MAWMAW IS PULLING OUT THE BIG GUNS

Leaf art suppose to be turned the other way, oh well

Talking heads

Designer dish towel

Bountiful harvest ( someone else's)

My harvest

Harvesting the crop

Look Mawmaw it's ripe

The summer is moving right along, but we have been keeping John Pearson and Emily during the day since May. I think they may be starting to get a little bored with us. We did the pool, creek and river outings with them the first few weeks, but to be honest it was about to wear me and John out. The pool didn't have any shade, I am deathly afraid of snakes at the creek and like I said before when we went to the river there was so much goose poop it kind of grossed me out.

This past week we have stayed close to home and looked for things around the house to keep them entertained. John let them paint a picnic table and chairs, the mail box, the grill and I think they will probably paint the basketball goal and the cloths line post tomorrow. Hope the black paint holds out.

We went down to Hobby Lobby yesterday to pick up some supplies. The picture above is the kids with white Styrofoam heads. John came back to where we were taking pictures of them with the heads and said "Excuse me mam but I think I need to call security". A sale clerk that was just on the other side of the isle looked around and asked if he needed some help. John's face turned really red. He didn't realize anyone was within earshot.

We did some leaf painting today. I know there is a technique to it, which I don't know, but it kept me and the kids busy and entertained for a couple of hours. I probably enjoyed it more that the kids and will probably try to do it when I have a little time of my own to perfect my skills:)

Then I got out the embroidery thread and material and spent awhile showing Emily how to embroidery. She seems to have a lot of patience for that sort of thing. Our biggest problem was threading the needle. I can't see how to thread the needle and her little finger just have not got that skilled yet. It was funny watching her though, she was really concentrating, with needle right up to her face and her tongue sticking out the corner of her mouth. I should have taken a picture of that.

We also harvested my tomato yesterday. This is the fruit of my farming that I talked about on an earlier post. Actually I was really pleased that it grew to ripen on the vine without being eating by bugs, worm or birds and I have two more that may get ripe in about a week. My bell pepper is about the size of a ping pong ball. I told Emily we could put up a vegetable stand but the sign would have to read "TOMATO FOR SALE".

My friend Sandra called me today and ask if I knew anyone that had any fresh dill and I was able to say "Yes as a matter of fact, I have some". So she and Charles came up to pick up about twelve dill heads from me and came bearing this huge bag of fresh veggies ( Damn those St. Florian farm boys). I posted them so everyone would think that I had grown all that stuff, but alas my lone tomato is the only thing I have to show for all my hard work.

I have decided that I would never have made it as a pioneer woman what with all sewing for the whole family, the planting, harvesting trying to preserve enough food to eat all winter not to mention the birthing babies in the back of a covered wagon. I would probably have been buried along side the trail before we got twenty mile down the road.