Winding up or down.

Still living in the yard for most of the day.  The inside needs attention but it's not a priority right now.  Garden continues to look great.  Planted a white swamp milkweed.  I picked out a few freebees at a friends house in Sharpsville.  She had an open house for her yard.  I guess it should be called an open garden.  Such fun stuff she has planted and her hard scapes are just funny.  So...that's a huge encouragement for me.  There is someone else that likes junk among the flowers.  I added a big bundle of sticks to the yard.  I also used some of Noah's hole to put in a small pond.  Today I added some green plants and went to the Reef to get them.  Yup...Reef is still here after my helper said it was 52 years old.  I think it's older than that.  I also covered the picnic table with a checkered "oil" cloth.  I think I'm done making a mess in that space.  So now...just hoeing, a little water here and there although the moisture content is good at this point.  Zinnias are starting to bloom.  Tomatoes continue with blooms but the nights are a bit cooler then they would like.  Light weight blankets on the bed.  It's been in the 50's.  Tomorrow is soup kitchen.  Tomorrow evening a church committee meeting with supper provided.  Yahoo.  Friday the kids come...Sat. is getting ready for Sun. and then JB and family will be here till Wed.  That's a big Yahoo.  Got a few projects planned.  We need HELP!

Life is good.

Wonderful weather with just a little heat  and a HUGE rain storm Wed..  Love working outside even though it results in a shower when finished.  I can sweat till the cows come home.  The garden really looks good.  I planted peppers this week and the tomatoes are starting to bloom.  Still transplanting zinnias.  Something is wrong with some of the plants.  Don't know exactly why but they are not growing as a usual zinnia does.  So pulling bad zinnia...moving some more seedlings.  Spray painted two wicker chairs that were along the road.  Kimmy...you are not the only one that finds things but you do find a whole lot more than I do.  I made pillows for the chairs along with matching seat pads.  Sprayed the large copper butterfly orange...a wren's house orange...a basket with bird seed orange...It's just a splash of color.  Today I spent time on the patio watching the wrens, chickadees, house finch and humming birds.  Just a quiet hr. or two...that is after 2 hrs in the garden and a shower.  Woo...Doug and I got a big bearded Iris out of the ground.  Almost took a crane.  It was crowding the day lilies and I have two even bigger bunches of Iris.  So...later today, off to Nicci's with three bags of Iris.  She'll plant anything.  That's about it.  For some reason it was a 5 hr. night so I feel a nap coming on.

Saturday.

This week was an ordinary week.  Monday worked a bit at church making a few changes.  Thurs. worked soup kitchen which was uneventful.  Thanks for that happening.  I continue to move little zinnias here and there and water...No rain this week but some coming next week.  Yahoo...thanks for that.  For some reason I keep thinking about the folks in southeastern Kenya who have no rain and their main occupation is looking for water...sometimes walking for days to find it.  And...mine comes out of the faucet and I'm using it to water flowers.  I have no other words.  Tomorrow is church.  And that's been the week.

What a weekend !

Sat was a fun sort of day.  Now hear this...fun because I went to church to work in my visual arts closet sorting 5 lg. tubs of fabric that we use during the year at some point.  But the best part of that was that the choir was rehearsing the Mass in Blue...a huge jazz Mass...unbelievable music.  Woo...And then I heard it again Sun. morning when it was sung in church.  What a treat.  And it was Pentecost...so the sanctuary was wrapped in RED and looked it's best.

 I finished the new banners Sun. afternoon.  And today some of the red came down and the new banners are up.  North does a lot to support the Gay Pride movement and these banners are the 6 rainbow colors with words attached that support the mission to LGBT folks.  Such as Trust...Celebrate...Love...Freedom...Belong and can't think of the last one.

 Now for more Sunday news.  The choir music was wonderful and this is a time when Mark...the director usually makes a plug for summer choir at the beginning of the service..So...he started talking about supporting the church...read the vows said at the time membership happens with time,,,talents and financial support being a part of membership...And...I thought...good for you Mark...Great invitation for summer choir.   Well...after that...he deviated and said that he wanted to recognize two people who have given 110 years of time to the choir program...Well...my heart did a flip and I'm thinking...Mark's not going where I thought he was going.  Yup...he called Doug out of the choir...60 years of committment...and me from the pew...still can't sing because of bronchitis...but it's better...I'm 50 years.  I was DUMBFOUNDED...And Doug was as well...Choir folks got info from Jared and Eric about all the stuff that they could remember about being at North with their mother from when they were little.  Then the congregation stood and clapped and clapped.  My Lord...what a morning.  And...the little envelope gift will give us 10 meals  at Steak and Shake...How perfect.  What a hoot...After church the choir had their yearly picnic...and then home for a few minutes and on to Eric's for a birthday supper.  Eric's birthday and now I have a 47 year old son.  Woo, woo.  That was the day.  Did some watering this afternoon...the first day I felt like doing something outside.  Got two wicker chairs from the neighbor's throw away pile...and make pillows for them.  It's been a very good couple of days and the best part is that I'm feeling much better.  8 weeks of this stuff is enough.

This week

Spent Wed. putting away more things at church.  Woo...made a big difference.  Tomorrow I'm sorting fabric and hope to get the tubs in better shape.  We have so much fabric but sometimes we use all of the color needed.  Thurs. was soup kitchen.  Lots of good help but it would seem that the drug traffic was evident with three more than middle aged ladies under the influence.  Grr...There are always surprises.  Today...Andrew and Noah were here for most of the day as they usually are on Fri.  We walked to the park and they played for about an hr. there.  Home then and Andrew made his own lunch.  Woo. Woo.  and he made Noah's as well.  Water some things that needed watering.  Did a little digging and trimming.

I started a huge sewing project Wed.  so purchased fabric and now working on 6 banners of rainbow colors with words attached...so far.  Love...Joy...Freedom...Trust...Belong...and I need to select the last one yet.  I'm typing for a break.  Hope to have these finished by next Sunday.  I need sewing time.