Fall

with almost an inch of rain!

We are blessed.

Tranquility

There are spots upon the land

Where magic always grows

Beauty born by Nature's hand

Hidden deep to touch the soul

I'm blessed I'm proud to say

It's never the same place twice

A spot finds me every day

I smile, sigh and soak in the sights

And if I'm very lucky

Which I often am

I sooth my feet in water rocky

And simply know "I am."

For MindLoveMisery's Menagerie 

Open Link Night dVerse~Poets Pub

This N That

We are the Red Cross

the soup kitchen

and transport

One can't walk

one's heating aching joints

the other shuts down

Those still standing

try to make it better

hoping "Normal"

is closer than it was

We've had freezing rain and cold temps but nothing we couldn't deal with (and I'm frantically searching my mind how to NOT end this sentence with a preposition. Some lessons never leave.  I guess it's okay now.  I hear people saying "Want to go with?"  With what???  Don't leave me hanging.) 

The after care and day care station is still open.  A visit later today to see how the skin grafts are taking.  I'm glad we can help but we are tired. It is straining on the pocket book and every one's patience.  No one can help the situation.  We must muddle through with as much good grace as we can muster. Eight days from our second month with at least four months to go...and eight days.

Poor Bonnie had to return to the vet after her surgery. In a few short days she dropped from 83.5 pounds to a terrible sixty pounds.  She has come back strong and nearing her original weight.  That "free" puppy now has an invested value of $489.17.

Marcy was transported to the hospital one day but I brought her home with me.

I am crocheting in all my FREE time and trying to read The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. Apparently I am at fault and "attract" this chaos.  I must find out the "secret" to ending that attraction. This was a book I chose at Salvation Army just because the cover was pretty.  Won't do that again unless I need the cover for a project.

So here I am being non creative, dull and boring.

May your best dreams come true this week.

How Hot Is It???

My friend is Florida has an air conditioning malfunction along with an incompetent repair man.  There may be a homicide tonight.  It is so miserable you can wear the air!

It has been that way here for almost two hard weeks with 107, 104, and 105 showing more days than I want to count.  I'm glad I did not have a thermometer in the shop.  I would have just died on the spot.

This past Saturday we received some much needed rain.  Didn't last long and may be too late for plants that have gone dormant or died but it DID rain.  We are very pleased.

Hubby and I were outside enjoying the possibility of rain when it hit. He stayed in the boat shed while I made it to the house.

We got wet.  My camera got wet and all the dear dry plants got a small but appreciated drink of water.  It was magic.  Green seemed to appear over night.

Enjoy the sound of rain, if I did this correctly.  May you all get just the amount of rain you need.

Today this is the photo I took while walking.  I imagined, because I was wondering what the chance of another rain was, that this cloud plainly says 2% chance.  May we have better odds than that.

Southern Fried Electronics and Flash Fried Tree

Thank all of you who voiced concern during my absence.  I have some funny movies to share but Google has been accommodating as usual. What should have taken only minutes has taken all evening to share.  Enjoy!

Excuse the dirty words and the hysteria.  I've been through a few tornadoes and thunder storms and do respect the power and danger. I think the big mouthed female behind the camera adds to the humor.

With people losing homes and more during this awful weather

we have been very blessed when electronics is all we lose.

We hope all remain safe.