Ahh…the house is quiet following Aaron (my husband’s son) and the granddaughters visit. I hope they had a good time. I wrongly accused all three of them of leaving with my iPad. They were 25 minutes up the road, and I texted all three of them in a panic…trembling hands…sweaty brow. I mean…how does one exist without one’s ipad?

While Mike and I turned the house upside down and the cars wrong side out looking for the prized ipad, Aaron and the girls pulled over and searched desperately. Not once but twice. (These girls understand how important our electronic devices are to us…we must have them!!) However, no luck. I just knew it was gone for good. Most of the day passed with me texting and asking “did you find it?” And then…I found it. It was in the strangest place…a place I never expected to find it…. in a drawer by the bed. It’s where it’s supposed to stay. Either I put it back in its rightful place or they did. Shame on me. Moving on…hoping they forget about this.

At any rate, it’s time to rest a bit. Kick the shoes off…

And sit down and rest in a seat of flowers…(conveniently purchased off the half-dead plant rack at Lowe’s — my True Love.)

This chair actually was headed to the trash dump many years ago but it arrived here instead.

“Hen and Chicks” are great ornamentals to grow in old shoes and chairs (or anywhere else)! Since they are succulents and need little soil, water, or attention, they’ll take right off in most anything. I move these boots which belonged to my cousin and former pastor, Randy Powers, to the barn in the winter. With a little compost added to the inside, water and sunshine, they return when moved back out in the spring.

Don’t you just love nature’s resilience?

Speaking of nature…look what came out of my sister’s garden that she shared with me? If you are from the south, you know how we prize fresh green beans. I’ve washed these and they are now on the stove top. We’re having green beans, rosemary potatoes, and cucumbers and onions with Grainger County tomatoes. Droolworthy.

Oh yea baby.

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