After 3 and a half months here helping us, and working remotely to her job abroad, my girl has to go home.  Oh, Lordy...I just gotta take a deep breath!!

I am trying to practice the saying of these parts of the country....

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"Never trouble trouble, till trouble troubles you"

I know deep down that we will be ok..
She has set a very high standard for us.

I am trying to celebrate the day instead of. even thinking about tomorrow.  

As they say, one day at a time.

 Who could resist a smile when these two are gardening for me!!

Just a little yard stuff to show...

We hired a friend to put a screened in porch on our house a few years back.  Before we hired him to also do the decks, my husband had thought of doing the decks himself, but he wanted to practice first.  In this far corner of our yard, nothing grew...it was a mud pit of weeds, totally unusable.  Mr. O'Quilts decided to put a "practice" deck there to assess his own skills and interest in doing the "real" thing. This is how we happen to have the most wonderful private vacation spot of our own...build around the existing trees.  It has become a standard joke with my financially prudent husband on holidays....eg, "Where are you taking me honey for our anniversary?".. I always know the answer....He nods to the back corner of our yard where we can have a lovely dinner for free:)  In the growing season, you cannot even see this spot from our house and yet it is right here in our yard.  Just sharing....

Summer in Charlotte, our garden produces already

Back from retreat 3

Four days gone and look what marvel Mother Nature brought to my backyard!

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