The late spring/early summer is the most beautiful time of the year here in this part of the state. All the flowers are coming out, the lawns are starting to look really good, and everything is green. But, if you are one of the unlucky ones to suffer from hay fever and allergies this can be the worst time of year. Everyone is starting to cut the fields to get their hay in for the season, and that stirs up who knows what!!!! This is a poppy in my flower garden. They come up every year volunteer. Those (volunteer) are the kind of flowers I like!!

I had just filled my plate for supper, sat it down on the table and my cell phone rang. It was my Dad, it seems his tractor had just about run out of diesel while he was in the field getting it ready to plant tomorrow. Mom couldn't help because she was busy babysitting, so I put down my plate, went to his house which is a little over a mile away got the diesel and took it to him. He was only about 3 miles away. Said he had about another hours work to do. Came back home and ate my "warm" food.... I'm almost 50 and when Dad calls I still obey!!!! haha!!!! Only because he raised me and my sisters and brother right, also because I love my parents, and I think that is the way it should be. This guy is 70 years old, supposed to be "retired", but still goes to the job every day (he and his brother own the business). He also has 80 acres, 40 head of cattle and does the hay on the "side". I don't know if he will ever slow down. When he started messing with the cattle he said he was only going to have about 7 of them, yeah right!!!! He was raised on a farm and was driving a tractor at the age of 7. I guess when you have it in your "blood" it never goes away. I often wonder,"What is the deal with men thinking they have to have land????" Ritzy works with ranchers and farmers in his civilian job and he mentioned one time that he would like to have some land , I just looked at him and said "I don't think so......" ;-) I sure hope he gets that out of his system before he retires in the next few years.......It's hard enough to keep up with this little acre and 1/2 that we have now........

The son mowed the lawn tonite, so that means I got to weed eat and blow the grass off the sidewalk, from around flag, and windmill bases. As I was watching him mow, I was thinking about how much Ritzy would like to be doing that. He's crazy, he loves to mow and take care of the outside work. I am really lucky to have someone who takes such pride in his work, and always does a great job........The son and I are trying to make it look good with hubby gone........I think we are doin ok, but I can't wait to see Ritzy on that lawnmower again..................

I was debating on whether to comment on this or not, but I am going to anyways. I was sitting at our patio tonite and looked about 20 feet up into the maple tree and saw something, I could not figure out what it was so I went over to the tree and I could not believe what I saw...It was a poor little bird "hanging" from a branch. It seems there was a nest just an inch or so above the bird and I guess the bird got whatever it was using to build it's nest wrapped around itself. I took pictures, because I will probably never see anything like that again. At least I hope not! I decided that I had better not put the pictures on here, someone might not appreciate it.......

I am really looking forward to tomorrow. That little nephew and I are going to see Indiana Jones, then go eat at the Cracker Barrel. I am just going to take it easy the rest of this holiday weekend, (hopefully). Anyway, we'll see how it goes.....