Oh, my!! How I envy you the option of getting a massage for $10 an hour! I swear, I'd get one, once a week! Please enjoy them for all us poor souls who manage to squeeze in two a year, maybe!!

Sorry for the poor grammar in the previous post! That should be "we" poor souls instead of "us"! Oh wait! Now, I'm not sure! "For" is a preposition,so should it be "we" or "us"? Help, please. :>) (This is why I don't post very often!)

You're sounding pretty mellow, Dorph.

It's a mellow day here as well. Temps not even in the 80s today, but the sun still has some heat to it. It's the last day of the month, and the last workday of the week before the big weekend. I hate to kiss August goodbye. The little gremlins have been back in school here for a week or two already. That seems almost sacriligious to send them back before next month. How can a child possibly concentrate when it's still swimming weather out there?

The vegetable garden is giving its last sigh for the summer crops. The lack of adequate rains was the final straw. What isn't going from that, the rabbits are finishing off. I did precious little canning compared to most years, what with the loss of our fruit crop and a nearly full pantry from last year's efforts. My mind wandered to Michelle, who gets a lot of creative mileage from her tomato crop. Mine went almost entirely to sauce, something we use a lot of through the winter. I've tomatoes coming on yet, but only plan to do one more canning effort with them geared toward salsas.

Next week, the grapes. There is just something so primal and essential about a tassle of grape vines. They're approaching a full dead ripe now, and soon the hornets and other wasps will find them. The grasses are now sporting their seed heads and it's time to get out the wreath frames before they open entirely.

Upstairs the heart of a quilt is forming. It's a cathedral windows, and for any quilters out there, they can appreciate the handwork this one requires. Not a good choice for an impatient person, or one who needs warmth quickly.

The weekend plans are for family togetherness, and relaxing a bit. Out on the roads are the last place I want to be. This particular weekend brings back some really nostalgic memories for me, as it was one where we all gathered at my parent's cottage on the river, to eat until we burst, watch the last batch of city folk fly by in their motor launches and skis and then watch the river turn into glass come evening with the herons swooping down to hunt. Then off to cards, reading, or bed with the cool river breezes and smell wafting in. No TV, no air conditioners.

The trees here, with the heat/lack of rain are turning early. The burning bushes are already blushing, as are the native sassafras and the locust trees are becoming golden. Oh gosh, too soon!

I'm not too mindful of grammar, meself. So's I dasn't fret as such. Hmmm, does this come from speaking too many languages and dialects?

Michael, if I could get an hour massage for $10.00, I'd be getting one every week. What a treat!

And Suzy, we're finally getting some rain here. Once the rain tap closed off at the beginning of the month, we haven't had a drop. So the downpour this afternoon is really welcome, although it's going to make it a wet night for the beginning of h.s. football around here.

Cooler here too and the welcome rains have refreshed everything. I've been busy scratching around in my container garden uprooting all those weeds which have sprouted...it's been too hot to bother with and some were taking over, especially grasses. No real hint of fall here yet...I'll be watching as it's my favorite season. josh

Cooler weather here too but no rain. Still watering my pots. It's cool enough to really get busy and dig iris.
Have decided to try growing a tomato in my sunny south window for the winter, an heirloom dwarf tomato. If it don't make fruit at least it'll be a green growing thing.

Guess i'm the new owner of a little puppy someone dropped off here yesterday. Will take it to vet this morning for checkup and shots. Now i have 3 dogs. Glad i have a large pen and doggie doors.

Looking forward to family reunion in OK the end of month.Am making afghan to raffle off. Will get to see all the E. TX folks.

Vicki, Stars in your crown fo taking in the puppy! It will probably be a little wild around your house for a bit, but you know that little dog will love you.

The rain we had last night really cooled things off around here & somehow seems to have taken the horrible humidity out of the air. It looks like it's going to be a great weekend. Plus my seven-day forecast tells me that we'll have highs ony in the 80's next week. Is it too much to hope for an early fall this year?