BIG DANCE

What a great day for us to be part of our grandaughter going to  the Homecoming Dance at the local  high school. She live out of town so far that it was closer for the boyfriend to pick her up here for their date, so we got to see them  all decked out for the dance .  Her mom and I  tookk pictures and then they were off to dinner before the  big evening of dancing the night away.  They make quite a good looking couple  with all the beauty of youth.  So glad they let us be a part of  it all before we left town.  Hope they have a great evening.  The air is cool and winter coat was worn but it did not put a damper on the night. 

MOTHER NATURES SURPRIZE

WELL, WELL,  LOOK WHAT WE FOUND ON THE FRONT LAWN  THIS MORNING!  THOUGHT WE COULD GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE  WINTER RAISED ITS UGLY HEAD BUT IT   SURPRIZED US THIS WITH A DUSTING OF SNOW ON  EVERYTHING , INCLUDING THE BEAUTIFUL  FALL LEAVES IN THE TREES.  WE DID NOT GET IT AS BAD AS PEOPLE  EAST OF US  WHO GOT UP TO 7 INCHES.  THIS IS NOT GOOD ON THOSE TREES WITH LEAVES , AS THE WEIGHT OF THE WET SNOW  COMBINED WITH THE LEAVES  GIVES THE LIMBS EXTRA WEIGHT AND SOME CAN'T  TAKE THE  EXTRA WEIGHT SO THEY  BREAK OFF.  NOT IN OUR YARD THIS TIME. WE WILL TRY TO GET OUT OF HERE BY NEXT WEEKEND AND HOPEFULLY BEAT  THE NEXT SNOW  AND HEAD SOUTH.  THE TREES ARE REALLY BEAUTIFUL THIS TIME OF YEAR.  FALL COLORS ARE MY FAVORITE BUT NOT THE ADDED SNOW!

KITCHEN CABINETS

THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE NEW CABINETS THAT WE WILL BE PUTTING IN THE KITCHEN  WHEN WE GET BACK  SOUTH.  HUBBY LOVES WOODWORKING SO THIS WAS JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS  MORNING FOR HIM TO OPEN ALL THE BOXES TO WE  WHAT WE  GOT.

CURB APPEAL EFFORT

THER IS SOME REAL NASTY GRASS IN FLORIDA THAT TRAILS ON AND ON INTO THE YARDS.  DOES NOT GROW HIGH TO CUT,  JUST SPREADS.  BUT TRY TO PULL IT OUT  TO PLANT ANYTHING AND IT IS A  ENDLESS STRUGGLE.  I CALL IT  NASTY WEED!    IT WAS A REAL CHALLANGE TO  REMOVE TO PLANT ANYTHING IN FRONT OF THE PORCH.   IT DID NOT HELLP MATTERS THAT THE TEMP WAS AT 90  AND THE HUMIDITY CLOSE TO  THAT.   I WON THE CONTEST AS YOU CAN SEE.BEFOREAFTER

LAST TRIP NORTH FOR THE YEAR

 

I SAW THESE BUTTERFLIES ON A BUTTERFLY BUSH OUTSIDE  A MOTEL WE STAYED AT ON OUR WAY BACK UP NORTH IN NORTH CAROLINA.   THERE WERE  6 OF THEM BUT COULD GET ONLY 2 TO SIT STILL AND NOT FLIT AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO GET THEIR PICTURE.  A QUIET MOMENT OF REFLECTION AFTER A LONG  , LONG RIDE ALL DAY.  NATURE RELAXES ME MORE EACH DAY.

NEW ENCOUNTERS

We had some friendly visitors yesterday.  You can barely  see them but there were  4 deer,  one was  less than a year old walking through our  side yard yeaterday around  3:30  in the afternoon.  got some motion pictures  today.  will try to load them on for you to see.  Don't know if I can do that but will try later.

 Also found a huge hornet nest outside my kitchen window  which we  promptly de-activated after the  twilight hours.