Our Gazebo and Kitchen Deck is all Ready for the Spring and Summer Season......

 Thursday was a dark, chilly and rainy day and I decided to spend a few extra hours in bed reading and praying and thinking.

We meant to go to the ranch but decided to wait another day...and then yet another day,

This week we fimally put the finishing touches on our gazebo!

The black and white buffalo check rug pulled the whole theme together.

I have a serious number of white tableclothes, bedspreads, curtains, and covers.

So I decided to use them in the gazebo as well as the front porch.

Since the porch gets intense sun, the white fabrics won't fade.

We haven't spent time in here since October so it feels really special.

It's all comfy and cozy....

All the comforts of home!

Fridge that holds water, Diet Cokes, beer and such....

a microwave to heat up our coffee and a coffee pot for Louis Dean.

He has it all set up but he doesn't remember that -  so he makes his coffee in his music room.

And when we sit out in the gazebo - he remembers.

Alas......dementia and Alzheimer's deletes the recent memories.

It's not something Louis Dean can control but it is something I need to be aware of and navigate around in order to insure we continue to live a good life together.

I'm ever so grateful that Louis Dean is a happy man.

He loves me....every bit as much as I love him.

We love our life and thank God for each and every day we have together.

Louis Dean and I met on eHarmony 20 years ago.

Our wedding anniversary is June 26th.

Best 20 years of my life!

What a blessing that God brought us together.

Louis Dean is and always will be my Knight in Shining Overalls.

He can't do all the things he used to do....

.....but he likes to say, "I can still dive off deeper and come up drier than most."

That saying is from an old Shep Wooley song.

Louis Dean is always ready to hang things up for me.

Together we have made a beautiful garden area where we can sit and enjoy the birds and the pond music.

Louis Dean keeps our bird feeders full and we love watching them as they visit them and then go to the pond for a drink.

We love our life and praise God for each and every day.

I know I am a little eccentric but I'm loving the fence decorations.

My morning view with the first cup of coffee as I pray.

I love all our cozy places on the kitchen deck.

This is a good spot to peel veggies and food prep for our dinners.

There's an outlet beside the table and I can even put the roaster out there and cook.

Spring is a beautiful time to be out here!

The air is so fragrant with the scent of the honeysuckle.

W love our outdoor living area and spend some time outside every single day.

Summer is coming and when the temps climb, we will be confined to early mornings and late evenings.

The rain of the last couple of days changed our plans but that's okay.

We will be going to the ranch tomorrow and stay for a week.

I hope to do some serious writing on my book.

Monday will be chapter 15 so I am going to have to get busy to write the rest of my book in order to finish it this year.