Saving Leaves

This is from last week before I started raking. Below is after I raked today. I messed up and down loaded the after twice.

You can tell I not through. Hopefully I will finish soon. Also you can tell no sunshine. It is late in the day.

One Last Flower

My lily is blooming again. I thought it would be the last time, but I see some more buds. I didn't look at the other lilies to see it they had any buds. It was thirty-two degrees Friday morning when I took this picture. I think it made it because it is close enough to the house and didn't get hit with the frost.


Saturday night Chili was sniffing around my fireplace tools and got soot on her face. Cute, huh?

Lost Little Dog

This little Sheltie is lost. She has been seen around here for about a week. She is still in good shape. I caught her yesterday at my cousin's house and brought her here. This is her in the yard this afternoon. I'm not sure which one was more afraid of the other one.

This is her on Skylar's bed. I feel so sorry for her. She is a older dog because looking at her teeth is has some tarter on the back and looks like she is missing some front. It is hard for me to believe that someone just dumped her because of the age and because of her weight after a week of being lost. I have arranged for an ad in the paper and after Thanksgiving I will check with all the vet's and take her in to see if she has a chip. I hope I can find her owner.

Firewood Time

Yesterday afternoon we worked on firewood. My son, Tony, my nephew, Michael, and my brother, Johnny. Since Johnny is still not well, he just worked on the chain saw and worked the controls to run the log splitter. Tony and Michael did the chain saw and I loaded the truck and stuff. These pictures are of Tony on the tractor after Johnny had to leave and Michael putting the logs on the splitter. Michael cut the tree down; it was already a dead tree that hadn't fallen.

Chili was looking for something in the hole that a limb made when the tree came crashing down. I was so tired last night, I just could not post the pictures on the blog.

Birthday Party

Today is my birthday and this is the birthday cake my friends brought. They also brought food. Great food!

My brother Johnny is on left with Dolly (the back of her head) and on the right Norma and Mike.
This is a better shot of Johnny and Dolly. Did you notice everyone is like propping their head up with their hands? Not bored surely. Johnny is the only one that has an excuse. He has second degree burns on his back. That happened at his work this past Monday. I think he is doing good just being here.

Growing Koi

I tried to get some good pictures of my Koi to show how they have grown. I didn't do so good.
I think I am going to disconnect the spitter for the winter and then maybe I can get better pictures.

Is It A Squirrel Nest

This first picture is kind of hard to see; it is in the very center. I think it is a squirrel's nest.

This is a better view. I think it is too big for a bird; so I guess a squirrel.