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I don't know about you, but I am feeling more patriotic than normal with our nation's upcoming 250th birthday.

I am in the process of binding that darn deer rug and thought I would go back to one of my WIPs.  I have several to choose from 😕.  But since I have all my red, white and blue wools pulled from hooking the patriotic smalls and I found this pattern in my stash, that's up next!  I haven't hooked anything for me in honor of this milestone birthday.  In a few weeks another patriotic one will be started at a three day class.  

I am not even sure when or where I got this pattern, but I am guessing I have had it for at least ten years.  About time, isn't it?

I am still in this darn brace.  Hopefully for only a week and a half more.  I have been hesitant to dig in the yard, sure don't want to mess up my healing, but have finally started planting some of my annuals in pots and edging the gardens.  They are totally out of control.

Just a few pictures . . . 

I just discovered I have baby birds in my lilac bush.  It looks like there are three, no idea what kind, and by the way they are filling the nest guess they will fledge soon.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Pug hugs 😊
Lauren

Yard Stuff ~

Just wanted to pop in ~ and not yet ready to share hook-y stuff!

We are so dry in northern Ohio.  I have a friend who lives almost 3 hours south and they have been getting lots and everything is lush and green.  My flowers are doing ok, but the grass is beginning to turn a lovely shade of brown 😢.  The only thing I water is the pots, wheelbarrow, etc, and fill the birdbaths.

The other evening about 7pm I arrived home to find this d*#% deer munching in my front garden.  I was maybe 20' away from her and didn't faze her in the least.

When she finally noticed me, decided to saunter over to one of my newly planted trees and take a couple bites before walking down the middle of the street to find someone else's garden to destroy.

These day lilies are very prolific and long blooming.

My dumpster dive find from a couple years ago.

Garden statuary.

The lightening rod (but not the ball) is from my parents' barn.

Abby cypress

Another day lily

Love the spotted flowers of the tiger lily.  

Marly ~ here are my bubblegum 'tunias in the old baby bathtub.

The grasshoppers (or are they the crickets?) are chirping so loudly.  To me, that is the sound of fall, but puleeze, it is only mid July!!!

That's it for today!  We had some extremely hot and humid weather the last month, but when I got my electric bill today from running the A/C, I almost went in to cardiac arrest.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren

What's Blooming ~

Trying to get ready for a crazy busy week so nothing much in the hooking department.  I did finish yet another door prize cigar box for the guild's fall hook in.  I didn't do anything special on the inside other than put some scrapbook paper on the bottom.

The yard is looking so pretty!  I love this time of year.

I did not have the luck Cathy from Acorn Hollow did with overwintering my geraniums.  This was one of my two successes but it has not yet bloomed.  Love the nut tin.

DSO reinforced my falling apart chair to get another year's use out of it.  

An old chicken waterer missing its top.

Clematis.

Happy flowers.  Evening primrose.

And one happy bee.

Cool old tool box from a friend last year.  Only one or two of the plants survived the winter, but she was gracious and gave me plants from her yard to fill in.

One of my son's old workboots on an old tricycle.  I just love yard junk!

At Aldi's the other day, they had these gorgeous hydrangeas for only $14.99.  How could I resist that color?   Now to figure out where to plant it!

Michigan for the day tomorrow (early Father's Day celebration at DSO's son's house), Monday the annual "nun visit".  She will be 97 soon.  Then Tuesday and Wednesday a hooking class.  ARGH!!!  I am thankful for my crazy, busy life.

Must share.  DSO just stopped by for a minute.  This is the hotrod he built from a kit a few years ago 😁

And the sweetest passenger ever sitting on her custom made "perch" so she can see out the window.  (Yes, that perch makes her a** look fat 😉)

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren

Blogger is Messing with Me!!!

My last post had a link to Sue's blog where my zipline video is posted.  Well . . . that link is now gone 😡  For those who could not see the video, click here and hopefully it will direct you to her blog!  I just don't understand what happened.

Our weather is finally improving.  Though still a bit chilly, it hasn't rained for a couple of days and the gardens are exploding with color.  I still haven't bought annuals yet.  SOON!

Siberian iris ~ one of my favorites

My rooster is rusting and I love him. 

I think froggy is praying I will finally get the little pond cleaned out.

Rusting lantern I purchased last year.
The hen and chicks survived the winter
and the squirrels haven't stolen them.

Isn't mother nature amazing? 
There is a tiny rust pinhole and a weed is growing from it. 

Please take a moment to remember why we are celebrating Memorial Day.  To those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, we appreciate your service and thank you for allowing us to be free.  Sadly, there is a price for freedom and we must never take it for granted.

Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, is for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

God Bless America!

Lauren

Around the Yard ~

I am not sure how I manage to be busy all the time and accomplish so little.  I have pulled a few (very few!) loops on Shady Spot and have been working on binding the three little door prize mats for the September hook in.

Yard work always needs to be done.  As usual, the damn deer have been enjoying my hostas.  

Passion flower vine is so invasive, but the flowers are most unusual and beautiful.

The variety of morning glories that reseed every year are also quite invasive.  I just don't have luck with the pretty blue ones.

Naked Ladies, aka Resurrection lilies did well this year.

My black eyed Susan vine is growing like gangbusters, but I have had only a few flowers 😞

Random shots around the yard.  The gardens are starting to look a bit tired.  

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren