ON THE ROAD AGAIN --- AGAIN!

I’m off tomorrow to go see  my mom.  And my sister since she is already there.  She’ll leave Friday to go back home and I’ll stay the weekend and head back here next Monday.  May or may not post while I’m gone.   

When I get back I hope to see some of this

on some of my walls.  No more RED wall. 

These are samples I painted on a piece of cardboard. HD had the Behr samples on sale for 2.94  (don’t know what they are usually).  I got seven and these are what I decided on.  You’ll definitely see the finished products over time. The thin wide bar is supposed to be a pale buttery yellow but it doesn’t even look close on my monitor.  The two blues and the two browns are different too – supposed to be anyway.

Hope I like what I find when I get back.

Have a great week.

I HAVE A WORKING POND

Woo Hoo – my pond is working again!

Water was escaping and then the pump quit but all is well. It’s gone from this:

to THIS:

The very nice young man who came by and looked at it pulled out the pump – it was totally covered with the roots (?) and stringy stuff hanging off the water lillys. He took it apart, cleaned it out with the hose and and put it back in and it worked great. Then he explained how the upper part of the pond was too full of plants and proceeded to clean out enough of them so the water could flow better. The boys are going to pull out some more (about half of what you can see in the picture) this evening when they come over. I took all the water lillys from the bottom part of the pond out since they’ve finished blooming anyway and are in the process of dying. Next spring I’m going to try water lettuce instead because it won’t have all the under water stuff that will clog the pump AND the fish like to eat water lettuce. Here are some more pics of what the pond looks like now.

The plants kind of make a mat and there are too many of them for the water to flow freely. Hopefully taking out the front half will totally solve the problem.

TOBY HAS A SLEEPOVER

Last night Toby talked me into letting Jed sleep over and this is what happened. During the party this went on

Then when I was ready to go to bed I found this – I can’t stand begging and pleading can you?

Of course they both joined me on the bed and we snuggled in for a good night’s sleep.

Needless to say a very fun time was had by all ---- if you enjoy laying around and sleeping :))

THE MANY FACES OF CHARLEY KATE

                     

She’ll win your hear in a New York minute.

THE BIGGEST HOGS I’VE EVER SEEN ….

Believe it or not, I grew up on a farm --- we had two milk cows, a herd of blank angus, chickens,  and a barn full of horses and ponies.   So, having been off the farm for about 30 + years , I’m visiting family in Longview TX and as we are driving down Highway 80, I see this

The first thought that went through my mind was --- those are the biggest hogs I’ve ever seen – in fact, I said it outloud – at which time, my son (who did not grow up on said farm) kindly reminded me that they were not hogs but cows.  Honestly, I realized that as soon as I made the comment but, they were the strangest cows I’ve ever seen.  Nicknamed “oreo cows” they are actually a breed of cattle called Belted Galloways.   They come from Scotland and are apparently quite popular.  Here is a site about them.   Just thought you might enjoy learning about a different kind of oreo .