Barn to be Wild

The Center had a fund raiser a few weeks ago that they called Barn to be Wild. Three of my friends slept with the pigs in the barn. A lot of it was streamed live on the computer. As a reward for making it through the night, I carved 3 little pigs with their name tags around their neck. The brave women were the two Lois' and April. The fund raiser was a huge success!
The last two days have been super hot, in the mid to high nineties. Temperature is cooling down and will be in the mid sixties this week.

Furniture

I made this chair for the Van Gogh carving to sit on. I am carving the man in a Van Gogh drawing called "At Eternities Gate" and he sits on a chair similar to this one. When I was putting it together I wished I had someone else to help me hold the pieces so I could clamp them. But the feeling of having someone else in my life passed.

I've been working in the yard a bit this week and still have to work on the side of the house, but that is not as bad as the back. I scattered some snapdragon seeds to add to the self seeded ones that are growing there. I also bought a timer and a soaker type hose so that the back will get some water. It's difficult to get the hose connected because the faucet is under the overhang and I'm not as agile as I used to be. I think I'll head out to Alsip nursery to pick up a couple of Hibiscus' , they have the best as far as I'm concerned. I also need some flowers for the flower boxes that hang off the deck rail. Alsip has a selection of  annuals that Home Depot and Menards don't have.

Happy Mother's Day

Had a great day. Karrie came in early and went to Church and Bible Study with me. We then messed around with my ipad and went out to a late lunch/early dinner to the Longhorn Steakhouse in Bolingbrook. We had mushrooms stuffed with cheddar cheese for an appetizer followed by fillets. Mine was crusted with blue cheese and Karrie had hers crusted with Parmesan. Steaks were really good.  I've got my stash of Fannie Mae dark chocolate butter creams. She also brought flowers, a new slim  trash can and a stylus for the ipad.
Hope you all had a great day too.

Its Raining!

I planned on working in my weed infested gardens today, but right now it is raining. Hopefully it lets up after a while. I don't have the stamina to get out there and clean it up all in one session, so I need a few nice days to clear out the weeds. Because of clouds, I didn't get to see the super moon last night.I did see a picture though.