White Wednesday...

this week, I am sharing a few more images...

for you to use in your playtime...

or for just a grin while you visit...

tinted images are one of my favorites...

and vintage postcards of white roses...

a little bit of something before the beaches close...

Happy White Wednesday!

click for the party...

walnut caterpillars...

this is our second batch of them this year...

they turn into a very pretty small brown moth...

but the caterpillars can do extensive damage to the walnut trees...

so these were taken care of today...

the first batch were in the top of the tree before we knew it...

so they got away...

we have 6 walnuts, 5 of them being very young trees...

it wouldn't take much to kill them at all...

so, these guys had to go...

also burnt 2 bunches of bagworms on the north side this morning...

haven't had them in years...

you need to take the limb off and burn it to kill the worms...

a pretty dove on a wire...

I got up in the wee hours sick again and have had a yucky day...

slept through the afternoon...

nursed down some mashed potatoes...

and crackers...

such a pretty day and I am stuck in here...

DH trimmed trees and hauled the limbs to the burn pile...

there's a meatloaf in the oven for me and they are doing hamburgers tonight...

2 of the babies will be ready to go in a  week...

but Tori won't be...

she is a little slow with the kitten food...

so still doing a bottle of beef baby food and water to get her through to her next step...

I'm going to be keeping her, I think...

she's my buddy...

and she bites DH's toes...

that's always a good thing...

hope you are having a good Monday...

I haven't been on here at all today, so I am going to try to hop some...

Craig did the photos today and I think he did a great job...

thanks little dude...

soaking up summer...

before it slips away...

the last weeks of fun...

mums coming on...

haven't needed the mower for weeks...

but the inch of rain did amazing things overnight...

and the green is trying so hard to come back...

there is still areas of brown and the cracks in the yard are still there...

and it didn't take long for the breezes today to turn the dark brown earth back to tan...

but, it's an inch...

and every little bit helps...

and rain water is so much better than anything we can give them out of the hose...

there was lots of lightening last night...

so the nitrogen was plenty...

hopefully we will get some more later this week...

and I imagine it will be back to watering tomorrow...

but just for today, we took a break...

and just hung out...

DH is off for a whole week...

just maybe we'll get something done...

have a great night...

come play with me in the corn...

sitting under the walnut on the back edge of our property...

sitting in the city limits...

looking into country...

the corn field is outside of the city limits...

so I will show you country...

and how fall is creeping up on the stalks...

how the ears are finished...

and beginning to drop...

and how something else comes creeping...

and the weeds are taller than the corn...

where anything that isn't crop is considered a weed...

whether or not if it blooms...

morning glories are not planted here...

they are free...

they creep in along the edge of the fields...

 to climb the stalks of corn...

no one that I know of plants morning glories here...

they come up everywhere and we have to pull them out of the flower beds...

they will choke out what they can...

if you let them...

no...

we don't  plant them here...

and most farmers spray for them...

so if you stand on the west side of our railroad ties...

you are in town...

but if you step over them...

you're in the country...

the best of both worlds...

city water, sewer, trash removal and cable...

and morning glories, corn stalks, and peace...

we have washboard clouds today...

we got an inch of rain with thunderstorms moving through last night...

many prayers were answered...

too late for the corn crop...

but maybe it will help the soy beans...

praying today that we all get what we need when we need it...

have a blessed Sunday...

waiting on the rain...

been waiting all day...

and nothing happened...

there's nothing to really do except water...

everything is too stressed to move and the ground is too hard to dig anyway...

so...

a day of finding things to stock the booth with...

found some Christmas things...

you know it's coming...

and some boo things...

and I did these last year and never did get them out there...

didn't even put a hanging uppy thingy on them...

drilling tomorrow...

then pricing them and loading them into the tote to head for Copper Eagle...

congrats to NanaDiana on her 36th wedding anniversary!

hope you are having a fun time on your weekend get away...

and prayers for Jettie's family...

her nephew lost his wife to the never ending battle with cancer...

sometimes it's hard to give back something we have had and cherished  for awhile...

especially when it's a loving member of the family...

but in His wisdom...

He knows what's best for all...

and while we have no understanding of why things happen...

He gave us faith to carry us through...

faith in His love for us all...

faith in knowing He is doing the best for us...

faith that there is an ever after...

but that doesn't mean your heart doesn't break...

and it doesn't mean the tears won't come...

and it certainly doesn't mean that there will forever be something missing in your life...

it does mean...

that this life isn't forever...

that we will all be together on the other side...

that death is not final...

it's a transformation...

into peace, perfection, joy, love...

and in God's time...

we will all follow...

have a great weekend...

Hugs- Tete