happy happy joy joy.....

Yes I changed the header again...this time at the request of my sister!!!

She was having a bit of a melt down

so I thought i would

grant her wish!!!

I have just had the news

happy news

that my one and only

 Nephew

is engaged!!!

I am trying to find a photo of him

but of course I can't

and if he ever reads this

I'll try not to make it too

embarassing

m'dear!!!!

So, with that tidbit

I shall go back to regular programming

and

see y'all

later!!!

Thank You Canada.....

In this house

that is what we say

when the wind changes

direction

and

the breeze is cool

and crisp.

This is what I found

when I took

some mail to the box this morning.

A sky so blue

it's indescribable

the air

cool and fresh

and

blowing from the North.

Just

WONDERFUL.

The only thing that would put me over the would be if it had rained last night.

But you can't have everything  so fresh air

and

blue sky is enough for now.

I can water

to my hearts content

and

refresh the poor plants

and that is what I will do.

I took some photos....

I hear you say,

NO, you didn't

YOU take PHOTOS...

how can that be!!!!

the Queen Anne's Lace is up

well just a couple someone mowed the others down

across the road

and that pisses me off

but I have one over here in the ditch so I took her

It being windy,it was quite hard to take

but fuzzy kinda goes with lace !!!

Lots of flickr-ing today!!!

The banter on Flickr today was flowing....

it's still mindboggling

to be able to talk to someone

who is thousands of miles away....

with very little time lapse. 

I know,

we have things called 'PHONES,

but I wasn't ON the 'phone,

I was on a photo loading site

that has turned into a

chat room!!!

I even managed to almost insult someone.

Almost,

but not quite!!!

Thank goodness for

BING translator

I apologised in her native tongue,

that's amazing too!

Thank goodness she is a sweet person and gets my humour!!!

So, after the bread and the coffee

and the

clean sheets

and the other boring things

I finished a little

crochet.

I have had the book for maybe two years now

and never attempted to make the block that made me buy it.

I saw someone else mention it on her blog and it reminded me that I had it

so

THREE days ago

or maybe four

I started it.

I ripped it about five times

and then finally

got the pattern in my head

and there it is!!

There are 25 blocks in all

plus

16 smaller joining ones...

I'm not sure

I will ever make the whole blanket.
Plus I don't know how practical it would be
it has lots of "open space"
maybe that's why they show it hanging off an old barn door
in the book!!!!

I also decided that the

Japanese charts are so much easier to "read"

than a bunch of words that run on forever

and then go over to the next page!!!

Funny, how quickly we learn things

and un-learn others.

Well, I better go and get some dinner on the table...

YUCK!!!

....... later

Take care....

I'll post the other motif when I'm done.....maybe!!!

:)

FRESSShhhhhh!!!!

So....

how do we come up with the blog posts that are posted,

those of you who don't blog

wonder?

Well,

one wakes up,

hopefully,

:)

and

doesn't think about it.

Then one sits down and checks the old blog out

to see if anything happened overnight.

because you know,

the world keeps spinning while we sleep.

Yes it really does.....

Most mornings there is a comment or two

or not,

and you go about your day

and then something will

catch your eye

or your ear

or your nose

because

hopefully,

you are looking and listening

and .....?? smelling ???

and this will happen.....

You get a whiff of the freshly baked bread.....

and you make yourself a fresh cuppa java

complete with fresh  froth.....

say that a couple of times!!!

(don't you love that sugar bowl....

I do)

and you notice the sun

on the freshly changed bed

and

you realise

you have a post!!!!!

You don't need to show all the mundane housey related things

but a few can be ok.

There

wasn't that easy?

Interesting, ?

not so much,

but easy?

YUUP!!!!

and

then you can

put on your

Ruby Red Slippers

with the new

inserts that you made the other day

and

go on with your day.

FYI

just heard on the local weather report that if it reaches 90F today

and it will

that will be 18 days in June that the temperature has reached 90 or above

and that will break all the records,

since they have been keeping records,

and around here they started in the 1800's.

What is it going to be like in July and August

I wonder?

The flowers need a break

they look very unhappy and wilted

in the noon day sun and heat

poor little things.

no fresh-ness out there.

:)

Stay fresh mes amies

until the next time!!!!

:)

do nothing sunday

That's what we  did today

 Nothing.

I didn't even cook dinner.

I made a big salad

and

that didn't need cooking

the temperature outside

is 98 F

It broke yet another record.

It feels like 105-7F

again.

No rain

no cooling breeze

just

heat

so

being good southeners

(Va is a southern state)

we

lived easy

fish are jumpin'

(coz the lake is hot hot hot)

and the weeds are high

(coz mama got a 'puter)

my "daddy" aint rich

(coz mama got a 'puter)

and his mama aint goodlookin'

(coz she's grumpy she's trying to make a block and it's not cooperatin")

so hush

little kitty

go sleeeeepy byyyyye.

sorry 'bout that

it's hot!!!

So what do you do the day after such activity and excitment?

a little house cleaning!

A few years ago

the hubs went out

and

while wandering around one of those big huge"lumber stores"

he spied a little something he thought his wife might like.

He brought it home and happily dragged it through the door

to be met

with 
"one of those looks"

that puts fear and dread in a man's heart!!!

I was looking at....

a smiling man

who had a big huge yellow

janitors bucket in his hand

with appropriate mop wringer thingy attatched

LOOK what I bought you

he said.

OH

 I said

and how the hell am I supposed to use that?

(aren't I nice?)

To wash the floors with

he said

And how am I supposed to pick it up, when it is full of water?

I'll do it

he said.

Well, yes, I think you will

I said

(aren't I nice?)

So, when the poor man saw that this was not what his wife had dreamed of

he said

I'll wash the floors when they need it.

I'll use it........he said

...

and he is!!!!

Isn't HE nice????

:)

X

Revealed...

Now I told you that for some it would be a great big

 SO WHAT

but for me it is wonderful!!!

THIS is what the secret is

My husband,

of 38 years!!!!,

built me a new computer!!!

It's MINE, all mine and nothing but mine!!!

all brand new stuff

in a new box

and

I am using it right now!!!!!

When the first box arrived in the mail...

I thought he was upgrading his.

Then the second box arrived

and a third

and so on

until he said

It isn't for mine

it's YOUR new rig.

 MY NEW RIG!!!!

If you had told me a few short years ago

that I would get excited about a computer

and use words like

"new rig"

I would have told you your were nuts.

But today I say

YIPPPPEEEEE!!!

So, those are the hands that put it together

and

 loaded all the new stuff

64 bits (?)

and

a mother board (check)

and

memory (check)

and 

who knows what else is in the box sitting in the chair next to me

in the

roomontheleft,

with it's little flashing lights

and

quiet fans blowing air on me.

He gave up his lawn mower for this

so the grasses and the weeds will

blow gently in the breeze for a while longer

and

I will be frugal and sensible

and help save the pennies any way we can

so that soon I will be showing you the

photo of his new rig.

This, on re-reading it, sounds sooooo silly

but,

who cares

I have a new computer!!!

Who really DOESN"T CARE two hoots.......

HER!!!!!

So, that's what we did on our 38th Anniversary

we birthed a

NEW RIG!!!!!

See you in a while

I'm going surfing!!!!

:)

Oh dear....I knew I shouldn't have said anything....now when I tell you it's going to be such a let down for most of you....it will be boring and uninteresting and you'll think HUH...so what!!

No post today!!

There was nothing of any consequence today.

No new flowers. No strange animals or birds.

Just lots and lots of heat.

It went to 100F...the actual temperature that is.

 So everything is just hanging on for dear life. 

There are storms on their way, and that will cool things down, for about five minutes.

I am watching crap TV and working on the wiggle rug.

But it's hot and heavy!!!!

and

my hand and wrist are

sore.

Oh and I have a secret

I've been keeping.

!!!!!

Maybe tomorrow I can show you

or the next day

or the next

or the

or

Stay cool and safe

:)

As the sun sets

in the West...

this evening

I wish you a good night

and

adieu

until the morrow

!!!

I leave you with these...

 

 

gooses, pictchers and promisses!!!...

 

 

As you can see

the geese are back...

and so am I!!!

The geese have been absent from sight for quite a while

and I was getting worried about them

but they may have been on the other side

having their babies and staying out of the way.

 

 

 

 

This one is the Mama

I think

she stood on guard

and gave me dirty looks

as I hid behind the tree to take her picture!!!

Her "baby" is behind her.

When I saw the photos

this one prompted the thought

you know the expression

one gets goose bumps?

well I got

goose bums!!!

 

 

 

five of them!!!!

So happy to see you back

gooses.

Now all feels right.

And you may have noticed

the photos are back too.

Phew!

thank you geek squad

for the patience

it takes dealing with a twit.

I will pay attention next time

Promise.

 :)

temporary interruption...

OOOPPPSSS!

there will be small

interval

folks

the twit that runs this

joint

just trashed

her whole picture file.

all of them

each and every one!!

YUP,

that's me

twit of the day.

Thank you and adieu

for now

she says

bowing

and

backing out of the way so

the geek-squad of one

can restore

the

trrraashshed files.

OOOPPPSSS!

:)

WOW!!!

I took these this morning

in the building heat and humidity.

It feels like 107F

outside.

 

 

 

 I'm staying inside.

 

 

For some reason these photos

aren't showing at their best.

When I loaded them

I was very pleased

I very rarely

admire my work

but these

I LIKE

I want to frame them

but they don't look

very good here.

Maybe Flickr

can do

a better job

or my space on

Windows.

Let me go look

and

I'll get back to you.

:)

AAAHHH!!!

It's going to be a

HOT

week

this week.

*********************************************

 

********************************************

It's going to feel

like 100

on Tuesday.

It's hot now

but it's getting

HOTTER.

Just something

to keep you cool!

***************************

ooooohhhmmmmm!!!

Happy place!!!

Happy place!!!

sunday Sunday

Today is Father's Day here in the States.

Other than saying

Happy Fathers Day

to him, we don't do much about it!!

Of course

when the

"boys"

were little

we did.

And now that one of the

"boys"

is a father

we wish him a happy one too!

As the hubs says

it's just another

way to get you to spend money.

He says that a lot

about a lot

of things!!!!

He's like that.

Actually, so am I.

This morning I woke up before 6.

At 6.30

I could hear boys voices ouside

coming from the lake.

There were about 6 of them in the water

out in the middle.

The neighbours

two doors down

have a tent pitched in the back yard

so I guess they went to have a dip

after a wild

hot sticky night!!

They are at the stage

of voice change.

That wonderful

totally embarassing

never know how it's going to sound

deep or

totally

squeeeekkkkyyy!! stage.

One of them must have sneezed

a dozen times.

on the 12th

one of the others

(squeeked)

JESUS

(deep)

christ

bla bla

wot's with you dude???

I thought I would wet myself (sorry)

I was laughing so hard.

Those are some of the

fondest memories I have of

having kids.

I'd be in the house somewhere

and the door would open

LOUDLY

and

the gang of

boys would flood the house all yelling

HI MOM!

the bikes all thrown outside the front door

they'd go in the bedroom

and

you'd hear the chatter, all of them talking together

and then they'd ask for a drink

or a cookie

and

say where they were going next

and all retreat

LOUDLY.

When we first moved here

they could wander around the neighbourhood

under the watch of us all

in various parts of the

'hood!!!!

All of us watching out for them all.

And there were no qualms about

correcting behavour.

And they all knew it,

but boys will be boys.

Never anything

of any consequence

but they knew we'd find out

and it kept them on the straight and narrow

so to speak.

The days spent down on the beach by the lake

watching them grow and mature

seeing them play like puppies

and

discovering the neighbourhood

girls.

Putting up with the chaos

which is boys...

who are now all grown men

but remember those days

as my oldest told me

on his last visit here.

Carefree days

on the bikes

roaming the neighbourhood

and

never having a

care in the world.

The good

old

days!!!

Hope you are having a carefree day today...

DUDES!!!!

:)

Friday once again...

 

 

It was strange today

 

 

 

the sun was extremely

hot and bright

 

 

but the air felt cool and pleasant

these are the shadows

at almost noon

today.

I liked them

so I

photographed them!

Have a lovely weekend

 

all.

Take care

and enjoy

yourself.

Bees...

You want bees.....

we got bees

we got big ones

and

small ones

and

ones that share

the same flower

 

we got bees

so full

they just sit

for a moment

and

rest
 

and

we got

mushrooms

too
 

good sign there is life

in the ground
 

 

but you want bees

we got those

 

inside too!!!


and
there is a neighbour who has
hives in the garden
so we should have some honey soon
if you smile real pretty!!!!

:}