Author Archives: Lanny
Just Lying Around
This is my week at a glance I have no idea why I bother to schedule or plan or have a to do list. Becasue if someone were to check on my schedule or plan or to do list they would think that I have done what these two cats are doing all week long.
Why I Was Somewhat Glad to Bail Water
A quick aside before I get to today’s little story. We fixed the flag pole this last weekend and got the flag back up. As you can see this afternoon is breezeless. Quite warm, but my house is very cool for not being air conditioned. A great day for a couple of girls to lug … Continue reading
Ah, the best laid plans of wives and moms. Spent the first part of the morning tackling and finishing a job I had begun Sunday evening. Getting my clematis by the Cook’s porch going the right way. What a job. I had not paid attention to the clematis until recently, I should have been training … Continue reading
Fourth of July
Parachute Man coming down Lawn Bowling Stretch…good Liberty Mallet Ball Sister Sarah, Grandma Grace and Patty Mor Mor Grandma Grace making ice cream with great grandchildren Aksel and Aunty Anna And now with Autra-becca More ice cream making, it is all about the food you know Guys smoking – no wait the ribs are smoking … Continue reading
Freedom
I wrote this a while back, now I’ve edited it a bit and thought it would be an interesting thought for this holiday weekend.Who among us is truly free? In all times of history, in all chartable lands, who can claim true freedom? Obvious, the oppressed are not free, subject to the oppressor. But what … Continue reading
This Is My Help
Out potting up a few things and I’m dewing up even in my sleeveless shirt wishing I had some help because the rain didn’t make it as cool as my thermostat would have liked. I looked up and there I saw my help hanging out in the 12 in. pulp pots. Well at least I … Continue reading
Hurray It Rained!
What an excellent storm last night and this morning, we were very ready for this nice break from the heat and I love it when it comes with a show. The pumpkin patch needed water today, now it doesn’t. We have water going all the way out there but the pressure isn’t enough to power … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Elisabet!!
Seventeen years with you has been wonderful! You, my dear girl, are beyond words.
Last Day
Today is the last day of a tough month. And weather is one of the reasons. June is thought of as summer but in reality is is the last month of spring and it often shows. Not as bad as it did this year, the first week of June was the coldest on record, but … Continue reading
Hey, It’s In
The hay is in thanks to friends who were willing to sweat to death. The sky filled with clouds as we sat to dinner, a lovely dinner prepared by a good friend. The barn is full and the field is empty. The weeds are still high so the girls and I will get after them … Continue reading
