to be a tripping hazard...

so when we got back, I sat down, took off my shoes so I wouldn't get them messed up, and started pulling up bricks...

here's the root ball that was pushing it up...

I turned 50 today...

Craig is in Paris picking up whoppers for my birthday...

think I will take DH shopping sometime this weekend to Walmart...

more yard work, too...

everything from the deck is drying out and spread all over the place...

it all got a good soaking...

some of its in the washer, too...

so, I may not post much more this weekend...

if I don't you know I'm BUSY!