Came home to a flooded basement AGAIN, 3rd time in a year! It had rained 14 ” overnight! Somewhat easier to get on top of this as we had added metal feet to some cabinets and furniture and painted children’s blocks under the hope chest and other items. The rugs dried out on the patio. Another decorating opportunity to change things around a bit…… NOW awaiting a sump pump installation.
A small family gathering for 4th of July calls for a manicured lawn and perfect flower plots of course! Probably for the 1st time this year I have had, simultaneously, all my flowers Putting on the Ritz! Unfortunately I fell off the terraced landscaping backwards hitting an antique water pump, parking sign, a metal bucket, fell into a cattle feed bucket down below and had to flip myself, bucket and all unto the gravel driveway sideways. The swelling has gone down in my head, the torn arm is bandaged…every inch of my body is bruised, battered or torn.
I waited an hour and finished pulling the weeds….when Russ wasn’t looking.
I was never able to show company my flower plots. It hurt too much to walk…….
For all the decorating I did on my patio for this special day….I discovered the next morning that I forgot to put out all my color co-ordinated cushions…..
There is hope. Good times are ahead! I wacked my mums on Weds down to 4 or 5″ above the ground. The pictures show that. They must be wacked down again on the 14th and for the LAST TIME on July 28th. Then you won’t believe how beautifully they will mound up and be huge for Sept! ! ! AND they will come back next spring. God is so good with HIS decorating!
