MORNIN'. I woke early this morning for me. 5ish. Wide awake. Cleaned the toilet and Bathroom sink. Did a few dishes. Misted the fern in the screened in porch. Checked facebook. Am still in my housecoat sipping coffee as the sun is coming up to greet me.
Door open and gentle cool breeze drifting into the room. Still have a fan on as I tend to not cool off like a normal person.
Nothing like having CHRISTMAS in JULY. A frothy coffee was created to drink. Thought of some CHRISTMAS songs to sing. Funny thing is this past week as I was driving my Grandson around, I saw SANTA in the City Park all decked out in his gorgeous red CHRISTMAS suit of clothing. He had a photographer with him as I believe they were doing a photo shoot in the heat of the day. Cooler weather will come and then it will be just like CHRISTMAS. For now it is CHRISTMAS in JULY.
FROTHY COFFEE.
BEAN ENVY HANDHELD FROTHER
creates a wonderful FANCY COFFEE at HOME.
Kansas weather is so unpredictable. This week it is to be cooler then last week. This is amazing for a SUMMER MONTH.
Over the week-end HUBBY was up really early putting in muscle and time in the cool of the day making a new FLOWERBED along the fence. So far he has dug about forty feet and has another ten to the tree. I encouraged him to take this slow as he digs in the heat. The weather Saturday was awful. Soaked in sweat. Stop and cool off digging more in cooler weather on SUNDAY.
SUNDAY was a cooler cloudy day with some rain for moisture throughout the day. I LOVED IT!!!
This is the time of the year to plant and relocate IRISES. The area they are in now is difficult to weed the beds. The new location will be a narrower bed in which it will be easier for older people to reach and stretch in. The present beds will be planted with grass for the lawn.
When we moved here over two years ago, our time was short to relocate the IRISES so they went in an area of the lawn that was not a flowerbed. We (and I should say Husband) will return the lawn to being a lawn once again. The flowers will migrate to their new flower beds latter part of JULY and early AUGUST and hopefully in the SPRING of 2020 bloom again. With them having been relocated there may not be as many blooms like this SPRING. They were prolific this year.
The SUMMER IRIS SALE is in a few days and I wonder if we'll go? Humm. Shall see. Shall see.
I have conjured up in my imagination how to arrange the irises in circles with like kind. I can imagine the blossoms in my head.
Grandson returned to St. Louis. I was exhausted. Good to see him, visit and good for him to return to his HOME. I rested most of the day. Needed to.
I love my GRANDKIDS. I do. Still...other slower individuals will identify how the ole body slows and all the energy bouncing off the walls is kind of difficult to take. The noise factor takes place. Still love the kids. Need to rest more often than before. Sorry, but it's the way it is.
I will continue to say my prayers and have good thoughts. Fond memories will arise from time together. Though I have laundry to do, bills to pay, dishes to wash and a nice supper to fix, I won't be apologizing if I take a nap today.
Sweet DREAMS,
d on the prairie
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5 comments:
Greetings, D! It's good to see you here at Sandra's on Happy Homemaking Monday! Welcome! I love irises! My favorites on my lavender-colored ones that smell just like grape Kool-Aid! They're so beautiful and they're something I look forward to every spring! If I get a chance I need to get out there and divide them up. Blessings for a great week ahead! <3
I feel the same way about the extra kids we had in the house this weekend, one teenager and one pre-teen. I love those girls and love to have them come to visit but it is nice to have my normal two kids again.
Hope you have a great week.
Enjoyed reading your post. That coffee looks delicious. I always thought the time to move Irises was in the fall? Might explain why the ones I moved didn't do so well this spring. Hope you have a wonderful week!
nap away fair lady.. ♥
that iris is lovely.
hoping you'll attend the iris show.
Hi Ladies. Thanks for visiting and commenting. We do have some heirloom grape scented irises and they do have a wonderful fragrance. So many irises do not have a pretty fragrance to them, but these heirloom ones do.
Irises can be a very hardy flower. After relocating them they may take a season to get grounded before blooming well. So pretty when they do. Hubby has planted them at various times, but we have the best crop when planted in late July and August. This allows the roots more time to get established before cold weather sets in.
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