" The A,B,C's & P's of My Life "

A, stands for our appreciation for ALL the WONDERFUL comments wishing Hubby a Happy Birthday yesterday! He read them all and grinned all day! We spent the day cruising Wally World, Lowes and Gander Mountain. Hey, that was his choice of the way to spend his day!
A, also stands for my favorite shopping place! Two boxes of goodies for me!


B, stands for BOOKS! All recommended to me by some of you, except for Greg Iles whom I love to read!

More recommends!

B, also stands for Birthday presents! This is Hubby's from me. A Black-N -Decker Hedge Trimmer! NO cord to cuss on this one, it has a rechargeable battery!

C, stands for cozy courtyards like this. I hope mine someday has the feel of this one!

P, stands for Plants to make the courtyard become cozy! I already had two running roses I ordered a few weeks ago. A Lavender Lassie and A Josephs Coat. I got a e-mail from the nursery last week that the roses were half price. Sooooo I ordered 4 more! 3 Joseph Coats and 1 white one called Madame Alfred Carriere. They came yesterday. All three JC roses were broken midway.

I called the nursery and told them that the UPS man made a note that the box was bent in half.

They told me to plant them and they were sending 3 more JC's at no charge!! I now have 7 Joseph Coat Roses to go on the fence! Plus the Lavender one and the White one ! It should fill in fast!

P, also stands for Petunia's and Potato Vine....
I bought these two plants yesterday marked down at Lowes and stuck them in this basket...

These Mexican Petunia's looked so pretty this morning!

Back to C................

Clouds, The Master Artist seems to be fascinated by my fascination with Clouds!

I get a new one everyday now to "shoot"!

Talk about an eye catcher...............

C, stands for Cattle too! We got 2 new calves this week! This is a little bull who came Sunday!

A little Heifer came on Tuesday!

Of course no post on Cattle would be complete without Masquerade getting in on the photo shoot!

Due to all the interest in mine and Eric's love story yesterday, I'll be doing a post this weekend on how HARD it was for me to move to this farm! So stay tuned! I'll also be catching up on all your blogs!!! Have A Great Weekend Everyone!!!

" It's The Sixth of August "

It's my wonderful Soul-Mate and husband Eric's birthday! Happy Birthday Honey!! Some of you know the story behind mine and Eric's relationship, others don't. A short version is:
We were next door neighbors when I was too young to think about love and he was going to Vietnam. However is was love that existed between us.He went to war, I married my children's father and went to war myself, another version however. Eric and I never saw each other or spoke again for 36 years. I had been single for 14 years, had not dated for 5 years and swore off dating and marriage for life when I moved back to Mississippi after living 30 years in the Nashville area of Tennessee. His wife of 34 years had passed away from Cancer and he showed up at my door one day and 36 years proved no match for those young love feelings. We dated for 4 years and then married ! I moved to Swiftwater Farm and began living the good life!


He knows how to relax.....

He's the hardest working retired man I know of and will work till he drops to full fill my dreams!

He'll traipse off to where ever to attend a book signing with me!

He's a great fisherman....some he finds, remember the Bass who swallowed the Bream?

And some he catches!! 17 pound Catfish from our pond!

He's a wonderful step-dad to my children!He and my son Marty at son Todd's in Oklahoma..

He never had a daughter, " the girl " has him wrapped around her little finger!

He's best buds with my 81 year old Dad and carts him 90 miles to his VA appointments!

The BEST Paw Paw in the world!

They love him...........He taught grandson Kohl to shoot a 22 rifle last week. He is now Kohl's all time hero!

Molly showing out for Paw Paw!

He'll fly over New Orleans with you in a little bitty plane!

He loves the Smokies just as much as me....

He'll dress up and go to family functions!

And he married me in the Smokies!! My dream wedding! Happy Birthday sweetheart, thank you for loving me!!

As he says; " grass don't grow under our feet, we keep it cut" !!

The Courtyard fence is finished except for one gate!

Can you see the tropical plants growing down the left side? 10 foot Cannas, Banana Trees and Elephant ears? Running Roses on the right next to the pond? Hardy Hibiscus in different colors growing 8 foot high across the back? I might even throw a Palm in that left corner!

This side gate is the only construction left to do....

This is where running roses will be. Don't want to block view of the pond!

A closer view....

The Peek Gang are loving their new outside digs!

Especially the " fat boys"..............

Ahwwwww all that romping makes Patch a tired little boy!

Jake still stays his distance, he can't stand it when the boys chase him! HA!

HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!!

" I Can See Clearly Now "

I had a vision in my head of a tropical feeling courtyard area out back. Today the vision came to life in part as my wonderful husband began the work of turning my vision into a dream come true!



Yesterday we had a sweet smelling rain shower and a rainbow.............

I love rainbows.....

And then some gorgeous clouds for me to gaze at...

I just can't get enough of gazing....

And then the moon appeared...........

Growing larger....

I don't know if it was official but it was full...........

And later after dark, it was awesome!

This is a shot of the Mystery Plant. I think it is gorgeous but has stopped blooming at the moment.

I dealt with a little Okra today...........

I got a gallon bag of sliced and a few small whole pods for the freezer....

Watermelon anyone?

Part of the posts for the Chicken Coop were set this morning...but not where we first planned to put them.....It will be on the south side behind Hubby's shop.

The Courtyard posts go in...........

These are the back posts.....

The right side posts............

Left side..............

This was the first post put down....

Oh My Gosh........one side of the inside dog wire is UP !

Looking good!

Ahwwwwww my fat boy Patch is 6 weeks today!

They got new digs today! They like it better than the box as they can see what's going on!

These are some sweet babies!! They also got food for the first time today!

What a sweet face!

Outside play time is sooooo much fun!!

The Courtyard will also serve as a play yard for all the Peek gang!