SANTA CLAUS MELON

I had not heard of a santa claus melon until my friend Laura

told me about how good they were. So I just had to try one.

It is a sweet and juicy melon and the taste is scrumptious. I

compared it to a honeydew melon and the santa claus melon

won hands down. Believe me if you have not tried one you

are in for quite a treat. It is also known as a Christmas melon.

PILLOWCASES

I know I said in a previous post I was putting away my
needle and thread, but when my daughter, Deann gave
me this set of pillowcases, a surprise gift for no special
reason just a very thoughtful gesture on her part, I just
had to start on them immediately. I wonder who will
get these as a gift, since I usually give them away.

A LOVELY THANK YOU

This lovely bouquet of flowers was a thank from our
daughter, Debra, for things her dad and I did for
her and her family. It's time like this that having
children and grandchildren makes life worth while.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC

My grandson Eric
is ___ today. Pawpaw
and I hope he has a
a good day and we
wish for him many
many more birthdays.

MORNING GLORIES AND DAISIES

Morning glories climbing up a swing in the back
yard.

More morning glories growing in a ditch in the side yard

next to the street.

Daisies that have come up in the back yard near our wet

weather creek. They survived the run off from the rain

we had that flooded the area where they just popped up.

Same daisies as above. You can see they are bent from all

the rain run off, but they are a hardy bunch and are now

looking good again.

THISTLE PLANT AND VISITORS

This thistle plant magically appeared, with gods help, next
to my totem pole (which I use to hold one of my birdfeeders.)
I learned that the thistle plant is the national flower of
Scotland. Below are pictures of the vistors a bumble bee
and a small butterfly. It seems that wild plants do better
for me than plants I buy at nurseries.

LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING

Whene'er a clould appears in the blue. Remember somewhere
the sun is shining and so the right thing to do is make it shine
for you. A heart full of joy and gladness will always banish
sadness and strife. So, always look for the silver lining and try
to find the sunny side of life.
~Buddy DeSylva~ Lyrics
~Jerome Kern~ Music

JULY 4TH 2008

My God! How little do my countrymen

know what precious blessings they are

in possession of, and which no other people

enjoy! ~Thomas Jefferson~

INDOOR 4TH OF JULY DECORATIONS

One of many indoor 4th of July decorations.

Liberty Bears in patriot rocking chair with a patriot

umbrella holder.

I have many of these flag arrangements along with more

stuffed animals (eagles, seals bears and dogs) all dressed in

red, white and blue, in different rooms of my home.

ANGELS

We are, each of us, angels with only one
wing; and we can only fly by embracing
one another.
~Luciano de Crescenzo~

4TH OF JULY DECORATIONS

This is the little house my husband built for
me to keep my garden tools in. It is perfect
for my decorations, at this time it is decorated
for the 4th of July.


My Uncle Sam wind sock is an
eye catcher.

I have flags flying all over the yard, this one is mounted on

the fence.

Front door entrance with the Uncle Sam I painted

years ago.

Another picture of flag on fence taken at night which shows

my lighted red, white and blue stake out lights.

Projected picture on the front side of the house wishing

everyone a happy 4th of July. When my husband and I used to be in the craft business

he would cut and make the picket fence for me to

decorate. I did the painting he did the wood work. I not

only have this one for the 4th, but ones for Halloween

Thanksgiving, and Easter.

ROSE OF SHARON BUSH

Here is a couple of pictures of one of my rose of sharon bushes.

When I purchased 3 bushes I thought I was getting different

colors but it turned out they where all the same.

BALLOON FLOWERS

This is what the first bud of the balloon flower looks like.

It then turns a blue color. I think the bud resembles a

hot air balloon, no doubt the reason for the name balloon

flower. I have many of these plants in my flower garden

in front of the house and also around what used to be a fish

pond, but now is a rock garden. The picture below is what

the flower looks like when in full bloom. When they come

to seed I take and scatter the seed around and get more

plants that come up in the spring.

IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME

Wishing everyone a safe and fun summer.

SUNFLOWER

This one lone sunflower came up from a seed dropped by

a bird that visits my birdfeeders. It came up next to a

small flower bed where I have daisies planted.