Greta is Front Page Important

Greta is attending a "Goblin" basketball camp this week.  I am sure she loves it!

Learning to Knit

Greta is taking up knitting.  I don't know if she is teaching Greg or vice versa.  A Greta at Walmart said Greta means pearl and it if German short for Margaret.  Gretta Bench was a student of mine long ago.  Now she is an old woman so I am a real old woman.

Beach Pic

 Everyone says these three look alike, but if you look they don't.  All different and all beautiful.

Beach Combers

Laura said they were enjoying the beach.  We miss them.

Brother

Baby Brother is 57 today.  Now, I think of him as only Brother.  He is good to help my sisters.   Dad would be happy that he was there for two old women--Fleta and Helen.  We took care of brother when he was a baby.  Now, he can take a turn.

Hope his birthday is a good one.  Hope Helen bakes him a cake.

Gilbert when his daughter, Julie got married (some years ago.

Phoebe Goes shopping

Phoebe loves to shop!!

Company Came

 Clayton and Greta came.  They showed me some new tricks!

 Smiley faces by force.

 Clayton's handstand underwater.

 Greta showing Clayton how to do the straddle stand.

 Greta relaxes and Clayton jumps in splashing Auntie Laura.

 Eric took two of his favorite ladies to Rogers to hear a band.  Laura told me several times the name but I instantly forget it.

 Dad got in on the selfie!

The King

 Went down to the chicken pen and saw the King.  I had a nice king snake there before but he got in Queen Opal's pen and the king bit the dust.  Glad to have another King.  They kill poison snakes and eat mice that try to eat up the chicken feed.  They don't bother the eggs.  The King is a good snake to have.  We love the Queen too!  I can't believe she is almost 15 and was born right here in Galla Creek!

Greta can climb and she can crash!  Looks like Erin is letting them enjoy Saturday with her and Greg!  Sure looks like fun.


My blogger friend Margie has sleep problems I do also.  I think Donna--another blogger friend who was a blogger friend of my Old Sister--does not sleep very late in the morning.  Up by 5 is usual or even 3 or 4.  Last night I slept from 9 at night until 4:30 this morning.  I feel so good today--almost 8 hours of rest.  Old Sister could sleep night and day when she got past 70.  She and I don't have the same genes!  She got the sleep gene.  If you have gone a few nights with only 3 or 4 or even 5 hours of sleep, you get more and more tired.  I thought this morning--"a good night's sleep sure is a blessing".  I think Fleta and Helen are like me and didn't get Pat's easy sleep gene!

Cardinals are ahead 3 to zip in the 6th inning.  It is a good day.  Logan was putting tile in one of the bathrooms in the Galla house.  Laura was painting a bedroom and Astrid was working on the cabinets.  I admired all their labor and left quickly.  Everything is coming together.  For sure Astrid needs to be set up in the  house by the time she starts to Tech this fall.  She will be busy running with Tom Aspel and studying.   Logan will be attending plumbing school on Monday nights!  Time marches on and I am occupying a chair most days.

Cooler today.   Thank you, Lord!

Greta Grabs Another

Greta is a good angler!

Fourth

 Sigrid went to her friends for fireworks.

 Ingrid is with friends, too.

 Astrid and Logan are at his Mom's house!

 Not sure what Greta and Clayton are doing, but these are from last weekend.  Clayton really likes chess.  Greta really likes fishing.

Pop and I are alone and we can see the fireworks from our living room window.  I feel sorry for the dogs tonight.  All the boom boom hurts their ears.

The heat and air is finished in the Galla house.  Astrid, Laura and Logan are working away.  It is all looking great.  Astrid is a perfectionist.  Cabinet doors are coming off.  Kitchen cabinets are getting new stain.  Appliances are new.  It is great for the house and Astrid.  The Galla house was empty 9 years.  We are excited for laughter to fill the rooms again.

It is so hot...

I melted.

I can't do much with blogging as I am pretty miserable.  Just having to stay inside stay cool.

Lilies Blooming

 I have Tiger Lilies blooming and this cascading lily.   

It is really hot. 99 degrees now.  I helped Laura clean out from under the Galla house.  It had 30 years of junk under it.  Laura cut the insulation off the old vent piipes too.  We worked hard.  I noticed sweat was dripping off my nose.  We got a lot done.  Astrid worked on the cabinets.  She is staining them a darker shade.  They probably half of the rooms painted.  All the ceilings are painted.  They will probably get the air finished next week.  Larry told Astird--he could not wait 'til Thanksgiving dinner.  I don't know if she "got" it or not.

Greta is getting a palette widener...I guess it is called.  I think Erin said she would wear it a year.  When all the permanent teeth are in she will another set of braces.

I hope Melissa and Helen are having a great visit.  Fleta is getting another bathroom overhaul by Only Brother!