I hope there are Popsicles in heaven....

....and I hope there are roller skates, too. Roller skates that go so fast, you can see the tiny sparks fly behind them!

I miss you already, sweet Patty! We will roller skate together again one fine day, my beautiful friend.
With love.

When tearing down looks like putting up.....???????

Dissembling the carport: Step one of the Kitchen Addition Project!

Tim and the neighbor men, Frank, Bob & Mike discover layers of tar and shingles under the tin roof.

Might as well laugh about it!!! Hot-hot-hot!!

Papa joins in with the roof work; 99 degrees plus! Troopers, these guys!

Cooking in the old kitchen! Shelda and Mom help me out.

Neighbor, Patty and Tim supervise my grill work.

The driveway is now full of carport remains! And the carport is just a skeleton of its previosu self! More next weekend!

Ft Worth, Texas...in JULY???

You have to love people a LOT, to visit them in north Texas in July! It was hot-hot-hot. But it was also just wonderful. I enjoyed hours and hours of FUN with little Abby! Giggling and reading and singing....and even growling! She likes to growl! And then she gets very silly and laughs her head off! Her curly, curly head!

What fun! Thanks to Abby's daddy & mama, and to Granny, too, for sharing this sweet time with me. And thank you, Commander, for tending to Little Bird Farm while I was away.

Oh! These CURLS!

All sweetness.

GROWWWWWWWL!

Here's what we've been up to!

It's a lot of fun! (It's a lot of work!)