As the Wind Blows...

Good Evening! Tropical Storm Fay is blowing winds and dumping some rain on us! Oh well! It's the season for it! I hope this finds you healthy and happy! Two words we can't take for granted anymore, can we? Above is my tree decorated patriotic style with salt dough ornaments I ordered from the very talented Pam Gist Duncan, of Duncan's Salt Primitives. Aren't they awesome? She makes all different types and for all occasions. I bought flags, crows, stars and more. I sure get some amazing stuff from talented crafts people on line.  

So how is your Summer going? So far so good for us! My Mom celebrated her 90th birthday with a lot of fanfare from family and friends and she loved every minute of it. Our original plans were curtailed due to the Corona Virus but we celebrated on a small scale nonetheless! She's mostly interested in the cake anyway! What a sweet tooth! That seems to be a thing for older people~all they want is sweets!  

This guy below never takes a break so when he did, I took a photo! That's my husband. My kids were like "Dad is reclining...Dad's on the recliner..." Shocking! LOL

 Every year I buy sunflowers and this year I had a hard time finding them! I usually had them by the end of June! Just got these this week. I don't know why it was hard to find them but whatever! I just love their happy flower faces!

 Just some shots of the property. The girls enjoying a supervised walk in the backyard. And that big girl is Virginia. She's got quite a personality. The other two are polish chickens. I call them Phyllis Diller birds...and you'll understand it if you know who Phyllis Diller was!

Added another two dolls to my collection but I only got to photograph this one!

 Favorite plants in your garden? Obsessed with hibiscus! The one below is three years old as I bring them in for Winter and they survive. I got a white and a yellow to add this year. And they bloom in the house over the Winter too! Its so special.

 The lettuce in my garden has finished! What a big crop I had! I am now getting peppers and celery. Waiting on the zucchini but I fear what happened last year has happened again. All flowers and leaves and no zucchini which means I have gotten stuck (yet again) with male plants! Everyone is drowning in zucchini...not us. And we LOVE it! LOL maybe its just a little late. Also have eggplants, tomatoes, basil, parsley, spinach and jalapenos (for my daughter!) I can't remember what else but not much else. The lettuce was incredible. My husband offered to make my garden bigger yet again cause he knows how much I love it but unfortunately I have been suffering with bad arthritis in both knees and both ankles and bone spurs :(    The bone spurs in my ankles are very painful and are obstructing my gait as I walk. And the garden and chickens and flowers take up a lot of time so I'm almost afraid to add more to my plate. Then on the other hand, I hate to surrender to pain! Wait and see what happens I say ….gee, I say that a lot. Life is such a "wait and see!"

We try to enjoy our firepit as often as we can. I don't get out there as much in the evening cause I don't like to leave Mom in the house alone. She comes out before it gets dark and enjoys the yard but its a little much after dark. Here are my kids with their friends at our fire pit! Priceless! These girls have been our neighbors and friends since they were all babies together! Literally infants! Photos like this just make me happy.

Years ago, actually back in 2009 when I started blogging, there were so many other great blogs to read and follow. I am still InTouch with many of them even though they don't blog anymore and moved mainly to Facebook. I've been encouraging them to come back to blogging as they had mentioned they missed it! At different times, they have all said they miss it. I hope they will! Although I have my decorating pages on Facebook, there's nothing quite like blogging. 

I hope you have a wonderful night!