Flowers around the yard

Glad I took these photos yesterday because it rained this morning and the Poppies, well not looking as good. They are so pretty but so delicate and they don't last long.
I mentioned rain right, heavy downpour then the sun then more downpour..... weird huh? The heat is coming back Sunday, will be in the high 80's and muggy...... oh not my kind of weather at all.
Sam the Man went home last night, he had a fishing date with his Dad. We made Chicken Pot Pie and Cracker Candy (which is so easy and so good) he helped with both. Next week we will have Miss KBB and maybe Zack, not sure. She has a ball game Tuesday and I think we will pick her up then.
Well Ladies, sounds like the rumble of thunder is coming back so think I will close down for a bit. As always dear friends  " Fill it to the Brim " and then take a little bit more, there's always some room.
Love and hugs to you all....Always

Mama and her baby

We went to pick up some tomato plants (yes hubby is growing those flippin red things again) and on the way we came across a small (really small) fawn walking down the middle of the road right towards us. Dennis tried honking the horn, moving the truck forward and this little bub just kept coming. Then we saw Mama come out of the woods unto the road, she made a couple of snorts and the little one turned and trotted after her. I had taken my camera this time (sometimes I forget) and I am so glad I did!! You don't get to see this all that often.
Sorry I haven't been on much lately, no excuse other than I have just been really tired lately and just have been busy again doing not much of anything. You all know what I mean right??
For the next couple days we have Sam the Man, he keeps us going! The it will be Miss KBB and Zack.... would love to do them all at once but....this is a tired Grandma after just one comes for a visit LOL!
Well Ladies, I am thinking it is bedtime, Sam has been sleeping for a few hours and he will be up early, so take care, as always " Fill it to the Brim" make every drop count and every drop last
Hugs and love to you all.... Always

To the Brim Miss Mat

Happy Birthday Miss Mat.....Hope it is one of those most wonderful kind of days!!!

Spring has sprung in the northwoods!!!

I am so glad.... feel so much better in the morning when I look out and see grass turning green and flowers actually popping up instead of snowflakes falling down on a white covered ground!!!! oh yes happy person here (of course warm weather means my friends are coming...wood ticky ticks and bees) oh well!!
Been busy cleaning windows and thinking about raking flower beds (notice I said thinking) also been playing more on the computer. I did some qp's again, different kind, hope you like them. I seem to have gotten away from wordart and I so want to get back into that. Brain seems to have a lapse in creativity right now but it will come. in the mean time, here are two pages I worked on.

Well, have windows to open and laundry to hang outside (oh yes, sheets smell so good after a day on that clothes line. So you all have a great day...make some memories my friends. As always "Fill it to the Brim" you never know what's in that next drop!!
love and hugs...Always

Going to miss you Lee...

You all know Hubby is doing syrup again this year. Well on Tuesday we took a ride over to Lee and Norma's, Lee is the guy who got Dennis started on the syrup. They are also the couple who would come every year and help with those "flippin Chickens". We needed to borrow a small propane stove for doing the last bit of boiling on the syrup before canning it. Lee had made a homemade stove just for that(very talented man) anyway we spent some time there talking and laughing, everything was fine. On Wednesday we were gone most of the day, but later Dennis tried calling Lee to ask him a question about the sap, no answer and that was unusual because they were always home in the evenings. Thursday I was on the phone with my sister and saw that a call was coming from Lee, by the time I clicked over it was to late. Tried calling and it was busy so thought I would try them later.
Thursday night I was talking to Miss G and got another call from Lee and Norma....same thing clicked over but they had hung up. Called back and got a busy signal for like 20 minutes..... finally rang and when Norma answered I made a small joke about playing phone tag with Lee....Norma said no it was her calling and she wanted us to know that Lee had passed away early Thursday morning. He had gone into the hospital early Wednesday morning after not feeling good Tuesday night. They did a heart cath and found that one side of his heart was completely blocked.. somehow while taking the cath out or something, a calcified something broke loose and traveled to his brain. They told Norma there was nothing they could do and gave Lee 24 to 36 hours....Lee died 24 hours later in his sleep. Dennis and I were both in shock, we still are. Lee was a big man, booming is the word I quess, but gentle and caring. Always ready to help anyone and never asking for help himself. He always made me laugh. We had this private joke about a broom and it always made me laugh. He used to tease Dennis about being a "flatlander" (anyone south of Green Bay was a flatlander as far as Lee was concerned) and because Lee wore a hearing aid, Dennis would always ask him if he had his "ears" on when he would call him. Lee would laugh and say only if you got something important to say!!
 He was a friend...he was a friend...I don't know how else to describe him....he will be so missed by Dennis and and so many others. Wish I had a photo of him but Lee didn't like his picture taken, said he didn't want to make others jealous...
So to Lee I say I will never pick up a broom without smiling and Dennis wants you to make sure you keep your "Ears " turned on because he will still be asking for your advise.
RIP Lee

For my Cajun Friend

Wishing you the best Birthday wishes my friend along with prayers for many more to come.

Happy Easter to you all....

Don't get me wrong, I love a good chocolate bunny as much as the next person...but the real meaning of Easter is what is so much more important. I am not getting on a religious soapbox but because of this day we all have Hope...knowing that Someone Loved us all so much that they were willing to let Their Son die for the sins of so many. I am humbled and I am grateful. Easter Blessings to you all.