" Dog Poor "

On Blue Monday I decided I would do a couple of errands. Go to the bank and drop off some sheets I'd collected for our local Animal Shelter. If you have sheets, pillow cases, blankets or bed spreads you don't use, please take them to your shelter as winter is approaching and the animals need them! I even pick them up at yard sales cheap for this purpose. Anyhoo, I should have had Hubby drop them off as I always have to cruise the doggies and play with a few! YES, I DID!
I adopted Roxie, a 2 month old Border Collie while there! We have been wanting to get a Border Collie to train for cattle work and I'm thrilled that I found one at the shelter! She was spayed yesterday and I will pick her up today! Isn't she a sweetie! 5 dogs now! We are Dog Poor I tell you!!



Update : OOPS ! WRONG DOG!
I went to the shelter to pick up Roxie only to discover they had spayed, vaccinated and micro chipped the wrong dog! Roxie is NOW on her way to the Spay Clinic! Hey, when you deal with 10 thousand animals a year, things like this happen, they said!







She should look just like this dog when she's full grown!





On to my other children.......TC wants to be left alone as he rests on the porch nap bed!

But the pups and Jake wanted to rest up there too! Patch see's himself in the window and is barking at that booger!

Duke-a-bear says I just want to nap..........

Patch is still wondering about the booger!

Duke yawns and Patch checks to see if the booger is still in that window!

Jake and Patch just being.............

This is a White Canna I got on EBAY a few weeks ago. When it came it was two little leaves in a 3 inch pot. I transplanted it to this pot. I took this picture on Sunday when I saw it was about to bloom!

Yesterday it was in full bloom and just gorgeous! This is the first White Canna I've ever seen!

We had really pretty skies late yesterday! This is the East over the pond.........

This is the setting Sun in the West..............

We took a steer to the processor three weeks ago. Yesterday Hubby picked up our meat.

I love raising our own grass fed beef with no hormones or antibiotics. It taste totally different from store bought! It's lean and tender! Hubby fires up the grill so we can see how it tastes!

We had wonderful T-Bone for dinner!

Thank you all so much for the comments and e-mails on the Brett Favre post! I had no idea how many of you love NFL and support a team! I got e-mails from people I had no idea were reading this blog! Many were surprised that this is Brett's home! Brett was my neighbor for 5 years before I moved to this farm. He really is just a good ole boy. I do love watching him but my team is the Titans who sadly are 0-4 at this point! We also follow the Saints who like the Vikings, are 4-0. We love NFL and follow several different players on several teams.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK! I'LL BE POSTING ON ROXIE TOMORROW !! :)

" CHARMED" Brett Favre

The color of the Jersey doesn't matter, his age doesn't matter, NUMBER 4 on the front and FAVRE on the back is MAGIC !!!



I know some of you don't watch NFL Football but I'm doing this post because Brett Favre is probably the best player to EVER play this game, he lives here in Hattiesburg and there has been so much flack about his retire or not retire indecisiveness. Going up against his former team of 13 years last night, drew record viewers for Monday Night Football!




University of Southern Mississippi............Golden Eagles

NFL GREEN BAY PACKERS.............

NFL NY JETS

NFL MINNESOTA VIKINGS................

In a 30-23 victory last night over Green Bay, Brett Favre became the ONLY QB in NFL history to beat all 32 Teams in the league !!! Brett will be 40 years old on Saturday October 10th. He plays like he's 20! Keep playing Brett, we will keep watching !!

" BLUE MONDAY "

It's certainly a " Blue Monday " here at Swiftwater Farm ! It's raining, misty and cool. I love this painting by Artist Thomas William, titled " Blue Monday" !








Rain drips from the Glider..............saying softly, today's a day for slowing down!

Choose a new read from the TBR shelves..................

Make a pot of Ina Garten's CHEDDAR CORN CHOWDER...............

Whip up a batch of Jalapeno Corn Muffins.............

Dive into a bowl of Cake Batter Ice-Cream for desert...........

Do like Henry, hang out and keep dry.................

Gaze out the window at the last offerings of Summer.............

Take a break like these Happy Cows....................

Rest up so you can watch our home town infamous QB try to get revenge tonight on his old team on Monday Night Football!

HOPE YOUR HAVING A GREAT BLUE MONDAY !!! :)

"Saturday Junk Hunt "

Well on Friday it was raining so we didn't make it to any yard sales. Instead, we were busy cleaning and reorganizing both deep freezers so we can pick up our beef at the processing house next week. Today however we hit about 10 sales! Several of you "Chicken Women" crossed my mind when I saw this table..............

This was my treasure of the day! A Winged Back Recliner............

For $ 20.00 !! It is like brand new! I still can't believe I got this chair for that price!

Here's a pic of my small stuff..........

A brand new Card Shuffler for 50 cents!

A Parmesan Cheese Shaker for 25 Cents..........

This is a little hand painted shaker for 25 cents..........

I love glasses this size and these are thick glass. 5 cents a piece! I got 6....

There are 2 of these cut glass nut/mint bowls. 25 cents each !

A heavy plastic pie pan cover for 25 cents!

Cute little wire basket with a wicker bottom for 10 cents!

$ 2 dollars for this silver plated cream and sugar set!

50 cents for a brand new Corn Cutter!

A 3 piece Pyrex bowl set great for holding measured ingredients when cooking. 25 cents !

These 2 Hummingbird pictures were $ 3 dollars and will go in the guest room which has a Hummingbird theme!

And of course you know all sales have books! I got 3 cookbooks. The 2 Emeril books sold new for $25 dollars and do not look as though they were ever looked at. I paid 50 cents a piece for each of these hardbacks and $ 3 dollars for the P&P DVD ! Well that's my Junk Hunt treasure....

Theses are the books that came this week from Authors or Publishers............

And these are the ones I ordered from Amazon............

Hope everyone of you are having a great fall weekend! Happy Sunday ! :)

" Good Morning America "

If you watched " Good Morning America " yesterday, you may have seen this couple! This is my son Todd and his wife Lori who were guests of their friends Chris Cumo and Sam Champion for yesterday's show.

The four of them toured Times Square on Wednesday night................Don't you think they should have taken me along? :(

I took this shot of Henry Wadsworth doing a little fishing for himself, love his reflection in the water!

As usual, I've been out taking sky shots!

I guess I should start a blog named Sky Gazer ! HA!

I try hard but have yet to find a figure in the clouds............

I did find the moon however................

I continued to watch it................

As the sky darkened...........

Couldn't resist putting another pick of baby Elijah at 24 hours old!! :) Thanks so much for all the comments and blessings on the birth of this miracle child!!

Have a great weekend! Everyone! I plan on hitting some garage sales! :)

" Elijah - A Miracle "

Elijah James O'Gwynn

























Meet Baby Elijah........our miracle from God! He was born yesterday to my nephew Greg and his wife Melanie. They have been trying for 13 years to have a child! After trying everything, including several In Vitro sessions, by the prayers of many and the grace of God, they have a son! He is the first O'Gwynn male born in our family in 39 years! Welcome to a world of love for you baby boy! We have waited a long time for you to join us!!