Heat and more heat.... My favorite season has been a bit warm these days. I hear the locust singing their rhythmic music. They chant to me that summer is coming to to the end. I enjoy those sounds, but do wish for summer not to end just yet!
The gardens are looking a bit tired of the heat, but the weeds are very happy to continue to grow and grow.
This past week, I have enjoyed a quick visit with my sister Bev. She was passing through on her way to her new home in Kansas. She also brought her traveling companion Seamus, the wolf hound. He is indeed a very BIG dog! Our dogs just looked up to him and said, oh my!
Okay, whatever you want big guy... you are welcome to it!
Our addition to our home is completed and I'm excited to decorate it soon. I seem to always take my time trying to figure out just what I want to enter the new room. But my car was very happy, as was I, to pull my car into the garage!
The favorite pine tree, that was moved for this addition is hanging on... It did lose many of it's needles to the ground. I pray over it as I give it many drinks in these dry and warm days.
The weeping willow planted this spring looks very well. It enjoys when I reach into the pond to give it it's drinks.
Heat and more heat will soon ripen the delicious tomatoes.
Yum and more yummy thoughts... Can't wait!
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Cherry Season

The cherries are beautiful and plentiful in the grocery stores now.
I especially favor the Rainier Cherries. Their sweetness are not surpassed by the sweetest of the Bing cherries. Which I love also. But their Rainier season is so very short. Arrival late June and disappear end of July.
If you have not tasted their sweetest this year rush to the store. Cherries are so very healthy for us as well. High in antioxidants and very low in the glycemic index.
Which is a good thing, as that is much easy on the pancreas producing insulin in the body.
Are they very pretty?
So enjoy those cherries... I am!


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Cherry fairy by the graphic fairy.

Ya-Yas Forever

Blessings and FUN to all the cousinhood. Enjoying time together is the best!


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Favorites Saturday

Granddaughters
My favorites in life that we have been given by our daughters!
Generations of girls to come to the cabin and bring us joy.
But, soon we will be having our first grandson. The word is...it is only 7 weeks away!
Needless to say, we are excited about the arrival of the newest member to arrive to our family.
The mothers of these beautiful granddaughters are off to the annual Ya Ya cousinhood trip. They are having a relaxing time together in Galena. it is such a wonderful thing for the sisters to know our daughters share this time together. I'm thinking though much baby talk will be discussed this year. Two cousins are expecting for September! Rumor has it they may be enjoying some spa time.
Have fun daughters and nieces!

Book Club At Brenda's

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The Year We Left Home by Jean Thompson...

Brenda's choice for our read this month, an Iowa story of a family during the early 1980's. It had great reviews from all Brenda's research, but from these Iowa readers... we felt the author needed to do a bit of research on Iowa life. Needless to say, not a big hit... but please Brenda keep up the choosing... it's just not a big deal, they can't all be a hit. But I can say this! The food ideas you got from the book were a big hit!!! Brenda has promised to post the recipes on her blog and I am looking forward to that! Let me tell you... it was a delicious meal!!!

Do check out my pictures of Brenda's great July table setting. She has a gift for making a very festive table to enjoy as well. Her beautiful vignettes of detail grouping was enjoyed by all of us. Thanks Brenda for a wonderful evening.

Our next read well be "A Year on the Ladybug Farm."

Hmmm... another book about a year of life on a farm...