Sun

 She loves laying in the sun in her yard..

It's almost the end of September.. can barely believe it and it is getting dark by 8P!! 

 People ask what i've been doing.... what? cleaning up yard.  We had a large tree taken down and now am having remorse... BUT... we got a city compliance notice, as it sat right by the road and the limbs would get down below 10'  i guess... we had already cut so many limbs off, that the ones left were really high up. Brian keeps reminding me that he is 55!! and can't be  climbing to the top of ladders or hanging off limbs with a chainsaw.  The tree also caused probs a couple years ago, the roots were making the sidewalk and the apron of the driveway bow up, causing a tripping hazard, soooo, oh, and it was starting to do that again, and that cost alot to get the sidewalk redone .. AND in the summer it produced berries, black berries that the birds ate, then would poop purple all over the cars.  it was a messy tree.. was here when we moved in, someone chose to plant it.  We never spared any water for it and it still stayed alive... so, now it is gone and that side of the house, in the afternoon sun is pretty unbearable.  So am going to look for another tree to put out there, not in the same place (they charge $300 more to grind out the stump) but inside the property line, that has roots that do not spread upward or sucker... leaves are ok as they blow away there and go into other peoples yards, hahaha.  also had a shrub, large cedar thing    that just kept getting lager and larger and impended parking fully on that parking pad back there.  It leaves the backyard a bit more open.  But had some lilac bushes inside the fence that were starved for light and maybe they will now do better, get bigger.. bloom more. tht was the big excitement around here,

I have been doing white crochet.  find it activates the brain, to try to figure out some of these patterns, but the more i do it, the more it is coming somewhat easier.  Learned i have to do exactly as it says! Sometimes, figuring that out is the task.  Have had to rip out i don't even know how many rows and go back to fix something.. BECAUSE if u miss a step or do it wrong, eventually u will come to a place where there is no where to put in your next stitch!! and no matter how hard u try to think of an alternative, it just will NOT wok. Believe me, i have tried....

 Here is one i   just finished... using them as xmas gifts... maybe people don't use doilies anymore... don't care, it is something from the old lady that lives next door.  or look at what my Aunt Loree made!!! 40 years from now when i am dead and gone.  Also finished one tht was a table runner , 1 foot by 4 feet.  THAT one hurt when i had to take out 5 rows!!!!!!!!!!

 Also took another painting class... signed up for a couple more... it is fun and gets me out of the house for an evening and be sociable.  Have not a clue what i am going to do with them all.  they are now stacked up in front of the TV bookcase and i change them out periodically for a change of scenery. HA

 

 Haven't seen the baby in awhile, here is the last picture of her.  she has started rolling over!! They sent a video of her, she got one arm straight beside her and used the other as leverage, waving it about and plop she was on her tummy!!

Still close to 80 here everyday and then really cools down at night. but next week is supposed to bring a change.  we will see, It is really dry ...   

 

Also go the doctor appointments.  Haven't found anything wrong with me yet, haha.. mostly just checkups an other things, shots, x-rays.. doing well. getting old.. Can hardly believe i am so close to 80!!! When we used to think 40 would be  on a downward slide to old age... got two new pairs of glasses, you know where u pay an extraordinary amount for one pair and u get the 2nd one free... and have decided i don't like either one. have gone back twice now for adjustments and still don't stay where they are supposed to on my nose!!! one had to even be sent back to redo the lenses as the progressive thing was in the wrong place!!!! Have never had that happen to me b4...

So, i do yard work,read, crochet, get groceries, go to doc appts, paint, laundry, chores around here, things always need to be done... watch tv... listen to Alexis music while doing some of these things...  oh dear, u have to say Alexa NOT Alexis.....  been put in my place..

Take care all and God Bless