Ups Downs and a Rainbow

Hi guys! The holiday weekend started off with a BANG!

Unfortunately the bang was a [teeny tiny!] box, falling on my shin. Saturday morning....Huge mess, as it tore off my poor thin skin and left me standing in a large puddle of blood. [You can tell I've been reading gory thrillers, right? Jeff Abbot, mostly, Lee Child on deck]. One cut is about the size of  a cell phone, the higher one, half that size.
Why is it accidents always happen just as a long holiday weekend begins? Not a wound specialist in sight and I'll only go to the ER if they're toting my poor dead body and I can't resist. I did first aid and got through the weekend, begged my way into the doctor's office yesterday, Tuesday, afternoon. This woman is an expert, but still--she looked, frowned, said, ''well it isn't bleeding much anymore. No stitches. My assistant will bandage it. " [go away and don't come back].

A ''wound'' like this needs special silver felt bandages so today my friend and I were on the hunt for what I think are the world's most expensive band-aids! $119.oo for a box of ten 2 inch pads, though I got a deal at a local surgical supply place by buying ever-so-slightly expired pads instead.silver bandaids
This is putting a crimp in my daily swimming as the cuts are not supposed to get wet. Or sandy.

We then stopped at the farmers market. My friend had to double park while I ran in. [91* 80% humidity.]

Not plums, tiny potatoes for roasting tonight.

Then we went to Home Depot and picked up my new cutting table for my sewing room. I ordered it online and in a fit of misguided cheapness, I didn't have it delivered but chose free store pick up. Nowhere in the Home Depot copy or the reviews does it say the box is enormous--- it barely fit in my friend's very large SUV---or that it is immensely heavy, 85 pounds! Home Depot did load it for us, and I found some construction guys to carry it up into my house [houses here are raised because of storm flooding]. This cost me as much as home delivery.

Someday maybe it will be assembled, who knows.

 
We got the table in just in time. A storm meandered in.

Looks like more than it was. We haven't had rain since Fourth of July morning, a little shower back then. Today we got .04 inch.  But enough to ruin the table if left outside.

And rainbows every where, always a treat. Over the beach, to the south-southeast.

Behind the house, away from the beach to the northeast.

This is from a friend, from the mainland supermarket lot.

Wishing you all rainbows not storm clouds, have a good week.

love

lizzy

gone to the beach.....

Long Weekend---Official Summer's ''End''

Hello! Are you all set for the holiday weekend? I went to the grocery store but really had no clue what to buy. This is such an odd frantic, hectic, disorganised weekend. We know it will be very hot and sunny, but I don't know who will be home, who will visit, what to cook or when.

But no worries---a friend left this on my stairs to cheer me up.

Mo and I have ventured out despite the heat, so I'll share some September garden pics with you. Notice how the plantings change from flowers to textures as the grasses grow tall and seed heads form.

A few roses are re-blooming...

Holly bushes have their red berries---foreshadowing the coming winter holidays and creating food for migrating birds.

Crabapples on the sidewalk, tempting poor Mo. He'll eat anything and regrets it later.

My friend [he of the wine delivery] 's tropical garden! Success! I love it.

This is a Mojito elephant ear.

In one corner I even found a Pokeberry weed! LOL, it really should be pulled out.

W had an odd swarming of gulls last night. I think someone left out food or garbage? Mo was fascinated as they flew close in, just overhead on the deck. Last year I was afraid they'd snatch up his tiny self. Now at 20 pounds and counting, he's too big for a gull's dinner.

Next week I'll show you my new fall clothes! LOL, high fashion! From Target. How pretentious is that.

Plastic Lawn Geese Update! Remember Baby Goose who had No clothes and looked so sad? Well this week she disappeared. Imagine how I worried! Just now Mo and I went by --sorry no pix--and she is back, dressed in a suitably goofy sunflower costume. Oh I am so proud and pleased. LOL, don't take much to make me smile, does it?

Have a great weekend.

love

lizzy

gone to the beach....

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My first little Dress for Bolivia.

Heat Wave

Hi! Happy September. We're having a heat wave---so you know where I'm spending my days!

The ocean is warm, the days are hot and muggy [prob yours are too?] and by now the warm ocean keeps things warm at night, no cool sea breezes for awhile.

No rain either. My list of rainy day projects is growing to huge proportions. My friend wanted to help me clean my rugs today and what did I tell her? "Time enough to clean house in the Fall."

love 

lizzy

gone to the beach....