Fall?

No way. We had a wet cold spring and warm weather didn't start until June. We were still burning fires in the wood stove in June this year. Usually we quit in April. So here it is the end of August and I see my neighbor has a fire in his wood stove. Wow. He must be cold. It is cool this morning, but enough for a fire???

Mishka got her second haircut of the year. She was getting pretty shaggy. Now naturally she is cold because our heat went away.

Ricky from work gave me a bag of coffee beans. They are pretty dark beans, but when I made a pot of coffee with them they weren't overly strong or bitter. They had a nice smooth flavor to them. His only concern was he couldn't grind them for me because he couldn't find the grinder. I reassured him that I had two grinders and could grind my own. That got me quite a look. Everyone who hears I have two seem amazed. I bought one to grind beans. The other one my brother won as a door prize somewhere and I asked if I could have it. He doesn't drink coffee at all.

Garden Fare

We had stir-fry tonight made with zucchini, yellow squash, green beans, green onions and garlic out of our garden. I added cabbage and celery and it was delicious. Last night we also had the first corn out of the garden. It was very nice.
We've been eating garden candy and it looks like ground cherries will be ready soon. Got to love fresh veggies from the garden.

Zach's Birthday

I totally forgot to take my camera with. I was going to take a picture of Zach on his seventh birthday. Time is flying. Zach is the younger brother of one of the kids who hung out at our house a lot as he was growing up. We consider Josh to be one of ours and then by association his little brother and mother also.
Anyway Zach called me on Friday to let me know he was having a birthday party on Saturday. He wanted me to come and that is why he called. I gave him school clothes as always. He is a kid who likes clothes....takes after Josh in that respect.

Bits and Pieces

I was wrong. We have had our new supervisor in the warehouse with us all week thus far. He is learning all our fun jobs....like shrinkwrapping. He has quite a sense of humor and is going to be fine to work with. Fits in well.

Tanya has been getting all her ducks in a row. She has taken care of a lot of her bills so she starts with a clean slate. She got her social security death benefits started and got more than anticipated. She is going to be fine as long as she doesn't go hogwild. We are still going to have our budgeting session and learn more about credit.

Doug and Heather are getting settled in Georgia. The dogs love their big fenced backyard. And I am sure that Heather is happy to be back in her house that has a dishwasher. Doug should be back to work now.

Myk is Myk.

Dragonflies

Several years ago I must have made a statement about liking dragonflies. I do. I like them. The person who heard my statement took it to mean that I would collect all things dragonfly. And so now I do because people give them to me. Heather, on the other hand, really loves dragonflies. She got this tattoo this week. And it is lovely. She did say it really hurt. Ouch.

My Supervisor

So we had a little bbq at work today. Everyone brought in delicious food. We got to meet the new supervisor of our dept. at the bookstore. We haven't had a supervisor for several months...we have had Jacob who was the interim supervisor, but he is one of us. The meeting was fine, but I have no real feel for who this guy is or how he will be. He starts on Monday, but I don't expect to interact much with him the first week while he is training. Time will tell.

Dave's Supervisor

The neighbor's cow was supervising Dave while he dug the hole and placed the pole for the new gate.