Hot August Days.....But Fall is Coming!

 My heart is sad....our possums are gone!

We don't know why or where they have gone but we miss them!

I really don't want to feed the rats and mice or any other critter but I do love feeding the possums!

I know they are gone because we haven't seen them in weeks and I even put out watermelon rinds - which they dearly love - and no response!

On the other hand, I would dearly love for the squirrels to disappear!

They rob our camera feeder and I have endless videos of those rascals!!

Louis Dean has been dreading cleaning our kitchen deck pond and Monday he tackled it and was done in less than an hour!

The dreading of a thing is most often harder than the doing of it!

Monday afternoon Louis Dean had his six month check up with Dr. Maddox.

His A1C is 5.9 and all his labs were stable other than his magnesium is low.

I ordered some on Amazon and he will take one a day for a month.

Tuesday was a good thrifting day!

I met Brenda at Texas Thrift at 1:00 and we shopped two stores.

I love signage and I hung this $4 treasure on the porch store wall.

C for Chapman!

I'll hang this canvas in the sewing room - the next room I'm cleaning and decorating for fall this weekend.

I love buying treasures out of season!

Next spring I will be so happy to see this!

Another treasure for next spring.

I found these awesome earrings just before Brenda showed me the Chico's top!

Win! WIN!!

Orange and black will be the colors for Harrison's hockey team this year and now I have a cool top to wear!

Brenda found this awesome Chico find!! Brand new and perfect for the winter holidays.

These Yankee air fresheners were just $1 and they make the bedroom smell delicious!

I'm counting down to September First!

Love fairy lights!

Super cool marble coasters....

perfect fall colors!

All brand new candles and all at half price!

Wednesday was such a good day!!

I love keeping house and all things homemaking!

I made a huge taco salad with refried beans, Spanish rice, guacamole, chips and all the toppings!

I invited Ileen and Summer for dinner and NUTS!

Summer is so much fun and bought ingredients for margaritas.....and rum for me to use in my fruitcake cookies.

Dinner was so good and we sat at the dining room table for our first fall setting.

No margaritas, though, and no NUTS either.

Instead we all sat in the living room and talked and laughed and had the best evening!

 Ileen and Louis Dean were good listeners while Summer and I remembered so many funny things from our past and laughed so hard!

I have been quietly cleaning and decorating for fall ever since early July.

I get so much joy from all my fall things!!

Still saving a few traditions for September First....

This morning I had my one week check up for my right eye.....

all was well and when I left the office I decided to go to the closest Hobby Lobby!

Walking in the door and looking at all the beautiful fall decorations and breathing in the delicious fragrance was absolutely wonderful!!

Kind of like walking into Starbucks - only different!

I bought some new fall garlands and Summer came over to help me hang them on the front porch.

She is a natural!!