Just a Daisy in the Meadow

Two birthday people here, Japheth's yesterday and Violet's tomorrow . . . Love'm both to pieces . . . Thank-You, Father for joy upon joy!!!!

This is an older pic, but it just made me smile today . . .  Sometimes it’s good to step back and reminisce a bit . . . Here I am at the close of the day trying to wind down, wishing that my children would’ve been better trained at leaving the house in a better state of orderliness . . . Ah well, tomorrow I can try again.

Had the most fun in the flowerbeds this evening . . .  went outside all decked out with bug spray and long sleeves and shoes and socks to protect myself from the hordes of mosquitoes, but it really wasn’t as bad as I expected as long as I stayed busy.

On Thursday I had invited a gal over to enjoy the afternoon with me and after some tea and swing time in the front yard, we proceeded to tear into one of the flower beds that needs some major “maintaining”.  Basically, we started shoveling everything up and getting all the crab grass roots out that we could and setting the perennials aside for replanting later.  I wanted to start a bunch of baby hollyhocks in that bed so the other hardier, less preferred stuff had to go somewhere else and this evening after a day of rain, I dug up sod by one of my rosebushes and a few other flowers that were growing around the birdfeeder that is no longer there.   Just such a lovely feeling to enlarge my “borders” a bit, dig in the dirt and envision the beauty yet to come.

Just browsing Japheth’s laptop and came upon this picture that I’d forgotten about . . .  Life goes on, but the memories of bygone days when you’d pop in for a bit still linger . . . Miss you, Judi!!!

Judi really misses not having the children next door . . .  This was our very first time at their place.  They were married in February . . .

And it was so much fun visiting her in her very own home . . .

Uncle Reuben is so much fun!

Going for a walk at their place . . .

All of us . . . We stopped at Richland Center, WI, on the way to Harlan, IN to see Japheth’s other sister, Juanita.

Stands for Families Of Christ In Service . . . In other words Family Camp

It’s a neat place to make new friends and visit with the old . . .

Be uplifted at Chapel . . .

Get coached in playing softball . . .

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Some days ya just gotta enjoy the “splashes”!

such a special guy!

. . . love it when he comes home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See how happy we are . . .

Mother and son . . . looking at wedding pics

Grandma and Violet . . .

. . . and again

Aunt Karen came to visit this spring . . .

Looking through our quilting books . . .

Sorting through six huge bags of fabric . . .  She wanted to learn how make rugs . . .

Uncle Skyler. . .

was loved to pieces!!!

Thanks for coming!  You don’t come enough that’s for sure!!!

Great Grandpa Howard Stauffer

. . . and Great Grandma Arlene