What a Summer

• The hot water tank needed replaced. 

• The Pella windows in the girl's bedrooms rotted at the bottom and were replaced.

• Over the years there was a small leak in the toilet in the powder and thus it needed to be replaced which meant some of the wooden floor needed replaced as well.  Thank goodness we saved the unneeded Bruce flooring when the house was built.

Learning to Share

We've never seen two hummers eat at the same time!  Happily the camera was handy.

Glorious 10 Days with Signy, Roslyn and Liesl

After your visit to Wisconsin, you three were with us for almost 10 days!  Wildlife Prairie Park, swimming in the Charterwood pool, Chocolatier, Sugar Grove, Discovery Museum, and of course the dollhouse and the patio garden where Signy was mesmerized by the many flowers.  The first day here the girls wanted to visit the Hort Center!!!  Plans were to go there for homemade ice cream and view the Fairview Pk fireworks.  A magical evening. 

The daylilies were beginning their prime show of their huge blooms.  I picked the blooms each morning and piled them on a plate for us to admire for the one day.  Not many hummers, though, even with the extra feeder which Laurie presented to me for my 75th birthday.  You ate well, slept well, and were so helpful.  And twice we made bacon which I haven't made in years.  And of course, as usual, Oompa loving his sweet treats and excelling at pancake and waffle making.

Roslyn flossed Liesl's teeth and fixed her hair.   Twice Liesl made the beds!  What fun to have Liesl and Roslyn at Zumba Gold -- Lucy adores having them there. Sometimes when I was in the kitchen the girls would individually ask, "Meema, can I help you with anything?"  Wonderful!

Black Bear at Wildlife Prairie Park

Brave Liesl at Sugar Grove

Signy studying the flowers.  The sunflower has not yet bloomed.

July 4 or 5th

Roslyn is flossing Liesl's teeth.

Poor Little Red Car

Tim noticed this on Little Red Car's windshield the morning they were leaving to drive up North.  This would have happened while LRC was in our driveway!

I left the car overnight at Kelley's to have some work done but this did not happen there because I would have noticed it when I picked him/her up.

Stephen's Auto Glass put in a new windshield at our house -- not covered by insurance because of a large deductable.  Cost was just a tad over $350.00.  Not bad. 

Laurie and Tim's 15th Annivesary at our House!!

How we are loving having you here. In the morning you all will leave for Milwaukee picking up Signy's friend Gracie to join you camping on Madeline Island.  Then you will return the girls to us as you drive back.  This will be the last time you return to Jessup Trail because soon you will moving to your larger house in Grapevine! 

I Vowed I Would Never, Never, Never Do Facebook

I swore I would never, never, never, do Facebook but some of my friends said it is such a terrific way to keep in touch with friends.  And it's secure.  No one can get to my page unless I've requested them to be a "friend."  Never say never because I realize why Facebook is popular.  


Click on this link to go to my Facebook Page. 

Facebook

Something I said I never would do I am doing.  I have a Facebook page.  This means I have Facebook friends who share tidbits of their lives, including photos.  Then I share tidbits of my life including photos.  This is called social media -- in other words, Facebook is a way of bringing people together.  It's lots of fun! I shared this photo of Gabi and 40 people wrote comments. 

Gabi on the driveway waiting for Dad to come home.

I Will Survive!

Even though the prairie garden is no more due to the infestation of giant fox tail, some plants survived! 

Pink Obedient Plant

Coneflower., a particular cultivar 

 

Yellow Baptisia, Anise Hyssop

Prairie Dock

Lilac 'sensation'

Isn't she beautiful?  This unusual lilac with blossoms outlined in white is called "sensation", a sensation, indeed.