Happy Cool Thursday! :) Nature Walks, and the plants soaking up the summer sunshine! :)
Happy Cool Thursday! :) We're enjoying a nice relaxing, and peaceful day, and looking forward to sharing in lots more summer times with everyone :) it's been a good stretch of days, and we're very happy and excited for a super fun baking friday adventure tomorrow, and upcoming weekend :) We're all keeping cool, and hydrated, drinking plenty of water :) it's very hot and humid weather, with heat index about 100 degrees. We tended our plants early,and also refilled the bird bath with nice cold water, taking good care of our nature friends :) my mom came outside with Holly and i :) We enjoyed showing my mom the plants :) our plants, and garden is continuing to super grow, as the season continues to blossom :) We're very happy and thrilled to see everything growing :) We're looking forward to picking some fresh garden goodies :) We love the gardening season ,it's very rewarding :) we've been hanging out today, enjoying some foods, snacks, iced cold drinks, and also tuning into the sports radio :) We enjoyed a nice phone call with our dear friend Shirley :) We're getting ready for a super fun baking friday adventure tomorrow, and lots more spirit soaring times to share in, all throughout the summer season :) Thank you angel friends, so very much for all that you do for us, and for brightening our days :) Enjoying a nice peaceful, relaxing day, with family, friends, and the sweet spirit of the blossoming summer season :) Tomorrow's baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) it's almost time to bake! bake! bake! :)
Sunny Smiles, and Iced coffee cheers! :) hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, enjoying a nice day, and keeping cool and hydrated :) We think of you all often :) we're in day 2 of the summer heatwave here, it's been nearly 100 degrees with the heat index here today. We're taking good care, keeping cool and hydrated, drinking plenty of iced cold drinks ,including lots of water :) We've been mostly indoors, we checked in on our plants, and our nature friends, and also added extra cold water into the bird bath ,and we're so glad we refilled the hummingbird feeders :) Our nature friends got some nice peanut butter this morning, for a nice extra treat too :) awww! :) We love taking care of our nature friends :) it's been a good stretch of days, with lots of nice summer time spirit :) We've been enjoying some nice leftover foods, from the 4th of July :) i love having a nice cheeseburger with some ketchup, mustard, and pickles, it reminds me of mcdonalds cheeseburgers :) We're enjoying some sports radio, and so happy and excited our garden is flourishing :) We're looking forward to picking lots more fresh garden goodies :) We've got a super fun summer time baking friday adventure planned for tomorrow :) We look forward to sharing in, and celebrating lots more summer times with everyone :) Happy friendship smiles :)
This morning, we had a nice new day, rising and shining : )We enjoyed our dinner ,and watching ghost hunters dvds last night :) We heard some more fireworks going off in our neighborhood late last night, after 10pm. The 4th of July celebrations are continuing ,we usually hear the fireworks until at least July 10th or so, for summer time celebrations. it thankfully wasn't too loud, and we got to get good sleep last night :) our pets have been doing very well, with everything, and have kept very calm :) i was up early this morning, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends ,and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) We've been having our fans on ,and also running the AC at times ,keeping cool and comfortable :) our heat index forecasted to reach 100 degrees. i gathered a nice bowl of goodies, including a jar of peanut butter, and went outside for my nature walk :)
We had an extra jar of peanut butter in our cupboard, from earlier this year, and i got a great idea from our dear friend Brooke (CedarBrooke) :) Thank you Brooke! :) She put some peanut butter in her yard, for her nature friends, and they love it! :) i spread some peanut butter on the feeders, and on the tree branches in the bird sanctuary area, along with putting some goodies outside for our nature friends :) they love gathering the goodies :) i'm gonna continue to put more and more peanut butter outside for our nature friends :) We're also very happy we made nectar food, for the hummingbirds and have 4 feeders for them to enjoy the nectar :) i wanted to share about our front yard :) in spring time ,it looked rough with some bare spots, and recently i put grass seeds down in those spots, and our yard has filled in very well :) i've been taking a great liking to working on our front yard, in recent years to make the lawn, look very nice, green ,and healthy :) We're very proud of it :)
Our plants, fruit trees, grapevines ,and garden are doing very well, growing and flourishing :) We have lots of nice tomato plants, vegetable plants :) it's very neat seeing the blossoms on the plants, including cucumber plants, zuchinni plants ,and having yellow squash begin to grow :) Holly and i planted all of our garden from seeds this year, to help save money, and we love all of the awesome garden seeds we recieved :) We're seeing an amazing growth amongst the corn plants ,string beans ,snap peas, and potato plants :)We're going to plant more snap peas seeds :) they grow very fast, and produce lots of nice snap peas :) our sunflowers, and flowers plants are doing well, growing and flourishing :) it's very neat, to see some morning glory flowers beginning to blossom, and also seeing lots more Tiger lillies blossoming :) a wonderful time in the season, with lots of summer nature flourishing, and shining :) we love gardening :) on these very hot summer days, our time in the garden and yard is limited, but we always can't wait to go back out there into the yard and garden more :)We're gonna be seeing lots and lots more flowers blossoming all throughout the summer season :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for your wonderfully heart warming comments :)We're very heart happy and thrilled, that everyone is enjoying seeing our garden :) it brings us lots of great joy, enjoying nature, gardening, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) happy summer gardening season smiles :)
It was a nice peaceful early morning :) We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some hot tea, water, sprite soda, and iced coffee :) Cheers!!! To summer time, and enjoying simple joys :) Holly and i enjoyed a nice talk with our dear friend Shirley (Squarley) :) it was so nice talking :) Holly and i tended our plants, and garden early ,giving the plants a good watering ,and also refilled the bird bath with cold water :) it's right near our snowball bush ,so that the birds that visit our yard, can enjoy a nice fresh drink, and cooling off in the bird bath :) We put the sports radio on :) Lots of great football talk, leading up to the upcoming nfl training camps in the upcoming weeks :) it's gonna be great, all of the football reports :) Holly and i love getting into some football talks, and also looking forward to those classic football sunday's in a couple months :) i've been continuing to do ok about things, with the money situations. i recieved some more of my money today, and also going to recieve some more tomorrow :)
i'm looking forward to continuing the positive energy, and speaking up to my family when it comes to financial issues, and hoping they can get their financial issues situation, and i'm always willing to help give them tips, on savings. i believe they need to budget their money better, i think a few months for them going on with their days being plain, and not over-spending ,could be good for them, to save money. they go to lots of places, amusement parks, camping, they spend lots of gas, and they also get food stamps benefits, that helps them, and they should be better off with money ,so that they don't need to borrow. i hope they do better with their money. :) i'm keeping hopeful :) they could have some yardsales, or selling extra items online they could make extra money doing that. i've been browsing some coins a bit on ebay, i haven't bought any, but its good and healing for me to be browsing, and not refraining from browsing like i had been ,due to family leaning on me. i need the healing like this, as they damaged me with all of their borrowing and constant stress put upon me by their borrowing. the more i browse, the more it opens my spirit up to good brightness, of enjoying hobbies i enjoy like coins collecting :) i will eventually treat myself to some new coins ,stamps, collectibles :) i'm also having some good earning days online ,with pennies adding up to dollars, which i'm very thankful for :) Thank you angel friends, for your continued comforting support, advice, and encouragement :)
We're enjoying a nice relaxing ,and peaceful day :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy, and keeping in good spirits :)We're keeping cool, and hydrated, enjoying some nice foods, snacks, and iced cold drinks :) it's been a good stretch of days :) We're looking forward to sharing in many more special times with everyone, as the summer season continues on :) it was so nice enjoying a nice talk with our friend Shirley, and also tending our plants early :) i want to go to my bank soon ,for a car ride :) i have a check to deposit into my savings, which i'm focused on adding more into as the year goes on :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch some cool videos on youtube :) Tomorrow's baking friday! :) The cookie monsters are gonna unite, for a super fun summer time baking friday adventure! :)We love sharing our adventures :) We're also looking forward to the weekend, shopping at the dollar tree, popcorn movies party ,and TWD Too :)
There's so much more to look forward too as the summer season continues to blossom :) the month of July is in full swing, and the season is filled with lots of awesome seasonal festivities, traditions, holiday's, and birthday celebrations to share in :) We love the special times, and celebrations from month to month as the year goes on :) We love the gardening season and sharing our adventures :) a whole new summer season to share in :) We cherish and treasure, the many special memories being made :) We're very happy, thankful, and blessed, to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in these very special times of the season with you all :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, for comforting us, uplifting our spirits, brightening our days, and for the very special joy you all bring our hearts :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) Big group happy sunny caring sunflower friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a nice relaxing ,and peaceful day, keeping cool and hydrated :) We tended our plants early, and enjoyed a nice phone call with our friend Shirley :) our plants, and garden are doing well, growing and flourishing :) Holly and i look forward to more gardening and nature walks :)We're enjoying the sports radio, and getting ready for a super fun, summer time baking friday adventure, and the upcoming week :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)
my mom, Holly, and family says hi :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a nice day :) Awww! :) We love you all very much, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :)We think of you all often :)We're very happy, and thankful for the peacefulness, of these nice summer days, enjoying some simple joys, and looking forward to sharing in lots more great times with everyone, as the season continues on :)Thank you all, our dear angel friends ,for making each day very special, and memorable :)
Happy Sunny Garden Greetings! :) Hi angel friends! :) my mom joined Holly and i, for a nice nature walk earlier today :) around 10am, we were outside for our nature walk, checking in on the plants before it got very hot outside. We're all keeping cool, and hydrated, and are so happy and excited to see our plants s uper growing ,and flourishing :) we watered our plants early :) it's a great time in the gardening season, with lots of spirit soaring nature : ) our nature friends have plenty of goodies, and water in the bird bath :) i'm very happy and excited, to share my new nature, and garden pictures with everyone :)
Our Lillies are blossoming :)

Our tallest sunflower so far :)


Yellow squash :)

mystery garden visitor :) my mom, Holly, and i saw this interesting nature friend, it looks like bee, ladybug, moth? :) very cool! :)

Zinnia flower plant :)

Zuchinni plant blossom :)



Snap peas plants :)



Sunflower :)


These happy tiny flowers are blossoming in our front yard garden :)

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Hi Chris Glad you Holly and your family are doing well enjoying a nice Thursday. Happy to hear you're all staying cool there and looking after the garden and your nature friends too The garden is looking awesome green and growing. Glad you've been enjoying browsing online for collectibles and earning on the sites I know you're looking forward to baking and the weekend. Thanks for all my nice hugs today. Have a good evening. Hugs to everybody-Stephanie
Hi Chris, Holly, family - what a lovely gardening season you're having! I'm enjoying your pictures, as always. I love those deep purple flowers I saw a few journals ago. My garden is doing well too. I recently bought some thyme, rosemary and lavender which are supposed to be ok in full sun. They need lots of water though, but so far so good. My tomato plants which I grew from seeds are also doing well on the back verandah. And my geraniums are doing really well too. It's winter here, and we've had a couple of cold snaps around 7 or 8 degrees in the morning (cold for us!), but I'm worried about the summer when that front verandah gets full summer sun until about 11am, when it's about 30 degrees out there. Lots of watering in my future I think! :))
Glad to hear you're getting some money coming back, and that you're sticking to your guns about not lending out. You're right, if people can afford vacations and camping and amusement parks, then they can afford rent and groceries and the essentials. Keep enjoying browsing your collectibles! Are you still mainly collecting US coins and stamps? Are there any Aussie things I can send you?
Sending love to you all xxx
Continue to be amazed by your gardening!! All from seeds is REALLY amazing!! Way to go!
Keep staying strong about your finances. You’re doing the right thing for sure.
Nice that your mom joined you for a walk:). Hugs to you all:)
I'm glad things are going better with you and your family. I think that visitor to your garden is a beetle. I hope it doesn't do any damage to your plants
I’m glad to hear that you and Holly are doing well and that things are better with your family, what a great idea to spread peanut butter around for your nature friends, I’m sure they loved you for it :)
Your garden is looking amazing, you and Holly do a very good job together. Thanks for sharing all your wonderful pics, can’t wait to see the sunflowers when they bloom.
Enjoy baking your chocolate chip cookies with the boys today and I’m sure everyone will enjoy a nice ice cream cone on such a hot day.
Turn off to spend too much time outdoors in the heat and humidity and then make sure you stay hydrated. Have a wonderful day, hugs Jeannie