Sonnystone Acres

it’s such a relief when the humidity lets up and a cool morning like today inspires me to get my garden work done.  good thing, too, since i’ve got lots of cherry tomatoes, more roma tomatoes to harvest, and a ton of deadheading to do.  the 4th decorations are down from the attic and i can get the scene set for our holiday. 

i was up last night finishing up a great book:  water for elephants.  i have had this one for months, but put it last on my list for some reason.  i like “people of the book”, but the print was small enough to make my eyes tire quickly.  i hate to admit that.  i also checked out a book from the library called “hotel california” which i thought would be interesting.  it was not chronological, seemed to repeat the same old stories and go back and forth in time in a confusing manner.  that whole scene - joni mitchell, eagles, linda ronstadt, et al  - is rife with fascinating personalities, so i must find a better-written book about it.  i’m now starting “the yiddish policemans union” which comes highly-recommended.  that’s not always a good thing, but i love the cover.

it looks like the last week of july is a great time for a family frenzy.  that is, of course, assuming i will survive the Building of The Garage without a major breakdown.  i am so dreading it.  i’ve put a lot of appointments on for next week, but i’ll need some help staying “busy” after that.  i need a Roadtrip buddy and by that time husband will be paying me to go. 

no pictures from yesterday, but i’ll get some today.  maybe i’ll take some snaps of my smiling red face. 

flutterbyI, originally uploaded by rightbug?.

hey, it took me 64 shots (not the cuervo kind) to get these 3 decent pix of a whatever. i’m too lazy to look up the name of the little critter, but you must appreciate how i suffer for my art.

writing “june 30″ reminds me that it is my niece sara’s bday today. tell her happy if you see her.

there is a vectren crew outside putting in a new gas meter. 3 guys and a gal, and the gal is giving us a bad name by being cute and worthless, not even dressed in workboots. the one guy used to be our meter reader and he’s bragging about the work we’ve done on the house as if it were his own. kinda sweet.

it’s another day of nothing-to-do and noplace-to-go. i think i’ll take my smile outside and swing.

 

us in the mirrow 6/28/09, originally uploaded by rightbug?.

i don’t like to use the word “boring” because i think it is sort of pretentious and shows a decided lack of initiative on the complainer’s part; however, i was bored shitless saturday as i staggered from porch to porch here at the acres, watching the plants grow and talking to the cat. the intense and relentless boredom at least inspired me to head up to new harmony sunday after church, husband in tow. we ate at the red geranium and walked through the antique stores (not as many as there used to be) and were generally un-bored.

enough of the michael jackson, already. gee, do you think it might’ve been drug-related? let’s get on to the funeral with dueling rev. al and rev. jj, music by a lipsyncing d. ross, and fly the filipino prisoners over to do the dancing. l.a. will never be the same.

i’m counting the days till boychild, his lovely wife and talented daughter arrive. i’m hoping moongirl has some fun beach plans planned in her neck of the woods. what are you all doing? anybody want to come by and drink some beer with me? let me know so i can buy some beer.

>belch< laughing smile.

nh grape arbor, originally uploaded by rightbug?.

i want my grape arbor to look like this one.  can you believe this is only 2 grape plants?

purple coneflower & bee balm, originally uploaded by rightbug?.

shew, i thought it was bad to lose farrah, but at least we knew that was imminent. i’ll always admire her free spirit and respect her hair. then the michael jackson death………the good part is seeing all of the jackson 5, off the wall, thriller, bad, we are the world etc. i am in awe of his talent. the bad part is seeing how badly a person can be effed up by their childhood. my heart goes out to his family for many reasons, but especially for his children.

anyway. well, it’s just gardening and cleaning around here. i got my eyelashes plucked again, so i’ve stopped involuntary crying. i had my way with the wand at my annual pelvic ultrasound yesterday. and last, but not least, i finally framed some of the antique sheet music i have lying around. i’m edging toward being ready for the Presence of Olivia over the 4th of July. i’d love to have a party.

i’ve got to get to bed. love the one you’re with.

from the attic window, originally uploaded by rightbug?.

we didn’t do everything as planned last week-end. saturday morning we drove downtown to see if we wanted to pay the $15 admission to the “freedom festival”. what a joke that was. get this: no coolers or drinks allowed in. no video cameras or cameras with removable lenses. no aerosol spray cans (like Off!). no large umbrellas. no fun. dozens of people attended and all the comments have been negative. several people wrote that they went on to the haubstadt sommerfest instead—it was free. others who paid the admission complained loudly that they felt there were more policemen there than customers. i really am sorry we didn’t get to see the dockdogs, though. the real ‘thunder on the ohio” is in august this year. hopefully, it will be better.

as for the blues fest, we opted to set up our pool to combat the sweatysweltering heat; i thought i’d avoid the bugs, too, by not sitting outside in the grass. i thought wrong.

sunday after church (that’s another story) we bought some more plants for the front porch (begonias and coleus) and i spent a lot of the day out on the front porch. i was pretty smug because the mosquitoes were absent; however, i forgot about the damn chiggers. today i am covered with chigger bites in my nether parts–yes every crack and cranny has been nibbled. i’m trying to not scratch, but i forget.

my nails and brows are overgrown and i’m off this a.m. to fix them up. just like my look-alike niece, i’m multi-tasking: scratching and smiling!

6/15/09, originally uploaded by rightbug?.

yippee! last day of vbs!! while it’s always fun, it hasn’t been THAT fun, so i’m more than ready to move on. the heat has been hot and outside activities have been hampered by humidity, rain, or concrete trucks in the driveway. i did spend several hours playing receptionist at the elfc office yesterday and unfortunately those were the prettiest hours of the week.

today we’re up for the dock dogs down at the evansville’s mini-fest, but tv said you can’t bring in “professional” cameras……is my nikon d60 professional? why would they cramp a hobbyist’s style like that? for $15 an armband, i’m going to make sure i can take in my camera before i buy. i’d hate to miss the dock dogs, though.

the concrete is pretty much done and the rest of the garage won’t be built until 7/6. i’ve got a little time to kill. still looking for a companion to the new harmony plays…..

i’ll return with pix one way or another. have a great smiley day!