remember...

we will never forget...

taking a moment to pray for the families of the fallen...

and for the ones still fighting...

and our nation's leaders...

lawmakers...

and the ones who hit the streets every day protecting us...

yesterday's setting sun...

we are having our hottest day of the year here today...

but we did get out last night and took some photos as the sun went down...

today and tomorrow will be hot and then we get a cool down...

that's a knock out rose...

the island after last weekend's clean up...

there is no wind today...

and I pray for my guys out there working in it...

but I am staying in...

and I am not going back out until I need a sweat shirt...

the sedum are so pretty this year...

we are watering every other day...

and here is the island from the other end...

now, if only all the beds were done and ready for fall...

just wait until all the maple leaves come down...

its really hard to imagine when its 98 out there...

I am looking forward to a very long fall...

like until April...

it can snow on Christmas...

have a fun day!

;)

its time to get caught up here...

this is the biggest one of the rescue litter that came in...

and the four that belong to Myra...

big difference when the mama has good food...

this is DH's little buddy...

he has attitude...

so we have been doing babies...

and getting out a bit, too...

leaves, leaves and more leaves...

and the trees haven't turned here yet...

and things are so dry...

we have missed all the rain in the past month...

the loungers are out here now...

Craig bought a sofa bed for his room and his full sized bed is on the deck...

I got so many shots of the sedum...

I love this plant...

it will take us right into fall and beyond...

it will go from this to a rust orange for Halloween and Thanksgiving...

and it will stand all winter...

in snow, in ice...

and this is a good place to be when its cooler outside...

letting the cone flowers seed...

had the mower guy come Friday and he sure stirred up some dust, but the yard is level again...

do you have an old pair of flip flops that you just keep hanging onto?

these are mine...

good for yard work now...

and we baby sat this one this weekend...

look at all her milk spots...

mom's milk is very rich...

and then this morning, while we had clouds moving across us...

we hit the island...

getting things ready for what's coming...

mowed off the iris and raked the walnut leaves out...

dead headed the roses...

DH has been hauling buckets of water to them every other night...

and we cleared out...

moved things around...

and ended up with this...

the swing is now where the bench was, and the bench is now facing the field...

DH brought me flowers on one his trips to dump leaves on the burn pile...

and there you go...

moved the rabbit, too...

it will time in the spring to cut this rose bush back some...

you need to do that every 5-7 years in the spring...

mr rabbit...

the sun has come out since this morning...

and its nasty already out there...

Craig and Daphne...

we have 3-4 more nasty days...

and then back to the 70s...

so, that's the last few days in a nutshell...

besides maybe having what Craig had last weekend...

its been good...

feeling better today...

but I did get a trip into Walmart yesterday and then snagged a root beer float on the way home...

;)

life is good...

good morning...

not sure if I am awake or not, but here goes...

had busy days the last couple of days...

and I did get to watch the baby yesterday afternoon...

the mower guy should be showing up this morning, so need to get stuff out of his way before he gets here...

there's laundry to do again...

I don't get how it multiplies over night...

Craig and I cooked up a storm on Wednesday, so there's still left overs for supper tonight...

it feels like 'poof' and the week is gone for me...

I have got to come up with a plan for the weekend...

we don't have too many more before harvest starts, so they have to count...

our hot weather is back, but the nights are cooler than they were...

I am hoping in a couple more weeks, we can have the fall temperatures back here...

and I can wear sweatshirts and warm socks...

and turn the ac off once and for all...

I have been having a time with my allergies this week...

the pollen count is way up there, so we could really use some rain...

its all dusty and things are turning brown...

watering every other day...

happy weekend to you...

do what you can outside...

it won't be long until we are all stuck inside going bonkers!

;)