A Bit of a Cool Down

   Good morning Saturday,

     This morning we are a bit cooler-not a lot, and no full sun as of yet at around 9am  With all the rain and storms here along with high humidity it hasn't been good for me to work outdoors.

   So I went out early and since we have had so much rain here this week the weeds pulled right out. I worked for about an hour so I wouldn't over do it, and to check on husband. I am so happy with the perennials I have picked up this summer. Most are doing really well. A couple of the bee balm are still very slow growing but most are looking really good.. When I was in Lowes I picked up two really pretty echinacea plants. I decided to put the two plants into two tubs like this one.  I have added a lot of bags of garden soil to this area-which is to the left looking out the door. For some reason nothing grows well here at all not sure why This gets full sun for part of the day and then a little less sun in the afternoon. Thought these plants would  do well in these pots. Love the color

  Yesterday a good friend of ours that Larry had met when we first bought this home, stopped by to visit. His parents own a lake house here that they mostly rent out. He offered to cut my grass for me-to get me caught up-it was very tall. I don't think he realized how much grass is here to cut. I am so thankful-he has been a good friend-always stops in to see us when he comes down for a weekend. He lives in the Kansas City Mo area and is in between jobs at the moment-He is a trained chef and also a manager for big restaurants.  I suggested if he wanted to relocate to this area-there are lots and lots of new restaurants here at the lake now.

 Larry's suburban hasn't been driven for about a year and a half now I try to remember to start it and let it run for a bit. Now that I need to move it before Tuesday when the appliances get delivered it won't start. I never learned how to charge a battery so I will need help with that and get it moved out of the way before Tuesday-always something stressful right now-I am working on relaxing my mind 

 We watch a little of Fox and Friends for morning news and today they mentioned the storm damages at Lake in the Ozarks-There was a lot here-we had another mini storm that sounded like a tornado on the water again a couple days ago.  I think these storms pop up with high humidity and temperatures

  Have a good weekend

  I was looking around on You Tube and this video popped up about Lake in the Ozarks that was recorded this July 4th-I knew this was a party lake in some areas so it shows that too, and at the end we lost electric here on the 4th of July and the city had hired a fireworks show that defaulted at the last minute so the cities told everyone they could shoot off fireworks off of their docks It was an interesting video 

      watch here  ooops you will need to set the video at the beginning as when I tested the link it went to the  middle instead