Summertime

Yes, it's summertime in Minnesota and I have to admit that I haven't been crafting at all.  I've been enjoying the beautiful weather, reading books, mowing the lawn.  This week has been especially fun because my daughter is home from Oregon for 10 days so I'm spending as many minutes as I can with her, although her schedule is pretty full.

Since I don't have any crafty news for you I'd like to recommend a great blog for you to check out.  My brother is on an amazing weight loss journey (down 103 pounds!) and he's blogging along the way.  You can check it out here:  http://bradjswenson.blogspot.com/

I have to admit that Big Brother started last week and that's been keeping me busy as well.  I haven't spent too much time watching the live feeds (yet) but the show is on 3 times each week so it does keep a person busy.

I hope you are enjoying your summer!

Summertime is grand!

Because I don't consider myself a gardener I'm pretty proud of this garden in my front yard, known as the Love Garden. Everything you see grows "automatically" which I think a real gardener would tell you means that these plants are perrenials. I just think of them as pretty things that grow without effort, which I love!

I'm especially proud of the clematis that grows on a post topped with a birdhouse. It's especially pretty right now, full of purple flowers.

They just started blooming this week and I happened to be outside yesterday afternoon and thought I should get a picture. I noticed that it was cooler than it had been for days, and the wind was really picking up. Within minutes of this photo it got dark and started to rain really hard! My daughter had just gotten home and went to the back yard to let her dog, Hunter, out to run around. He doesn't like the rain, so he went straight to the garage when the rain started. He's a bit spoiled, and doesn't really like sitting on the garage floor so he usually looks for a rug to sit on. Yesterday he must have decided he deserved better, because he found a chair and made himself comfortable.



Emily, my daughter and his favorite person on earth, quickly grabbed my camera and snapped a photo, although there was really no rush because he stayed there for a long time. Once the rain stopped he was ready to go back outside.


We've been enjoying the nice, hot summertime weather, especially after a really long winter. I hope that your summertime is grand as well!