Cake and Moses in a Basket on Thursday and a Pool Day for Friday......

 Thursday was a Stay-at-Home Day for me which is my favorite kind of day!

I did the odd and ends of a day at home......a little laundry, housework, yardwork.....and I baked a cake.

My friend, Judy, posted on Facebook that she had some Moses in the Basket plants if anyone was interested.

I was!!!!

That was on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon she sent me a message that she was on her way to deliver some to me.

Thank you, Judy!!

It was a few short hours later that I had them planted in the new flower bed Louis Dean has designed and made for me.

I 'decorated' the entire bed with mostly plants I already had.

The Monkey Grass and Liriope were some that had been dug up in other places and I divied the huge clumps up to make a border.

I bought the fern and the other plant with red flowers (I can't remember the name and I am too tired to go outside and look!) as well as the few small ivy plants,

I'm just about ready to spread the red cedar mulch and call it finished.

This morning I was walking through the living room when who should come in my front door but Summer!  She is living in Arkansas now but comes back to Texas for doctor appointments and such. She's been staying over at the Bells in their guest room since Monday or so.

Lots of doctor appointments and some of them pretty serious.

Prayers appreciated for my Sweet Summer.

She arrived bearing both Mother's Day gifts and Father's Day!

Louis Dean loves this!!

A dish to hold his pocket things!

Including string and lint!!

While she was here visiting, he potted up three good Trumpet Vines for her to take back to Arkansas where she will plant them by her cabin at Bar-J Ranch.

Summer is loving living there and is happy to use her gifts and skills in such a great place.

God always has a plan.....

I have been working HARD and have been so tired that this afternoon I took some time off and went to Hawaiian Falls to meet up with the Bells.

Amber and Mike gifted me with a special summer beach towel.

Amber ordered it but Mike suggested that I would love one, too!

Win! WIN!!!

I needed some down time to read and rest and float around the lazy river!

This towel is so cool.

It has a pocket that goes over the back of the lounger and side pockets to hold your phone and stuff,

Amber had scored a great spot right in front of the wave pool with this amazing magnolia tree behind us.

Mike is thinking of planting one at the back of their property.

I told him they are slow growing but beautiful.

I wanted to plant one here back in 1969....but didn't ....due to it being 'slow growing.'

Here I am in 2022 and can you imagine the size of the tree I would have by now??

If I had to do it over again ......

Before I left for Hawaiian Falls, I put a huge chicken breast in the crock pot and then I made chicken and dressing when I came home. Canned asparagus with butter (Louis Dean only loves CANNED asparagus) and candied carrots and jellied cranberry sauce rounded out the meal.....

with these fresh home grown tomatoes and a sliced up cucumber gifted to us by our sweet neighbor, Tamara, making a good meal even more special.

Just throwing down a big rug and putting the furniture back is not as easy as it sounds!

All was well until we had to scooch the sewing machine down three inches.....and that made a big rumple in the rug....and things got complicated from there.

I am so happy to have my own personal Knight In Shining Overalls!!

He made it work and I will be putting the room back together tomorrow.

Right now all the contents are in the gazebo, decks and who knows where???