Happy Labor day! :) a beautiful day, sunny garden smiles, butterfly, sweet September! :)
Happy Monday, Labor Day! :) We're enjoying a nice day :) We've been enjoying the long holiday weekend, blossoming into the new week, with some peaceful joys :) i've been enjoying some writing time today, and Holly and i are also doing some good organizing, getting ready for some awesome fun seasonal decorating :) We have lots of fun decorating projects planned, and to look forward too :) We've been hanging out, with some tv shows on, and enjoying some nice nature walks too :) there was a beautiful black and orange butterfly visiting our snowball bush :) it looks like a halloween butterfly, with the black and orange colors :) i took some awesome pics of the butterly :) our plants, flowers, and fruit trees are doing well :) We're looking forward to harvesting some more apples, and pears soon :) it's gonna be so nice, canning pears :) it's a wholesome time in the season :) i took some new pictures of our plants, and garden today :) We love these special nature times, and so much more to look forward too :) We have some upcoming birthday's, football season coming, along with fall season arriving in the upcoming weeks :) We love sharing in, and celebrating all of the joys, traditions, and festivities of the season with you all, our dear angel friends :) some family stopped by today :) i made 3 more jars of pickled banana peppers :) Enjoying a nice labor day holiday, with family, friends, writing, nature, and the awesome spirit of September :) Tonight,Holly and i are gonna watch some cool mysteries/documentaries on youtube :) Tomorrow's sweet treats tuesday! :) We look foward to going out to get some treats :)
Cheers!!! to the spirited times of the season! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great labor day holiday, and long weekend :) it's really sweet time, as the month of September has settled in nicely :) We've got some awesome sunshine in our area, after a rainfall overnight :) our plants are replenished, and soaking up the golden days of summer sunshine today :) there's a hint of fall, but also still some summer time spirit amongst the nature :) it's a very exciting joy, the changing of the seasons :) We're enjoying the blossoming of September, and the long weekend :) We're getting ready for some upcoming birthday party's, plus football, fall, and halloween decorating :) there's so much more to look forward too as the fall season approaches, and enjoying these very nice golden days of garden harvesting :)
This morning, we had a nice new day, rising and shining :) last evening, we enjoyed a nice dinner, and Holly and i watched the new episode of TWD :)We're into the new season, and looking forward to lots more episodes :) We're also counting down to the football season ,those classic football sunday's begin next sunday :) Holly and i are planning to decorate our table, with our football decorations, and i've got my Washington football team collectibles shelves all set up, and decorated :) We're ready for some football! :) 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 :) The rain from overnight, had eased, and some nice sunshine was forecasted :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :) i put lots of goodies, in the bird sanctuary area in our backyard :) i took in the beautiful sights of the clearing skies, and more sunshine beginning to flow through the clouds :) We've been seeing lots of birds visiting our yard, and neighborhood :) The summer time birds have been visiting often, and it's amazing how soon, it'll be the fall season, and we'll begin to see more fall season birds arriving :) it's been a while since we've seen the crows, and will be nice to see them again too, along with all of our other nature friends :)
Our pear tree we helped last week ,is continuing to do well, and our flowers, and plants are all doing well too :) We'll be harvesting more pears, and apples soon :) We want to bake lots of apple goodies, and also canning pears :) it's gonna be such a cool experience :) We're loving these wonderful times of harvesting fresh garden goodies :) Holly and i have been making lots of pickled banana peppers this season :) our banana peppers total, is at 111, and counting :) the pickled banana peppers are awesome :) i made 3 more jars of pickled banana peppers today :) a total of 15 jars of peppers :) a really awesome harvest :) We've got more carrots, bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, tomatoes, and popcorn cobs growing too :) our flowers continue to shine,all around our yard, and garden :) our morning glory flowers glow, and we have roses, sunflowers, zinnia's, cosmos, aster flowers, marigolds, and more :) we're so happy and excited to see our flowers and plants doing well :) we believe it'll be a nice extended gardening season, that will go into the month of October too :) it's been super neat, seeing the butterflies,and hummingbirds getting nectar, from the plants :) they love it :) there's lots more great nature, and gardening adventures to look forward too, all throughout the season :)We're very heart-happy enjoying these gardening seson times, and sharing with everyone :) Happy nature, and golden days of the gardening season smiles :)
Cool Labor day visit! :) Earlier today, Holly and i went out for a mid-day nature walk :) my brother Bobby and family came over, Bobby helped my dad with a part installation on our car :) Stacy was talking with Holly and i, about a fundraiser that Miranda is doing, for her cheerleading team :) Stacy showed us these football tickets, that she's selling on behalf of Miranda :) The tickets are for the NFL season, that last 17 weeks :) The tickets cost $20, and there's a chance to win each week :) Stacy said she bought a ticket :) i bought a ticket for Holly and i, and my mom and dad bought a ticket too :) Miranda's so happy, and Stacy and Bobby thanked us :) We're so happy we could help Miranda, with her cheerleading team fundraiser, and we'll get to watch the games each week to see if our tickets are winners :) 17 weeks, and 17 chances to win numerous times :) We were all hanging out, and then my brother Charlie and his girlfriend Lisa came over :) We all greeted eachother :) it was so nice getting to see everyone :) my brother Bobby helped my dad with the car, and all is working well :) Holly and i continued our nature walk, and tended our plants :)
We've been hanging out today, i've been browsing amazon for some gifts, and treasures, for family, friends, upcoming birthday's :) i love browsing, and picking out some gifts :) Holly and i have been doing some organizing here in our living room too :) i've been thinking of my halloween town, and very happy and excited to begin decorating it, for October :) it's gonna be awesome, and spook-tacular! :) i'm gonna begin some early decorating at times this week :) we look forward to sharing our decorating :) Holly and i have been keeping up with lots of football news, and also gonna check out some TWD videos on youtube :) We have lots of movie trailers to watch also, for spooky cool movie contenders, for our funtober halloween party days and night's :) Each year, Holly and i put together an awesome list of movies :) i sometimes check out the wiki movies pages, google movies, and bing.com movies, to get ideas for some cool movies for us to watch the trailers of :) we're gonna pick out at least 20 new movies, and of course watching all of our favorite spooky cool movies :)
We're enjoying a nice day, blossoming into the new week, and enjoying the long holiday weekend :) Spirited September! :) my family, Holly,and i are doing well, keeping healthy, and in good spirits :) We've been enjoying the weekend, very much, and looking forward to lots more great times ot share in, as the month of September continues to blossom :) Holly and i are enjoying some tv shows, and gonna watch some cool mysteries/travels themed videos on youtube tonight :) Tomorrow's sweet treats tuesday! :) We look forward to going out to get some treats :) i'm also gonna write a letter, and some cards :) We're so happy and excited to share in many more special times of the season with everyone :) Lots of fall, and halloween decorating very soon :) keep healthy, safe, and strong everyone :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, and for the very special heart warming joy you all bring to our days, our hearts, and our lives :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm caring happy sunny sunflower friendship hug and iced coffee cheers! :) You all give us strength, hope, inspiring us to enjoy each day to the fullest <3 We're with you all, and will always be here anytime you all need us :) Thank you all, for brightening our days and making each day very special :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) We look forward to sharing in many more very special times, adventures, birthday's, holiday's, and all of the seasonal traditions and festivities with family, friends, nature walks, the wonderful spirit of the season, gardening harvests and continuing to enjoy the summer season to the fullest, and the countdown to fall season, as the month of September continues to shine! :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a nice day, and the holiday weekend :) Enjoying some foods, snacks, drinks :) We enjoyed some nature walks today, a beautiful butterfly was visiting our snowball bush :)We've been doing lots of organizing, for our upcoming fall season decorating :) We're very excited for all of the seasonal festivities, and traditions to look forward too :) We're gonna watch some cool youtube videos tonight :) We're gonna go out tomorrow, to get some treats, and also enjoying some writing time :) Thinking of you,our dear friend :)
my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone is doing well, in good health, and enjoying a really good day" :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy,and enjoying a great labor day holiday, and weekend :) we love these special early days of September, settling into the new month, and getting ready for all of the upcoming times to share, with fall season, birthday's, nature, and halloween season coming up :) Fall is our favorite time of the year :)
Happy sunny september garden greetings! :) it's a beautiful sunny day, with lots of glowing nature all around :) We're so happy and excited for the nice weather, and seeing our plants, and garden continuing to shine :) Holly and i blossomed into some nature walks, and tending our plants :) We're loving these golden days of the gardening season,and all of the great memories being made :) i made 3 more jars of pickled banana peppers today too :) a total of 15 jars we've made so far this season :) it's an awesome harvesting season :) There's so much more to look forward too :) Thank you angel friends, for all of your sweet comments :) happy nature, and gardening season smiles :)
Halloween Butterfly! :) Black and Orange! :) This happy butterfly was visiting our snowball bush this morning :) 

Cosmos :)











Happy bird visiting :)



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Hi Chris Glad you and your family are doing well enjoying the holiday. It was a warm sunny day where I am about 81. So nice your brothers visited today. Your photo of the Halloween butterfly is cool with lots of nice color.Nice to see the garden doing great as Fall arrives. Glad you Holly enjoyed your nature walks and have lots of activities to look forward to in the days ahead. Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good evening Hugs to all-Stephanie
Hi Chris and Holly. It is such a pretty butterfly. We have a lot of black and yellow butterflies. Our hummingbirds are still attacking us when we sit on the deck. They are such fun.
I am Glad your Labor D a y was a lot of fun. We had a great day as well. We sat on the deck for a while this afternoon. It was great. The weather was perfect today.
You have certainly had a lot of peppers. I can't believe they are still producing. Your soul must be perfect for them.
Have a great evening.
Hugs
John and Debbie
HI Sweet Chris, That's so nice that your pear tree is continuing to get better & u have nice plans for your fruits & vegetables & have been pickling a lot of banana peppers. That's so nice your brother Bobby & his family came over & u bought a ticket for a fundraiser Miranda was having. That's so nice of u & also of your parents for buying a ticket for Miranda's fundraiser also. It's also nice that your brother Charlie & his girlfriend came over. I hope u all have a nice evening. Hugs & love FF
The butterfly is a Red Admiral Butterfly. It is very lovely. I've never seen one before. I love the garden it makes me happy to see your plants thriving. My tomato plant is doing well. so far no blossom end rot.
Hi Chris, what a beautiful butterfly!! Nice pic!!
I'm glad that all you flowers and veggies and trees are all doing so well, esp the pear tree, :-)
I'm glad that you got to spend time with family and enjoy some nice bbq foods ;-)
Enjoy your Tuesday morning treats, :-)
Hugs, Jeannie