FALL IS HERE !!!!

It sure didn't feel much like it today with the morning starting out at 60 and the high of 83 this afternoon. I changed my mind on what I had layed out to wear and was glad I did.
But just wait until tomorrow with these predictions it sure should feel like fall.

Market was good today. Hubbie helped daughter and I get set up then he and daughter went to get another load of the free mulch and spread it on her bank. I got very busy while they were gone a couple times with folks lined up at my table.
Between customers I did manage to get two more bunches of money plant shucked to replace the two I sold today.
Daughter came back after they finished her mulch but most of the customers were already gone.
After market I went thrift store shopping for something that looks like 1940's fashion. Next Saturday is Old Timey Day at market and the theme is the 40's.  I found a couple style hats that could fit,depending on what I decide to wear.
This red hat looks a lot like a "flapper" style hat and I think that era was the 50's but not sure.

I found this new hat .

And I already had this one .

The clothing back then was plain and most women wore plain oxford type blouses and middy length skirts. Which I already have both those. I looked today for maybe a gingham print skirt but didn't have any luck.
After all this looking and of course I could never go into a thrift store and only look for one thing !!
I also had to pick up baking supplies from Sav-Mor ,Aldi and Walmart so it was 5:00 when I finally got home.
Whew ! I would love to call it a day right now !! But then I looked into Flash and Annie's eyes as they stared hungrily at me through the screen door and I headed out to do the evening chores.
I came back inside to watch the news while hubbie grilled us a couple steaks for supper.
It was almost dark by the time the clouds lifted enough to get a sunset picture.

The moon rose above the clouds as the wind from the cold front that is coming though tonight picked up.
The 40's by morning will be a shock to us after the heat of today.
As summer comes to an end I can say it has been a memorable one, with the addition of some new renters with their cattle and horses to fill our lower pasture.  #2 son's search for a new house has been exciting and hopefully he has found what he has been looking for. G-son began kindergarten in August  and is enjoying it so far. Hubbie and I took 2 mini vacations and really had good weather and enjoyed both of them immensely. The weather here at the farm was extreme on several occasions but thankfully we only suffer washouts and blown down limbs.Temperatures went from comfortable to blazing hot over the course of the 3 month summer, sometimes in the span of a few hours.All in all it was a good summer season and I saw many more blessings than I deserve for sure.
Still nursing a scratchy throat I'm going to bed early and get all snuggled down under the covers !!
Thanking God for a wonderful day and looking forward to what He sends us in the fall season.
Good Night and God Bless

T.G.I.F. FOR SURE THIS WEEK

Pea soup was the order for the morning .

It was 51 degrees and as you can see very foggy to start this day out.
After I got g-son to school I had time to do the chores and eat breakfast before taking Dolly to town for her grooming appointment.
The fog was lifting quickly and in town the sun was already shining brightly. I dropped her off and headed straight home to get a morning walk in.
I baked cakes this morning, 6 caramel,2 coconut,2 chocolate, 2 pound and 2 wine cakes. 
They called for Dolly to be picked up in only about 2 hours which was different than the normal 4 hours she usually has to stay there.
She looks so pretty,all fluffy.

A good friend that I don't get to see very often came over this afternoon to cut some curly willow from my tree to use as a display for a craft show she is doing in Pumpkintown,SC next month. I had just taken the last cakes from the ovens and she was in no hurry so we got to have a nice visit. Her name is Pam and she used to have the table next to mine in the market and we discovered our likes and dislikes were very similar and became quick friends. She had to take a full time job and gave up her market table so now we only get to visit every once in a while with both our busy lifestyles.
After she left I sewed some of the pillows I had cut out and laying on my sewing machine.
I could only make the blue ones because I am out of white stuffing and could only had light green which would show through the white pillows.

These have sold very well this summer and I am almost out of material for them. That means another trip to the Pickens flea market in the near future.
Hubbie went straight over to pick up a load of free mulch for daughter when he got off work while she was there to help him spread it. He picked us up a load on the way home and spread it on a steep bank so he can stop mowing it. We need 1 more load and so does daughter.
Talked to #2 son tonight and all the appraisals and estimates are in on the house he is buying so now it is up to the banks for at least a short while.
I iced all my cakes and am headed to bed early tonight still not feeling up to par, I have been sneezing a lot this evening.
Maybe a good night's sleep will help fend off this cold.
Grateful to God tonight for watching over my family and blessing each one of us with undeserved blessings every day.
Good Night and God Bless.

BUSY MARKET AND 1992 MEMORIES

I felt terrible when I got up this morning, after I fixed g-son some breakfast I wanted to lay back down so bad but knew that would not be a good idea!
I have been feeling kinda yucky for a couple days with a scratchy throat and general tiredness. Hubbie just got over a nasty cold and I figure I'm going to get my turn.
I made myself a hot cup of tea and pushed through the yucky feelings. When I got back from school I did chores and got ready for market. I seemed to feel better as the morning wore on,thankfully.
Market was pretty good today for a change on Thursday. I stayed steadily busy all day with hardly any time to do anything but shuck a bunch of money plant to replace one that was sold.
I did the regular errands after market and had a list of baking supplies for daughter as well as myself to pick up.
I made it home just as Hubbie got here from work. We unloaded and got things put away then watched the news.
Today was "Front Line" day for all the dogs along with regular evening chores.This stuff has kept the fleas and ticks at bay all summer and I have one more dose in October to hopefully get them all through this years flea and tick season.
I also iced 6 more caramel cakes this evening for an order for Saturday.
Daughter and a friend came by to pick up her supplies after a women's church conference they attended tonight at Biltmore Baptist church.
I am going to bed early tonight to catch up on some lost sleep from not feeling good the last couple nights. I feel fine tonight and even the scratchyness in my throat is gone. Thank you Lord.
I looked at September 1992 pictures and they really told me how time has flown by. #1 son played youth football that year. The games were on Saturday afternoon and he practiced every evening. 
This is his team picture.

And this is his photo in his uniform.

He also loved going fishing with his pawpaw and on this occasion they brought home fish worthy of pictures.

Daughter proved she wasn't afraid to handle the big fish.

I can't remember if she caught this one of not .
Also that September they all had class pictures made.
This is #1 son's 5th grade pic.

#2 son was in 4th grade that year.

And daughter was in 2nd grade.

As I looked at daughter and her friend tonight who graduated with her and I remembered hearing them giggle their selves to sleep on the nights Amber stayed here. Now they are all grown up and both work in the school system they graduated from. Amber has been married and is now getting a divorce,oh my how time has flown !!!!!
I am thankful for the Christian friends daughter has chosen.
I am prayerfully grateful for this beautiful day and for the guidance of my precious Lord though out it.
Good night and God Bless.

COOL BUT SUNNY ,MUCH NICER

This is a pleasant sight this morning.
On the way home form taking g-son to school I stopped in the drive way and made these pics of the pasture with all the standing water.

I love how her refection was following along as this cow grazed.

I had a busy morning but still took time to do an exercise tape and then took a much needed walk outside in the fresh air, ahhhh , this is way better than a walking tape inside.It is cooler than it looks like it is today,only getting into the upper 60 for the high and tonight could see upper 40's.
Is it any wonder these are called " Beauty Berries" ??

I put a small Avon order online this morning. I am considering quitting Avon due to the lack of orders lately. I had to search for something for me to buy to make my order big enough to earn a percentage. I will probably hang on through the holidays because usually that is my busiest time of year and then make a decision after the first of the year unless it starts costing me money to stay in the business.
I ate a quick lunch before starting to bake, I baked 12 caramel ,1coconut,1 chocolate and 2 pound cakes today. Thursday's are really slowing down so I'm trying to scale down gradually.
I turned the ovens off just in time to head over to school to pick up g-son. He had another great day today and was in a wonderful mood this afternoon.
His dad came to pick him up early so they could get ready for church tonight.
After a supper of some freshly shelled purple hulled peas and chicken breast I did the evening chores and then tackled the weekly paperwork and bills.
I finished the night off icing cakes while I watched the first episode of Survivor.
Thanking the Lord for my daily blessings and asking for His intervention and guidance for #2 son.
I want whatever His will is for the situation if son gets this house or not.
Good Night and God Bless.

NEAR FLOODING

Well the fields aren't flooded this morning and there is only a little over an inch of rain in the gauge.
While g-son had breakfast and I got dressed I flipped the TV on to watch the news and discovered that the rain had slowed and just hadn't gotten here yet,yuck !!
On the way to school it started raining pretty hard and I got wet doing chores even with a rain coat and hat.
The renter had come up early before he went to work and turned his cattle back down into the lower bottom,(guess he didn't watch the news this morning). I left Snowball in the barn just in case I needed to get the cattle back up in the upper pasture. Snowball doesn't mind staying in the barn at all because she doesn't like rain anyway.
I started a load of laundry while I did exercises and another walking tape.
I spent the rest of the morning doing housework between 3 loads of laundry and watching the creek rise down in the pasture.
Talk to #2 son's realtor about some things the inspector found wrong with the house he is buying, she wanted to know if we had a preference of workers to get estimates from. She also had discovered that the selling bank had the house re-appraised for some reason no one can figure out.I can't believe that they might finally admit they were wrong about mixing this house up with one with a higher value .
By lunchtime there was water,water everywhere but luckily most of it stayed in the creek banks,thank you Lord.

We had lots of water run off but no major flooding.

Thankfully we caught a break in the rain for about 2 hours this afternoon to give it time to run down a little before the next round hit about the time I went after g-son from school.
He was in a good mood this afternoon and ate mac & cheese and then entertained himself with some foam block construction.
The rain finally stopped for good and left us with over 3" additional in the gauge.
#1 son called and said he was having to work over to repair a mud slide in the Bat Cave area so d-in-love came after g-son when she got off work.
When I went out to do the chores I slipped and slid all over the place in the mud. It will take a while for this to dry up for sure. A cold front is coming through and the air already feels very fallish this evening.
Spent the evening reading and blogging to bring this worrisome day to a calming end.
Grateful to God for the thirst quenching rains and for all His blessings of this day.
Good Night and God Bless.

RAINY MONDAY WITH FLOOD PREPARATIONS

Hubbie was off today and got up to greet g-son and take him to school so I could snooze a little later this morning. I really should stay on my schedule and get up at the same time every morning. My new life style calls for a regular wake up time,but oh how I love the leisurely mornings when I don't have to jump up and fix a breakfast or feed hungry animals. Oh well,such is life !!
After chores in the rain this morning I did an exercise tape followed by a 30 minute 2 mile walking tape,whew !!! that's a good work out!.
Hubbie went up to an elderly ladies house to do some repairs and painting in her kitchen where one of the other deacons had fixed a wall for her.
I got all my intended for today things done before lunch so after lunch I was looking for a rainy day activity.
Hubbie came in for lunch, went into town to pick up his new glasses,which he likes pretty well, picked up bird seed for me. If the rain ever stops I need to refill all my feeders.
He went back up to finish the job at the ladies house leaving me alone and still wondering what I could do.
I started scanning some of the old photos I have that my new found cousin wanted me to email her. When I got that done I decided since I had all the old pics out I would scan them in and send them to my Walgreens website for safe keeping. This took most of the afternoon until it was time to pick up g-son.
He had a great day at school today but was ravenously hungry,eating everything in site when we got home.
As we drove home I watched the clouds get lower and cover the mountain tops in advance of a very rainy system we are expecting tonight and tomorrow.

After getting his stomach full his dad came to pick him up and get ready for open house tonight at school.
Hubbie came in from his day of painting and we did chores early while it wasn't raining.
We helped the renters get their cattle up in the upper pasture and their horses shut up in the barn.Rebecca is looking much better from the pregancy sickness she has been having with the new medicine she is on.
 Our area is under flash flood watches and tornado warnings tonight.Red is tornado warning and aqua is flood watch.

Might be an interesting night and morning !
I emptied over 6/10ths inch of rain from the gauge tonight at chore time and the rains are just now starting to pick up at 8:00 tonight.
 I can rest in the comfort of God's plan tonight as I listen to the patter of rain on the metal roof.
Good Night and God Bless.

RAINY SUNDAY AND 1982 MEMORIES

Did chores in a light mist of rain this morning. We are expecting some heavy rains in the coming days.
I went to church early this morning to meet a friend who was bringing some fresh cut flowers from her yard for a bouquet for the communion table and she wanted me to arrange them.
They were beautiful and I have no idea why I didn't take a pic !
G-son came into the sanctuary to wait for children's church to begin. This will be his first day, children's church is for kids from 6 years old to 6th grade.
We ordained a new deacon and had 2 new members join the church this morning,glory be to God !
Everyone made it to lunch,we had pork roast,fresh green beans,mashed potatoes,creamed corn,
steamed okra, slaw and left over spinach salad.
Soon after we ate everyone went their own ways on this lazy,rainy Sunday afternoon. Hubbie and I went over to check out the 1/2 price day at the estate sale. We ended up buying a dog lot and had to come home and get the truck to haul it home in. I can use it up in the garden after the vegetables are all gone and move it around with some of my chickens in it. It poured the rain on us all the way home and all the way back and stopped just as we turned onto the sale road,thankfully.
We also stopped by bro-in-law'a house to pick up some eggs sis-in-law had found on sale for me and hubbie picked up his tree cutter that brother had borrowed. It didn't rain any more until we got the truck in the barn then it started raining and rained off and on all evening.
We relaxed until it was chore time. There was 2/10ths inch in the rain gauge when chores were finished.
I have spent the evening catching up on my photo sorting on line and in my albums. I have gotten behind on my prints so I will be paying Walgreens a visit later this week.
In the decade photos I found these from September 1982.
This is #2 son's first picture !!

 #1 son , the great thinker ???!!!

On one of our camping trips to the lake.

 He  thinks he is big stuff driving dad's truck !!

Good times, good memories !!

So grateful to God for all the blessings in my life.
Good Night and God Bless.