To use a phrase that I don’t even like because of it’s imbecilic over use but it seems to work in this context.
To be real honest… I hit the wall. And then the wall fell on me. And then I had to cart the left-over garage sale stuff home and I was wiped O.U.T. On the bright side I did get a bath. The dogs haven’t yet gotten a bath but that’s good news for them. They don’t like a bath. Oh, they put up with it because I’m bigger than they are but they look at me like I’m beating them. You want to talk hang dawg lookin’. They love me when it’s over though.
I’ll get back on my family roll next time. I had to do this special post for my regulars of 4 or 6 people that have heard about and watched (in a manner of speaking) my garden grow… from squash to tomatoes to my infamous okra. This is a guinea photo and an okra report…
Bro got a photos of the new guineas when they stopped by for a visit…
The new guineas, in making their rounds every day, like to come to the back porch and stop by for a visit. They perch up on the railing and preen and visit a bit. (First Photo) The second group felt the railing was full so they fluffed and preened on the back steps. They are so much fun to watch. You some times think they don’t have a brain between them when they get startled and scatter like Henny Penny except they start yelling ‘chook, chook, chook’ like guineas on speed or what ever they call speed nowadays instead of Henny Penny’s famous spiel “ The sky is falling, the sky is falling!!!”… And Debbie you don’t need to tease me about nowadays… I do use it often and naturally if the situation warrants. I sometimes feel as if I’m a dual personalitied person , part higher educated with very good English sliced and diced and mixed in with Okie idioms that can rear their ornery head at any moment… sometimes called up and sometimes they slip in the conversation on their own whim, unannounced. I surprise my own self sometimes. Usually it only happens when I’m tired, though. I know, I know I’ve been tired a lot lately.
Meanwhile, check out this okra… Almost big enough to think about marrying…but not quite. Okra this large is generally bad, woody and fiberous. The marrying phrase is just a flip remark but look at the size of these puppies….
The okra has gotten this large in just a week. Nobody has picked since I was out there last week and the okra up top is so big and heavy that it’s bending the stalks over.
Makes it easy to pick those 8 foot tall stalks without a ladder.
This is my redneck crown molding in the process of getting prettified, you know, fancyied up. First I put up 1”X8’ pine boards around the top of the walls, butted against the roof. I personally like the simplicity of it but Cuz wanted to fancy it up a bit so she and Bro went to Lowe’s and decided on 3/4” cove molding at the top and underneath the bottom of the board. No step for a stepper. Got it up and cut and only hit one finger with a hammer hard enough to squirt blood… but not on the new paint job, thank God.
In this corner you can see the border with trim on the left… unfancied on the right. It’s going to look awesome when finished and I need to get it finished to get off Cuz’s list. She doesn’t like when jobs get drug out. She one of those intelligent people that like some sense of order in her home. Cuz, it’s almost over and I love you, even if I am slow. But I don’t want you to ever have to redo anything I fix and paint. I like doing things as right as I know how and sometimes that takes longer…
The green trim of the baseboard will be white, as will the window sills and the door facings and the crown.And the next time you get a ‘room’ report the floor will be clean.
Okay! Carol and I are going to the fair tomorrow in OKC and I plan on getting my camera charged up to get photos to use at some point down the road. So I hope this post has enough interest for you to forgive me for failing and falling outfor a couple of days of my challenge…
Double rose…
Immortal
