Friday Happenings

I can't believe I got a sunburn! I am always so careful about the sun since having to have a few spots removed that were sun related. It was just soooooooo beautiful out yesterday and I had more plants to set out, mowing to do and my gardens needed their Miracle Grow. In all I was probably out for about 5 hours with a SLEEVELESS top on which I rarely wear these days. There comes a time in a woman's life when sleeveless just doesn't look particularly good...'nuff said!

Any who, I was just having the most wonderful time out there digging in the dirt and just didn't give it a thought about the tops of my arms being bare until this morning when I rolled over to get out of bed and OUCH! I rummaged through all the bathroom linen closets to see if there might be some Aloe or something but to no avail so I guess I will be making a trip to the pharmacy this morning for something cool and soothing.

It's still being rather cold at night here so I still haven't dared to put my hanging impatiens out on the porch yet. After reading about the temps at Pea's place I guess I won't complain! Yikes! Ice pellets and snow!!! Hope things have warmed up a bit Pea!!!!

Finally got in to have my knee MRI! Yeehaw, maybe now I will find out what's going on and get on some kind of rehabilitation program! They were so nice there, they let you bring your own music and play it while you are having the MRI done. Snowbird #1 went with me too as I am a bit (totally, screaming, yelling, crying, hives.....well not that bad but you get my drift) claustrophobic in those machines. Actually this one wasn't bad as it was more open so I just laid there listening to Kenny Chesney with my eyes closed. It took about 45 minutes and then we were off and running, well hobbling, to Gifford's for hot fudge sundaes, you know, a reward for staying in the machine.......

This is part of my collection of rolling pins that I have been finding over the years at antique shops, flea markets and some new ones in gift shops. No wonder Husband is so good, he doesn't dare be any different with all of my weapons on hand! heehee!



I'm having trouble finding the brackets that hook onto each other so can't add any more right now. The shop where I always have bought them has been unable to get them lately for some reason.

I noticed Noodles out stalking something yesterday. I thought what poor bird or squirrel is in a precarious situation right now and then I looked closer and look what he was stalking............

NICK! He was stalking Nick! Yikes, I think he is biting off a bit more then he can chew on this one!

I finally got the horse tote finished and sent off to Massachusetts to a nice young lady who is horse crazy like me. I can't stand very long these days on the bum knee so it took me a bit longer then I would have liked but Husband shipped it off for me a few days ago. I hope she likes it! Now T wants one to carry her helmet and gloves in to her riding lessons so I guess it's back to the drawing board!

Guess that's it for today. I hope you all have a wonderful sunny weekend but PLEASE wear sunscreen! :o)

Wordless Wednesday Moose And Baby

These pictures were taken in Alaska when Mommy Moose decided to have her baby in a neighborhood! It was 5:30 in the morning when the neighbor took these pictures!

Tuesdays Tidbits

These are my little bugs that greet everyone coming in the front steps.




The Old Fashioned Roses are doing great so far, no beetles yet but I am on the look out for them EVERY day!

It's been a busy hectic week and it's only Tuesday! Too many appointments to go to and too much going on here at the house. The painter has been here finishing up the sun room and the yard man has been finishing up the things I wanted done outside. I bought two apple trees to replace the ones that the deer totally ruined, two new lilacs, a blue spruce and a mountain ash so he had lots of digging to do. I love it when the birds come in the fall to eat the berries on the mountain ash and sometimes get a little tipsy! hiccup!

I have almost all of my annuals in if I would stop buying more when I see something else I like....I just get everything in and then a nursery calls my name and I just can't seem to drive by without stopping.....

I got my vegetable garden all planted. Only put in cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, pumpkin, peppers and watermellon. The horses LOVE the watermellon so I planted twice as much of those as I normally would for us.

The annuals that I put in last week are already growing like a weed. I think they are going to be really lush this summer! Yippee!

These are some Lily Of The Valley that I just put in last summer and they are blooming like mad already. It reminds me of the old hymn 'He's The Lily Of The Valley' by Charles Fry and William Shakespear Hays:

I have found a friend in Jesus, He's everything to me.He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.

He's the lily of the valley, in Him alone I see, All I need to cleanse and make me fully whole

In sorrow He's my comfort, In trouble He's my stay, He tells me every care on Him to roll.

Chorus: He's the lily of the valley, the bright and morning star He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul!

I just love the old hymns.

I have several different varities of lilacs. Some are more fragrant then others but all are so pretty.

The hosta are getting H>U>G>E> already, I can't imagine what they will look like by August!I was taking some pictures of the lupine and caught a bumble bee filling his pouches with pollen, if you look really close I think you can see him and his little legs filled with the pollen.

Guess I should get out and do some mowing while the sun is out and there is a good breeze. I need to call my granddaughter later and see how she is feeling, she took a really bad fall off the pony this morning in her lesson. He stumbled just a tiny bit but enough to unseat her and she went right over his head and landed on her head then her back. DIL and I were standing on the rail and didn't hardly take a breath until she was up on her feet again and okay. She got right back on and continued her lesson without further mishaps but it sure scared us even though we know this is all part of the horse experience. We were still shaking in our boots and we heard her say to Lisa her trainer that she had a new bike so all was forgotten in a matter of minutes. That's kids for you!!!!!

Hummmmmm my spell check isn't working, wonder what I've done to that! Grrrrrrrrrr!

Friday Happenings

Miss T on her favorite pony Kipper.

It's Friday already, where do the days go, they fly by so quickly! I'm sure you all feel the same way too.

This morning was swim class at 8:30 as usual. The water was colder then normal so that woke me up in a hurry! I did all of my rehab stuff with my trainer and then the preschool children came bombing in ready for some fun. They didn't mind the colder water one bit! They jumped right in with nary a thought. I felt foolish as I had kind of inched in a bit at a time till I was finally up to my neck.

T's class went well and the six little girls were so cute all lined up on the edge of the pool waiting their turn to jump in and learn the next new thing. After class they have a half hour of free swim so I get to play with them as long as none of the other girls get too close or T shrieks "that's MY Grammie!!" (I really like it! heehee! :0)

Came home and rolled Snowbird #1's hair for her. She needs a perm so we will do that next week. Snowbird#2 was out mowing his lawns for the real estate company that he works for. I mowed when he got home for an hour or so and it was nice to be out in the sunshine and fresh air. My yard men were trimming the trees that were beginning to over take the driveway and shaped the trees on the other lawn and they look really nice.

Went out and cleaned the barn and gave the boys a few treats. They are so happy to be home in the nice green grass but I bring them in for the afternoon so that they don't get too much at once and colic on it. I have my big syringes of banemine ready if they do but don't like to use it unless I absolutely have to. Sometimes walking and walking them will get things moving and they will come out of it without a shot.

Tomorrow is work day at the church. We have lots to do around the buildings and parking lots. We also are putting in some new perennial gardens around the front and I'm really excited about that. My friend Beth and I went to the nursery yesterday and picked up a big bunch of stuff to put in the new gardens plus people have been donating things out of their home gardens.

Husband brought home Pat's Pizza for supper, our favorite. Now I'm thirsty as mine had pepperoni and bacon on it, well done. After supper we went out in the barn to brush the boys and get them settled down for the night. Tomorrow is going to be bath day for all three of them as they stink. They don't get baths in the winter time obviously so come spring they are more then ready for one! I was going to do one of them tonight but all my shampoo is up at the stable and I won't use people shampoo on them.

Last night T wanted to ride so we went out in the barn after dinner and got ready. She's outgrown her English boots from last year so threw on a pair of Western ones that belonged to her Daddy when he was her age.

I got the saddle all tightened up for her and had to adjust the stirrups as her legs are longer this summer then last.

We worked a bit in the ring and I was sticking pretty close as this was the first time Kipper had been ridden since he came home so he was a bit frisky and I didn't want her to get dumped off!

She did really well keeping him on the rail and keeping her heels down for the most part. She starts her lessons with the trainer on Tuesday and I always have my camera ready. I wish D had more interest but at this point he just likes patting the ponies and occasionally getting on for a short ride. You can't push these things with them, if he takes an interest later that will be great if not then there will be some other exciting thing for him to do. T came out of the womb asking when was she going to ride if that gives you any indication of her interest! :o)

Guess I'd better get things wrapped up here as tomorrow is going to be a busy day. They are predicting a bit of rain but we really need to get things put in that new garden at church tomorrow so decided we would go ahead with it rain or shine. As usual I'll have the ole' camera ready!

Answer to my meme

Well most of you nabbed the right answer. I never have taken a bus trip from here to California by myself although it sounds like fun! :o) The rest is all true.