My Knight in Shining Overalls......

The last few months I have been sleeping late - as in 10:00 or 11:00!

He was waiting patiently for me to wake up and, once he heard me rustling, he brought me coffee in bed.

 

Isn't he the cutest thing??

He was so sweet and even brought a tiny cup of cream so I could add as much as I wanted.

Louuis Dean even chose this beautiful cup handpainted by Janice Phillips in 1985.

What a good way to start the weekend!

I wrote 1,500 words in chapter 44 yesterday. I'm finally picking up some speed.

I finished Samuel's Cowboy Santa from last year...

Still have a few more touches to make and then glaze it with Liquin after it's dry.

I think I've finally found the Santa I want to paint for this year.

It will be a smaller painting thank I usually do but I'm excited to get started on it next week.

I also started a painting for my dear friend, Jutta, in Finland.

I've based it all in and next week I'll match up the blues from the photo to the canvas.

I bought this canvas while out thrifting - only the feathers were grey - and I decided to jazz them up with some pretty colors.

I'm happy to say that Tabitha has not escaped lately.

I've developed a trick! I take a plastic tub lid with me, and when I come in, I crack the door open and put the lid in front of me to keep her from running out between my legs!

So far it's worked perfectly!

Ilene came down for our Saturday night movie!

Last week I made cocktails and they tasted awful so this week it was chilled water and iced tea!

I made a pasta salad.....

...and a fruit bowl with popcorn at intermission.

This was Ilene's first time to see a Bond movie with Daniel Craig.

She quit watching the Bond films after Sean Connery!

It was two hours and eighteen minutes and action all the way.

We were both exhausted but it was fun!

Next week we will watch something warm and cozy!

I watched Fellowship church online before I made brunch for us.

Have y'all tried any of the recipes you see on Facebook?

Amber gave me a really good non stick pan and I tried my hand at a breakfast taco....

only I didn't have salsa. Will be stocking up on that soon!

Anyway, you crack an egg and top it with grated cheese and a few slices of ham - or bacon!

Press a tortilla down on top and cook it a couple minutes.

Flip it over and brown the other side. Slide it off and fold in half.

It's been a slow easy Sunday with naps, movies and resting in general.

I'm finishing up with my journal entry and Louis Dean is outside watering.

So far we have only had one 100* day but there's probably going to be another one this week. 

I water the back after my coffee in the mornings and he does the front at night.

Tomorrow we will go to Home Depot and pick up the second pond liner and by the end of the week, Louis Dean may well have our new ponds up and running.

Do any of y'all have fish ponds? We had fish once in our kitchen pond but I accidently electrocuted them. I had lights strung around it and a broken bulb fell in the pond. Same thing happened to a frog in the back pond by the gazebo. No lights around the ponds anymore.