IN Carmel

 Busy with Novi, Mi. company. Phones now can receive messages when we can't answer.  iPhone can receive aol and e-mails.  Dennis' brain made this happen.  We did a lot of talking.  Walked the block and Marcia and I did a Carmel travel trip.  As you can see, we were busy.  The butterflies also were very entertaining.  And there were a lot of them enjoying all the flowers.  There are a lot of caterpillars now sharing space in the butterfly container house.  So there will be even more butterflies to count as we sit on the patio.  There has been so many just in the last week.  What a gift to watch.  So, that was the day and there will be more tomorrow.                                           I think we have seen the last red hibiscus until next summer.  Tomorrow evening you will see more word...

 Up and busy for the day.  Paper read, yogurt and B Berries eaten.  I finished cleaning the kitchen ending with flowers on the table.  I filled one of neighbor Kathy's vases and left it at her door.   I hope it was a good thing to wake up to.  Gina stopped over for a smidgen of time with Wyley and coffee in hand. All the saved seeds were moved to the garage where they should have been weeks ago. The house got a sweeping from the top to the middle area.  That means all with the exception of Doug's lower level, man cave, you think?  The preference is for me to stay out of that area.  So, I do.                       Empty space fillers needed at this time of the summer.  I prefer this kind of bunny. We were off to Aldi's to fill the refrigerator and more.  And we did.  Woo.  Aldi's was expensive today with the usual stuff.  So, what is Kroger like...

 Another full day of doing.   More tomatoes coming on, It has been a good year.  The plant with the BIG tomatoes is doing well. I want to report, I skipped the garden walk this morning.  But that didn't happen, I knew I would see something needing to be fixed.  The tug was very strong and that came true.  Maybe I need black out glasses.  I let myself give in to pushing the garden cart and filling it once again.  By August most or maybe all plants are having a blast at growing.  It's like a race to the top.  So, I uncovered Butterfly Weed.  All five of them.  BE Susan just doesn't know when or where to stop.  And there was more clipping and uncovering.  I planted some Sunflower seed.  That's a gamble but isn't all gardening that.                                            ...

                 So tightly bound waiting for tomorrow to show us again what gift we will receive again.  The first thing I'm going to share is my recipe for Hibiscus Tea.                                     Soon to be gone with the promise to be back next year.  I like promises. I cut the fuzzy center off the flower.  Pick the flower apart, laying each part of the flower on parchment covered cookie sheets.  The oven is turned to the lowest setting of 175 degrees.                                               These were pretty pink peddles when I started the drying process.   The pan stayed in the oven until the flowers were completely dry.  They were put in...

     I decided to do a pink theme for today's pictures.  We'll see how that goes.  There is one exception. Sing God a simple song.  I would say it was a simple Sunday with hopefully a simple song.   I did a little Star newspaper retrieval.Then a garden walk after a wonderful number of showers during the night.  God knew I needed help.  I can roll up the hose for a while. And then it was off to church for another morning of worship.             The weigelia is doing its smaller second bloom.  I would say something between a red and pink. Then came lunch and an afternoon with the Fever at 1pm.  Woo.  As often happens, the Fever women were often 20 points behind and then came the 4th quarter where it was a pedal to the metal type of playing.  They ended up with a tie score at the buzzer and went on to win the game.    I think the game before this one they lost by one or t...

 I started the day with pills as I usually do.  This was the last day of a three-week assault on cancer.  Now comes a wait to see the results of my blood test numbers next Friday.  Will my numbers pass or do I wait another week for better numbers to appear. What ever, what ever.  I'll be find.                                              A beautiful short grass in full bloom.  So pretty, so deliquiate.  The patio breakfast was so quiet.  Not a sound in the air.  Sometimes it's birds and sometimes depending on the direction of the wind, we hear traffic noises from 465.  Today, NOTHING!  I decided that a little watering would happen this morning. So, the hose got pulled to the garden and two more areas received a little drink.  More watering should happen tonight.        ...

                                                                           Still showing off in the garden. Last night was one of those five-hour nights again.  They come and go at their own pace.  Thank goodness I had the afternoon today to catch up or add to or call it what you need to.                  A long-lost Cardinal flower showed up this afternoon.  Well, that's when I noticed it.   This morning was one of those cool mornings, much appreciated and enjoyed more than I anticipated. The patio was the spot and the yogurt was as good as ever with B Berries and nuts.  Add coffee and all was enjoyed.  I decided that pulling the garden cart was going to happen with clippers i...

                                               They are so beautiful which makes them so hard to cut off.                                                                  They always say the more you cut the more you get.  I say they die sooner when cut.   The first thing that comes to mind describing today is that this has been a very slow day.  A pile up of    2 1/2 weeks of medicine can do that sometimes.  It's a day that feels sluggish, walking in mud or ten inches of snow  and then more of the same.  I'm nearing the end of three weeks of medicine with next week and maybe even two depending on bloodwork with t...