There I Go Again....

There I go again, MIA.  But I really have been busy, mostly working in the garden.  I am like a month behind, but I am hear to declare that summer is officially opened in this household....the porch is open.  My son-in-law, Sam (he is after all my favorite, eventho I only have one) came down on Thursday and helped.  I he took all the furniture off, along with all that crap that I have shoved there over the winter (and believe it or not my Christmas tree, all bundled in it's zip-up holder was laying smack in the middle of the porch) hosed the whole thing down along with all the furniture that is now out in the backyard and waited for it to dry. While waiting for said porch and furniture to dry Sam trimmed my bushes, adjusted my lawn mower, lugged out my heavy pots, cleaned out the dried clematis that grows over a trellis across the top of my garage and for all that he was rewarded with a bologna sandwich for lunch.  Normally I don't have bologna in the fridge, but every once in a  while I get this craving for bologna sandwich, good fresh bread, mayo and some crisp romaine lettuce.  Yum.  For the last two mornings I have had my coffee and read the newspaper (yes, after complaining about the cost of delivery, but I so missed that morning newspaper, I relented and coughed up the money, but only after whining to get the price down a bit) out on the porch.  Now, that says summer to me.  And naps are so much better on the porch.

My roses are in full bloom....

And look what else is in full bloom.....my granddaughter-in-law and my soon to be great grandchild.  Aren't they just the cutest!!

And it's dance recital time again.  Last Saturday I went to the Dress Rehearsal for my daughter's latest extravaganza....this time it is Toy Story.  What a riot.  Just a glimpse of some of the characters...
My granddaughter, Bailey as Mr. Potato Head....she is having so much fun with this character and when she discovered the eyes detached, it gave a whole new meaning to "I have my eyes on you....!!"

The main character, Woody

And Little Bo Peep....

Tonight is the performance so more to come.

Also last weekend I had a photo shoot with one of my favorite families....my good friend Marti's son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter.  Samantha is now three and with the age of three comes a few challenges...let's just say Samantha was more interested in the water feature than she was of the camera. But I did manage to grab a few goodies.

Well, it's time for me to go eat a bologna sandwich and then later off to the Dance Recital.  Tonight's the night.

I will try and be a little more regular now with my blog posting now that the garden is almost done.  This age thing really slows down a person, what's with that??!!  And PS I ordered the new Tamron 16-300, it was calling my name.  I'll give a review after I receive!!

Until next time.....

A Fence Journey

Last Friday, Kim and her daughter, Chloe from Picking Poppies was in my area to visit her family and we took the opportunity to spend an afternoon together roaming the countryside.  One of my favorite things to do especially on this totally gorgeous afternoon. After the winter we had Spring has really had some outstanding days with sun, beautiful blue skies with white puffy clouds, low humidity (always a plus) and soft breezes.  And it was just that kind of day that we were blessed with.  Some fields had been planted with corn but the sprouts were really tiny as they burst forth to grow eventually into tall stalks and producing that much loved summer favorite....corn on the cob.

Recently Theresa from The Run A Round Ranch Report began hosting "Good Fences" on Thursdays. Fences have always been one of my favorite subjects to photograph and I don't know how I fell by the wayside, but then, alot fell by the wayside this past year, but anyhoo, decided to link up this week and share the fences that I discovered on the drive to the country.

I love this one because 1) beautiful blue sky 2) red barn 3) cows 4) great tree framing the barn...what more could you ask for from one fence lover to the next...!!!

And we can all use a little help now and again....even fences.

            
Hope your days are filled with sunshine, happiness and good fences.

"Today was good.  Today was fun.  Tomorrow is another one."  ~ Dr. Seuss 

Until next time.....

Makes My Heart Sing

I am a sick sick woman when it comes to flowers.  I decided to head out this morn to check out my local grocery store's, yes I said grocery store, choice of beauties and filled my back trunk to the brim.  I just happened to hit it at just the right moment as the delivery truck was unloading pot upon pot of lovelies just when I pulled into the parking lot.  Then, figuring I still had the back seat free I headed for my favorite local garden center and you guessed it, I filled that too.  I say it again, I am a sick sick woman when it comes to flowers. And I still have more to buy.  I lost 2 out of 3 rose bushes in my back yard, sad face inserted here, so I still need to replace those and there are more pots to fill.

I have now switched to begonias for planting in my front shade garden.  Impatiens were always my mainstay but they have developed some sort of plant disease and many garden centers aren't even selling them this year.  I planted them last year and they were happy all summer with no problems, but decided to be safe this year with begonias.  Drats!!  I will still plant them in pots, just not in the ground.  Rumor says that if your soil gets infected with the whatever they are calling this disease you have to wait 7 years to replant again. YIKES!!

So the planting and cleaning continues and it does feel so good to be outdoors in short sleeves.  Makes my heart sing and the kids love it when Mom is outside all day.

"Be/Accept/Value/Forgive/Bless/Express/Trust/Love/Empower....Yourself. "  ~ unknown

Until next time....