A handsome fellow in our yard

 Well hello there!

I didn't see you there!

 

I'm ready for my close-up Mr. Spielberg!

 I'm being introspective...

Happy 4th of July!

 

For our 4th of July and America's 250th Birthday outing....

We went to the Effingham Farmers Market. We mainly went to get tomatoes, but...so much yummy stuff there.  I tried something new, it was a vegetarian dish originating in Egypt, it was called koshari and was delicious! They also had baklava, which I had to have. We were good though, no purchases of big packages of cinnamon rolls or Sourdough bread....Now I am sad, j/k..It was a nice day, but huge crowds at every turn. Some ladies were selling steaming hot authentic tamales, but the line was an hour long, so no tamales either. I did get a vase of sunflowers though. So we came home and I made sloppy joes from scratch and slaw. Hope you are all having a great holiday!

 

Happy 250th birthday, America!

 

Happy 4th of July...almost

 Happy 4th of July...Almost!

 

 It cooled down to 80 degrees, so we thought we'd build a fire! No, that is not my house, mine is slightly bigger..

 

Here comes July

 91 degrees fells like 106...yikes

 

New trail cam pictures

 A few trail cam photos from the last couple of weeks. I know they aren't very detailed, but that's the night photos for ya. There is a beautiful buck that has been here for a while. The deer have mostly moved to the other side of the yard eating the apples and it looks like there are baby raccoons...

 

Refurbished Jewelry Box

 Here is a jewelry box that I refurbished and re-decorated that a sweet friend gave me. The hinges were broken, the inside lining was ripped and it was pretty beat up and just dark wood. The latch and lion head pulls were already there. I just added some clay pieces that I made and many layers of paint. It was fun, but fixing the torn red lining was a nightmare. However, I love a challenge!

 

 Remember all those green bananas Bill brought home last week? Well, they are getting ripe..there's still more..(Does anyone still make this Banana Breeze pie? It was really popular in the early 70's. My grandma Westman made this a lot. It was her favorite pie. Her crust was crushed Corn flakes though. This one is graham crackers.)

 

He had it comin'

 

So Bill tells me this morning that my new hair cut makes me look younger and I said "How much younger?" And he says" Oh, 15 or 20 minutes." If he comes up missing, I didn't do it. This is my life......everyday! I 'm sitting here thinking about the song from the Broadway play Chicago...."He had it comin', he had it comin'....."