July for the Oldies

Cooling off at the Property - it's been so hot ! 

Spotted on early morning walk

Spotted under my sink - YIKES !!!  Yes, I did scream.

Love the smell of cut hay 

Got Mom's flower beds all spruced up with bark

Tended doggies while the Rich Gang was away on the cruise

Thunderstorms are few and far between.  It seems the rain always misses Morgan :( 

 

New Car............and other "stuff"

We bought a new 2025 Toyota Camry XSE
It's pretty complicated for a couple of old fogies. 

 

Mark and Dax hiked the "M"

We've had a "few" massive sunflowers

I haven't done dill pickles since 2021, but here we are ! 
Cucumbers are producing.  I'm up to 11 quarts so far, and hope to do more. 

Seems like there is always a sprinkler to fix :(

I bought 3 bushels of tomatoes from Guy Rose, and got 48 quarts of tomato juice.  So appreciative that mom came to help me cut them up. 

We still have a mouse.............. Called the Pest Control guy AGAIN ! 

Guess who won the $500 Browning gift bag at the football game on the 29th?
Yup - that would be ME :) 

A Mouse in the House

Yes, this is in our house
Yes, I got down on my knees and took an up close picture
Yes Leslie, I am one sick person :)

Over the past week we've caught three mice in our house. This is the last one - I HOPE !! I want to proudly report that I have disposed of all three, without Roger's help.

Funny story (not really) - I bought a big bag of almonds from Sam's Club. Cost? About $12.00. I had them in my pantry at the top of the stairs. I'm lazy and didn't close the ziploc on the top of the bag. I mean really, it would be SUCH a pain to open and close it every I reached in to grab a few, right? Of course, I left the pantry sliding door open about 8 inches, so I could easily reach in and grab me a few, many many times during the day. They are yummy :)

I may never eat another almond...........

Friday night I couldn't sleep after consuming two Diet Coke's. I hadn't had one in a month, and I forgot how caffeine makes me a night owl. I decided to sew on a quilt, and I was at my dining room table sewing away. I stopped sewing for a minute and thought I heard something. I quietly turned my head, and sure enough. There was a mouse, running from under my stove, in the pantry door, and MUCH TO MY HORROR, appeared on the shelf where my beloved almonds were located !!!!!

That's right folks, I watched this little bugger go back and forth and back and forth, about 3 times a minute, taking one almond each time.

I kept telling myself, that this was the FIRST NIGHT he had been busy. There was NO WAY I had eaten out of that bag all day long, that had been contaminated the night before - Yeah right.

I finally had enough of the mouse show, and I got up and put a mouse trap right in the almond bag and went to bed. I totally expected a FAT FULL DEAD mouse the next morning.

Instead I found an EMPTY almond bag, with the trap fully cocked, with NO MOUSE !!!

Well, to make a long story short, Roger bought some "old school" mouse traps, and I think our situation is taken care of. At least I hope so.

PS - My dear friend gave me a fresh bag of almonds. I'm keeping these LOCKED UP !!