Funny Rat!!

As you know it has been a HOT week! So hot that all you want to do is lay around and do nothing! It is so hot that the cats are bored with the outside world.... Until this afternoon! That is when I went out on the porch to get Bella to come inside...it was 97 degrees with the heat index at 101. Just too HOT! But Bella would not move... She was intently looking out the screen.

If you look close under the rose branch, blending into the pinestraw is Funny Rat, an Eastern Cottontail Rabbit!! We saw her last week! Bell could not take her eyes off him/her. I think it is a she...I think... She was very calm and laid in the same place for 2 or 3 hours. We wondered if she was dead but she did change positions!
First position!

Second position!

Third position!

Finally she ended up this way! See her cute little white tail?! Around 6pm we got RAIN!!! She just sat there and got wet. It seemed like she was waiting for it to stop so she could explore. Which she did and made it through the fence slats into the neighbor's yard behind us!

It was a fun afternoon for all! Bella watched for awhile but got hot and bored and came in! Beau slept through most of it, but came onto the porch just before the rain! I don't think he ever saw Funny... Oh well, I'm sure she will be back... But until then, Bella will tell him all about her day!

It's just tooooo HOT!!

It is just to HOT around here... 101 yesterday, 100 Friday and upper 90's last week. Next week more of the same. This is supposed to be August weather not the first week in June!! It is so hot and with no rain...my weeds are dying! I had to dig out my garden sculpture Friday from under the pine straw. It was halfway covered with dirt and had made it's own hole! I guess he wanted out of the heat too!






I probably should have left him in....

The reason for all this interest in the smiling man is I decided on Thursday to put up a clothesline. It has been so hot that to run the dryer is just too much heat. We have been hanging up shirts and pants on hangers and hanging them in every doorway. It has gotten to be a obstacle course! So I decided to revive the clothesline! I had one up 6 years ago when I moved in but took it down. I like my sheets on the line, they smell so clean!

Now, I thought I could use the same hooks that were up there, but one had fallen out of the tree. So I first put up a metal hook like this one with a ring to help hold the clothesline tight.



It lasted just long enough for me to get everything perfectly clothes pinned on... then...POP...nice clean sheets laying in the pinestraw. (Now keep in mind I am now sweating!) On to Plan B! The side that stayed up was connected to a plant hanger that had a birdfeeder on it(empty, of course...has been that way for a while! I forgot it was there!!)
I went scrounging around and found another hanger and decided to put it up. After finding a ladder, screws and the screwdriver...carrying it all outside...finding a level place for the ladder...and FINALLY getting both screws to stay in...Here is the finished project...

So now, with the line back up, back to hanging the sheets! I think the line should hold don't you?!! Notice the interesting tie job...pretty...sigh...remember it's HOT!

Now the final step....and voila!!
I know....the middle one is not straight... I did the best I could... It was 10:00 and almost 95 degrees! I was so done!! Time for a cold drink and shower!!!

They say that the hot weather is here for awhile... So I am thinking cool thoughts and remembering winter.....

It will be here soon...right? That is if we get any snow...none last year...

But I can dream!!!

Did I just see....

It is going to be over 100 degrees the rest of this week!! So I was getting ready to cut the backyard with my "Old School " lawnmower this evening before it gets too hot.

It saves tons of money on gas. ;)

We got it to cut the weeds in between the yardman's visits. I kinda like it. It is very easy to use ~ plus it is exercise equipment...right?! After cutting the backyard my legs were tired!! But before I started, I was in at the computer checking my Esty store when Sweet Mama said from the porch..."Look at that!"

Look what I saw hopping through our fenced backyard!!

I know it is hard to see BUT I took this pic through a storm door and screened-in porch! SO it is a little blurry! When I went to get a better shot it was gone...through the fence slats and into another yard. It reminded me of when I was a teenager and my brother was little. We had a rental house in Holden Beach NC. Every time he saw one he would say "Look a Funny Rat!!"

So here is our Funny Rat...just thought I would share! ;)

I'm HOT...

Okay...it's 83 degrees at 9:50pm. That is just too hot...I know, it is middle Georgia...and it is Summer...but I am HOT! So... here is a little picture to help you cool off too!

Remember our tiny snow fall in Feb? Okay it was HUGE to us! And, of course, was almost gone by daylight! Which was fine with me! But a little of this stuff would be nice to have right about now!



So cool of with me and my memories...Look out the door with Mom....feel the cool air and sleep well!!