Yep...

..that's FOG moving over the Blue Ridge...

Guess I need to put another bean in the jar....

..Go For Your Dreams..

Happy Birthday....

..to my baby boy..

The MaleChild who came into this world six weeks early, with a full head of hair and great lungs.

Who spent two weeks in the NICU and his first year of life trying to gain weight.

With such a rough start he's gone on to do wonderful things...!

Love Ya...

..Go For Your Dreams..

It's 52 degrees .......

..on the front porch this morning...!

I think Fall is creeping up on us and pretty soon things will look like this again...

Can't wait...Fall is my favorite season...

Plus

I've got some new  vest and jackets....!!

 

..Go For Your Dreams..

Should I....

..call this another "bean in the jar day?"

..Go For Your Dreams..

The MaleChild....

..was here over the weekend...

And took a few shots of the hummers...

How does he do that...?!

I always get bullet shaped blurs.....

.. Go For Your Dreams..

The driveway garden...

is coming right along...

Fall blooms are taking over...!

..Go For Your Dreams..

Sorry about....

..the picture quality...

But

it was rainy...the sun was setting and it was getting on toward dark..

This 

is just 5 of the 16 hummers we had buzzing around the feeders...!

Drink up little birdies....it'll be time to travel south soon...

..Go For Your Dreams..

Another First....

...I heard it....CityBoy saw it....

Thru the fog the first school bus of the year chugged by..!!

 Yep it's that time of the year..

..Go for Your Dreams..

Another .....

bean in the jar....!

So far I've only got 3 beans...

Not bad for the middle of August..

However

I'm thinking the worst is yet to come..

..Go For Your Dreams..

Looks like...

we're dealing with Congestive Heart Failure...

Seems to be common with Jack Russell's -

Maybe 'cause they are soooooo active..!

Anyway...

She's on med's and is doing fine....

Recheck next month..

 

Plus the Malechild moved back to Boone yesterday...

everything for his graduate studies came thru on Monday and away he went.

Another 2 years of ASU...!!

and this is the kid I didn't think would make it thru high school.

Thanks for all your prayers and good wishes...

 

..Go For Your Dreams..

 

. 

Recheck....

..Mia's been on heart meds for 2 weeks..

and

It's time for her recheck.

She better....back to ruling the roost...

but

her breathing is still short and shallow.

I'll keep you posted...

..Go For Your Dreams..

Somewhere.....

..in this twisted glob of hair is a cat...

I think...!

Misskitty where are you? ..... haven't seen you in a while....

..Go For Your Dreams..

Drop....

..another bean in the jar...!

..Go For Your Dreams..

It's here....

..the first fog in August of this year....!

You know what this means....

Let the "bean counting" begin..!!

I think I'll call this one a light snow....it's burning off already...

..Go For Your Dreams..

It's cooler up here.....

and I have one lonely little reddish orange mushroom outside the park office that needs some friendly visits...

Are the mountains calling you?

Come see us...Mushie is waiting for you...

..Go For Your Dreams..

A Flock...?

I counted fourteen of the little buggers yesterday morning...!

We are filling the feeders twice a day..sometimes three times..!

Their wings make sooooo much noise you can hear it inside with the A/C on...!

According to the nature books ...for every one you see, there are four more hovering around in the trees..!

Yikes.....we're being invaded...!!

What do you call that many hummers.....a flock?......a gaggle?.....a swarm?

I call it expensive....we're going thru about 10 pounds of sugar a week...

..Go For Your Dreams..