CRAZEEE SISTER AND A 3-BEAN SALAD!!!

A while back, I had an excited msg. on my voice mail from my Sister!! IMMEDIATELY --called her back to see 'what the heck' was going on! She told me she had jumped out of an airplane!!! After about (what seemed like a 10 minute pause on my end) I had to ask the obvious question-----"ON PURPOSE???" Come to find out, this has been a 'life long' dream of hers!!! I say she is CRAZEEEE---but---Sis, gotta hand it to you----accomplished something you have been passionate about your whole life!!! My 'straw' hat is off to you, KID!!! I can't even get up the courage to pick up an onion laying off the side of the road that fell off the onion truck!!! Keep on fullfilling those dreams (no matter how crazeee it makes me!!). ---------- Some peoples gardens really grow great this time of year--am thinking my garden is 'shrinking'! Potatoes, onions and cabbage are doing GREAT! Tizzzzzzz a good thing I have a weeeee bit of the Irish in me - cause it doesn't look like there will be a lot of other things! Have replanted several things (several times)! Did find 3 beans that are growing pretty darn good! At least I can make a 3-Bean Salad!!! What does a 3-Bean Salad have to do with my Crazeee Sister??? Absolutely NOTHING!!! I don't even know if she likes 3-Bean Salad----------but then, I didn't know she wanted to jump out of an airplane!!! ps: didn't Crazeee Sister promise me some photos???

SEEMS LIKE THERE IS SOME CATCHING UP TO DO!!!

Realize I have some major catching up to do and will do without the picture of the KATSUP bottle (this time)! So am just going to rush through with the

'what the HELL had been going on' as fast as I can!!! Left off with the planting of tom. plants (prior to the wonderful lady next door)... Tom. plants?---ended up planting 18 tom. plants. Was informed that evening that 5 of my recently planted tom. plants where 'DESTROYED' by 'cute little doves'!!! Doves are supposed to 'cooooooooo and just look cute!' NOT DESTROY!!!! I sat on the kitchen floor and cried---Gus dropped his favorite chew toy in my lap, I cried harder!!! Decided to give the destroyed toms. a chance to come back to life, did NOT happen, so replanted and just MOVED ON!!! Things have been happening: Graduation for #4 (N) grandson! Honour Society!! My 'cup runneth over'------how proud are we??? Pretty obvious that he does NOT take after his G'ma! #5 grandson (A) was climbing a tree, fell out, major surgery, cast! Screwed up his summer!!! (possibly---more like his G'ma!). Lotsa babies: turkeys, goslings, duckies, chickies! Some garden things are doing great---pots., onions, cabbage--other things are struggling (the important things) like Heirloom Toms.!!! Shower for granddaughter, major hightlight! Little 'O' is doing great!!! The picture is that of a 'bee swarm'! Sometimes, for whatever reason, bees just decide to move on----that's what these guys did! Pretty sure they are some of our bees, have had 'other' bees end up here and retrieved them! Hopefully--these guys will land someplace where there is a home and are not destroyed!!! While trying to retrieve this swarm---------I actually got stung, once------on the forehead-------I have noticed since the sting that there are NO wrinkles on my forehead!!! Perhaps---------a little 'sting' in various other wrinkled places would fill in nicely and I could knock a few years off this weathered, aged face without going 'under the knife' (not that I would)---just a little 'sting' here and there (as opposed to a tuck here and there!!!!!!) No botox needed!!!...Will be monitoring that!!!

YOU WILL BE MISSED---

Sharing this beautiful Rose because it was the contact picture on my cell phone of a dear, sweet lady that 'was called home' this week. My dear friend, my dear neighbor... Not that she was a 'friend of flowers' cause when she received flowers for all those wonderful 'flower holidays' she would enjoy them for a while and then have me retrieve them and give them a home and hopefully a life! They came to my flower beds and will be enjoyed for, hopefully, many years! What can I say about my dear neighbor/friend??? She would have been 92 years in August of this year! Peacefully, met her maker as she sat in her chair, watching her favorite news station----------Her mind was totally intact---I can think of many challenging conversations we had on many various topics---especially POLITICS!!!!!!! OMG! We where not even on the same page--but it was always a 'Great Debate' heated controversy, then "Love ya---talk later"! Her mind was there, her body was pooped. If you know an elderly person----talk to them, pick their brain, they know so much about history cause they have LIVED it! They love to TALK, you need to LISTEN----do NOT let this wonderful opportunity pass you by--YOU will benefit! I Love you, I Miss you! Thank you for every moment we have shared! XOXOXO!!!