~*Before Noon Today*~

Hello Dear Friends!  Summer has begun... and we have been busy already.  I just know it won't be long before I hear those dreaded words... "I'm bored."  But for now, I'm not giving him a chance to say them!

All before noon today...

We started the day by checking the bird~feeders we made yesterday from milk jugs...

 Then weeded our veggie garden...

 He tries to use the hoe, but is much better pulling the weeds from inside the buckets (used to protect against hungry rabbits that are over~populating our yard)...

 He didn't work alone... I did my share...

 We took some time to be goofy too.  You can barely see it, but he was trying to give me rabbit ears too...

 We admired our veggies... grape tomatoes...

 Roma tomatoes...

 We played some more.  I don't know who loves the other more...

 We walked around the yard so I could 'oh' and 'ah' my flowers...

 This is a tiny fairy garden I put together the other day... in an old enameled bathtub... with various seedums from the yard...

 Some of my Morning Glories are starting to bloom (but seem to have been stricken by the extremely high winds we were having today)...

 This it the hanging flower basket Trinity gave me for my birthday... aaaahhhh.... I love it!

 After we were finished outside... we escaped into the studio.  He worked on his artwork and I on mine.  Notice the cartoons... they seem to be a requirement for him to create... or mandatory if you ask him.

 Brownie had to join us too.  He really loves plopping down on the cool floor...

 While I had the camera out today... I remember I hadn't shared this with you yet.  This is the gift my husband gave me as a combined Birthday/Mother's Day gift.  Oh... I love it too!  I missed one at an auction a few weeks early... and almost cried!  But, that one was too much over anything I could ever pay for.  We spotted this one at one of our favorite antique shops at a much more reasonable price...

 I didn't put it next door in the studio.  Instead, I put it on my favorite cabinet in the living room so I could see it every time I walk past it.  And it is filled with all my floss...

 I'll share this with you too.  Atop the spool cabinet sits a lovely apothecary jar that I recently purchased at a garage sale for only $2.  What a great find!  It is made of such thick glass.  I'm not an expert, but I do think it is pretty old.  I haven't decided what to fill it with yet.  Sooner or later, it will be full of something though.

I'm working on dolls and punches... and many other things that didn't get in the photo shoot today, but will be shared soon.

Wishing you warm smiles... and fun Summer days...

Betty