Back Yard...

This is the back yard of the mountain office....

the color is starting to creep in...

Mid-October should be the peak..

then it's all down a snowy hill from there into Winter..

..Hope is Forever..

Enough said......

..Hope is Forever..

Pipevine.....

Heading south my little butterfly friend..?

Safe travels...

..Hope is Forever..

Hummm...??

Hummmm..

I'm sitting here listening to the news about the major soda companies reducing the amount of calories and sugar they will be putting in their products...

Is this really for the betterment of our health or because their sales have dropped 46%?  Plus the fact that bottled water/health drinks sales have increased...

Hummmmm...

I'd say...$$$$$$..!!

 

..Hope is Forever..

Got Nothing....

..so..

Thought I'd send you a little chuckle...!!

..Hope is Forever..

Grits.....

My fur babies like Grits...

Strange dogs..

Every morning it's a whine fest until i finish and they can lick the bowl..

Wonder what they would do if each had their own bowl of grits...?

..Hope is Forever..

Yipping and Yapping....

Another "Dog Guy" convention was held across the road this week...

or

Maybe they were Christmas tree buyers...

All I know is......there was alot of barking going on...!

I'm so easy to entertain....

 

..Hope is Forever..

OK....

..the mountains are playing hide and seek again..!!

..Hope is Forever..

Helper...

Lula Belle...

She spent all day helping the Dillard Brother's in a supervisor way..

she rushed from area to area making sure the mowing lines were straight and that the new rock was placed just so......

I think she was really chasing the little critters that ran out of the field..

But

She may have been a little helper

(Shrug shoulders here)

..Hope is Forever..

It's Officially Fall.....

In the Fall of every year the Dillard Brother's appear and re-rock our driveway, then mow the 12 Acre Wood....

Well....guess who appeared out of the mist yesterday...?

The Dillard Brothers!!

It's Fall You All..!

..Hope is Forever..

Somewhere....

..out there.......there's a road!

If i find it ..... it should lead me to work...

Took this picture at 7:15 this morning....

things are a changing...!!

..Hope is Forever..

Did I tell You...

...this is what it looks like outside right now..?

Did I tell you that the grocery store CityBoy works at closed it's door for the last time this past Saturday?

Did I tell you we spent the hours of 12:30am - 3:00am in the ER Thursday morning...?

Seems in closing and packing up the store CityBoy pinched a nerve in the space between your shoulders and lost the use of his right arm...?

Did I tell you we spent 3 hours yesterday....going from pharmacy to pharmacy trying to find the Rx for CityBoys shoulder....?......we finally found it at a CVS in Boone....

Did I tell you I called into work yesterday...sooo...that we could find his Rx and then came home and took a 3 hour nap....?

Did I tell you it's been a fun...fun...fun .... 48 hours up here in my little world...?

Did I tell you....i'm beginning to feel like "Annie"....

Tomorrow....tomorrow.....there's always tomorrow.....!

..Hope is Forever..

Whoaaaa....!!

...when did the world turn another notch..?

7:00 AM ... it's still dark outside... and ...

the spawn of the Pumpkin People are popping up all over the country side...!!

..Hope is Forever..

Still raining....

but

should stop by mid-morning...!

Now it's time to watch out for the washed out roads and the leaves...

Leaves...?

Yep.....leaves can be as slippery as ice when they're wet...

Who Knew...?!

..Hope is Forever..

Flash Floods.....

that's what happening..!!

some areas of the high country have had over 3" of rain since 3pm..

It maybe time to break out the floatation devices...

..Hope is Forever..

Oops......

...I've lost the mountains...!

The August fogs have carried over into September...

and I've lost control of the bean count...

Have no idea how many beans should be in the jar....  
  :(

..Hope is Forever..

It's Beginning...

some of the leaves outside the office door are starting to change....

A couple of the trees on my way home have already lost almost all their leaves...

Hummmmm

Gonna be a strange Fall...

..Hope is Forever..

Another Barn Quilt....

The Quilt Square Girls did it again...!!

We wanted a picture of the 3M's...(Max, Mia,Misskitty)

and this is what they came up with...

Those girls are soooooo talented..!

This quilt is metal with a laminate finish..I supplied the photos...the girls designed it and sent it away for processing...

Check them out on Facebook..

It is so life-like that when Max first saw it, he growled at it for over an hour...

Silly Boy...!

..Hope is Forever..

I'm Back....!!

and they're back..!

Yep...

the jet jockeys are back...

They appear in late August and will stay around during the fall and winter months.

Don't know why....maybe....it's the wind or weather conditions...

But

They're back...

..Hope is Forever..