Repairmen Day

 We have sunshine. It is so appreciated after 18 days of clouds and rain. I never turn down the chance of getting sunlight through the back of anything. This is a smaller bloom so I have zoomed in on it to get all of those great colors. 

 I picked all of the white blooms earlier, three actually, so when this new one shows up I can't not take a shot of it. I remember buying a packet of white zinnias one year and the next year's seed did not hold the genetics of a white flower. 

 My multi-headed sunflowers are not holding up very well with all of our rain Where there is suppose to be seed there are spongy wet black pads. Usually I get birds on them but they are spoiled. 

 My Japanese maple tree has really done well this summer.. I kept it watered for a long time but I have stopped as we just kept getting rain. The trunks of the tree turned green and new leaves are everywhere  at the top.

 I was mourning the loss of this iris as it had all rotted out. I think it was actually iris grubs as the  rhizomes were all hollow. To my surprise this one rhizome just shot up two sprouts from the ends of it.  I have now moved it to a better location where it will have good drainage and more light. I hope I have saved it,

 Time is all I needed to finally see my transplanted iris growing. It has been cool and wet but they did root down anyway. There were larger rhizomes. These were some small bits that I just didn't want to throw away. We are gong to have five or six good days, no rain, and lots of sunshine to help things get rooted in for spring.

 I backed out the car this morning and hand washed it. It had dirt on it from a rain two weeks ago.. I did do it myself and it felt good to see how the surface of the car is doing. I have dings form other parked cars and other things that need to be toughed up from parking curbs. If I could get some touch up white I could take care of some of that.

We are having a new garbage disposal installed today. It is happening right now so I can get some blogging done. I think the disposal is the original one when the house was built back in 2003. Rather than paying a repair bill we are just going to get a new one. I have installed three different ones in my lifetime but today I have a guy doing it without my help.  Things in the house are slowing having to be replaced because of the age of the place. The furnace and water heater were replaced a year ago. 

It is nice to look out and see sunshine.  Our grass is getting shaggy again but I am not going to worry about it until Monday.  I have to do a dentist thing on Thursday.  I have three other appointments this month. scattered through the end of the month.  I will be glad to get them all done.

Thanks for stopping by today.    

No Mo Rain

 

 

I have a whole pot of non flowers except for this one petunia. The weather and time has destroyed the whole planter. The little blue flowers are so small that they really don't count.

 The honeysuckle does attract the humming birds but I can't get close enough to catch a photo of them eating. I would like to see them put their beaks up into those flowers.

The  rain has finally stopped. It is so soggy out there. We had so much rain in various amounts that is hard to really get a good known actual amount. They are saying that we had 15 inches for the month of September. I worked outside a little bit today but it will be better when we warm up. I am starting to dismantle my sunflowers that are filled with dead blooms. I checked out my iris and they are growing. The roots have really become established and new green growth is showing on everything. Seven days of sunshine will make they much happier. Actually I will be happier and I am sure the iris will soak in that sunshine and maybe their soil can dry out.  We made a trip to Pizza Ranch to get out of the house today. 

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Middle of the Week

 The rose is surviving the continue rainfall. I was surprised that anything is blooming out there. The few morning glories are putting out a few blooms but most things are water sogged. 

 The droplets of water are always there. I didn't know they were so heavy until I see the photo. 

 Even the sedum is a little under the weather. It has changed their color being kept wet for forever. 

 I did work outside for a short time when it wasn't raining. I am slowly cutting back my sunflowers and I discovered this tomato that was ripening. This tomato season really was not a great one. We had some to eat and to share, but it was not abundant with four plants. 

 My three new beds of iris are doing well. You can see how they are perked up from getting their roots established. I do wish they were further along.  I suppose this spring many things will start to grow and it will look better. 

 

We have had a quiet day. It is one where we just hunker down and stay inside. I was out for a half hour but otherwise I did inside stuff.  I am ready for some good fall days. We do have one tree that is really changing and dropping leaves. I will have to go back to mulching with my mower. The rest of the trees are just changing tints right now but there are no bright colors so far. 

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Meaner Than a Junkyard Dog

 

 

 

 Photos that are squeezed between others that I haven't used tend to get buried. I may have already shared one of them but maybe not. I mowed the yard both front and back this morning as it had stopped raining. It did start raining at two in the afternoon. Two other neighbors were out there mowing also to get it done before the next rainfall. We have very green grass with all of the moisture. It looks great for this time of the year. It may slow down the leaves turning color.

 I took the shot and have never shared it as it doesn't fit in with anything. My Grandmother married twice. She lost her husband, my grandfather Brown, in 1937. She remarried and lost her second husband in 1961. We lost her in 1973 from cancer. She worked hard and had so little to live on but enjoyed what little she had. I have quilts that she made. I have that wedding dress and the gold bracelet. I have it only because I was the last person standing. 

My grandfather Brown in the picture, my mom's dad, had a name that we as kids laughed about.  Jim Croce wrote a song about "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown". "He was the baddest man in the whole dang town. Meaner than a junk yard dog, bigger than ole Kind Kong".  Actually Leroy Martin Brown was a smaller guy who was known as a horse trader. He dug graves at cemeteries and looked for work a lot. Keeping his wife and three kids fed was difficult for him.  My grandmother helped neighbor women birth children and I assume they gave her food in payment for that work. For survival, my grandmother married a widowed farmer. So when I look at the wedding photo I thinks of so many stories. 

Thanks for stopping by today, Yes, I am a grandson of a horse trader.  

Clouds Above and Some Sunshine

 It was a dark start to the day. Th sun was not to be seen with all of the overcast of cloud cover. We are getting spells of sunshine but it will not be that often.

 The morning seems to be a dramatic view for the most of the morning. It has warmed up even with no sunshine. We will reach 75 degree F. today. 

 

It was a cluttered shot that my camera had to  focused through all of the flimsy clouds. It does  show an almost perfect round moon view. 

 Olives decorate the bowl on an olive oil bowl. It is intended for the dipping of bread pieces in olive oil. We have to work on getting some baked bread loaf to let us use it. 

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Sunday's Stuff

 It has finally stopped raining. It was time to go out in the late afternoon and get another bouquet. There are so many flowers that it does not look I had picked any. I have lots of branching where the new blooms will form, It will happen if the temperatures hold good for flowers.

 

 The white looks so great against the dark wood. I will put the bouquet on our dinning room table so we can enjoy it wile we are eating. 

 We put our carved wood African animals away for a while. We have had them on display for years in both our old house and now our new house. We will probably get them out sometime again but for now we are going to keep things simple for the display on the couch buffet. 

It was nice to not have to walk into church in the rain. Our temps have dropped for a while but we are suppose to warm up gradually the net few days. Our rain totals in the area are said to be over 12 inches. It is so varied but we will just go with the average. I could check mine and write it down each time but I am not that organized. I am busy bloggibg, ha.

Thanks for stopping by today.  

Saturday Afternoon

 

If it werent' for the cooler weather coming our way I would think we are living in a tropical climate. I have lost track of all of our rian amounts. The weather people really don't have a clear account of it as the rains vary in amounts all over the state. Our big city itself has so many differences in amount totals. I went out to take shots this afternoon and emptied and inch and a half of rain out of my gauge. 

 

 Our flowers are in decline and our tree leaf colors change really has not started. I mowed my yard last Thursday and by the time I was done everyone else was out mowing their yards. It was good as it was the only time of the whole week where we could avoid mowing in the rain. The zinnia blooms are holding their own even though some are laying down from different wind storms. I have less morning glory blooms now and the roses are in their final season of blooms. I will deadhead roses one more time just in case the bushes decide to re-bud. 

 

We took off for Hobby Lobby today. We didn't have any big purchases to make. We wanted to get out of the house and it is only a few miles from us now. We got a lot of walking in and did pick up a few things.  Saturday is not a good day to shop there but we just dodge all the shopping carts. It didn't rain on us during that time but it did rain before and after we were there. We saw sunshine yesterday and is was so great to see. 

 The rains hace the hummingbirds changing some of their behaviors. I do thinks some have started to migrate. We still have a few wars for space but there are less birds out there. We ill have bird migrations going on soon. I hear that the pelicans are flying south right now and some are out at our local Lake Saylorville. We hear the Canada geese flying over in now small numbers as they keep changing from different feeding areas. Our corn is being harvested so the are moving out into those areas. 

Sunday is coming and thank you for stopping by today.