BUSY MORNING AFTER NIGHT STORMS:

BEBE WAS TIRED, TOO, AFTER WE GOT DONE...

WE GOT THE STRING OUT AND MADE THE BRICK ROW A LITTLE STRAIGHTER THEN THE GUYS COMPLAINED THEY LIKED IT BETTER THE OTHER WAS BECAUSE IT GAVE IT CHARACTER- ITS LIKE THE SAYING "GIVE A GUY A HOE AND HE BECOMES A CRITIC"...

BEBE'S LEASH IS HANGING DOWN- THE GIRL DOGS WERE OUT THIS MORNING ACROSS THE STREET AND WE HAD TROUBLE KEEPING HIM HOME..

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET SHOTS OF THE HUMMING BIRDS BUT ITS IMPOSSIBLE WHEN THE CATS AND DOG FOLLOW ME EVERY WHERE I GO..

HARRY THE BUSH ISN'T EVEN HALF THE BUSH HE USED TO BE- WE CHOPPED HIM BACK GOOD, NOW YOU CAN EVEN SEE THE SIDEWALK- ITS BEEN MISSING FOR YEARS..

THE FINAL PRODUCT- WEEKS OF PAINTING- BUT I THINK WE NEED ONE MORE LIGHT COAT- I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WOULD LIKE IT PAINTED BLACK, BUT I HELD MY BREATH AND TOOK A CHANCE AND I LOVE IT-THEY DISAPPEAR IN THE SCENERY NOW- NOT OVER POWER IT...

WE PULLED UP THE BRICKS AND RE LEVELED THEM AND WALLA- I DIDN'T WANT THEM LEVEL LEVEL- I WANTED THEM TO BE ROLLING AND LOOK LIKE THE HAD BEEN THERE FOREVER- ITS HARD TO DO- ITS EASY TO GET THEM LEVEL..

SEE HOW THE SWING AND CHAIR ARE THERE IF YOU LOOK FOR THEM- BUT THE MELT AWAY IF YOUR NOT...

THE TREE BY THE DECK THAT COVERS WHERE I SIT ANYWAY...


WE STARTED IN EARLY AND WORKED ON WEEDS THAT WERE PULLED YESTERDAY BUT GREW BACK OVER NIGHT WITH THE RAIN- THEN WE PLAYED WITH BRICKS AND GAVE HARRY A HAIR CUT AND THEN I FOUND AN ANT HILL IN MY SOLAR LIGHT THAT WE HAD TO BABY POWDER... IT WAS A FRUITFUL MORNING...

Look what we found across the road tonight:

What the neighbors have to look at...

Kyle got the trailer awhile ago but he just got it lettered at Sign Creations in Charleston. He was on his way home with it and called all excited that they did such a great job. I talked him into stopping by on his way home so we could see it. The blue in the lettering matches the truck. Gretchen even gave him a nice hair cut- so he was ready for picture taken.

They are also going to do a sign for the store- and the are changing the name to Phillip's Interiors from Duzan's Furniture.

The other side of the trailer...looks pretty good! Kyle was so pleased with their work.

CRAIG DID SO GOOD THE OTHER DAY DOING PHOTOS, WE SENT HIM OUT AGAIN:

STEVE LOOKING THOUGHTFUL- WONDERING IF MY IDEAS WILL EVER STOP SO HE CAN BE A COUCH POTATO AGAIN...

WE MOVED THIS TRELLIS SO THE GRAPEVINE COULD COME UP AROUND IT...

STEVE, CRAIG AND BEBE DRIVING IN FENCE STAKES TO HOLD HAROLD'S OLD GATE UP...

RUTH FINISHED PAINTING THE CHAIR AND THOUGHT SPAZ NEEDED A COUPLE MORE SPOTS...JUST KIDDING...

OK- FINALLY I DIDN'T HAVE THE CAMERA AND CRAIG GOT MY BEST SIDE...I WAS PAINTING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CHAIR...

CRAIG AND I PUT THIS FLOWER POT IN THE BIRD CAGE...

THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE RR TRACKS LOOKING SOUTH DOWN OUR STREET...

PRETTY- WE DECIDED SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO LET THE WALNUT TREE COME UP IN THE MIDDLE HERE- AFTER YEARS OF TRYING TO KILL IT OFF..

CLOSE UP OF THE BLOOMS...

HE WAS STANDING ON THE NORTH LOT LOOKING SOUTH...

THE NEXT ONES ARE SOME REALLY COOL SHOTS OF THE RR TRACKS...

LOOKING WEST...

LOOKING EAST...

LOOKING SOUTH...

THE HYDRANGEA- ITS GOING TO BLOOM SOON, TOO...

CLOSE UP...

ANOTHER ANGLE...

SPIDER WART BLOOMING...

YEARS AGO- WHEN CRAIG WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH AND KYLE WAS THE AG TEACHING THERE- CRAIG AND KYLE SET UP A PLANT BOOTH AT THE GARDEN FAIR ON THE SQUARE TO RAISE MONEY FOR AG AND THEY SOLD PRAIRIE PLANTS- AND I BOUGHT THIS ONE...AND SEVERAL OTHERS...AND THEY ARE ALL STILL ALIVE AND IT ONLY COST ME A DOLLAR!

WITH STEVE BEING HOME WITH ME EVERY DAY FOR A MONTH- THIS SEEMED SO...

APPROPRIATE...

REALLY THOUGH- ITS BEEN FUN HAVING HIM AROUND ALL THE TIME ...I JUST WISH HE HADN'T BEEN IN PAIN FOR MOST OF IT AND HE HADN'T HAD TO HAVE THE SURGERY...

Rain, rain, rain...

It's been cloudy and rainy here for several days now so hopefully the sun will come out tomorrow.
Everyone is doing ok and Steve is slowly getting back to normal- still can't do a lot with his hand.

We have a lot of weeding to do...