Happy July and still working the yard!

Well, the startings of my cut garden are in. I need to wait until next spring to plant more perennials as it is too late in the season for the Nursery to get them.

We will also hopefully get some of my late Father in laws peonies when we head to Missoula in the middle of the month.  His Sister has them and we can split them.

Husb and Kim built this path, and it is so cute!

The area is very small, and it will eventually be all perennials.

To the left are two very nice Baby's breathe that are the perennial variety which we paid a fortune for, so I see many rose arrangements by next year.

This fountain is a gift from our Neighbor!  We have a solar pump that we will hook up once the sod is in.  She is so beautiful.

This once graced our Neighbors Mother's yard and none of the Children want it, so it came to us, and we are thrilled.

We left several large statues in the East for Neighbors as they were too heavy to move.

This work of art would have cost us thousands!

A terrible tragedy occurred last week in this small town that will greatly impact our yard project.

The Gentleman that we hired lost his 18-year-old daughter (by a first marriage) in a car accident last Monday evening and we are just sick for he and his family.

Of course, he is taking some time off and this will put him seriously behind.  We have texted our condolences, and that is all we can do at present.

I am acquainted with His second wife and when she returns to work, I will speak with her when the time is appropriate.  We do not want him to feel any pressure and it may be, it will be next spring, or we will have to get someone else and again it is late in the season.  We shall see and will continue to pray for this family and be patient.

We still have the path to build along the side where the hostas are located, and this is going to take some time.

Also, we have been battling box elder bugs which really hit the hostas hard, but I have been on them every morning and have now all but eradicated them.  But we must be forever vigilant, and I am afraid that one we planted may not make it.  Time will tell.

The heat is now upon us, and we must work early in the morning as by 10 o'clock it is just too hot to move.  I also must clean up the back alley and move a ton of Iris which will take time.  It is a royal mess back there.

We will be having a Family swim party on the fourth at Lil Sis's pool and then up to Sissies for fireworks.  Sissy is doing a Sunday bar!

I must get to Albertsons for her and use husb and my apps for some of the ice cream.

Next week I will be leaving on Tuesday to go to Missoula where I will pick up a very good friend that will no longer make the drive and bring her back here for a week.  We will then take her back when Husb and I return for his Uncles Celebration of Life.  It is going to by a busy July.

I am so looking forward to my Friends visit and she cannot wait to see our little house and Lil Sis's new pool, as well as great visits with all of us.

Yesterday I had a great conversation with Sluggy!  I miss she and her husband!

Sissy continues to be very busy, but she is keeping up and I am proud of her!  She needs some time off and this will happen in a couple of weeks!

Now I must go and get the loss leaders for Sissy and get on with my day!

Hope everyone is doing beautifully!

God Bless,

Kay
 

I finally have a Car!

 Finally picked my Car up yesterday, and it was pricey, but she is back on the road.  This has caused me so much anxiety, and I am so grateful for my sisters who helped us out.  So now I can really get things done on my own time. The fuel pump went bad along with the throttle.  Well, she is 12 years old and things wear out.  At least the Ford garage gave me a warranty.

It has been a crazy painful week; Sissy and I lost a very good Friend last week whom we have known since grade school.  She was a wonderful person, and I just miss her terribly.  Still trying to process that I won't see her again in my lifetime.

She was however very ill and getting worse, so I know she is in a better place.

It is hard to believe that it is almost the end of June, and the summer is going to fly by fast.

Yard work continues slowly and this morning I got the last of the pavers up to Sissy's house.

I put Sevin on the hostas as they are being eaten by box elder bugs, and I sprayed the Roses again as the spider mites are bad this year.  I have put my two hours in and tomorrow I will commence to weed at the back alley and the front boulevard and then I plan to take pictures and put all leftover landscape materials on Face Book marketplace and say free, come and get it!  We shall see.

This Saturday Husb and I and Sissy are going to work on the area where my cut garden will go.  I also want to make a dump run with broken brick and such.

I have many errands to run today, but first I must clean up as I am a dirty gardening monkey.

Sissy is working very hard in the shop, but she is staying caught up and I am proud of her.  She has big travel plans this summer so she must make hay while the sun shines.

Now I am going to hop in the shower and get to getting! Sluggy called earlier and I need to call her back as I was hauling stone, and I cannot wait to talk with and see how the cruise went.

I have wheels and miles to go before I sleep!

Hugs.

Kay

Crazy week!

Yes, this is me!  It has been a busy week.

No Car, Sissy overbooked. (This has been resolved, for the moment) and I hauled 40 large landscape bricks to her yard this morning.  21 more to go and we shall see if we can build the Rasbery berm that she wants!

I have Lil Sis's car, and my car should be out of the shop late Monday.

They are claiming the fuel pump is the culprit and it is going to cost to 2K. Oh well cheaper than a car payment.  The car has been wiped with a diaper and has only 102,000 miles on her. We shall see.

I really do not know where the week has gone.

Tonight, we are doing to support a Neighbor, who has a band at seven, (which is way too late for me) But Husb insists.  Support our Neighbors has always been our motto.

Last night I spent the night at Sissy's to get her up at seven, as Men from the Church were coming to repair her snake fence.  (This is done, we hope) She actually got up (after a prodding of a cold diet coke) got dressed and was ready to go by eight.  Go Sissy! I then made the walk of shame in the same clothes I wore yesterday (I keep P.J.s and stuff at Kim's house) and made it home in her car to change and start on my brick moving.

Did two trips and hauled in two loads, and then we were stumbling and exhausted. Sissy's yard is large and full of hills!  You can only haul so many large landscape bricks in a smaller SUV as you can ruin the suspension.  So, I have one more load to go, but that will happen when it happens. But we were just done. Four hours of grueling work will set you up, for traction. Sissy then took me home!

I am home and Sissy I am sure is taking a nap.  My only plan for the day is to set next week's menu and stare into space and then clean-up for this evening's event.  Pray that I stay awake.

Oh, wait, what is for dinner?   I love my life!

Pray for me! I mean it!

Hugs,

Kay
 

Home at last!

I love going away, but I love coming home even more!

Sissy and I pulled into town about 3:00 in the afternoon yesterday after 7.5 long hours in the car!

The Grandkids came and we got pizza and then came home, and I drug all my luggage and things downstairs and crashed.

Up at five and have been moving ever since.

Unpacked, all laundry done, and morning chores done.

Now I must hit the grocery store for a few things and then will go up to Sissy's and take her the Car.

Our Car is on the fritz again and I will take it to the Dealer this week.  It is obvious that it must be hooked up to a Ford Computer.  Don't charge me and then tell me nothing is wrong? Hmmm?

We have taken such good care of this Car, and she just went over 100,000 miles which is nothing in my books. We shall see.

The weather is beautiful today and I am not working in the yard, but will be back in full swing tomorrow, after I do a boat load of ironing.  Today I am just going to take it easy.  I will plan my menu for the week.

I have so much to do this next week, and it is going to be difficult without an automobile, but the sisters are more than willing to help.

One of my goals is to swap my wardrobe and go through my closets and purge.  It is time, so many things I wore on the East Coast I will not wear here.  It has been over a year, so the time has come to wean many things.

The Husb has also decided that we are not going to do underground sprinklers so our plan of attack on the yard has changed.  This means that I have a ton more brick to move and pants and bulbs to move.

Will take pics as I go.  Now I must be off to the grocery store!

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Hugs;

Kay

 

Off for a week with Sissy!

 Sissy and I are heading out to Twin Falls this morning to take a Grandson back and then visit Sissies eldest.

Husb has charge of the animals, the chickens, and the garden here at home.

I am sure Sissy, and I will do some shopping and find several large projects to do as the House we are staying at is so large that I get lost and end up in the garage. This is a fact!

It will be a nice break from the yard which is coming along bit by bit.

Now I must go and do some last-minute packing and then I am gone!

Blessings to everyone for a wonderful week ahead!

Hugs,

Kay

River Rock is done!

all river rock is pulled

 I am exhausted and filthy dirty, but I have pulled the last of the river rock.

YEAH!

The stump is gone!

The stump guy came yesterday and removed it! So now we must dig dirt down below curb level and haul it is to backyard!  This will take days!

Stump Guy also cut down two small trees!

Now we have to cut the tree up and dispose of them, and this will take some time as I have already filled one yard waste container, and these two trees will take several containers.

The stumps will come out when we move the fence forward as there is another very large stump that is under the back fence.

I also planted more basil and two new hostas, as two of them were not doing well.

Now Husb and Kim just called, and they are back in town so I will head up the hill with my dirty self and help them unpack!

I am going to be so sore tomorrow!

But just so happy that I got the last of the rock!

Have a great Saturday!

Kay

Gone too long!

The last of the river rock

Well, I am back after a rollicking two weeks.  I just have not had the time to sit down and focus on the blog.

We have had so much company and have been entertaining like fools.

We are both exhausted. but it was a nice break from the yard work.

My Cousin and her significant other were here from Seattle for a week, and then all the nieces and nephew came in and last weekend was one party after another.

So good for us all to get together.

This week it has been back to the yard, and I have been working two hours every morning on the last patch of river rock.

We have come such a long way but have a long way to go.

The weather is starting to get quite warm, so we start no later than seven in the morning.

We had a gutter and spout put on the garage yesterday as it was dripping into the yard and Husb is working on the stoop into the garage.

I just keep pulling stone.

We are at impasse in the front, and it is very difficult to get things done here as everyone is backed up!

Still waiting for the Stump guy to come grind this out!

Husb is going camping with Sissy and the boys and I am on animal watch and watering detail. I hate and I mean hate camping, dirty and too much work.  Now give me a five start Hotel and I am your Gal! 

Also, our Car acted up this morning which scares me to death, so I am going to borrow little Sister's car for the next two days as I have many. many errands to run.

I need to go back and forth from Sissy's property to mine, and nothing makes me feel more insecure than a lack of vehicle.

The mechanic cannot see us for two weeks, but I will have Sissy's Car when they return late Saturday.

The meat sales over the Memorial Day weekend were nonexistent and this is a first.  Normally this is when I stock up on meat for at least six months and I think that trend is over.  They raised everything four dollars a pound and then lowered it by a dollar and called it a sale? Is this happening where you are?  Inquiring minds want to know!

Now I am off to do some housework!  Oh joy!

Hugs;

Kay