My little wagon and wheelbarrow

Last summer I brought the little wheelbarrow and wagon that I had as a kid and my parents had saved them over the years.  They stayed in the utility room till this summer when I finally picked  a place to put them in the yard.  We had to have a stump ground from a tree that fell (part of it on the roof of the house - right after our new roof was finished).  We added some more soil and it is becoming a flower bed.  I have a camellia planted in the center.  It is a lt. pink rosette flower and I rooted it myself.  Go Me!  Around it I am starting to plant daylilies-some I've brought from La.  Anyway, I decided to put the wagon and wheelbarrow in the middle of all this as plants aren't full in the bed yet.

I took this picture a few days ago and I think they look a little fuller now, or maybe it it just the light. I think that over the winter I'll empty out the dirt and store both of them inside. I bought impatiens plants and planted marigold seeds. They each have a morning glory vine in them.  I guess I planted some seeds in there.....who remembers?  :-)

Hoarder, hoarder, who's the hoarder???

Today N and I went to the library and then to get some lunch.  As we walking into the restaurant, he pointed out that we were walking beside a hoarder car.  Wow, it was full, only space for the driver to sit.
 

 When we went in I immediately starting looking to see who might belong to the car.  There were only a few customers who appeared to be alone.  A guy in the far corner, a lady eating alone and maybe another guy.  Hmmm....then they opened another register and I looked at the lady who was already in line and thought, um hum, that's her.  She was dressed reasonably well, looked clean and didn't smell.  But you could tell.  She was already trying to order when we went in and we ordered, waited, got our food and sat down and started to eat and she was still at the counter doing her order.  The counter lady was patient and seemed to handle it okay, even when she went back over to the order register and had more conversation.  Finally she got her  bag of food and came and sat right behind me and started immediately with a hacking cough!  Soon that settled down.  We didn't get to see her get in the car as she went back to the counter another time and started a conversation with the man at the booth behind her.  Many people coming past the car coming into the building noticed the condition of it and when they got in the restaurant they looked around trying to figure who might go with the car.

I think I've watched most of the hoarder shows and it really makes one stop and think about the items we keep..

 There are times when I feel somewhat sorry for the people as many of them have suffered some major trauma in their lives.  I hate it when they have animals living in the situation. Some of them just do not want to give up any of their "stuff",  giving up their family for it and continue living in filth.  Hard to understand, but it's an illness and they definitely need help.

To clean or not to clean - I think I have my answer.....

Oy, I just watched Million Dollar Listing Miami.`  Sam, the woman agent on the show had a darling Yorkie for 8 1/2 years.  She loved Chloe so much.  She took her to the vet to have her teeth cleaned and there were complications and Chloe died!  This hit me hard as I have vets in Louisiana and Tennessee saying I should have Zippy's teeth cleaned.  I have talked with them both about this possibility and the fact that he is so small and they have trachea issues.  My next door neighbor in La,  said her daughter worked at  Banfield vet at a PetSmart and the  vet convinced a lady to have her dog's teeth cleaned and it died.  I think that seeing this show tonight added to the fact that I'm worried about having this done makes me think that I'm not going to do it.  If he has some other problem that has to be taken care of and he is put under for that, then they can clean his teeth.  Otherwise, not.  Years ago you never heard of dogs having their teeth cleaned. 

The weather has turned cooler and it's so wonderful.  We are going to do a little work in the yard even though it has gotten later in the day.  I know it probably won't last too long but it's so great while it's here. 

Ok, Here I go again.......
 
This Northfield day lily has been blooming for a few weeks. We were fortunate to receive it at Oakes Daylilies  last year when they had their open house It is much more yellow in person than it appears to be in this iphone photo.  Maybe I'll try a few photos with our regular camera.

Long time.......

     Haven't been here in a long time. 
     We sold the Dodge last fall.  At least the guy is working on it and will be driving the car.  We were rarely using it.  The last time out to Sonic, it had to come home on a wrecker.  By the time the Dodge was sold, it was (as my Dad would have said) "running like a sewing machine".  It was my Dad's first and only car bought brand new and he & my Mom drove it for many, many miles..  Part of me hated to give it up, but it has a new life now.

Remembering my Dad

Today is the date of my Dad's birthday. He has been gone just over 7 years. He always liked to mow the grass, so I mowed some today in his memory. My Mom was a good cook. Today I made stuffed peppers like she did. They were pretty good and I think she would have been proud.