Thursday - Dressing the House

We're smack dab in the middle of August!

I hung this small blackboard I bought at the Goodwill in Waco at the top of the mirror behind our bed. August is the month we just hang on. It's been right around 100 degrees for days and days now.

We had one brief respite yesterday when it stayed in the 90's.

While Louis Dean worked outside cleaning up and loading some materials to take back down to the ranch - I continued my work of dressing the den.

The faux cotton stems and garland were clearance items I picked up at Tuesday Morning last year.

This banjo playing skeleton always makes Louis Dean laugh!

The batteries still work because I pressed the button and he played all the way into the den from the storage building.

I am not hauling everything in and working like my hair's on fire this year.

I bring in a tub and work my way through it.

I've concentrated on the den but I drifted to the foyer before I could help myself.

There are other things I want to use in here but I haven't come across them yet.

I am so happy to see all my lovely fall things again.

Some of my 'debris' has become too shabby even for me and I am setting those aside to to determine whether to throw them out or try to redeem them.

Louis Dean is all about getting rid of a lot of his 'debris', too!

Strike while the iron is hot!

We hauled a lot of stuff to the curb this evening.

While we haven't put the gazebo top on, I can't complain.

It's best to work on things when you're in the mood so that's what we are going with.

I sat outside for a few minutes earlier this evening and listened to the locusts.

August sounds very different than July.

They are so loud they roar in July but August finds them slowly lowering their voices until once day I think, "I don't hear the locust anymore." I always wonder if I've heard the last one and then I forget to pay attention.

The pecan trees seem to be loaded this year and are dropping the hard green ones down like stones.

I am hoping we get a good crop of pecans as we haven't had one in a long time.

I clipped the dead roses off and pulled up a lot of mint.

My very first blog post was about mint.

No, I guess it was my second.

I started the blog on January 21, 2010.

I Never MEANT.....

was my second post on January 22nd.

Vee went back and commented on that post 4 years later saying, "Every first post deserves a comment." Thank you, Vee!!

It's 9:39 and we are tired and ready to go to bed.

You'd think we were a couple of old people!

Oops....I guess we ARE!

Goodnight, folks. Sleep well!