FULL day part 2!!

On the way home we headed to an estate sale near Hawkinsville. I found a nice walker for dad. It was perfect timing as this would save him from having to go to the doctor to get a prescription for a new walker. Yay for dad!

Afterwards we headed into Hawkinsville proper to get some breakfast at Huddle House. Think Waffle House but more County :) if that’s even really possible.

Since we were in Hawkinsville we decide to go ahead and go to another estate sale in a warehouse there in town. I found a bread pan cast iron and a cute brass fish ashtray to go with my brass crabs.


Butch is gonna clean up the pan and I’ll sell it :)

From there we headed to Mom and Dads house and decided to stop off at the nursery in Perry to see if they had Hydrangeas. They did and a few other plants as well!!

We ended up with three Hydrangeas, three Hostas and two “Lucifer” canna lilies - the name cracked me up!

Then we headed over to the folks to drop off the walker then headed home. It was then about 1pm and WAY too hot to plant anything so we have settled down in the house to cool off for a bit.

But we did drop the plants on their rough spots before going in:








These are multi colored ones! I’m so excited to see what these are going to look like as they grow up!!

About three I tossed on a swim suit and headed out to plant some canna lilies. I shoved my volunteer snapdragons to the side and plopped the lilies in. They’re going to be pretty!!











Tomatoes are coming in. Not quite as well as I hoped, but they’re coming in. I will just keep fertilizing and hope for the best!


This one is for mom. This is her plant she gave me as a rescue. I had to deadhead it and cut off the dead stuff. It’s coming back great. Should be happy here for the long term!!

At about 7pm we finally went out front and planter the hostas and Hydrangeas.

FULL day!

Today Butch and I headed to Eastman to visit with my prior boss and visit her sunflower field.

I am so glad we did.

Butch wanted to BE there at 6:30am. I said no way!! I also didn’t want to go at 8pm as it would be too hot and buggy.

We compromised with us showing up at 7:30 A.M. what does that mean? It means we had to get up at 5:00 (Butch) 5:30 (me). We headed out at 6:30 so we could there at 7:30. I felt bad because she was still in her jammies! She was a good sport about it. :)





One super tall little guy right out in the middle :)














Yep he is standing on the topper in the back of his truck. Fun stuff!! I was the lens handler for him. I would wander away and take pictures on my own and he would concentrate on doing his own thing.





There has always got to be one in the crowd! Backwards and awkward but still happy and cheerful :)









I was taking pictures of bees but had to capture this picture of Butch. Yep, he’s still standing on his truck still ;)


Selfie in the flowers!!





There were so many “hit and runs” with bees flying everywhere being as busy as, well bees!! No stings and no close calls. Just lots of buzzing around!


One final parting shot before we go! We had a great time!!

Doug and Wendy’s visit

We have known Doug and Wendy since 1994 when we were all stationed in Italy. They came to Georgia to pick up a purchase and we are SO glad they included us in those plans!

They came in on Friday and Liz had a pool party. So they got to witness a bit of the set up in Friday evening when they came in. We adults opted to escape to dinner instead of staying home with the kiddos!


Saturday Butch and Doug headed to ATL to pick up their item and Wendy and I hung out at home. Floated in the pool and chatted, then napped and hung out until the boys came home. We grilled sausage for dinner and played games that night!

A rousing game of 5 crowns



Where Liz played with us.
And an even funnier game of Push the Dummy.


Made a little more challenging as we did a taste test of Irish Whiskeys between games! *Note I went from rocking the score to loosing in the LAST hand! Fun game!



SO glad they came down and saw us!