Bill didn't find the seed spreader he wanted but did get a deal on this trailer-only $180. It has the ramps to drive mower right on it. He said he had a great time .
Here are the finished bathroom pics........it is a deep, warm tan. The camera and monitor probably make it lighter than it is in person but you get the idea. I put sealer on the tile floor this morning so the fumes are a bit much but it looks good! Oh, I do like perking up my nest!
Bill spread the goat manure around his plants this morning just in time because a surprise rainstorm dropped over an inch in 25 minutes.
Our Pagoda plant has a bloom-it has looked like a stick for quite a while but it has finally come into its own. On a fully mature and established plant, the bloom can be as big as 18" high. 
Speaking of incredible blooms....the dahlias from my Dad just keep flowering. Bill sure enjoys them ; he envisions hundreds of them along the front of the house blooming all summer..........it is good to have a dream that is a real possibility!
Since it is very humid out right now, Bill has brought in his new BBQ grill to put together in here-as usual his trusty helper is right on the job! 
These guys got rambunctious with the rain keeping them indoors the other day....I enjoyed quite a show.
Later, I found them curled up on the front porch when it was again raining out.
(No animals were injured in the recording of these photographs.................)
The kitchen tour of the day is finished, warm banana bread fills the house with good smells (competing with the floor sealer smells!), the potato casserole is cooling on the counter and I am heading in to get a bit of quilting in before Bill needs me to read directions to him for the grill!
I am sewing on the red and white quilt and had a bit of a roadblock thinking I had figured wrong on the nine patch blocks and didn't have enough to finish. As the fat quarters are all gone this was quite the roadblock. I set it aside and cleaned up the room and went to fix dinner. Sometimes a rest is the best creative solution. This morning I saw that my problem was not that I had too few blocks but that I had laid it out wrong is all! A brief rearrangement and all was again well.........
Last evening Bill and I watched a taped episode of 
I made these pillowcases out of leftovers from the batick quilt; it is now all dressed and ready to be visited-this is the guest room/sewing room , you know!
Speaking of finishing up, Mom finished the table runner we started last month-wow is all I can say-you outdid yourself! This is paper pieced and has set in curved blocks....very challenging and you nailed it!
While I am on the subject of another's masterpiece, I will share with you what Jared (our oldest son) is doing on his new business at Professional Chimney Solutions..........it also includes masonry work such as this........not just chimney work, installations and repairs. Do you see the influence of my quilting-just piecing another medium, right! I definitely think I passed it on to him! Great work Jared and Jason(his business partner)! 
It has been quite a fast pace around here for the last ten days so it has been lumpy here for Bill and I. (Think maybe recuperation-mode compounded with the lonelies would describe it....) I have been plugging away at my leaf shawl and the progress shows. The pattern is old hat now and I just knit away without too much thought and much pleasure. See how much it grows!
Fishin'...........
and craftin'..........
In spite of the restriction, they outdid themselves! 
This is the bridge over Dunn's Creek a sight Bill and I have viewed for 2 decades and saying someday we will be down on that water.........today was the day and it was as good as we hoped-Bill says it will be even better when he brings along the fishing gear! It is good to have something to look forward to!
In no time at all we were approaching the Palatka bridge which we explored a few months ago with my parents and found the boardwalk that goes under the bridge right over the level of the water. Now I can say that I have driven over it, walked under and now boated under it! No matter what the boys say, I am not going to jump from it! Those days are gone for good!
What a surprise to find our favorite riverside restaurant so easily-and with an overwhelming consensus, we voted to eat lunch there and save our sandwiches for tomorrow! Not a hard decision to be unanimous about even though we almost couldn't stay because everyone had the same idea and the slips were all full--we got permission to dock at the end of the pier and figured out how to tie off and get out-all adding to the adventure of it all! 
When we came back down the pier to get back in the boat, Abigail changed her mind about another boat ride and took a bit of convincing to get back in for the return trip! It is only an hour from their pier to our Welaka boat launch-a much shorter trip than we thought! This will be added to our monthly calendar of special events!
We took the glass bottom boat ride and it was fun to see it through the kids eys. Do you see the heads of three statues from the James Bond movie that I can't remember the name of! The last time we were here was with Bill's Mom in 1992! Bill and I felt that joy of seeing the full circle of life because we are now there with our children's children!
Marsel and I stayed on the ground while everyone else went up for a bird's eye view of the area.
Next we took a hike to the bird show. We sat in the shade and learned about hawks, eagles,
After a romp on the kids jungle gym, they took their own boat ride.........
The giraffes were beautiful but the stunch was overpowering in the heat--I mean like die from the lack of oxygen! From now on , I will only enjoy looking at them on TV-no kidding!
