Curved Flower Bed

Logan and Astrid are adding a curved line front bed. They put fabric below the rock. She’ll put two rows of plants.  I’m so glad the old house is looking young again.

Today I am 75. I feel it, too.

 

Camping

Greta is at Basketball camp.  They play games against other schools. 

Ada is going to the day camp the Parks and Recreation there offers. They get to play games, do crafts, swim, go to the splash pad. She’s loving it. She went for a well check. She’s 98 percentile in height. Too bad she’s into acting and not sports. The PRN checked her heart with the stethoscope and then listened to her stomach. Ada said—my hearts not down there.

 

Blooming

 

This is Lantana and purslane. They weren’t blooming very well. Potted plants do that. They use up all the nutrients in the pot and go dormant. I know nitrogen is for green growth. I found a bucket of stuff in Pop’s shop. It said 0 20 20. Middle is phosphorus. I think the last  is potash. I opened the lid of the 5 gallon bucket. It looked like pellets and smelled bad, but looks it worked. I got blooms. I always tryto use what I have, not go buy something.

Finders Keepers

Helen left her earrings. I put them on telling her I was keeping them. They did look nice on her, but made me look like a clown. All in fun.

 

Dogs Went home

I walked the dogs home last night and turned down the air. The travelers were to get home about midnight. Peach and Pretty were thrilled to be home. When the air came on, Pretty went over and lay by the cool air. 

I’m lucky to have a beautiful place to walk. Each day I see new things to marvel. These pictures reminded me that we have a way out of dangerous situations.  A way to escape… pray. Sometimes bad things happen, but He helps us afterwards.  I need help everyday.  I’m happy to believe in something better. 

 

Libraries are Sacred

Every Saturday Ada goes to her local library. She loves books❤️

Who would want to defund libraries. It’s happening in my state. Who would want to shut down PBS and NPR. I can’t understand the concept. 
 

Visiting

Eric, Laura and Sig are in Utah visiting Eric’s Dad’s family. Here they’re sitting outside a store while Sigrid shops! I have their two Corgis, Pretty and Peach. I don’t mind as I like dogs.

One thing the girls did was visit this thermal mineral bath in a crater. Eric is spending most of his time with  his father. They flew out last Thursday and will be home tomorrow. I miss them when they are away, but I’m glad they got to go. 

 

Worrying About My Friends

I’ve been worried about the bees so I begged the Queen Bee to come with her smokey wand and check on them. Thankful we found lots of bees but not lots of honey.  Queen Bee explained that it’s all the rain.  Bees don’t fly that much in rain.  They’d rather stay inside and wait for the rain to pass.  Soon we’ll have more sunshine and the bees can come out and play. Well, today it’s pouring rain again. Poor bees are stuck in the hive with no food.

I liked the yoga class. It’s in a chair.  I don’t have to get on the floor. Some was standing behind the chair. It was all gentle. I am going to M, W, and F classes through the summer. Skipping T and Th. Thursday is dance which is hard for me. I walk each morning. But today I’ll wait til the rain is passed. If I can’t walk, I ride my Schwinn bike til my exercise ring closes. This month I’ll be 75. I want the best quality of life I can have. I have rules I live by—work to accomplish something, read to learn about something, crochet to make things to give away, exercise everyday, practice balance in all things. Too much of anything is bad. One thing I try not to do is watch tv in the day. Many old folks get up and turn on the tv. That robs one’s productivity.  I try to be nice, but sometimes I fail. I pray. I pray for others too. I read the Bible. My biggest downfall is fretting and having negatives thoughts. I try to not take too many meds. They have too many side affects. I’m stubborn. I think what I believe is right.  How self righteous of me.  I am a child of God. He forgives. I am thankful. I am blessed.  I eat breakfast daily. One day I eat oatmeal and the next an egg. I live a very boring life. I’m not looking for a man to replace Pop. I have to block old fake men on Facebook who want to be my friends.  I understand why some older ones look for a new companion. The biggest reason is they can not survive on the money they get each month. I am a Democrat but also a conservative.  It’s not impossible. A lot of things about others, l just ignore as it’s their right to believe what they want and be what they want. I don’t have to think it’s the correct way. It’s not my business. I am not a judge….but it’s hard not to judge. When I get those ideas swimming in my brain. I pray to love more and condemn less. Now, you know more about me than you even cared to know. Oh, I really don’t like tattoos. But isn’t that silly! 

 

My New Trick

Ingrid got a new car. It’s a Nissan. I like the color. Her first car was in July 2019. It was a small car but really was a good investment. It lasted through college and her first year of working. She took her Pop for a ride that day. He thought it was a good pick. He was right. They changed the battery once and bought tires! 

My new trick is yoga. I’m going today for the first time. I hope I like it. I’ll let you know tomorrow!

Humid

Yesterday, we had more rain and it starts again tomorrow unto next Tuesday. It really humid and miserable feeling.  Probably like Mississippi! I need to push mow one side of my road. I did the higher side with the riding mower. I can’t even push mow the other side as it’s soggy wet. I can’t breathe well in this humidity so it’s just as well.

I trapped a squirrel yesterday and one a couple of days earlier. I’m feeling invaded.

The swamp rose has two colors of blooms on the vine. Amazing to me! 

 

Sisters Together

Helen wanted to go to Alma to buy this eagle for George Aday’s grave.  She came on down I40 and stayed with me overnight and went home up hiway 7 today.  She didn’t want me to take her picture but gave in. She said— I didn’t fix my face.  When Sister Helen saw this grave ornament, she said she was getting it for George’s grave. She has a giving heart. Fleta’s deceased husband served 3 tours in Vietnam.  His younger brother died there.

 

St. John’s Wort

 

This is St. John’s Wort! It gets its name because it often blooms on the birthday of the biblical John the Baptist. The flowers and leaves have hyperforin in them and are used in teas, tablets, liquids, and preparations that are put on the skin. One of its uses is to treat depression.

The little white bloom is Fleabane. It’s called Fleabane because the plants’ odor can repel fleas.

 

Weeds

The farmers are here making what I care about beautiful— Galla Meadow! I grew up near Coin, AR on a farm. I love mown fields and clean fence rows💚🌾I carried them water!

The mowing will knock down the weeds and lets the grasses grow just as in our yards.

 

Outhouse Lily

 Ditch lilies are blooming! The orange day lilies are called Ditch, Railroad, and outhouse lilies because they have spread along traveled paths.  Deer turn up their noses at Ditch lilies.  Bees and butterflies aren’t crazy about the trumpet-shaped blooms either. 

Flowers are the music of the ground

From earth's lips spoken without sound

~ Edwin Curran

Old Friends are Gold

Sigrid still “hangs” with her high school friends. I hope 50 years from now they’re still in touch. I have tried to do that with my high school friends. None live where I do but I write to one and hear of others. Sig and her friends ate dinner together in our town. I know the girls’ history. I taught one’s mother and an another’s father. They went swimming yesterday at a friend’s pool. Mostly, I bet they lay in the sun and talked. All have gone to different colleges.

The picture in the background is our Presbyterian Church. It’s pretty on the inside too.

 

Ready to Play

Erin is sending Ada to summer school. She got new tennis shoes to wear. I’m glad Ada doesn’t know everyone doesn’t go to summer school. It’s better than all day tv with her older siblings.

 Yesterday the sun came out, and the squirrels attacked my feeders. I caught one and maybe today I can get the big fat one. 

Eric’s Big Day

Today Eric is 57. He’s still in the classroom. Laura finished yesterday.  Ingrid made her Dad a box to store cards in. He plays a card game called Magic. He likes fantasy movies. He watches the super hero stuff. So this box is for some of his cards.

Laura made him coconut pie. He likes cool whip on it.

Laura pinned and hemmed a skirt for Ingrid’s yesterday. Amy Patsy over saw the project.  Laura is finished with school this year. To celebrate this morning she walked 5 miles. 🤭