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Sunny Mr Sunflower!!!

Aren't sunflowers just stunning? I have a lot of growing all over the place but these are the only two flowering so far...and I didn't even plant these, they came up from under the bird feeder!

Long grasses in late Summer.....

I love watching these tall grasses get blown around in the wind on a sunny day!

Beautiful honeysuckle...

I can understand why the Hummingbirds are attracted to this beautiful flower :) And yes! the hummingbirds are still here - I haven't spotted them as often, but they ARE still around - probably not for much longer though as they left around late August last year....

Signs of Fall.....

I am seeing more and more signs of Fall outside...it seems to be coming very early this year.

RIP.........

My Moms washing machine died today......they did all they could to save it but it breathed its last breath around 6:20pm GMT

There was no great flood, there was no fire....just a noisy death.

And now Mom gets to buy a new washing machine! I told her I have a spare one in my garage but she said that delivery charges may be a little too high ;)

I'm waiting for mine to die.....but it seems to just go on and on....I'd like a new front loading one to match my dryer but I won't buy one until this one gives up the ghost! It doesn't seem to matter what amount of crap I throw in there it just keeps working!

A little early?

Today Sam received a Happy 3rd Birthday card from my Nan....

...his birthday is January 7th :)

What happened???

I was on the phone to my Mom for a while this morning and then I heard her washing machine getting louder in the background...and then my Mom starts yelling to my Dad 'Ken!!! My machine!!!! What do I do??????' and then she yelled that she had to go and she hung up! So I am picturing her washing machine leaking all over her new kitchen floor! Yikes! Actually I have NO idea what happened so I will call back later and find out!

All better :)

I am so glad that I am feeling better today - yesterday was much better but today I feel completely better :) the pain has gone from my hands and feet and I am not so tired!

The girls are at the table making paper dolls (great practice for cutting for Abby!) and Sam is colouring.....while the dolls dry (they are gluing them to cardboard to make them sturdy) they are going through the tubs of crayons and pens and sharpening all the pencils, checking they all work.......

Today we don't have plans really - date night tonight is all.....tomorrow we are out all day. Breakfast in the morning, swimming in the afternoon and prep for Chris's party in the evening.....and at some point today or tomorrow I want to get to the scrapbook store - I am out of cardstock.

My house is a mess so today I plan to get that done - with being ill th elast few days nothing has been done and so I need to get back on track!

No other news for now.