on a lazy afternoon...

DH and I went to get an icy and then drove around a bit...

the old high school is completely gone and the land has been leveled...

soon the new high school will be opening its doors...

now you can see all the way to the football field score board...

no water has come over the dam in a long while...

cows are huddled under the shade trees that line their pasture...

along a creek bed...

waiting for the icy...

details of the buildings on the square..

very victorian...

it was a nice drive...

we had the windows down and it never did get too hot...

we missed all the rain that went through last night...

figures, huh?

today's the Kroger/ Walmart run day...

need to stock up on supplies again...

we are back to the mid 90s again...

was really nice to have a day in the 80s...

have a great day...

workin' 'em hard today...

even with the drought, we have a bumper crop of these...

looks so much like fall..

worked this bed this morning...

we have clouds coming out of the north...

clearing things out and cutting back...

was only going to do the lilies, but the iris were brown on the ends, so cut them back, too...

with the early spring, and being so dry, we are about 4 weeks or better ahead of schedule...

a pile of things to do...

just waiting...

there isn't the lush greenery we usually have about now...

but there is some green...

it is much cooler today...

and the work went fast...

use this old milk crate for the garden hand tools...

grape vine made it so far...

no new growth...

DH worked on the other side, mowing off the ferns...

and Craig and I worked over here together...

I can't believe not one neighbor was out enjoying the morning...

it was nice sitting here smelling the gas from the mower...

just hearing it run was awesome...

there are just some summer noises you miss...

had an article in the paper today about the grass...

is it dormant or dead?

we won't know until we get some rain...

the trees have been shedding leaves like crazy already...

we took a walk down the street to the corn field and the weeds along it...

these are all along the road way...

they will be picking corn in about 3 weeks...

the ears are dropping...

neighbor's yard...

there is beauty in the weeds...

Mr Wiggles loves to roll in the dust...

and Tory follows us on walks...

DH walked to the end of the lot to check on his willow tree...

its green with new growth...

go figure...

well, while trying to get this posted, Boofy, the calico had a seizure...

she has never had one before, and she is in and its cool in here, so not the heat...

but she has been out every day in it...

loves being outside...

so we are going to watch her and see what happens...

the guys are eating lunch and then we are going to find something else to do...

gearing up for the weekend...

even though everything looks so tired and done for...

we are hoping to get some outside work done this time...

a lot of pruning back...

cleaning up...

sometimes you just have to make do with what you have left...

the spring was so promising and I was hoping for the best growing year ever...

but that didn't happen at all...

so its time to get back to basics...

and focus on what's left to enjoy...

we were blessed with puffy clouds and a stiff breeze today...

and me and my buddy sat on the deck for a bit...

fern pods are still ok...

and the hydrangea will come back again...

the fields were waving in the breeze, nothing better than that...

no major plans this weekend...

we will just start in and see how far we get...

DH's BP was back down tonight after work...

so the pills are working...

;)

he has another appointment on Wednesday...

it may take awhile to get his medication regulated...

so enjoy your weekend...

have fun with family and friends...

and just be thankful for what we have right now...

it could be worse...