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.

 

work work work!

SO , WE ARE BACK DOWN HERE IN FL.  HAVING SHIPPED OUR FURNITURE DOWN BY TRUCK.  THEN THER WAS THE UNLOADING OF ALL THE  STUFF.  THE LORD SENT US A LARGE BLESSING OF TWO YOUNG MEN WHO OFFERED TO HELP UP UNLOAD THE VERY HEAVY  THINGS LIKE THE BEDROOM SET  AND T.V.S  AND LIVINGROOM CHAIRS.  THE REST OF THE THINGS WE DID OURSELF WITH THE KIND HELP OF MY BROTHER WHO LIVES HERE IN TOWN.  IT TOOK ONE DAY BUT WE GOT IT DONE  AND THEN HAD THE FUN OF  PLACING EVERYTHING IN ITS  APPOINTED PLACE.   THEN WE WERE BACK TO  READYING THE HOUSE FOR  MY MOTHER-IN-LAW TO BE BROUGHT DOWN.  SHE IS 93 THIS PAST WEEK.  SHE IS SO EXCITED TO BE COMING TO FLORIDA AS SHE HAS NEVER BEEN FURTHER SOUTH THAN PITTSBURGH, PA.   HER MOTHER TOLD HER YEARS AGO IF SHE EVER GOT THE CHANCE  'GO TO  FLORIDA,  IT SOON BEAUTIFUL'.  WELL,  WE ARE MAKING THAT POSSIBLE FOR HER THIS  WINTER.  WE UP-DATED HER BATHROOM FOR HER  NEEDS  AS WELL AS DRESSED HER BEDROOM FROM HEAD TO TOE  IN HER FAVORITE COLOR.  SOFT TURQUOISE.  THE BATH GOT THE SAME COLOR.  IT LOOKS VERY  COOL AND INVITING.

DID SOME PAINTING AND RE-DO OF SOME CEILING FIXTURES AND FANS  FOR CREATURE COMFORTS.  I THINK WE ARE ALMOST READY TO HEAD UP NORTH AND PICK UP GRANDMA AND BRING HER DOWN IN THE R.V.   ALL THAT IS LEFT NOW IS TO CLOSE THE HOUSE UP THERE AND HIT THE ROAD.  WILL MISS MY CHILDREN AND  GRANDCHILDREN VERY MUCH BUT THE  INTERNET IS AN OTHER BLESSING TO SOFTEN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US.

ONE GRANDCHILD WILL BE ESPECIALLY MISSED AS HE  ENTERED TO AIR FORCE   ON THE 14TH OF SEPT. AND IS OFF TO BOOT CAMP FOR 8 WKS.  HE WILL NEED SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS THAT GOD KEEPS HIM IN HIS CARE.  HE WILL BE LIFTED UP DAILY  IN MY PRAYER FOR SURE.  I AM SO PROUD OF HIM FOR TAKING ON SUCH A BIG STEP  WITH THE WORLD IN SUCH CONFUSSION.  GOD WILL BE WITH HIM I KNOW

WILL TRY TO POST SOME PICTURE SOON.  THEY TAKE TO LONG TO UPLOAD AND I JUST DO NOT HAVE THE  TIME RIGHT NOW.  THIS IS MY SHORT UPDATE FOR NOW.

FROM OLD TO NEW LIFE

I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS ON GIVING A NEW LIFE TO A PAIR OF OLD DRESSER DRAWERS THAT MY BROTHERS USE TO HAVE IN THEIR  ROOM SOME 55 YEARS AGO.  THEY SERVED THEM WELL FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS AND THEN MY CHILDREN AQUIRED THEM FOR MANY YEARS.  BELIEVING IN  RECYCLE THEY MOVED ON TO GRANDCHILDREN SOME 15 YEARS AGO AND THEN THE TWINS  USED THEM FOR A FEW YEARS.  SO AS YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE HISTORY.  WELL,  I WAS NOT READY TO PUT THEM INTO RETIREMENT WITHOUT A FIGHT SO I  SANDED THEM DOWN , GAVE THEM A LOVELY NEW COAT OF STAIN AND A COAT OF VARNISH.  NOT  STOPING THERE I POLISHED THE HARDWARE AND REPLACED THE MISSING HANDLE AND  THIS IS THE FINAL  CHAPTER IN THEIR LIVES.  THEY WILL RETIRE ALONG WITH  US TO OUR  HOME IN FLORIDA  A SIDE TABLES IN OUR BEDROOM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THERE LIVES.( UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE SEES A FLICKER OF LIFE IN THEM IN  THE NEXT 15 YEARS AND REVIVES THEM AGAIN,  POOR THINGS,  THEY MAY NEVER  FAD FROM USE).  THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THE GOOD OLD, WELL BUILD FURNITURE FROM THE  50'S.