Time is going by too fast..

It has been an enjoyable time on our summer trip.  Even though the weather has been wet, hot and humid and quite windy at times, I won’t complain.  There has been some real enjoyable weather.  I so look forward to returning to IA and MN.  We decided to make Wilder’s Campground our home base this trip and for the most part it has worked out pretty good.  Taking day trips are a lot easier than moving the RV so many times. At this time we plan to do that again in September but will not know for sure until that trip gets closer. We haven’t seen everyone that we wanted to see on this trip but there is still a week to go before we leave.  We realize summer is a busy time and hard to catch everyone in the short time we are here in IA.  Those we don’t see this trip we hope to catch in September (already making a list).  

The time has just been flying by and it won’t be long before we head back to TN.  Just seven days – July 21 to be exact.  We decided to take a couple of extra days to travel back home.  Plans are to make a 2 day stopover in LeClaire, IA to check out the area before exiting the state of IA.  We will leave there the morning of July 23.  Mail delivery starts again on July 24^th so really need to be back no later than that date.  It is always interesting going through 4 weeks of mail all at once.

We have traveled through and stayed in Paducah, KY many times but I haven’t had the chance to visit the National Quilt Museum located there.  I hope to check that off my list of things to visit this summer, whether it is this trip or the return trip in September.  Time is going to be short when we leave LeClaire so it looks like that may be on the list to visit when we return, but I haven’t given up just yet.

I am already looking forward to our trip back here in September.  Hopefully by then and we will be looking for our new-to-us home closer to family and friends.  That story will be for a future blog.  Stay tuned for the rest of the story at a later date-hopefully sooner rather than later.

As always comments are welcome.

Until next time.........

April Showers Bring May Flowers

April Showers Bring May Flowers

 

I awoke early this morning, 4:45 to be exact, to the sound of rain.  Love that sound.  There was no wind blowing nor thunder and lightning.  Nothing to disturb the peace and quiet of the early morning hours.  It was two years ago today when our area was torn apart by tornadoes.  Today it is calm and the rain is washing everything clean and replenishing Mother Earth with the moisture it needs for everything to grow.  It is like the angels are watching over us with a watering can pouring water down over us.  I had dosed off and awoke again later as dawn approached.  The rain had temporarily stopped and I could hear a train whistle in the distance.  The train tracks are approximately a mile east of us.  When the state did the much needed widening of Hwy 411 to accommodate all the north south traffic they had to take out many trees.  The train whistle is now louder without the trees to muffle the sound.  It is interesting to listen to how the engineer goes through the short and long sequence of warning whistles at the intersections for the side roads.  Some engineers take their job real seriously and tend to really lean on the whistle.  Other times they just tap the whistle.  I love the sound of a train whistle so glad the tracks are far enough away to enjoy the sound but not get the rumble.  I remember the trains that used to go through my home town of Allison years ago.  I still have the urge to slow down and look both ways when I cross where the tracks used to be.  Have you ever done that?  Sometimes old habits are hard to break.

Our rock garden is beginning to show some life with new leaves and some plants actually showing colorful flowers.  My morning glory bush is producing many blooms that are starting to swell and will in a short time open to a glorious color.  This will be its third year and it keeps getting better every year.  Last year it was gorgeous so I am looking forward to seeing if it can out do itself this year.  There seem to be more buds on the lower part of the plants this year.

This is a picture from a previous year.

 

 

The bushes in the front of the house are looking nice and are in need of pruning to keep a nice shape.  They took a couple of years to get established but they are really looking nice.  They must have been putting all their energy into producing roots when they were first planted.  Need to get out there and prune the new growth into shape.  I remember last year I went to start pruning one of the three and there was a huge spider sitting on its web that was running from the foundation of the house to the bush.  Its body was bigger than my first thumb joint with long legs.  Yikes!  Took a picture with my phone but don’t know if I saved it.  I will have to search the pictures on my computer to see if I can find it.  Sure hope it has decided to find another home.  A tree in my neighbor’s backyard would be a good location don’t you think.

The rain let up this morning long enough for me to run my errands.  I mailed a package at the USPS and stopped at the grocery store to pick up a few things to get through the weekend.  There is a slow easy rain now with a calm wind.  A dark dreary day that is good for reading and relaxing.

I had three items sell on the internet so will get them packaged up and ready to send out on Monday.

Prayers go out to everyone recovering from health issues.  The power of prayer is strong so keep a positive attitude and take one day at a time.

 

 

Have a good day and a great weekend.

As always comments and suggestions are wlecome.

Until next time.