Busy, Busy, Dave painting the floor of the pergola black.

Turned out very well.

Dave spent most of the week cleaning the pool..

a lot of work...

Yuck!

Clean and filling it up.

Yeah, it is full.  Can't wait to get in.

Herbs...

I found these chalk plant markers at Joanne's.

Stock.

Left over from Jenny's shower.

Petunias

Veggie Garden:  planted: tomatoes, peppers, watermelon, cukes, brussel sprouts, okra, string beans, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, chard, bok choy. 

Clematis looking good.

I can't keep the porch clean - will be glad when the pollen is gone.

This was a great dinner.

Yummy chicken.

and the wine was perfection.

Bread from Walmart - very good and easy.

Have you seen these books?  I just found "Mmmm Chocolate" at HomeGoods last week.  Love them.

Recently made these stuffed shells.

So Good.

We recently had Jerry and Barbara over for dinner.  Wanted to eat outside, but it got so windy and cold we had to move indoors.

Another very good wine with dinner.  We had Shrimp Scampi.

He deserves to relax.

Our precious companions. Bandit has a toy in his mouth.

Enjoying Summer

This was a good book.  Amy liked it but due to some of the violence in it she didn't think I would care for it.  It definitely grabs you and I wanted to read it - something about that cover...I just scanned over the violent sections which weren't many.  Only paid $1 for it at a thrift store in Florida.

I am currently reading this and love it.  It is a commitment being 600 plus pages.  But I don't want to put it down!!

The rest of these are on my to read list...

One of my favorite authors of late.  Amy tells me she has a new one out - "The Peach Keeper". 

This is on my Nook and I try to read one chapter at least weekly.

This was given a very high rating on "Books on the Nightstand" - can't wait to read it.

I am trying to get back to sewing.  I love sewing but I just have to be in the mood.

I am making this pillow case dress for Meighan.  It is different than the others I have made.  Instead of using ribbon for the ties you make the tie from the material, which I think is more practical.

I love the colors - brown and blue.

I made these crochet motifs a while ago, finally getting around to blocking them, then will need to sew them together, which is not my favorite part of knitting/crocheting.  The colors are lovely.