BELLA'S FENCE

This is not  Bella but it could be

(via google)

Let me begin by saying

" I LOVE DOGS"

really I do

I have had many beloved dogs over the years and I am a dog lover from the depths of my soul

but

now we don't have a dog, 

no fence plus too much travel equal no pets

I love your dogs too

but

at your house!

We have had a jalopy fence since we moved to 822 and in the midst of all our construction

it was, well, down the line of priorities...but finally....the time came

Even though it was on the list...we were sort of rushed into the plan by our neighborhood pitbull Bella

Bella likes our pool floats, our patio cushions, our shoes left on the porch, our hedgehog shoe scraper, our baskets that hold towels and well...Bella likes the pool

I have found our stuff

in the neighbor's yard(s)

in the street 

in the alley

and even in her yard at her house down the street

and then one day I found Bella swimming

we called

we facebook messaged

we went for a visit

we asked nice

we asked less than nice

then we asked directly

with the magic word

please keep Bella home

It took a few days to get the supplies

lumber ladders nails and hard work

it dried up enough to begin work on the sod again

***Cute yard man told me he has never put in a yard that it didn't rain...

we got two (unheard of JULY) rains during this time and it even rained while they were laying the sod**

why these two could be in fence uniform

blue shirt* black shorts* cap*

hey Mr. PV I better get you one of those tool belts for your birthday !

sod...in

chair that no one will sit it in

IN

cap 

on

boxes that cover marble and stone with random black widow spiders

gone

pool protected from Bella

floats safely bobbing in the night breeze

ready for precious friends to visit

I wonder who Bella will visit now since 

we finally have some

PRIVACY PLEASE!!!

Thank you dear heart

you are "ma man"!

SPICY

With our dear loved one filming on location in Santa Fe

he's always bringing us back the most wonderful treasures~

this time from

The Spice Shop

I can't bear to put them away because they are so lovely

and fragrant

and interesting

and colorful

Hatch powder from Hatch Chiles in Hatch New Mexico

we call this 

Hatch Heroin

mixed with mayo?...you'll know why it's like heroin

I've never had heroin or know anyone who did... but I get it!

we put the crumbled pistachios as a crust on fish

add in some tarragon from the back yard?

Pistachio Heroin Heaven!

like Christopher Columbus' gold

all laid out artistically to see and smell

fresh ground anything is spectacular!

hey...how did this get in there?

local farmer's market blend

and while I do love the spices

my very favorite of all to cook with?

SALT!

Salt is born of the purest of parents

 the sun and the sea

Pythagoras

PRIVACY PLEASE

One of my favorite little phrases that I hear often from this sweet mouth is

"PRIVACY PLEASE"

**indeed**

in our situation, I find myself wanting to offer our neighbors a bit of privacy

not that we have that many shenanigans going on and we are seldom out past 9 PM

(sadly)

but we always knew we'd build a very tall fence in our backyard

once cute carpenter man

and Mr. PV could get together to build it!

this brings back some distant memories of all that pine that needed to be grey washed to go on our master ceiling..whew! glad we got that part done!

we have had the strangest weather this year...100+ in May

and now in July?  Almost 2 inches of rain in the last 2 days with record lows for

the highs and the lows...set back in the early 1900's.

And rain predicted all week!

it's been far too wet for the sprinkler system crew to work...so that project is on hold

and even though the yard is really muddy...it didn't stop these two!

this fence will have slats over the top of what you see 

with a nice cap on top of that...not only private, but very tall

I am so excited for the gate...it will have a double opening with something very fancy I am told

to make up for...oopsie

they had about two hours in which to work before the next wave of rainstorms arrived

we have been in a long drought so no one complains of the rain

no one!

Mrs. Hergert had a fire pit before fire pits were cool

we uncovered this one which was under years of Virginia Creeper

we found some of the original brick left over so it will be taller and have red flagstone

this is the view from the firepit

the pool that we haven't been able to use much

last year it was under construction

this summer

well...the rest of the yard is under construction

"PRIVACY PLEASE"

so I have been amusing myself in other ways

like growing veggies

dreaming of flowerbeds

eating kumquats

and waiting my turn!

JULY 12, 2013

was a very good day!

backyard sprinkler system begins!

FINALLY!

Privacy fence...going up!  Holes dug, lumber on the trailer!

Sister Day in Southlake, Texas

this event date was chosen as to not interfere with the nearing

due date of Baby Perrilyn...August 4

how many July 12ths have I received a phone call past midnight that

scared me half to death in reference to this son of mine?

we were "deep in the Knob Creek" if you know what I mean and time slipped away

had it not been for that...we would have already retired for the evening and I would have not heard my phone ring at 12:06 AM to let me know...

the baby was coming

we considered driving the six hours to Amarillo right then but

*Knob Creek*

so...we stayed up talking until nearly 3 AM and got up at 5 to 

get to the hospital in Amarillo

"we're pushing"

at 1:20 PM...was the text...(I am the mother in law this time and

 not at bedside...just lollygagging down the hall...waiting)

after lots of hard work the decision was made for a 

csection

July 12, 2013

2:14 PM

Perrilyn Hazel Davis

10 minutes old

Betty has spent almost the entire summer with her dad

and this was the ONLY weekend we had her until August

we think they had plans in heaven for Perrilyn to arrive early so Betty could be there!

let the photo op begin!

proud Poppy n B

Proud aunt and cousin!

Proud aunt and cousin

Does God answer the prayers of a mother in the wee early morning hours

when she speaks to Him on behalf of her children?

INDEED HE DOES!

who's next????