Rain, Rain, Rain!!!!!!!!!!!

We have rain at 6 pm. It started about 10 til 6 and now at 6:20 it is still raining. We have over an inch already, but more importantly, it was 98 at 3:30 today and now it is a wonderful 60 degrees. George was trying to bail hay for Kenneth down at Franks but he got rained out. I am loving it.



See the red and yellow splotch at the edge of Carroll Co. That is me. I am sure it is to Patsy's by now, and it is still raining here.




My first rose of sharon bloom of the season. I kept thinking they should start blooming soon. They are loving the rain also.





And, the wrens have a second brood going. They hatched about a week ago. George kept saying they were nesting again, but I was not sure til this week.

Things are looking rosey.

Hannah and Robert and their mother should be here tomorrow night. Robert has a Doctor's appointment in Springdale Thursday. I will be glad to see the babies.

Happy Father's Day, George and all fathers in our family

For his father's day, I let George work in the garden in the 90 degree sun.



He put cattle panels around the tomatoes. I am going to run string from the old hay bales between the plants but I am going to wait till it is cooler in the evening. And I am going to make him help me.

We are having BBQ pork ribs and potato salad tonight in George's honor. I made the potato salad, but he will have to BBQ the ribs himself.

Happy father's day....




Look at my peaches. I know you are supposed to not let them make the first year, but I did anyway. I have 7 peaches on this one tree. The other peach and the 2 apples did not bloom this year, or at least did not set fruit. This one is named June Gold so they are almost ripe. I hope brother does not come down and eat them while I am at work this week. They are really pretty. I paid $90 for the 4 trees, so that is about $15 per peach. I guess if they live for 20 years, the price per peach will be a better bargain.

Finding George

Since George had his accident last year, I tried to keep track of where he is on the tractor. Today after I got home, he left on the tractor to do some brush hog work. I did not ask exactly where he was going as I can hear the tractor from the yard no matter where he is on our place.

After he was gone about an hour, I went outside and noticed I could not hear the tractor. I looked around and did not see him or the tractor. He had the neighbor's brush hog hooked up, so I thought maybe he was down at Franks. I walked up to Clayton's just to talk. I guess Clayton was asleep because the TV was blaring but he did not answer the door.

As I walked back I thought I heard the tractor and brush hog down the hill towards Frank's place so when I came to our driveway, I went on down the road to see. I did not hear or see anything so I walked over towards the pond by our side of the road. Still no tractor, no George. Finally I decided to just go back to the house and forget it. As I walked toward the house I noticed a tractor parked by the shop, but it did not have a brush hog on it. I looked it over, but could not really tell if it was George's tractor or one Kenneth had over here doing the hay. I walked in the house and saw no sign of George. Now I was really confused. Where was George, and was that his tractor in the yard?

I went into the bedroom. Then I heard voices coming from the other end of the house. Now, what was this. George was sitting on the couch watching TV.

While I was walking down the road looking for him, he was parking the tractor in the yard. He had taken the neighbor's brush hog home and returned while I was up at Clayton's. I don't know when he came in the house, but when I came in he had to be in here on the computer. He never reads the blogs, so he will never even know he was lost.

happy birthday Betty

I tried to call you this evening but you must not have been home. I told George this morning it was your birthday and he said I should call you and wake you up. I am sure you were up before I was. I will be up a 4 am tomorrow. I may call you then.

When I tried to call you on my cell phone it said calling Betty Renfore, Happy Birthday! I thought that was odd. I looked at your listing in my phone and it asked for all this information and I have put in your birthday. Yours was the first number entered so I guess I was seeing how it worked. I checked and I did not put in anyone elses birthday.

You are really special.

Free Flowers

This is Patsy's pink rose I got from Ridgedale last spring. I think it is going to live.
I also have about a dozen pieces of the same rose that I got last week that I am trying to root. Two or three of these still look viable.



This is another rose that I got from Patsy's Ridgedale yard last spring. It was growing to the right of the house in some shrubs. When Helen and I were there last week, there was a pink rose blooming in that space of the yard at least 15 feet up in a tree. I hope this is from that major climber.




This is my orange day lilly. I have hundreds growing in my yard and back behind the old house.





This is one of the day lillies I got from Patsy's place last spring. I have about 2 dozen or so of these. I thought they were probably just like mine, but they are golden yellow instead of orange striped like mine. I may have to go back this fall and get some more. I love free flowers that are mostly carefree after you get them started.

Back to the grind

It was back to work today. I really hated to go back this time, but it was not so bad. My knee did not bother me too much. The swelling has gone down a lot. And, my boss is on vacation this week so I just get to do whatever I want.

Helen called last night. She was enjoying her time with Rhea.

The hay boys got the hay all cut and the last of it baled today. It made a lot of hay. George thought it was great fun.