Belated Happy Birthday, Dear Seester!!

 I have just found out that you have been out of town celebrating your birthday, my dear seester, and I am thrilled for you!!!  I do hope that you guys had a blast...a bunch of wild women out on the town...DEEEELIGHTFUL!!!!  :)  I know that you will be tuckered out from all of the partying, so I thought I would post this picture so you will know what to do when you get home---have a nap and dream fun dreams of your wild and wonderful BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!  :D  Happiest of birthday wishes and hugs, Seester!

Days of September Transitioning to Memories

A few gifts from September

GO Cutter Giveaway

over at http://www.milliesquilting.blogspot.com/.  I would love to have a new toy to play with.  Go check it out!  :)

It's Raining--AGAIN

It' raining it's pouring the old man is snoring ---and this the only time that the snoring isn't annoying!!  LOL  We woke up to rain dancing on our rooftop again this morning.  It is such a  welcome sound that it is truly deserving of a blog post two days in a row from one who only seems to manage an erratic post once or twice a month.  :)  My volunteer zinnias are doing a happy rain dance, and my surviving seedlings are joining in.  The birds were so excited yesterday that I had birds all over the yard that I haven't seen in a couple of months, even my regular dwellers here at Ships Landing, like the Finches and Bluebirds.  I think everybody had been on vacation in a place that was a bit cooler and wetter than it has been here this Summer.  :P

Rain!! Splish Splash They Were Taking A Bath

It has rained ALL DAY here at Ships Landing!!!  We have not had this kind of steady, all-day rain in so many months that I can't even remember the last time.  It has been the most wonderful kind of piddling, sorting, blog-hopping, kind of day--and I've loved EVERY WET MINUTE OF IT!,

September

..."So September comes with a few more harbingers than usual, some of the outriders early with their message. But autumn never comes overnight. It creeps in on a misty dawn and vanishes in the hot afternoon. It tiptoes through the treetops, roughing a few leaves, then rides a tuft of thistledown across the valley and away. It sits on a hilltop and hoots like an October owl in the dusk. It plays tag with the wind. Autumn is a changeling, busy as a squirrel in a hickory tree, idle as the languid brook. It is August ended, October inevitable, summer's ripeness and richness fulfilled in sweet September." Hal Borland's Twelve Moons of the Year

My Black-eyed Susies have been gorgeous this year. They haven't seemed to mind the heat and drought. We've had some very interesting moths show up this Summer. Each year that we've lived here at the lake, each season has brought different critters to our attention. They are each unique, and I've gathered quite a collection of photos of 'UFOs'. :) The heat and humidity have been so very bad this Summer (and Spring too, for that matter) that the most that the pups have been able to do is lie on the porch and dream about chasing the geese and rabbits around the yard. Thank goodness for our porch. :)

Treasures from the Heart

The picture of the butterfly doesn't do it justice. It was huge. And so so beautiful! We've had some gorgeous sunsets in the midst of all of the heat and humidity. These little birds just cracked me up (I named them Lilie, Nita, Flan and Sug) ROFL. Beth over at soccertaxi blog clued me to a blog that was making a plaid wienie dog quilt---I emailed the person, and pronto, ordered that pattern. It came today!!! Really super fast service from www.lavender-rabbit.com. The bottom photo is of the most timely treasure box from Donna at Mourning Dove Cottage. That woman is such a sweetheart---so talented and generous! Thank you more than you can know, Donna, for the ALL of the treasures.

Hot and Hotter

We actually hit 100 degrees yesterday with a heat index of 105. Unheard of in this neck of the woods. I worry about all of the people that have to work out in this heat, or have no a/c, the elderly, the animals. Seems like a good time for me to just fret, for a change. :/ I have to say I feel like my soul is shriveling up from having to stay holed up inside. I know this too will pass, but Lord, it does feel like an awful long time in coming.

Heart Update

Just came back from the doctor's office --- again--- A quick recap here for those who are in the know, and those who aren't LOL. I was scheduled for a nuclear stress test on July 1, 2010, and while on the treadmill actually had a heart attack. Spent the night in the hospital for more tests and then transported the next day (Friday) to a bigger hospital in a neighboring city and had a heart catherization Friday evening. I had a 10% blockage which is virtually no blockage, and it certainly didn't cause the heart attack. On Wednesday (7-14-10) I had an ultrasound done on my carotid arteries. Found out today that they are clear. No blockages. Soooooo, the heart attack is a mystery. I was diagnosed with arrythmia three years ago, and that has been pretty well controlled by beta blockers up until the first of the year when I noticed my heart was getting whacky again. Now I'm scheduled to see a cardiologist on July 30, and see if he can figure it out. Other than that, it's been hot and for the most part dry here in northeast Tennessee. Did get some rain a couple of days ago, but you can't tell it by the ground today. Looks like a chance of a thunderstorm this evening/night and a better chance for tomorrow. Fingers are crossed. I have been making yoyos, hexagons, crocheted two rag rugs, and knitting. Maybe I'll share a picture of them in the near future. Between the heat and Randy thinking I'll kill over if I move, I'm rapidly descending the rest of the way into insanity (didn't have far to go anyway) from not being able to dig in the dirt. :) Randy and the pups are doing well. Randy would be doing even better if he could stop fretting about me. :)