Beat up by a girl......

It's agony to get beat up, especially by a girl..........................thankfully it was an accident in a stick fight and she was so upset...........she cried too....

Winter Sports

Today was the first day for Winter Sports, so you know what is big at our house now.

Cold Lacrosse

We have one more clinic after today. Our weather has been incredible, but today the wind made it a bit too cold.............I love watching our team teach the little kids...they have done a great job...Our new neighbor from Memphis has never heard of Lacrosse, but signed her older son up right away............her younger son is a doll.........makes me miss the days of a having a little one......but then I think about it and I get over that really fast!

My Hydrangeas

Journal record to self for next spring:

I now have planted 7 hydrangeas..................these pictures are the kind I planted....I have Nikko blue, Annabelle (white) and Glowing Embers (reddish pink). My mother in law will give me 3 starters for the front bed and then I would like to buy 2 more next spring of the endless summer variety......for a total of 12.... That should give me plenty of cutting flowers....... In my new cutting flower bed I planted Siberian iris (my favorite iris), Daisies, Veronica, and Cone Flower. Next Spring I'll plant Lavender and then fill the bed with Zinnias............Now if I could get rid of the 2 boxwoods upfront...........I now notice overgrown bushes and loathe them.....I wish I could be the neighborhood plant police and tell my neighbors to get rid of the bushes that cover their windows and houses.............and quit trimming them into round balls........yuck..........and anything juniper like I hate.............I'm thinking of getting rid of the rest of the azaleas in front of the house.........I only like azaleas in a large bed away from the house...........in free form........I know, I know, I am getting so peculiar in my middle age!

Done

Can't even describe what a beautiful warm day it was. And!!! my yard work is done for now. I planted 7 new hydrangeas by the pond and fence.............now to just sit by the firepit while Chris smokes ribs.........perfect Saturday!

She'll Stick to Soccer

Emily, Tucker's girlfriend, was home from college last weekend and came to the lacrosse clinic..........she didn't catch the ball in this picture and almost had her nose broken..............she said she'll stick with soccer.....

Charlottesville, VA

View from Carter Mountain Orchard.................
This is the prettiest Fall I can ever remember!