Thirty Nine years and 1 week later

Beautiful Photos

It rained yesterday and again today.  It is about 80 degrees outside and we have the air off and the windows open.  Heat wave is broken.  We survived.

George and Clayton saw a bunch of deer last.  George said about 10 or so all together.  He saw several mamas and babies going to water together.  For the last couple of months it has been one mama and her babies at a time.  They must be beginning to herd up for fall.  

I did not see anything as I went to bed around 7:30.  I know better than to do that but I was really tired.  I was back awake at 2 am.

Tomorrow is Aunt Bobbie's funeral.  She would have been 90 on Nov 8.  She is better off now.

Aunt Bobbie

Aunt Bobbie Rohde died last night.  She was born in 1921.  This is her and Myron.

blowing in the wind

Half an inch in about 10 minutes and 20 degrees cooler.  Blew one of my hummer feeders down but did not break it.

Joy, joy, joy....

School Clothes

I bought the babies a few school clothes.  This is Hannah's new stuff.  The shoes sparkle.  Mama may not like them much but Grandma knew Hannah would love them.  She got 3 shirts, 2 pairs of shorts and a pair of jeans.  She likes new clothes. She does not need any clothes, but Grandma thinks she needs new things for the start of school.  I will give them to her next week end.  I think School starts Aug 15.

Shoes, close up.  You can not tell it from the photo, but they have glitter on the sides and laces.

This is Roberts stuff.  One pair of jeans, 1 pair of shorts, 2 shirts and new underware.  Robert will not care.  He wants toys, not clothes.

Birds and a few blooms

This is my 2 birdbaths.  The birds do not like the black one but they love the other one.  George said they did not like the one because it was too close to the deck where we sit.  I said if that was the case, they would come to it when we were in the house and they did not, but  I moved it anyway.  They still do not like it.  Greg said they were afraid of the bird on top.  I did not think so but I covered the bird and they still did not like it.  I think they do not like it because the water is too deep.  The other one is much better for drinking, bathing and just cooling off in general.

I also have this one that is just a stoneware catch pan for a flower pot.  They really like it but it is too close to the deck.  The birds use it a lot when we are not sitting on the deck.  

Helen asked about the number of humming birds.  I have counted 8 or 9 at a time but I know sometimes we have upwards of a dozen.  It is really hard to count them.  They are nearly all females coming to the feeders now with one or two males.  Early in the season, they are nearly all males.  George says the males have already gone south.  I doubt that.

This was Wednesday around 4 pm when it was 114 degrees in the shade here. The birds were really in distress from the heat.

Betty was talking about her bird having its mouth open.  I think they do that to help cool off, like a dog with its  tongue hanging out and panting.

I know at times we have a dozen birds on this fountain Wednesday. Usually we only get 1, 2 or 3 at a time.

This is my dill weed and the little marigolds at the edge of my garden.  I have not watered these plants since June and they still look pretty good.  This year I am only gathering seeds from these marigolds and not the big plants.  I will try to plant more of these around the garden next year.