got an early start this morning...

knock out roses are blooming again...

they have slowed down with the cooler nights we had...

it was a hotter and more humid day today...

mums...

so we went out to water early before the yuck happened...

another mum...

I dead headed the roses and day lilies...

one glad is opening...

they look terrible, but the wet weather and cooler temps are not good for them...

they tend to like it hot and dry...

this is where we planted the new iris...

and Craig got me watering them...

Charlie helped, too...

Craig walked back with the camera and got this of the bean field and the property line...

the neighbors let the weeds grow up, not us...

one of the knock out roses in the island has new growth on it and lots of buds...

the autumn clematis has taken a good hold and is doing really well...

we went for a walk, too...

most of the yards around here look like this after the last mowing...

but not ours...

thankfully...

Charlie is walking part of the time now instead of riding...

Craig grabbed the camera to get a shot of the beetle...

said it was the first one he has seen this year...

in fact, there are no japanese beetles anywhere here...

the winter must have killed them off...

tonight, before DH got home...

(he is working overtime)

Craig made HIS supper and sat down to the table...

so, here he is, stuffing his face...

and this is what I had...

nothing...

he didn't fix me a thing..

I pulled up a chair and pouted, trying to make him feel guilty...

he just laughed at me...

I felt so loved...

but this was worth the wait...

this is what DH and I had...

;)

I hope you had a good day today...

storms and a cold front moving through in the early morning hours...

we should have some nice days for the next week or so...

;)

fair week is next week...

and its always so stinkin' hot...

but not this year...

low 70s...

hard to imagine wearing a sweatshirt if you go in the evening...

but I will take this weather over any other, any time...

;0)

home alone tomorrow afternoon...

will probably nap or something important like that...

this is just weird...

I think the autumn clematis has buds on it...

way too early...

I had to fill the feeders again tonight...

the birds just keep coming...

and in the far bed, I have a mum blooming...

up the street, under an old apple tree that is in a property line...

wild strawberries...

our strawberry season is over, but a long shot...

this is the second one...

unheard of!

87 today and then 89 tomorrow...

after that, back in the 70s...

and in the low 70s...

that just doesn't happen here...

so...

here is an official warning...

early fall...

and like 6 weeks early from what I see...

a wet one...

and winter will be breaking the door down before we know it...

get done what you need done outside...

stock up and stick back...

the winter is going to be a hard one...

I think we will have snow before November is out...

so there ya go...

just had the guy come and pick the keys up for the truck...

towing it in again...

changing the fuel pump and filter this time...

yeah, team!

;0)

crazy time for DH at work...

working 10 and 12 hour days and its not close to harvest yet...

dirty ground pile...

they are having to screen it all...

if we can just get the guys both to work with one vehicle this week...

DH has next week off for vacation...

(do I have plans for him, 'evil laugh here')...

we will get through this...

AGAIN!

;0)

so, with all that information...

try to have a good day, anyway...

and remember...

don't put things off, get it done...

another morning of wonderful yard work...

a friend sent these home with DH for me on Friday...

iris...

different than what I have...

so they went behind the island...

I tried planting last night, but it was so dry and hard as concrete...

so DH and watered and went back out this morning...

Craig talked more than he worked...

but got that done...

and he was still talking...

so I got some photos...

from the bird seed...

I was just waiting on him to wind down so we could move onto the next project...

digging day lilies for the friend who gave me the iris...

Craig dug them up and I cleaned them and trimmed them down...

got this bucket full by the time we got done...

and you can't even tell there are any missing!

and then we went onto the green beans...

it was picking time again, but there were only a handful of blooms...

so we pulled the plants as we picked...

the rose of sharon is in bloom!

I do want to get some more of these...

maybe try to get a start off of them...

or check the clearance sales...

we do the gardening as a family, most of the time...

and DH got the burn piled burnt this morning while we planted the iris...

the tomatoes are almost as tall as the fence...

we got a good mess again, but this is it...

got them cleaned and on now...

and the garden it raked and cleaned up, too...

DH and I did a mini store run after we had lunch...

and have just been goofing off since...

but I am seriously thinking that this girl needs a nap...

someone else has the same idea...

I knew there was a reason we get along so well...

we are so much alike...

I was up until after 4am this morning with a migraine...

but it finally went away and I am having a good day today...

hope yours was a good one, too...

thank you for all the prayers and nice words for Trevor and his family...

praying for those still on the waiting lists...

the man who gave me the iris was a special friend of his...

that's how I found out about him...

he was always asking for prayers about him...

;0)

could you imagine making that trip home from Nebraska to Ohio without your son?

could you imagine never being able to eat a thing your whole life, living on a feeding tube?

kind of puts all of our petty little problems into perspective, doesn't it?

the cross I have to bear isn't so big at all...

how about yours?

Donate Life...and tell them Trevor sent you...

Donate Life:   

this is what a brave little boy's mom posted on facebook...

'Donate Life my son Trevor Dizzy Coleman was born June 13 1997 he was born with Hirschprungs disease ( no cells in intestine to a absorb) and he had almost all of his intestine removed when he was a week old . After that he could only handle TPN ( IV nutrition) that stuff made my sons liver go bad . When he was one year old his liver started failing fast he needed a transplant right away , only a few places did offer intestinal transplants so April 8th 1999 Trev received his first liver , intestine transplant . It saved his life !!! :*) he was very sick after that and spent 6 months in ICU ! The road was long and rough but I'm so thankful that another parent chose the gift of life so my son could live ! I'm eternally greatful !!! My son and so many others live because of this gift of life ! Donate life '

'Donate Life ,,,, back in 2009 Trev got chickenpox his body responded badly to it , it caused an immune response and his intestine fused together . He started vomiting and not feeling well we had to fly back to Nebraska and they told me he was going to need another transplant . Being on TPN also made his liver fail again . We got here in June and he did not receive his 2nd transplant till September 23 and he only had weeks left to live ...... Some kids never receive there organs believe me u don't need them when u die ! I've seen to many that don't make it because the organs never come Donate Life !!'

Trevor flew from Columbus to the Nebraska Medical Center on March 22nd and had been there since trying to fight the rejection of his donated organs.

Nebraska is where he got his transplants.

Today, Trevor met Jesus in person...

https://www.facebook.com/trevor.dizzycoleman

prayers for his family, friends and caretakers...

and the medical staff at both hospitals...

and remember to...

Donate Life

it gave this family 17 years him...

17 years they would not have had without the transplants...