Findings and such

Hope everyone is having a good Labor Day weekend.
Ours has been busy.
First off we decided to go looking for a Shed.
Mind you, last time we were "Just Looking" was just over a year ago when we wanted to see what prices of vehicles were, and fell in love with this:

Saw it on a Saturday, Went back on a Sunday to see it again, and Monday went in and bought it.

So for us to go "JUST LOOK" at sheds was quite funny.
We found one we really like. It matches our house exactly, color and all. It is big enough to store all Hubbys woodworking tools, the lawn mowers, tillers, other lawncare stuff and still have room left over.
Hubby is going to the bank in the morning to see if we can swing a loan.

We also decided to remove the backyard fence. It was here when we moved in almost 7 years ago. it was quite flimsy then, so decided it needed to go. We are talking about maybe putting in a new fence, in a Almond colored vinyl to match the siding on the shed and house.
We shall see.

Found a couple blogs today that are so full of fun things, patterns, recipes and such I thought I would share them with you.
http://mybestfriendcallsmemartha.blogspot.com/
and
http://foothillsofthegreatsmokymountains.blogspot.com/

Check them out when you have time.

Cutest dog

I am currently involved with a friend in a "Cutest Dog" contest.
this is not my dog, but if you wouldnt mind, please go vote for it!!
http://tinyurl.com/m68yj3

thank you!

Country Peaches

I finished this doll today. I am calling her Country Peaches.

I used the basic instructions for the Dumplin Dolls, and improvised a skirt for her.

Mystery Man Market bag

Here is the story behind this bag:

On Tuesday I took dear daughter to one of the temp agencies so she can continue her job search. I stayed in the truck crocheting while she was inside.

I am in the process of making a very bright bag from orange and a red heart yarn called mexicana. vibrant bright colors.

Anyway sitting there with the windows down, radio on and a man walks toward the truck down the sidewalk. He is scruffy looking. needs a shave, clothing a bit torn. he stops and says he likes my truck, and I tell him we do too thanks.

then he notices what I have in my hands. he asks if he can come closer to look. I had no problem with it. he came over and asked what I was crocheting. So I explained what it was. He said he really liked it. I told him I wished it was done I would have given it to him, and he said no, there is another plan for that bag, you just do not know yet what it is. he then placed his hand on the bag, closed his eyes a moment, then shook my hand, said God bless and walked away.I turned around to say goodbye and he was gone...no where to be seen.

Today I finished the bag.

Update on the bug

I found out what this is.
it is a Hummingbird Moth
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/hummingbird_moth.htm thats a website that shows it.
now we know!!

huge fruits and other happenings

I finally got emails sorted out, what a mess! Had to send everything one by one to myself from incredimail, then uninstall and reinstall incredimail.

but it is all back up and working now thankfully.

We picked one of the cantaloupe from the volunteer vine.

8 pounds 3 ounces. Yes, that's what I wrote. it is huge. here is a photo of it, and one of hubby holding it. it is almost the size of a basketball!!

This strange creature was flying around the Zinnias today. its wings were so fast, like a hummingbird, and it was about the same size as one too. At first I thought it was a Hummingbird, till i took this photo, it is no hummingbird. no idea what it is, never saw anything like it.

we have picked 35 Tomatoes from our volunteer plant. with still many many more to come. I am dehydrating them all.

Drowning in seed....

Wanted to post this photo. its taken through the greenhouse door.

we set tables up in our greenhouse, and are using it to dry seeds.

overflowing with seeds even!!

I have given away so many marigold seeds and still more coming. Need any?

we have Marigold seed, Yucca plant seeds, Zinnia, Mello and not sure yet what else i'll have by the time I am done.

Also, just a note.

I am having major email program issues. my incredimail program is a mess. My Antivirus claims it has a virus so every time i open it, it acts weird. I have checked my machine with 3 other scanners (including a professional network one) and they all show clear. Weird stuff.

But I am going through all my old emails and saving as much as it will let me.

Links I saved for things I like I am posting here:
http://www.myhq.com/public/j/a/janglesfromjo/

Until I get that all cleared up I can't do much with email.

So if you do not hear from me you know why.