What?? Yes, it’s true. This past month, my hubby built me a coffin. I am a woman who likes to plan ahead and I’ve had this vision for some time. I’ll tell you more, later in the post. But here’s a picture of his project.
Sister Cities of Fort Worth has a wonderful array of programs for youth and adults. We’ve hosted people from many different countries. This past month, we hosted two young female librarians from Kazakhstan. They were visiting , with four other young gals, to learn about our library systems. They connected through Open World program, that asked our Sister Cities to host them and provide lots of opportunities for them. We SO enjoyed our two gals! We got to know the other two host families, and the other four gals. I feel lucky that my hubby likes to host people and learn about new cultures. Here is a picture of the six gals. Not your typical stereotype of Old Maid Librarians!
Liam and Libby, our two oldest grandkids, moved with their parents to Buda,TX….a suburb around Austin. Since the kids are out of school for the summer, and really haven’t met many people yet, they have been enjoying some time with grandparents. We had them for a few days in June, and we’ll have them again next week. We need to take advantage of this time….their school starts in Mid August. Two weekends ago, we went to Liam’s 7th birthday party. Love that boy with the freckles and missing tooth! He had a Minecraft cake and theme.
So….getting back to my new coffin. I’ve been telling my family that I wanted a raised bed to plant flowers in. For Mother’s Day, Dick and Nathan decided to find some plans and alter to their specifications, a big planter. Wow. It looked just like a coffin! LOL It is now in place, in my backyard, and filled with flowers. I’ll have to see how this all plays out. Some are perennials, and some are annuals. The only problem is that when the sprinklers go off, they don’t spray up into the planter.
My yard was looking pretty good. The weeds are growing and I need to do some weeding. But overall, it looks better. THEN …two nights ago, we had a big wind storm and a bit of rain. We were out of town for the storm. When we woke up the next morning, I looked in the backyard. Our Chinese Pistache tree , which had been leaning for some time, had blown over! Oh no! My hubby is gradually getting it cut up. We need to think about getting a new tree, and where to plant it.
How is your summer going? Are you travelling? Doing any vacations or staycations? Are you working? Playing? Let me know in the comment section below, or to the side of the post. If you enjoyed this post, please press the LIKE button below. I have a lot of people give me comments and a LIKE on my Facebook sight, but not on here. Give me some feedback on here, please.
Happy Summer,
Grandma Sherry
