{ THANK-full Thursday }

I took my little Momma to the doctor yesterday and as I waited for the car to warm up I noticed how the sun was shining thru an oak tree full of yellow leaves. On the way, we saw a hot air balloon flying low right beside the highway we were driving on. As we got closer to our turn I saw a long train full of graffiti painted on the cars and after letting Mom out at the door of the office one of my very favorite songs came on the radio, This Is My Story by Big Daddy Weave.

Just some very simple things that made my heart happy!

{ Friday Foto Friends #145 }

Can you even believe that September 1st is tomorrow? Where in the world did the summer go? Where did the last 8 months go? Time really does fly the older we get!

I only have a few fotos to share today!

Looking out our back door.....

 These gorgeous vincas came up volunteer this year.....

And, for those who asked to see my short haircut.....

HOPE everybody has a great Labor Day weekend!

Linking to to Skywatch Friday 

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{ Friday Foto Friends #92 }

I've told y'all the story before about a piece of property that Pappy and I own.  It was given to us by my Mom, but before that it belonged to my Mamaw.  I had asked Mamaw before Pappy and I got married if I could buy a portion of the front for us to put a home on and she told me no......

and I was heartbroken.

😢

 Over the years, she divided her property and my Mom, sister, and brother got certain portions and this piece was given to Mom.  Going on 40 years later it's ours!

Ain't God good?

Oh, yes He is!

I doubt Pappy and I will ever live on this piece of property, but I would ♥ to have a small cabin on it to use as a retreat.

Hey, a girl can always dream.

😊🙏

We had the property mowed and went down earlier this week and did a bit of cleaning around the trees and gathering rocks.  I walked to the back and down the edge near the woods and got these fotos.

Well, except for this one.....

took it in our back yard!

Have a great weekend, Y'All!

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{ Friday Foto Friends #85 }

So, how's every body's summer going so far?

Have you taken a vacation yet?

Where's your favorite place to go.....

beach, mountains, state parks, etc.?

Do you like to go swimming?

Are you a "happy camper"?
Do you enjoy yard work, or do you hire it done?

Inquiring minds want to know!

;-)

Here are a few pics I snapped this week.

I share pictures of my spider lace every year.  I absolutely adore this flower because the seeds  originally came from Mammie, my paternal grandmother, so they're priceless to me.  If locals would like some seed, let me know and I'll save you some this fall.

The gorgeous sky one day when I was working outside.

We spotted Bambi on the side of the road in Rocky Valley.

Fresh eggs from our kiddos.....
yummy!

Pappy and I shoveled 4 scoops of mulch on Monday of this week and he's paid the price every day since. 
 😢

This one is for my friend, Ms. Ann. We talked last SONday at church about how we both love shadows and this greeted me as I walked into the kitchen one morning.



So, that's it for me today.
Thanks so much to everybody who is so faithful to join in when you can.

HOPE y'all have a great weekend.....
stay safe!

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{ Friday Foto Friends #84 }

HOPE everybody has had a great week.

Mine has been full, as usual, and I'm sure yours has, too, but I did manage a few fotos!

Not a very clear picture but you see my little chipmunk friend is getting braver.  He was sitting right outside the front door close to the doormat.  

I love shadows and captured these on the ceiling of the the front porch.

A hole in the sky!

This old building is at the end of the road we live on and I pass by it almost every day but for some reason it stood out to me one day this week.

I filled up one of the bird feeders and lookie who showed up!

HOPE everybody has a great first weekend of summer!

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{ Friday Foto Friends #81 }

Y'all, I almost thought I'd be sharing pics of snow today because it's been COLD around my neck of the woods.  Okay, cold is an exaggeration but the temps this week have been nothing like you'd expect for the month of May. All day yesterday, it only got to around 66 degrees and with the wind it was sweater weather once again.  

So, here's my offering for today.....

A big "hen" and lots of little "chicks".

These originally came from my paternal Grandmother.....

we called her Mammie!

I know you're tired of all of my birdie pics by now, but this should be the last nest full.  These are mockingbirds, not robins, though.  It's not a very clear pic because the little fellows were moving thinking I was their Momma and gonna feed them some yummy worms! 

My lilies are bursting into bloom.  

I've told y'all before that we don't live where I can get good pics of the sunset, so I had to go on our back porch, raise the blinds, tiptoe, stand on a ladder, then stand on my head.....

no, I'm just kidding.....

but, it really is difficult to get a good view from our house. 

This was the sky one morning on my walk.

(Yes....I'm trying to keep it up....yay, me!)

Look at this bloom!  Mercy, it's gorgeous and HUGE. No, it's not in our yard but the garden center at Lowe's.  And, for close to $40, it stayed in the garden center at Lowe's!  ;-)

This just made me smile.  I was sitting in the car waiting on Pappy to get some blood work done and glanced over to the side of the doctor's office and saw this "face"!

Another sky pic..... 

And, you know I rarely post pictures of myself.  Why are we girls like that, though?  So, against my better thinking, here's a selfie I took yesterday to show my sweet friend, Stephanie, a picture of the owlie scarf she gave me recently.....

unfiltered so you get to see ALL of my wrinkles!

That's it for today, sweet Friends.

HOPE everybody has a great Memorial Day weekend!

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{ Friday Foto Friends #80 }

There seems to be a theme with my fotos this week.....close-ups!

HOPE everybody has a great weekend!

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{ Friday Foto Friends #77 }

How's everybody doing?

It's been an extra busy week here, but I still managed to get lots of pics to share today.  As a matter of fact, it's kinda picture overload with a bit of a description for each one.....
so here goes.

Pappy tilled up our little garden plot one day last week but I hadn't purchased any plants for it yet. I'm so glad I hadn't because a neighbor who just happens to be Pappy's cousin came over and asked if we'd like some plants for our garden.  Here's a small portion of what he gave us.  The rest we shared with Jess and her hubby.

The red hot pokers are just beginning to bloom.

I love these plants because they were given to me by my father-in-law.

This Japanese Iris isn't showing up nearly as deep a purple as it actually is.   It also came from my father-in-law.  He loved having flowers in his yard.

Wild violets growing along the side of our road. 

Y'all know I ♥ anything purple!

Totally random and not the clearest picture but a spider built her nest on our carport.

The rhododendron are blooming.

These bushes are at least 25 years old and are loaded with buds this year.

My sweet little snowball bush has several blooms this year. 

We moved it a couple of weeks ago because it wasn't doing well where it was at.

Weeds....um, wildflowers that I picked while walking the road with our littlest grand-kiddos.

Aren't dandelions just beautiful?

One of my Christmas cacti decided to bless me with one bloom for Easter SONday!

I asked Pappy for a clematis a couple of years ago for our anniversary and of course what better color to choose than PURPLE?!?  It's growing up an old rusty trellis at one end of our front sidewalk.  There's a white one planted on the other side but it hasn't bloomed yet.

And, I HAD to include one sky picture.  

I loved the look of that big white fluffy cloud.

I'm looking forward to seeing your pics today.

HOPE everybody has a great weekend.