House of Flowers

Sunday a.m.
Not much going on. We’ve harvested a wonderful crop of strawberries from the yard – beat the little animals to them this year. YUM – they taste so different from the ones we buy in the store. Much sweeter and stronger flavor.

Got the house TV provider changed and it is working fine. Just as the installer got here Thursday the heavens opened up. We got over two inches of rain in a little over an hour. Lots of thunder and lightening. But he went up on the roof anyway and put up the new dish and took down the old one for us. At one time the rain was so bad we couldn’t see beyond our back yard – we even got some hail, but just little ones and not much.
Yesterday was perfect, not humid and not real hot with a nice breeze. Today is more humid and might have rain this afternoon. And today is the Indy race so everyone is hoping the weather holds until it is over.
Bill’s spider bite is all better but he still has to keep the thumb bandaged as with the slightest bump or touch it starts bleeding again.
We’re getting our outside windows washed today. That’s one of the good or bad perks of getting old. I don’t want to wash them and I don’t feel guilty about having someone else wash them. (I’ll do the insides little by little.)
Yesterday was a good sports TV day. Kyle won the Charlotte Nationwide race in the afternoon (last weekend he won the truck race in Charlotte too) and the Lakers won their game last evening. It always amazes me how those great big men can get as far off the ground as they can. This afternoon is the Indy race (Go Helio) and the Cup car race in Charlotte – Go Kyle. Guess it will be a lazy day for me.
Monday a.m. – no rain yesterday but lots forecast for today – and it is very humid.
Guess I shouldn’t have mentioned Helio or Kyle neither won.
Our company should be getting here this afternoon, Can’t wait! Will be so great to see them.
We finally moved our outdoor table on the back deck to right outside the kitchen doors. So now we use it once in a while. Nice to sit there and listen to the sounds from the woods.

Found out the other day that our neighbors call our house “The House of the Flowers” Maybe because of this?

Bill's Boo Boo

Wednesday a.m. 7:30 in fact
Yesterday was an interesting day – still hot but with a tiny breeze and a few percentage points less humidity.
Bright and early we went over to pick up Jennie – so she is now home too. An update on the satellite on Alfie – it doesn’t go up. They changed the dish from Jennie to Alfie but did not connect it – duh – for some reason we didn’t think it was necessary to tell them to connect it too – just assumed they would – there’s that word!
Also changed our home TV provider from Dish to Direct – I actually prefer Dish but with Direct on the RV (hard to get Dish on the RV as it uses two satellites) thought it would make more sense to have it at home too. One bill vs. two bills. So they are supposed to come tomorrow and of course it is probably going to rain tomorrow.
Yesterday was “let’s get Bill day.” He has many dangerous tools in the garage with which to do himself harm so what does he do……while fixing a salad he tries to slice off his thumb. Lots of blood and big bandage. And before that – mister “don’t work outside with out gloves” was pulling weeds [without gloves] and got bit by a spider! So his hand is all red and swollen – the only good thing is it’s the same hand.
I’m doing a little house cleaning in anticipation of having guests next weekend. We’ll actually have someone stay in our guest room! Really looking forward to it.
The baby birds that were in the garage have grown up and flown the coop so to speak. And the raccoon or squirrels keep getting into my hummingbird feeders on the back porch. They just manage to dump it all out leaving a red sticky mess on the floor. SLAP!

Alfie is Home!

Monday eve –

I WILL NEVER EVER complain about the rain again – well until next time. Since it stopped raining a couple of days ago it has been in the very high 80s (89) and with the humidity of a shower. Just walking from room to room makes you drip.
Still cools down some in the evening though. Last night we sat out on the bedroom deck and enjoyed quiet music in the background and the sounds of the birds in the trees.


It was still light at 9:10.

Very pleasant - we need to do it more often.
Today we went to pick the Alfa up – finally. On the way to breakfast Bill mentioned that he’d like to go and see the new Jeep Liberty with the Hemi. Well guess that upset Willie cause when we came out after breakfast he refused to start. Had to call AAA for a jump start. Somehow (????) the front spot lights got turned and left on and that doesn’t take long to drain the battery. So he’s been told that he is loved and we aren’t going to get rid of him. In fact we won't even talk about looking at the one with a Hemi.
Then up to the RV place – and there was Alfie out front waiting for us. Long time no see. The satellite dish has been taken off Jennie and put on Alfie – no idea if it works or not. Guess we’ll have to check it out tomorrow. All they did was transfer it for us so don’t imagine it works.

He is very happy with his repaved parking place. And no big tree limbs overhead. I wondered how Bill would feel driving him after driving Jennie. He says he forgot how great it drives.
Just had to include this - you can almost smell it - one of our beautiful roses this year.

The Chicken Call

Friday a.m.
Just some interesting tidbits – when we were in Mexico this past winter everyone kept asking us “Aren’t you afraid?” Well no, but we should be now. Since the first of the year there have been 63 murders in Indianapolis – yes that is correct 63! When we were up there a week ago we just went where we had to go – no extra driving around – well except for when I got us lost and we had to go through a not so nice neighborhood.
Have to go there again in a couple of weeks, this time I’m taking Gypsy with us.
Also it has rained here for the past 11 days and is supposed to storm this afternoon. But then we are looking at a week of dry weather – I mean no rain – with highs in the upper 80s and lower 90s – but humid. And when the TV weatherman says humid it means you feel like you are breathing water. Lovely.
Went into town – Columbus 20 miles away – to go to Rural King – had to buy groceries for the animals! Corn for the deer, salt for everyone and birdseed. Never thought in my wildest dreams that I’d be shopping in a store called Rural King. How our lives change.
Worked on my quilt a while – it just keeps getting bigger and bigger – don’t know how I’ll manage to quilt it. Oh well not there yet….
Later Friday
We are waiting on a BIG storm – just west of us it has been putting off quarter sized hail and 60 mph winds. Hopefully it goes around us.
Oh yah – wanted to share a couple of notations from the Sheriff’s Log this week
“12:03 a.m. Abandoned 911 call. Upon call back caller on Fruitdale Road advises she is in the process of a divorce and filed a protective order yesterday. Upon retiring for the night, when she turned the covers down she discovered a dead chicken in her bed. Caller requests an officer.”
“12:10 a.m. Officer is on his way to Fruitdale Road to check out the chicken call.”
And so goes life in a small Midwest town.