I Know I Know

What about the daily blogging? I am trying but we have had a lot going on and it is so hard to find time to sit down to write a post each day. Today is going to be a rainy day so I figured this would be my best opportunity to get a post written.

Piper makes it abundantly clear that she does NOT like us leaving her alone with Greg. Each time we go down there we find the pillows and nap afgan shifted about. Last weekend some of the pillows were even on the floor.

 The little cottage continues to have improvements made. The crew that Adele hired finished with the eaves and painting. She is still waiting for the seemless gutters to be installed and I am not sure what else they had to do.

 They installed shutters one day and I love how they look... how about you all? I think they really add to  the charm of the place.

I have made a few more cards. The top three I created my own scratch paper with crayons and acrylic paint. And the bottom three were created by cutting up a background that I didn't like and applying pieces to a black background to create the stained glass affect. The little 3x3 inch cards make wonderful tuck ins on gifts.

 And here was a nice surprise. Scott's Mom bought him a truck. It was a wonderful deal and she wanted to do something for him/us. We will definitely put it to use with all we are doing on the house. It is a 2005 RAM 1500 with the towing package and less than 14,000 original miles.

Well that about catches you all up for now and I have dishes waiting for me in the sink. Have a wonderful day!

The Rest of August

So now we come to wrapping up August on this the first of September. On Sunday the 21rst Scott and I and his sister, Adele decided to go for a walk down near the boat ramp. It was such a lovely morning and while they walked and talked I got to commune with Nature along the way. Sorry this post is a bit photo heavy .

Five Lined Skink

Nature's Dream catcher

 It was such a beautiful day!

During the week I made a few "cat" themed cards and I really love how they turned out.

One of the strays that is trying to "own" us - I call him Angel.

 This is the little cottage where we have temporary digs... Adele has paid some men to come in and do some repairs and paint. These are sort of the "before" pictures.

 The photo below was taken after they had painted the block foundation and porch steps. Currently there is work being done to enclose the eaves. Once that is completed the Painters will return to finish painting the little house.