Hi Barbara! Glad all is good with you. Sometimes we have to take a bit of time off from here, time does fly when watering, I try  to keep an eye on the clock now, still get carried away sometimes, lol. I've been busy indoors today trying to get everything up together before tomorrow, I'm having a carpal tunnel op on my left hand so may find I can't use it for a while, shame I've missed out on the warmest sunny day we've had so far this year. That will be a lovely break for you in July going with your daughter to Newfoundland, something to look forward to. Hope you've had a good day. x

Are you ok Barbara? x

Hi Barbara, I've never heard of the other 2 games either, Bocce and Sandbags, sounds like fun for you all. I thought Petanque sounded a bit like Bowls that some people play here but on grass. I'm meeting a friend shortly so I may get a bit wet walking to the bus stop, looks like the rain is in for the day, still we'll be in the shops and a cafe for lunch so plenty of time for me to dry out, lol. Can't believe we'll be into Autumn tomorrow, there I was thinking we may have an "Indian Summer" in September but they said on a weather forecast that we wouldn't be getting one, so guess summer is really over. Hope you have a good day and a dry one! x

Hi Barbara! The kids go back to school here on 4th September but they usually have one or two "inset days" whatever that is so it will probably be the 6th. Mosquitoes are nasty things, my daughter had 3 bites on her hand and it all swelled up. Our weather is still so changeable, they keep promising us sunny days then it doesn't happen then they forecast rain, really difficult to make any kind of arrangement beforehand. It's been cloudy the last couple of days and one morning it was really humid as well, it's cloudy and windy today with a peek of sun once in a while, still much better then the terrible wildfires in Canada they keep showing us on the television. Hope you are nowhere near them. x

Thank you Barbara. She is doing much better, out of the ICU and into rehab for the next 2 weeks. Hopefully, she can come back here and recuperate some more. Two steps forward, one step back but at least we're seeing some progress!

thank you for spotting the Donkey                           needed it for my quest 

Good Morning Barbara, thank you for your messages and well wishes! My sister is finally out of the ICU after some 2.5 weeks. It was touch and go there for a bit. I was in shock to see her in that state when I flew to NYC. While I was there, my dad also went to the hospital. My brothers and sister really pulled together. We have 3 situations going on now, but I think it'll be ok. Long road to back to normal but made our family stronger.

thanks for spotting the mouse   

Hi Barbara, thank you for your kind notes throughout this ordeal. I'm flying to NY Thurs to be with her for a few days. She's still in the ICU and has some complications but we're hoping she gets out in another week. Im freezing the garden as I cannot tend to it .. hopefully, soon! Chin up!

Thank you Barbara for your notes of encouragement. I will be gone this weekend so if Im not around, that means I had no access to my FL garden, lol. I will be with my mom while my dad flies out to NY but should be back on Monday. Have a great weekend!