Sonnystone Acres

the labor day extravaganza is about to kick off.  since little mikey will turn 27 on 9/3, we’ll be celebrating his b-day in our usual style:  going out to ellis park.  the jose’ family will join the jr. and sr. caseys at the track saturday and we’d love for all our readers to meet us out there, too.  give me a call or drop me a comment, or just show up!  there are supposed to be ostrich and camel races, too, but i’m focusing on the horses myself.  oh, ali, i think i know why you can’t comment–has to do with your old virus-laden identity.  when the kids are here i’ll have them fix it.  we’ll be having some sunday dinner, too, if that’s a better time to visit with us.  just let me know. 

sunflower iii, originally uploaded by rightbug?.

after spending so much time indoors, it’s been catch-up time in the gardens. nothing to do but admire my sunflowers, though. the tomatoes are coming on strong and bell peppers and eggplant are in abundance. the herbs have been harvested a couple of times and i have plenty of pesto in the freezer. time for fall mums and cool-weather veggies.

library re-do, originally uploaded by rightbug?.

at the same time the roofers were roofing, casey was fixing up the office/library. in addition to the paint (sorely needed) he added crown molding, built in a bookshelf and 2 radiator covers. it is so cozy. this was my anniversary present (28 years, thank-you), started on 8/15 and completed on 8/19. and i helped. some.

men on the roof, originally uploaded by rightbug?.

the roofing crew did a great job with a minimal amount of plant destruction. if they hadn’t run out of shingles, it would have only taken them a day. instead, a couple of them came back the next morning and finished in about an hour. now if we could get some rain…..

nurse’s office, originally uploaded by rightbug?.

first day of school, ready for business. that’s desiderata on the bulletin board, just in case i need to read some peaceful words.

it’s been rather hectic since i started back to school august 6.  the pictures below were taken at the bluegrass festival over in henderson on the 9th and i never got around to actually posting about how much i enjoyed the morning we spent over there.  lots of people brought their instruments and were jamming in the park, as well as the paid musicians who were excellent.  it was a beautiful day and the presence of the delta queen just added to the ambiance. 

we’re back from north carolina and we had a great time.  biltmore was amazing, but the real spectacular scenes were on the blueridge parkway.  i’m having a little trouble posting pix tonight, so these are the ones that my blog is accepting.  there are more, if you are interested, on the flickr site.  we were cruising with the top down and i became quite intrigued with taking pictures going into, through, and out of the tunnels.  they are quite psychedelic.  i heart my camera. 

it’s been a great break, book-ended with the trips to the beach and the mountains, full of growing plants and growing grandchildren.  i’m glad i can take time to just sit and enjoy.  i’m feeling quite revived and ready to get back into the grind of 20-hour work-weeks.  tee-hee.  i heart my life.