~ the plastic fish saga continues...

After working up a sweat in the yard, I thought about jumping in the pool.  Since the weather has been a bit cool, I walked over to check the water thermometer and saw Ozzy's plastic fish tangled in the cord.



Then this guy popped out...




                             !!!  DON'T TELL OZZY  !!!

{The first photo is Nicholas taking a photo of the spider with his ipad -- he really needs to clean that screen!)

~ yes, it's a plastic fish...

This plastic fish floats around in our swimming pool every summer.  This year, Ozzy has decided that this fish belongs to him.  He bends over the side of the pool and retrieves it every time we take him outside.  We are trying to teach him to voluntarily put it back in the pool before he goes back in the house, but, so far we have been unsuccessful.

sigh... ;-)

~ morning stretch...

focus...
breathe...


focus...
breath...



now, let's take a look at your technique...



Update:  If you are viewing this on your ipad, the video may not appear.  To correct this problem, you can view the video with this link: Sofia's technique


Ta da! :-)

~ sunflower update...

I was waiting for the sunflowers to fully open before giving this update.  However, as Nicholas and I were floating around in the pool I thought that it might be a good time to snap a photo -- just in case -- because of the possibility for thunderstorms this afternoon.




As I expected, the sunflower on the left is the tallest...once again.  The sunflowers this year are not so spectacular.  Most of our plants this summer seem to be that way -- except for those strange marigolds in the large pot.  Have you ever seen long stemmed marigolds?  These are Rick's "experiment".  Do you think he's invented something new?  hee...hee... ;-)

~ let's take a walk...

...around the garden!

~ butterfly love...

~ what are they up to...

These guys pulled up this morning at about 8:30 a.m. There were three trucks with digging machines sitting on trailers -- and they parked on the street so that they were surrounding our yard.  The signs on all three trucks are a local landscaper -- so I almost had a heart attack thinking they were going to start digging in the conservation area.  But, instead they are over there -- in front of our neighbors' houses working on the street -- ruining this morning's quiet time.  After last night's thunderstorms I could use some quiet.  Sigh....