OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY AND A BEAUTIFUL NEW BLOG TO SHARE WITH YOU

PLEASE STOP BY AND TELL SUSAN, OUR BEAUTIFUL HOSTESS HELLO AND CHECK OUT

THE LIST OF BLOGS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN FUN OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY.

http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/

SUSAN YOU ARE THE BEST...THANK YOU

TODAY WE ARE GOING TWO PLACES...FIRST A LITTLE QUICK STOP TO TELL YOU

ABOUT A NEW BLOG THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AND THEN WE ARE

GOING TO TAKE A DRIVE OVER TO MY MOTHER'S HOUSE AND WALK THROUGH

HER GARDEN. FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT AND HOLD ON....I DRIVE LIKE MR. MAGOO.

MY SISTER SHERRY, WHO IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST PEOPLE I KNOW, HAS FINALLY

FOUND A LITTLE TIME TO GET HER BLOG UP AND RUNNING. THE HEADER IS

SO VERY BEAUTIFUL. YOU ALL WILL LIKE HER VERY MUCH...I HAVE ALWAYS

BEEN HER BIGGEST FAN.

I WOULD LOVE IT SO VERY MUCH IF YOU FLUTTERED BY AND WELCOMED HER TO

BLOG LAND. IT WON'T BE LONG AND SHE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR

WEDNESDAY...SHE LOVES TO GARDEN AND EVEN IN THE VERY HOT CITY OF

PHOENIX, ARIZONA SHE MAINTAINS A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN YEAR ROUND.

HER BLOG IS:

http://countrywingsinphoenix.blogspot.com/

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU OLDE DAME PENNIWIG FOR THE BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY GRAPHIC

THIS IS MY BEAUTIFUL MOTHER, PEGGY, AND SHE IS VERY EXCITED YOU HAVE

CAME TO VISIT HER GARDEN TODAY. SHE HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD WEEDING

AND PLANTING IN HER VARIOUS POTS.

DADDY DOES THE MOWING AND EDGING AND KEEPING UP HIS TWO VEGETABLE

GARDENS BUT MOTHER DOES ALL THE LANDSCAPING AND FLOWERS AND HER ROCK

AND CACTUS GARDENS.

AS ALWAYS, I WISH MY DH AND I COULD TAKE BETTER PICTURES BUT NOTHING IS

AS BEAUTIFUL AS BEING THERE, SEEING THE COLOR FOR YOURSELF AND JUST THE

ANIMATION OF THE GARDEN. MOTHER WILL BE DISAPPOINTED THE PICTURES

DO NOT SHOW HOW BEAUTIFUL HER GARDENS ARE. WHEN YOU WORK REAL HARD

ON SOMETHING YOU ALWAYS WANT THE PICTURES TO REVEAL SO.

THIS PICTURE IS AT THE FRONT OF HER HOUSE TO THE SIDE OF HER GARAGE.

IT HAS VARIOUS CACTI IN POTS THAT MY BROTHER HAS THE "JOY"? OF PLACING

IN THE GARAGE AS FALL ENDS....BOTH MY BROTHER AND DADDY HATE THOSE CACTI

BECAUSE OF THEIR RUDE THORNS THAT WILL TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BITE YOU,

BUT MOTHER HAS BEEN MOVING THEM IN AND OUT OF THE GARAGE FOR 20 PLUS

YEARS. SHE USE TO DO THIS BY HERSELF BUT THEY HAVE GROWN TOO BIG AND WEIGH

TOO MUCH.

MY COUSIN, WHO LIVED IN LAS VEGAS AT THE TIME, SENT THIS TREE FACE TO


MOTHER AND DADDY. DADDY, WHO RARELY SHOWS HIS CREATIVE SIDE, MADE A


MOUSTACHE FOR THIS GENTLEMAN.


DADDY IS IN CHARGE OF ALL THE TREES BUT MOTHER CRACKS THE PECANS UNTIL


HER HANDS ARE STAINED FOR MONTHS.


THEY HAVE 6 PECAN TREES, 1 WALNUT, 1 ALMOND, 1 PEACH, 1 APRICOT, 1 ELM,


1 BEAUTIFUL CYPRESS TREE, 1 PINE TREE, AND WHAT THEY CALL THEIR WISTERIA


TREE.....OH YES I FORGOT...1 RED BUD TREE.

















THIS IS IN THE FRONT YARD BUT YOU CAN SEE BO AND ROXIE, THEIR 2


SCHNAUZER'S BEHIND THE FENCE.

THIS IS THE ONLY, QUOTE, FLOWER GARDEN MY DADDY HAS.....HE HAS QUITE

A TECHNIQUE, EXCEPT FOR THE IRISES OF COURSE. HE MIXES ALL HIS SEEDS INTO

A PLASTIC BOWL.....THEN TOSSES THE SEEDS UPON THE DIRT AND SAYS, "GROW."

I HAVE WRITTEN MANY STORIES ABOUT HIS LITTLE FLOWER GARDEN....NOTHING IS

IN BLOOM NOW BUT IT IS USUALLY VERY BEAUTIFUL AND COLORFUL.

WHERE THIS PECAN TREE IS, WATER ALWAYS STANDS AFTER A RAIN.

THIS AREA ALL THE WAY TO THE DECK STEPS, IS NOW A PAVED PATIO. THEY

HAD THIS DONE THE DAY AFTER THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN. MOTHER WILL

HAVE A SMALL FLOWER BED NEXT TO THE HOUSE AND AROUND THE PECAN TREE.

YOU CAN SEE THE SLIDING GLASS DOORS THAT ARE OFF THE LIVING ROOM.

MOTHER AND DADDY CAN SET IN THE LIVING ROOM AND WATCH THE BIRDS EAT

SEED ON THEIR DECK. THEY HAVE 6 BIRD BATHS IN THEIR YARD. THEY LOVE

THE BIRDS, THEIR TREES AND DO NOT LIKE THE SQUIRRELS AS THEY DESTROY

EVERYTHING...THEY EAT THE PEACES BEFORE THEY ARE READY...THEY ATE THE

ALMONDS BEFORE THEY WERE READY AND JUST DESTROY THE PECANS....YEAH

THEY ARE NOT BIG FANS OF THE SQUIRRELS.

THE DOOR LEADS TO THEIR SUN ROOM. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. DADDY HAS TAKEN

OVER THE ROOM BECAUSE IT IS A SMALLER ROOM AND HE CAN SEE HIS

TELEVISION BETTER....WE LAUGH ABOUT HIM...HE HAS EVERYTHING OUT THERE

HE NEEDS BUT A TOILET. HE IS SO VERY HAPPY OUT THERE AND IT MAKES US

HAPPY. THERE IS WINDOWS ENCIRCLING AND HE AND MOTHER CAN WATCH THE

BIRDS AND 2 OF THEIR 3 PRECIOUS DOGS WATCH OUT THE WINDOW FOR SQUIRRELS.

THIS IS SWEET ROXIE, THEIR RESCUE SCHNAUZER.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF MOTHER'S ROCK GARDEN.

AS SHE WAS CLEANING OUT ALL THE LEAVES, SHE GOT OFF BALANCE AND

COULD NOT CATCH HERSELF, FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE OF ALL THOSE ROCKS.

SHE IS OKAY BUT SHE WAS SKINNED UP AND BRUISED.

IT LOOKS PRETTY AT NIGHT WITH THE LIGHTS ON.

I LOVE THIS BEAUTIFUL BIRD BATH. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE IT BEFORE

AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT AT MY HOUSE. IT WON'T BE GOING ANY WHERE...

MOTHER LOVES IT.

THIS IS MOTHER'S LOCKSPUR...I HOPE I SPELLED THAT RIGHT...ALL I KNOW IS

IT IS SO VERY BEAUTIFUL...WAVING IN THE BREEZE...BEAUTIFUL.

THOSE ARE DADDY'S GRAPEVINES ON THE BACK FENCE.

STANDING THERE WITH MOTHER I THOUGHT BACK TO WHEN MY BROTHER,

SISTER AND I WOULD STAND ON THE BACK FENCE AND WATCH THEM CUT WHEAT.

WE WERE SURROUNDED BY WHEAT FIELDS AND OUR STREET WAS A DIRT ROAD.

MY DH AND I BOUGHT THAT BELL FOR MOTHER AND DADDY. THEY HAD A

PASSIONATE BOARD MEETING FOR HOW HIGH TO AND WHERE TO PLACE IT.

BUT IT WAS PLANTED AND WE RING IT FOR DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS SUCH AS

50 TIMES FOR THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHARE OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY

WITH ME. YOU ARE SPECIAL TO ME.





HUGS AND SUNSHINE




debbie

PLEASE REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING NEW PRAYER REQUESTS:

ALAURA FROM LALLEE'S COTTAGE HAS A NEW PRECIOUS GREAT NIECE

MALAYA ROSE. SHE NEEDS SURGERY FOR A HOLE IN HEART THAT HAS NOT

CLOSED. SHE MUST WEIGH 10 POUNDS BEFORE THEY CAN DO SURGERY.

WE HAVE GREAT NEWS FROM GLORIA ABOUT KYRA...HER LAST SURGERY

WAS A SUCCESS. SHE IS A LITTLE FIGHTER...PRAY FOR XASHEE-SHE HAS A

SWOLLEN FOOT AND HER RIBS HAVE NOT HEALED FROM ALMOST A YEAR AGO.

I HAVE REALLY HAD A BURDEN TO PRAY FOR OUR MISSIONARIES SINCE I

VISITED PANSYGARDENS AND HER CHILDREN WERE PRAYING ABOUT BECOMING A

MISSIONARY IN THAILAND.

THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR AMY AND LEILA.

AMY'S FIRST ROUND OF CHEMO WILL BE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ALREADY TODAY

NOW...WE WILL START THE 5 DAYS OF NEUPOGEN.