Empty Nest

The wild bunnies have grown up and left the nest.  I have seen a couple little ones, but I guess they felt safe to "grow up" in the yard and have left for the Eno State Park.

I have hummingbirds and they are fun to watch in the back yard and I did have a deer eating my tomatoes over the fence.  

But basically, it is very quiet.  All of our guests and family have come and gone.  Now what?

I have sent my resume out and I am going to continue doing that - time to get to work - part time would be nice.

On the gardening side:  here are some of our tomatoes!

They are so good!

 We had a fast moving, wild thunderstorm yesterday.  It blew over some of my pots on the deck and screened porch.  Amy had taken Buffy to the barn to see Jake, and of course, they all huddled in Jake's stall.  

Buffy after the storm.

Jake after the storm and of course, rainbows!

I am still in the Halloween mode, and above is my newest jack o'lantern.  It will be fabulous on the bench in front.  Lori and I went to a fabric store and I got all kinds of stuff to make the witches hats and a cool piece of fabric to reupholster the bench and maybe the steps that help the dogs get on mom's bed.  I will let you know how successful I am (or not) with that.

Don't forget the Perseid shooting stars tonight!  Hopefully our skies will be clear for the show!

Love, Leslie
PS ~ it is now 12:53am and Amy and I sat outside and watched the begining of the Perseids ~ we saw about 7 good ones and 3 or 4 smaller ones.  Very cool.