Wondering...

We've been having a problem with the garage door on Poppa's workshop.  Every spring it looks like this......

Of course, this drives Poppa crazy...soooo....he decided to strip the door down to bare metal.....

Right now he is down there washing the bare metal with some kind of solution that is supposed to remove any residues that are on there, as well as etch the metal to provide a better surface for paint adhesion.  Then, I believe, tomorrow morning he will put on a special primer, which then sets for 7 days.  Whew!  What a job!

Meanwhile, I finally got the laundry finished (for now), and here is the outfit that Poppa bought for his "little man".

And summer is marching right on by.  It has been an excellent year for Queen Anne's Lace, not to mention the other floral growths commonly known as weeds!  I have to admit though that sometimes I can see why Auntie Colleen thinks they are pretty.  We saw these on the way home from the coffee shop the other morning.

The tomatoes are growing well and getting ready to ripen..

Our baby mountain ash tree is growing little berries,

It is soooo hot outside - rather than challenge our air conditioner further, I am putting the slow cooker outside when I prepare supper.  It works just fine out there, and doesn't heat up the kitchen.

The orange lilies are at their prime....

...and for the first time in two months there wasn't a big, long lineup at the donut shop.  See Poppa up there at the front of the line...usually the customers are lined up past the spot where I am sitting.

We sit in the area that was designated for smokers, before they banned smoking.  Now we sit in there because it is always cooler than in the main sitting area.

I'm guessing though, that in a couple of months it will be much cooler...so I washed up the fuzzy jammies I bought for my two little grandsons and folded them neatly in preparation for a visit from them.

I still think Munchie is small, but he's a big boy, compared to the size his little brother is going to be when he makes his appearance in a few short weeks.

Now, I've kept you in suspense long enough!  I know you are all wondering what Uncle Shaun was looking at when he was on the lookout.  Here is the vista in front of him....

Yep, definitely worth a photo!