Day One Hundred Sixty Six 2013

EVER LOVIN’ SATURDAY!

My Hydrangea bushes are full of beautiful blooms. They are one of my favorite summertime things. I read in a magazine about this photographer who uses things like screens, cheesecloth, and pantyhose over her lens as filters to get different effects, which intrigued me, so I gave it a shot. I stretched one of my knee high hose over my lens and this is the results. I think it’s pretty cool.

Grandson Knox and his momma Kelly are here to visit. He loves eating Mulberries right off the tree.

“Mmmmmm!”

It was a gorgeous evening to visit Dogwood Park and run around in the fountain.

Grandson Elijah, his momma Holly and sister Shelby joined us and had fun chasing each other through the water spouts.

The water is cold, but the kids didn’t seem to mind.

Peeps in Dogwood Park: grandson Knox, daughter Holly, grandson Elijah, hubby Neil, granddaughter Shelby, and daughter Kelly. And then home again to eat Krispy Kremes! [Thanks, Kelly!] Happy Saturday, everyone!

Day One Hundred Sixty Five 2013

FLAG DAY

You’re a grand old flag
You’re a high flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave
You’re the emblem of
The land I love
The home of the free and the brave         

Every heart beats true
‘Neath the red white and blue
Where there’s never a boast or brag
Should old acquaintance be forgot
Keep your eye on the grand old flag
The grand old flag

In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened on that day in 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Day_(United_States)

The national flag of the United States of America, often simply referred to as the American flag, consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton (referred to specifically as the "union") bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain and became the first states in the Union. Nicknames for the flag include the "Stars and Stripes", "Old Glory", and "The Star-Spangled Banner."   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States

Happy Flag Day, America!  Happy TGIF, everyone!

Day One Hundred Sixty Four 2013

I love Autumn more than any other season, but even I recoiled at the sight of all these scarecrow people dressed in Fall colors right here smack dab in the middle of June in Hobby Lobby this afternoon. For the love of Pete, it’s not even Summer yet! On the other side of the aisle was Fourth of July decorations. That I can deal with. I wandered into a far corner of the store where the first hints of Christmas can be found. Thank goodness, you don’t have to look at it yet. Probably not until July anyway. Time flies by fast enough, folks, without having to see all the seasons flash before my eyes all at the same time. Tomorrow is Flag Day [June 14], by the way. Now there’s a decoration I can live with all year long.

Day One Hundred Sixty Three 2013

“If I never met you, I wouldn't like you. If I didn't like you, I wouldn't love you. If I didn't love you, I wouldn't miss you. But I did, I do, and I will.” ~unknown

These two have been next door neighbors and best buds for the past two years or so. Grandson Elijah and his friend Anthony have had some great times playing together. Elijah’s dad has said that Anthony is at their house so much of the time that he should declare Anthony a dependent on his tax return. Elijah’s mom says they’ve been together so much that they’re more like brothers than friends ~ and they fight like brothers. Today is their last day to play together. Anthony is moving out of state tomorrow. Elijah says they can talk to each other with Face Time. I hope they do. I hope they stay in touch. Good friends are hard to find and harder to let go. I know they’ll miss each other terribly. Bye, ‘Anfony’, we’ll miss you!

Day One Hundred Sixty Two 2013

Lunch Bunch Peeps in Dogwood Park today: niece Julia, hubby Neil, sister Ann, sister Jane and brother Ken. Missing from this picture are niece Sarah who came and ate and had to leave, and nephew Chris who didn’t make it at all because he forgot and was tied up at work and couldn’t have made it anyway even if he had remembered. We always enjoy getting together, no matter who’s there. Thankful for the shade and the nice breeze. Don’t they look like they’re having fun?