After a hard morning of shopping Earl and I stopped by Starbucks to see Marci and get a great cup of White Chocolate Mocha! 

Earl visits the Southaven WalMart and meets our favorite WalMart greeter, Louise. Note.. Louise has a bookcrossing book in her had that I had released outside of WalMart and another customer brought inside and gave to her to read :) 

Today MissLou and I took Earl with us when we went to breakfast and ran errands. We had a great time and everyone was interested in hearing Earl's story.

Earl belongs to iagal and she is letting him travel the world and meet some of her bookcrossing friends. You can check out Earl's adventures at
Earl's Home Page

Earl is a real charmer... We are looking forward to his spending several weeks with us before moving on to the next location! We want to show him Graceland and several other tourist attractions in our area.

Well... here's the whole family (almost) celebrating Mom's 80th birthday... (August 9, 2004)

Mom's 80th Birthday -- Doesn't she look GREAT! (August 9, 2004) 

Here's the whole family... (well. almost)
note -- I tried to upload a picture, but it didn't work!?!? I'm still trying to figure out how this blog thingy works! 

Happy Birthday Mom
note - I tried to upload a picture, but it didn't work... I'm still trying to figure out how the blog thingy works!!! 

Well... today my Mom is 80 years old! WOW! She has seen many changes in this world in her lifetime and she is still one of the most positive people I've ever met. Her outlook on life and the world in general is an inspiration to me and everyone she knows.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Starglazer lily just opened up yesterday! Beautiful colors along with the deep pink thirft and the blue veronica in the background... This is part of the flowerbed along the front of the garage. Miss Joyce gave me the stargazer lillies last year so this is their second year to bloom in this flowerbed. 

This is my smallest birdbath. It's about 12-15 inches high and sits in front of some Japanese painted ferns in the flowerbed at the front porch.  

This is an asiatic lily that blooms at the southwest corner of the house. I took this picture early in the morning while the dew was still on the flowers... This has always been one of my favorites. It's just one of the many Joyce & Arlie gave me. This is it's third summer..... 

This is my favorite piece of yard art... It's about 6 years old. I found it at the Pink Palace Arts and Craft fair. 

This is just some of the 'veronica' blooming in the long flowerbed on the hill. It's a beautiful blue color and thick as hops. 

I forget what these are called... light, airy plants blooming in the fig tree garden 

Daylilies blooming in the fig tree garden... 

I just love fact that we can now post photos! This is so cool!!! Petey gave me a new camera for Christmas and I've taken more pictures this year that ever before. Digital just makes it soooo easy, and now I have a place to post pictures for posterity. Now I'll be clicking even more.

WooooWeeeee.... we had a storm here last night. Lots or wind.... Lots of rain... Tornado warnings out everywhere, but no major damage. There were several sightings, but none touched down. I'll have to walk around the place in a few minutes to make sure everything is okay.

Today is Memorial Day, and I'm looking forward to some of the Memorial Day programs on TV. I don't know if we will get out to the service they are having at the cemetary in Memphis, probably not, but I continue to pray for all the service men and women that are in harm's way.

Memphis AI Summit 2004 --- "I AM ROADWAY" J.D. Peeples presented me with one of the posters they are putting up in various terminal around the country. I gave this one to Mom!  

"Girls just want to have FUN!" That's Ruby Wilson in the background... She was fantastic! and really helped make the party! 

Ginger & Rhona --- a laid back pair! 

Katina & Angela.... party on! 

Jonie & Carolyn doing 'Red-Headed Sluts' 

Angela and John Constantine.... it was their first time at BB Kings. 

Mark & Judy Little  

Happy Birthday to me!!!!! Celebrating my birthday at BB Kings on Beale St in Memphis TN 2004. We ALL had a great time!!!! 

I been working in my flower garden this weekend and I'm so sore I can hardly move this morning... Just goes to show how absolutely out of shape I am ... I must must make time to exercise more (ie work in the garden more) not just one or two Saturdays a month... The flowers are doing well... Joyce & Arlie brought me another load of daylilies and then Arlie even planted them for me. They are such a sweet couple! I can't wait until they bloom so I can see what colors they are. The daylily bed on the west side of the house is doing well. I just need to get the little trees that keep popping up pulled out of there. One is now taller than the house and I'll just have to cut it down. Just goes to show if you don't get right on it, it gets away from you.

Well... the coffee is ready now and so am I. I'm going to pour me a super-sized cup full and take a stroll around the yard to see what's blooming this morning.

Well... everyone is doing it... so here's mine!
Guess I'm headed to the DeSoto bridge next to see if anyone is jumping today. I might just join in.