Happy Anniversary

Across the back of F2's yard we worked a corner to corner flower bed  Each corner has canna lilies, irises, and society garlic. Along the fence line are daylilies and moss rose. The rooster and two hens are so cute. They belonged to my dad. 

My hubby grew up in this house with his dad, mom & sister. He lived here until his move to Camelot Apts right before we got married.

Many Saturdays after we married, we would take & laundry our clothes at his parent's house & spend time with them. Lots of memories at this house come to mind. Here are a few...

...Sunday lunches with family...his mom was a great cook

...Sundays after lunch, men watching tv in den & ladies talking in living room

...Tater 'n Eggs Thanksgiving lunch cooked by his dad...one of our favorites even now

...sawhorses - a wide board over two sawhorses for whatever task we had to do

...peas & butterbean shelling in back yard

...fish cleaning 

...my first de-heading of shrimp...though I would NEVER eat another shrimp...lol

.

I could go on and on about the many ways of living life here at this house.

With hubby's mom passed & his dad in the nursing home (going on three years), it is time. 

Today.....the house is listed "For Sale".

Several days working one flower bed @ a time was all I could stand with this scorching heat...and that was getting up at 6AM. A few days hubby helped, and I was so thankful. 

Today promised a 75 degree morning @ 6AM.....and I was ready. Overcast with a few breezes.

After 4 hours, I finished and shouted, "Hooray!!!"

When overwhelmed & stressed and unable to think,

I go out & garden. It's cheaper than a shrink.

Author Unknown

We enjoy keeping the back door open so we can look out the storm door into the back yard and watch the activity of the birds and squirrels. Hummingbirds zoom chasing each other, and then stop for a drink at their feeder. Other birds enjoy resting on their feeder rim as they eat. A few pesky squirrels often make their way to the feeder.....swinging away and throwing some of the feed to the ground. 

Nature and animals are something that we enjoy observing. Our favorite place.....you know...is the mountains. 

Tonight as Glenn looked out the door he noticed how strange the back yard looked. There was an orange cast upon the shed, and the yard just looked "weird". 

After going out to explore, we observed to the front of the house sky as sharp as a baby blue color with a few clouds. Our backyard sky had this rather large roundish cloud with an orange tint. It was so amazing! 

Throw open the shed door and get to work.

Thank you Lord that there is some air stirring.

I must have lost my mind...20 bales?

With the temperature rising & no breezes now,

I work slow & steady to finish the front flower beds.

To forget how to dig the earth and

to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.

~Mahatma Gandhi~

Dad loved being in the yard. He brought me some four o'clock seeds when he visited one time. We planted them, and I love seeing them every year. Sweet memories with every bloom.

41 bags frozen

supper food for us

supper food for neighbor

~~~~~~~~~

This picture brings so many memories to mind

of dad and his passion for Garrett

to experience any kind of adventure on his land.

I am so grateful for my son's memories with his Pa.

Happy Heavenly Birthday Dad!

...a quick trip around 11:40AM with hubby to pick up some accounting work. Well, it was going to be a quick trip. Then this happened.

A truck with a trailer pulled across the traffic lanes in front of us from the median. His view was blocked by a larger truck waiting in his left turn lane to cross the median and the opposite traffic lanes. As soon as Glenn saw the truck that hit our truck entering the lanes, he applied the brakes but it was too late. Thankfully no one was hurt.