Busy.

There is NO moss growing under my feet.  Fri. the kids came.  I tried to scratch in the garden.  Didn't work...still to soggy.  Got some ideas on paper for my going away speech for preacher Ronnie.  Candle collected...Ninja Turtle shoes in the bag.  People color crayons.  Oranges.  Two related to sermons...Two are related to events.  What a guy and will be missed terribly.  His new church is sooooo fortunate.  So...it's on to Tiffney Williams who will be here July 7th.  Today was the big dinner and gift giving.  And I'm bushed, really bushed.  Three of us did soup kitchen Sat.  Really busy and served ALL the food.  It was a block buster weekend.  Tomorrow doing wash, checking the flowerbeds and getting ready for a Wed late morning start to Georgia for Brother-in-law's ordination leading to the priesthood at the monastery.  We'll return to Indy Monday.

Water. water every where and not a drop to drink!

Rain, rain go away...come again some other month!   Woo...have we had rain storms.  It's straight down and forgets to turn itself off.  It feels like we live in a swamp on top of the hill.  Poor plants!  So...doing other things.  Hard to walk in the yard.  Squish, squish.  It's on to have a heart traping and chipmunks.  We're up to 8 trapped in three days.  Woo...lots of trips to the dog park.  There is a definite change in what we're seeing.  That's great.  Finished the bedroom curtains as well as a bed skirt.  Looks great.  This morning was another work morning at church.  Trinity Sunday over...Now on to the long summer/fall green season.  It's easy time now.  Tomorrow is Bread and Bowl soup kitchen day...That's funny...I still say soup kitchen and we don't make soup any more.  Haven't for years.  Another rehab session in the afternoon.  Seeing great progress on somethings...Others...need more help.  Big fish fry weekend.  Doug just can't get enough!  But it's really good.  Little small Meth. church with a huge weekend Fri. noon...Fri night...Sat. noon...Sat night.  Doug does them all.

Another week or so.

Weather continues to be unbelievable wonderful...meaning cool and rainy and I think we might have moved to Oregon.  Shade plants are huge.  Trees look good.  Sun plants could use a little heat.  Continue to find deer coming through...rabbits eating cabbage and squirrels pulling flowers out of the ground.  Makes for interesting discoveries.  The neighborhood cat fished out the minnows in the little pond for a delicious treat. So now it's covered at night.   Moving closer to be finished with transplanting.  The last to happen...basil, and it's everywhere. Well maybe the last. Need to plant a huge basil pot for Kat. The latest project is digging out  dead roots from our tall grass.  They are old and rotten.  Making simple white valences for the bedroom for summer.  All the winter washed and stored which includes all the blue and white bedding and curtains..
So, now it's my sunflower quilt and new valences season  I started rehab for my knee on Wed..  Interesting how the muscles around the injured knee have forgotten what is expected of them.  So...something to do at least twice a day with work with the big guy once a week.  I need to shape this knee up...Expectations are high.  Time to get on with I t.

Wed.

Started the day with my biannual dentist appointment.  8 am...why do I do that...Get it over.  Then home to play in the dirt once again.  Another day of transplanting flowers to bare places.  Just about done.  Got to do the Basel yet.  Finding the beginnings of butterflies once again.  The fun begins.  Lot of hunting and finding needs to happen among a ton of dill.  More rain today.  Can only help is my hope.  Plants continue to grow big and fat.  Soup kitchen tomorrow and finishing up the decorating for Pentecost as well as a meeting with all the people who work other Bread and Bowl days.  Always something.

More Bird News.

4 eggs in the next.  Haven't seen much of Mom Bird today.  I think she's in the box.  Doug saw her do a terror job on a squirrel who had been sitting on the roof of the box.  Good for her.  This morning...work morning with Ray and Rosie and me at church.  Next Sunday...Pentecost...lots of red fabric and banners all over the sanctuary.  It's done and ready for Sun. Woo, woo.  A load off my mind.  And we started at 9 and finished by 12:30.

Then off to Ortho Indy where I thought I would be getting a second Xray...Didn't happen.  But I did get an order for therapy.  Yes, yes.  I got to get a little stability going for me.  That starts next week.
Another appointment in 4 weeks.

Took the Ronnie stole to church Sun and showed it to a few people.  And now Darren has the stole.  That's out of the house...Ronnie will receive the stole the first Sun. after ordination...June 16th.

Then on to a end of the year choir party.  Took two pillows, the tops being made by Ellen Daniels Howell to the party.  Ellen died of cancer 3 years ago.  She started the Umoja project in Kenya that North supports in so many ways.  The pillow tops are made with beautiful fabric and covered with hearts  .I gave them to Rosie and Denise who also knew Ellen  and writes and produces the children's musical's every year.  .  Husband Todd is also in the choir.   This year's theme was Love...and our Andrew had the staring roll...Noah also did a big part.  These two woman have done so much for North's children, teaching the Bible through music.  They deserve more.

Garden continues to do it's best with lots of rain.  We could be living in the state of Washington.
Tore out more Black Eyed Susan's and tonight we're taking some of them to Kathy Oehlers.  Woo...glad to move them on.  The garbage can is loaded as well.

Bird news...

Day two...
It would seem that Mr. B Bird has made some progress with Mrs. B Bird.  Today was a busy day with the Mrs. flying in and out of the house getting the bedding in place.  Seems that she is beginning to see the plus side of living in an original JB Russell family one of a kind hotel.  Well...I guess it's not one of a kind since I think the building resulted in about 18 one of a kind hotels.  And wouldn't you know it.  The mama to be is doing all the work with anticipation just like we people mothers...get the crib ready...buy the diapers...and more.  The mister sits around watching, fighting off the chipmunks and keeping other bird neighbors away from those yummy dried M. worms.  And when the Mrs. takes off to find more bedding...the Mr. followers her to see that she safely returns.  It's been fun to watch today.  The nest is about 8 feet from the patio.  We have front row seats.  Rain continues...Hostas are at their all time big.  Got groceries at Aldi's and then on to Habig's to get smelly stuff to keep the deer away.  Our front yard is full of deer tracks.  Got to keep them away from some of their favorite food in the flowerbeds.

Memorial Day

What did I do?  Watched the birds.  So interesting.  Wren checked out the Blue Bird house.  What's up with that.  Mr. B Bird is trying to get Mrs. B Bird to move in to the new house.  That was really interesting.  What more does she want.  Dried M. Worms...Yum...Bird Bath...New House...Trees to see the world.  More bird friends...Cardinals flying in...Wood Peckers and even an Owl to listen to.

Well...time will tell.  It was Steak and Shake supper and then a trip to the Dairy Queen.  I did a bit of transplanting...Took out some Black Eyed Susans...way to many.  Planted Zinnia seeds again.  Maybe it's warm enough to grow at this point.

Yesterday we helped our neighbors clear underbrush from a long line of trees.  Bill doesn't know what anything is and there were a ton of trash bushes, honey suckle, to saw away.  Church was a bit sparse on people.  The calendar looks clear this week.  That makes me happy.  

Knee continues to work well although I'm getting tired of the knee pain.  I want to think of something else.  Today...pills made my day.  So...I thought of something else.  Yahoo.  Doc appointment next Monday.  Then I'm hoping for therapy.  I'm such an old tottery lady.  I can't do much about the old but I'm certainly going to do something about the tottery!