Me On A Monday - July 9th

Good Morning from the patio.

Lovely weekend with lots of time enjoying the sights & sounds from the patio.  It was neither too hot nor too windy, just perfect for sitting & enjoying the new water feature which  gives some pleasant background water sounds.

We have a cord from the umbrella to the patio frame to keep it steady in some of the breezes that want to rock the umbrella from it's stand & to give a visual notice with a garden theme, I peg pretty gardening gloves on the rope.

 My once circle patio in the lower garden was an enjoyable place to sit but of late I have been using it as my flower pot nursery & it's the bird's bathing area.  I have 2 of my 3 tomato plants there along with two pots of sweet peas.  I never have any luck with planting the sweet peas in the garden - fingers crossed I get a sweet smelling crop of sweet peas.  There is also two mixed floral pots.

We heard & saw the horse show held at the farm behind us.  They host a show the 2nd Sunday of May, June, July & August.  The morning is for English style riding & the afternoon for Western style riding.  The winter wheat in the field between us is ripening quickly.

We are very disappointed that those really nice patio lanterns had to go back.  In spite of being advertised as outdoor lights, they were not weather proof & the glass bulb filled with water & shorted out the electronics.  So we are on the search for some replacements.  The store we purchased at were very nice about returning & refunding.

Read "Britt Marie Was Here"; been there, done that. 

I also have been reading, glancing & marking lots of scrap ideas from this magazine.

I hope everyone has a fabulous week.  I leave you with this quote; 
"I may not know the key to success but I do know the key to failure is trying to please everyone."