IT'S  SUMMER!

I can't believe that I have not posted

since last Thanksgiving.

Our household was so upset at that time

that I guess I should not be surprised.

Our Joan was in the hospital and very ill.

She's well on the road to recovery now and

we are so grateful  

 I spent most of the winter just

resting up for spring!  Mom's got

some great "upside down" pictures of me.

Our deck has been cleaned and mom has

planted an "herb" garden.

This consists of two large planters filled

with herbs.

1.  This is a brand new pot and it sure is
2. pretty.  She put it on a stand so I would stay
3. out of it.  It has chives, basil, parsley
4. and oregano planted in it.

This is closeup of the herbs,

They are really growing fast!  Mom says that 

she will start cutting and freezing some

of them pretty soon so that we can have

them all winter in our soup. 

 This is the pot of basil only.

It has four different kinds in it.

The one closest to the front is

lemon basil.

This is the one that I like to eat.  I only do it when she is not looking (lol)

I got caught with a leaf in my mouth.

She just laughed!

 She also planted some lovely flowers,

She has petunias, begonias, vinca vines and

lots of other stuff on the deck.

It sure does look pretty.

We have our morning coffee and most

of the time our lunch on the deck.

So far this spring and summer I have only found

one snake and one baby toad.

That toad sure hopped a lot.  I showedhim/her 

that I could hop just as well as it could.

I hopped every time it did!

Guess that all the news that's fit to print!

We will be celebrating Christmas

on July 27th.

I can harly wait.

I need to rest up so I can be in

top form.  I'll let you know how

Christmas turns out

later