Little By Little With A Side Of Thunderstorms

 -- Lately I keep finding myself stopping for a moment and 

cloud gazing.  Moments like this one; often have me reaching into my 

bib overalls to pull out my phone to capture the  moment.  

I know it's good to look uP- to just push a pause button and 

say thanks God. 

Thank you Lord for all this awesomeness

 you're letting me see 

right now.  

After taking this photo yesterday evening I went about my chores 

with my earbuds in... listening to my favorite JJ Heller music.  

The old step that used to be in front of our kitchen and that had the rotted

boards in it?-  Well Myguy nailed boards back in it for me and I moved it out 

to the garden for a riser.  -- Just something with a little more height to put flower pots on.

Rinsing one of my refrigerated brushes from the day before, with the waterhose,

I started painting it the same "greenhouse desk" green that I like.  

While drying- I jumped in my truck to run up to the happy place to check the garden there.

I left the truck running and barely made it to the garden when lightning struck so close!!!  The thunder just clapped and I RAN to my truck.  A girl can miss some things when her ears are 

stopped up with earbuds and loud music-  egads!!  I wondered how much it had been rumblin and I just hadn't heard?  

I drove back home and pulled up next to the potting shed- it was starting to rain huge drops.

Then the bottom just fell out.  Talk about a gully washer!  Lightning... ohmygosh!  I sat there watching it all in the greenhouse (full of windows)  and knew it was time to make a run for it.  

 Moving the heart rock that holds the door open... this was under it. 

Yeah I really did stop long enough to take a picture.   

It's a heart thing.

Inside the house the poor dogs were freakin smooth out.  

Why do I always  wait til the thunderstorm to tell Addie... we need to get you a thundershirt.  

Then the sun shines the next day and we forget about it. 

She gets so scared!!  

As dark approached I knew if I didn't get to the barn to close the pen doors on the guineas and bantys

that Wylie or Foxie would have a massacre.  But the lightning... it  was still dangerous.  

Finally ran to my Jeep which was the closest to the house and drove inside the barn to put everyone to bed.  The little chickys and guineas were already waiting to get tucked in.:)

It stormed like that until I nodded off.  

My neighbor text this morning and said her rain gauge said 4"!!  

I haven't checked ours yet.  First thing I did was run to the cornpatch to see how the corn

faired.  I do believe it grew four inches of rain!  Bigger and stronger. 

 This afternoon Myguy is gonna  try to get the rails up on the porch.

Thank you dear friends who wrote and encouraged me on the latest DIY project.  

Here's mid stream picture of the little bench turning red.

The color was just some old paint I had and it's called 

"red delicious" like the apple.  

Opening the can it seriously looked PINK.  

See the inside of the lid below the bench?  

OHMYGOSH! Almost fuschia!??  

Even still, you know how when they mix it for you they dab a little on the top of the lid and dry it 

to see if it's a match?  Well their first dab was pinker... but with thicker paint over it... it looked more red.

So gritting my teeth I went with it anyhow and decided next trip to Ft Smith I'd get a can of 

Granny Traces' colonial red I love.  Probably still going to do that but the second coat on this 

little bench definitely got redder so it's gonna have to do  for now... 

 The screen door got painted a dark green matching the other door and shutters.

and hopefully this afternoon everything else will start falling into place.

Oh I hope so.  

 Yesterday afternoon I washed windows and along the front of the house were two big wasp nests

in the rafters.  I guess I ticked one wasp off and he did this kamikaze act, bombing  my forehead.

Thought he got stuck in my hair... and my windex and papertowel dance was probably quite a sight.

Rubbing my forehead and trying not to cry I went to the shop and told Myguy what happened.  

He went straight to a new can of brake cleaner; and attaching the red straw; my man  took revenge. 

:)  Must admit... I did feel some pleasure.  

Okay... maybe alot.

Definitely alot.

Definitely.

.... yeah.

 

 Before I sign off, I  leave yall with my little chickys having a Summer treat.

Oh and ... gotta share a new find with you:

Have you seen these waterbottles?  

I've seen pitchers like this but not the waterbottles.

Found this at Walmart.  See the little green screen thing inside?

You put whatever fruit you like inside and fill it up and refrigerate it and 

wala... fruity water!  In this photo it has blueberries and strawberries in it.

Today... I'm doing fuji apple!  It's so refreshing on a hot day!

Okay I better go fire up the lawn mower.

Have a great day!

L