Be Still and Know...Then and Now

WOW! Two Sunday’s in a row and I have had the best nap! My Missionary Girl Child returned home safely. She had a wonderful trip and has been bubbling with conversation all weekend long. Her trip did end on a bit of a disappointment as she left her camera at the airport. Y’all I have the worlds best husband and she has the worlds best dad, as soon as they realized the mistake he drove all the way back to the airport to see if they could find it. We have all been praying that the person who picked up the camera will have an attack of conscious and return it to the airport lost and found. She learned a valuable lesson on personal responsibility and that personal possession are not disposable! Well here is my week, Blessings in advance y’all! Sunday, May 30 I guess I completely observed the Sabbath because there were no pictures taken…. Monday, May 31 Dinner, Grilled Lamp Chops, Mashed Potatoes and a tossed Salad! Tuesday, June 1 The Cana Lilies are putting on a good s...

Y’all it felt like we were on an episode of HGTV’s Ground Breakers. In a nutshell, my weekend started on Thursday with a trip to a local grower. I returned home with three Leland Cypress, three Autumn Twist Encore Azaleas and two flats of Liriope New Blue, that’s Monkey Grass in normal people language! Not all of this lovely green-ness belongs to me. Some of it is now in Skoots1mom ’s yard, plus one of my other dear friends as well. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday were a whirl of backyard activity!   I got almost a third Liriope planted on Thursday! and two thirds left to go…it seemed like I had about a million of these little suckers to plant but in reality it was only 36 small plants. I finished up part of my planting on Friday and then the really hard work started. Ever moved a fence line? ON A HILL!!!!! Let’s just say that there was much digging, sledge hammer wielding (by the hubs, not me) hauling bags of concrete, and yes I managed a few b...