A little bit of this and a little bit of that!

 

The "old south" rears its ugly head once again with a devil at the helm, the Gubernator!!!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-judge-says-florida-ban-015532313.html

And there is more ignorance available right here in river city! AKA FLORIDUH!

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis discusses COVID-19 student quarantines (yahoo.com)

Moving on...

To... where is Brian???

https://www.yahoo.com/news/neighbor-says-saw-brian-laundrie-031157728.html

Horrific to say but all too common is that...! Things must change!!!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gabby-petito-missing-white-woman-syndrome-media-criticism-181352091.html

Moving on once more! 

The potting bench has been placed where our old rotted-out "stainless steel" barbecue used to be. We no longer stand outside to barbecue; too hot to stand over a very hot barbecue. We now have a small two-burner one that we keep in the shed in case of emergencies with a table for it, also to take camping if we ever decide to go. The other gas barbecue was five main burners plus a side burner; so really big. Besides we have an electric barbecue that we have had for over twenty years for indoor barbecuing!

Getting out in front of a cool potting bench and caring for floras is a much better idea in this unrelenting heat! And using a hose right next to you for watering makes the location idealic.

Krylon's clear coat was sprayed by Hubby all over the potting table inside and out!

Hubby getting closer to the finish line! He has been leveling the dirt, stealing from under plants and bulbs then having to replant them, it's tedius work! But he is my puzzle guy! Loves to do them, always has. It takes a certain kind of patience to do those, I never had any and do not assume I will ever get any of that nature now!

I am more a hurry up type of gal! But his ability to take care of the small things makes the wait worthwhile! Look at those giant chunks of coquina rocks off to the left of the frame. Thus the reasoning of still needing a winch after the trees were removed! I love conquina, and they came with the house! Never had to buy any, and besides those larger specimens there are more scattered throughout the vegetatation. And all will be reused around the new tiny pond and others for mountain-like clusters situated here and there.

As you can see the new mini pond almost has its dirt installed, i.e. leveled around it!

There they are pictured below, the coquinas, three heavy, very large ones! Forts have been built of them as well as homes they are still coveted for outdoor displays and gardening. To buy them today would be extremely expensive I do believe. They are a natural stone formation with shells.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coquina

And so we must go, for now.

Please be smart, as well as safe.

Have a very pleasant day.

Count those blessings, and we will too!

Next time, please be here or be square; ya hear!

Aussie, say good day!

I am Aussie, not being from Australia, but American-made, I will comply anyway for the fun of it, so I will say good day!

I am called Aussie because my Mom asked a sixteen-year-old girl, who had been looking at me in the crate at the adoption site that day what she thought I should be named? And without hesitation, the teenager had said, Aussie! She was just looking, by the way, so my Mom did not steal me from her.
We never did find out the girl's name, and Mom liked the name Aussie too. We have since found out that it is a very common name, but it is still just right for me! My parents think that I am uncommon though, some might say even unique! I do like that.
I am an Australian Shepherd. And here is an interesting factoid about me, I was supposed to be a miniature Australian Shepherd, but as you might know, I AM NOT! Although I am now three years old, so I am the baby, though I tip the scales at around seventy pounds, HA! I must admit, a very big one!
I was three months old when Mommy and Daddy adopted me. I had been taken out of a hoarder's home in the Carolinas with my litter. 
Below is my new PIC, which had been taken on the birthday that I share with my Dad, but Dad is much, much older than me!!! I was the first to be adopted, February 16, 2018, on his brother's birthday.

3 months................................................ 3 years

No tail/tale publishing, circa 2018.

Get it? I was born without a tail, preferable for all Australian Shepherds; only one out of five are born that way!

                                           

Hello, I am Bella in the picture above, a Maltese Yorkie, a Morkie, and I might be five years old. I am the middle child, so I am what you would expect, with all those idiosyncrasies that go along with all that! Being the only girl has its rewards, as well as difficulties... We are all rescues, so no one knows for sure our ages. I was turned in by my previous family, stating that I was misbehaving with their elderly dog, they had said I was driving him crazy! I was the second to be adopted on 8/18/18, on clear out the shelters' day!
Oh, by the way, my record's called me Belle, and so for no known reason, Mom decided I was more of a Bella; beautiful either way!

Please don't forget me, I am Chance, pictured above, a Bichon Frise! I am six years old, so they think, and the eldest, and I like getting up early with Mom and Aussie. Bella sleeps in with Dad, till after seven most days, even later! I enjoy a good tug-a-war on the ropes that Dad had twisted for Aussie and me, and sometimes even Bella plays too! I was the last to be adopted, on January 23, 2020. 

I was wandering the neighborhood for days and then saw Aussie and Bella in their living-room window, so I hung out there... The Animal Welfare League checked me out and kept me for sixteen days until I was allowed to be adopted. Good evening? 

The animal control lady had been called and came out to see if I had a chip I.D. with her machine, and Dad told her that he wanted to name me Chance. His reason being, that if no one claimed me, I want to give him a second chance! So that is how I got the name Chance!

Easy as Aussie, Bella, Chance, now you got it!