the weekend went by so fast...

princess Daphne on her throne...

this is now known as the princess chair...

and she is not giving it up to no one...

only the snow will bring her back inside now...

we have new growth on the rose bushes...

got some things done and just waiting for things to turn red to pick...

and green beans to get a bit bigger...

the azalea bush is doing much better after we cut out all the dead a couple weeks ago...

still feeding these guys...

we cooked out yesterday...

and still have food left over...

got sliced potatoes, onions and I through in a can of mild chili beans and some cheese in the foil...

that was really good...

I worked on this this morning...

there's new growth on this rose, too, so cut all the old off...

can't wait to stick some begonias in here next spring...

and here is the new big brother on the block with his baby sister...

she is so pretty...

I got to hold her yesterday and oh, I am so going to love watching her when he mama goes back to work...

when we go for a walk, big brother runs for his bike and yells-"bike ride!"...

and he goes with us up and down the street...

his bike goes vrroooom...

;)

I so need a couple of grandkids...

but these will do until mine arrive...

I remember when the mama came home from the hospital...

and we were there when mama brought her second born home...

what an honor we were allowed this weekend...

;)

boy, does time fly...

I have no idea where this week has gone, but gone it has...

hung the netting up here after we got it washed...

makes the best little cat bed...

been feeding the birds...

have to fill up every day now...

you would think they would have bigger bellies...

maybe I should eat birdseed...

got a new baby coming on our street...

mommy is in the hospital right now working on that...

they broke her water right after lunch and are inducing labor...

been working and cleaning and napping here...

and there has been a little excitement on the street...

one of our neighbor's had a fire early Monday morning...

and at 5:15am, we were all down there watching...

they have been working on clean up ever since...

we just got back from our walk and took them a couple bottles of bleach...

we had 4 of them...

the smoke alarms worked and they all got out...

they have small children...

so we were all pretty worried until we found out they were ok...

and our fire department did an amazing job...

they had the fire out in 10 minutes...

saved the house...

here is a photo of the front window...

you can see all the way through the back window into the back yard...

and we have had sunny skies...

 but the last 2 days have been humid and muggy and cloudy...

we need rain, but figured out on our walk last night why we weren't getting any...

the neighbor's have a hole in the roof from the fire that they have been working on...

I am sure they have been praying for no rain...

and another neighbor got a new toy...

he's going to restore it...

the inside is in very good condition...

just muggy...

we have only gotten 4 tomatoes that were turning red so far...

thankfully, another neighbor has been keeping us in tomatoes until ours starts coming on...

and are they good...

the king of the cardinals wasn't too happy with us yesterday...

he wanted to take a bath and we were picking green beans...

he told us off...

still have some blooming going on...

and the butterflies are everywhere...

so that's about it from here...

got to do our yearly blood tests in the morning...

so no food after midnight...

have a good weekend and I will post more later...

we are having the best days...

mums...

where I will be spending some time this week...

too busy today to be out there...

got more work done today...

just a slow kind of piddle fartin' around day...

dead headed the roses and I am just amazed at how much they bloom in a year...

I really want some more of these...

the sedum is awesome this year...

and I noticed the swallow tail butterflies are starting to appear...

they love sedum...

pulled weeds, raked leaves, scrubbed things down...

DH mows this side yard...

so got that done for the week...

took all that rope off of the swing...

and it is not sturdy enough to sit in...

so its the new birdbath base...

I need to find a flat board to put in the seat to sit the birdbath on...

it was a wonderful hang out day...

and we did sit on the deck off an on...

even cooked out on the grill...

should have gotten photos of that...

but we were just too busy having fun...

got a nap in and a trip to the store...

picked up a watermelon...

I need prayers for a couple from here...

they were traveling in Kentucky this weekend and were involved in a 3 vehicle accident on I64...

one woman died and they were air lifted first to a hospital in Morehead and then air lifted to University of Kentucky Medical Center...

I think that's in Lexington...

no word except she was in surgery...

the accident happened yesterday afternoon and the highway was closed for four hours...

I think it was really bad...

I praying we have good news through the night on them and that God heals them...

praying for the staff who are taking care of them...

and their families...

;)