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Eight months in South Korea

One semester at Sogang University

An internship at Seoul City University

Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Tim and Korean Mom and Dad for extending your hospitality to her.

We are thrilled to have CC home. 

She is keeping me sweetly distracted.

Olive

Yellow House: Spring Front Yard

Hello my lovelies.

 It was 85 yesterday. I have broken out my shorts for the season.

 The maple outside our window has leafed out.

 I placed a geranium by the door as it can take the heat.

Look here-a grim little Gremmie in the dogwood tree. 

She weighs ten pounds now y'all.

I'm chubby, my mama's chubby, and my cats chubby.

Our wide expanse of monkey grass (lilirope) is sprouting. We had a million pine cones before the storm. Now we have about five million. I ignore them pretty much.

Easy care sedum on the front stoop that survived the winter unscathed.

Finally, our sweet boy Sheldon. 

Shelley is one hundred pounds and suffers gladly the mischievous cat.

In Olive Out news today is mine and Joe's anniversary.

 Ten wonderful years. To find love again, we think, is a most splendid gift. 

I am going to physical therapy twice a week for shoulder therapy. 

We continue to clear debris from the storm (I basically rake). 

I am carrying on with spring gardening in spite of the extra chores.

 I must have flowers.

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happy gardening

Olive

Not Going Gently

I have not gone gently into the night after my ear surgery. 

I have been overdoing it perhaps.

The surgery went well. No drama that I am aware of except that 

I was drunk from medicine all day Thursday.

Shelley and I went on a buying field trip Saturday.

 It was a fun but brief trip. I did take Sunday off.

Shelley is a fine traveling companion. 

I cannot convey how much I love that boy.

If  you are wondering about these images. 

They are all mine but in the Waterlogue app. 

I am loving that app. It is the only one I have ever paid for. 

A well spent $2.99.

Not available for Androids yet but I imagine it will be soon.

I am oliveout on Instagram if you would like to see other pics in this app.

More snow is headed for the Deep South.

 I am staying put. Ya'll stay warm.

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joy and peace

Olive

Deep South Snow

We estimate we have three inches of snow on the ground.

 We are so far south that is pretty darn good for us. 

Those of you who have frequent snow and cold are not impressed.

You measure snow by the foot.

Snow paralyzes the South. We have few to zero salt trucks. Bridges close. I once was stuck in the hospital working as an R.N. for about eighteen hours because I could not get across the Savannah River. I slept in a storage room and got up and worked day shift the next morning. 

CC, our daughter, loves snow and is seeing quite a bit of it in South Korea.

Shelley, our other kiddo, had great fun playing ball with his daddy this morning. 

Shelley captured (stole) that football from Lord only knows where.

I hope you are warm and safe wherever you are my dear friends.

joy and peace

Olive

Chuckle Heads {Shelley and Gremmie}

This Chuckle Head has been renamed. 

We have named her Gremmie because she is more Gremlin like than I can convey.

 The name Cindy Lou did not fit her rambustious spirit.

Here Gremmie is biting Shelley. This goes on all the time.

 Shelley never hurts her. 

 These photos speak for themselves.

CC leaves for South Korea to go to university on the 28th.

The Chuckle Heads will miss her terribly. I can't think about it yet. 

We are having a dessert and wine going away party for her this weekend.

joy and peace

Olive

Kitchen Island With Vintage Dish Rack

  I ran into this metal and wood piece in an antiques store today. I thought it might hold dishes. Do you think it is an old bill collector? If so that is a lot of bills.

I am proud to say I have numerous collections of tranferware now. We use them all the time. What you see in the island is for display because the kitten climbs around in here. She is a busy and industrious  toddler.

Shelley is lounging underneath the window. Cindy Lou is underneath the island. So far no plates have been broken from dog cat shenanigans.

 This is the view of the island that is composed of two old windows.  

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joy and peace

Olive

DECK SCENES

 I sat on the deck with the camera and snapped some of the activity around me while I painted shells yesterday. Gilding shells is not for wimps {I am a wimp when it comes to strong odors} as the paint is toxic. Shelley Boo was watching over me.

 We always have birds flying around the deck and hummers at the mini feeders every minute.

This is the basket I chased the snake out of and tried to save the baby birds from.

 For those of you who had never seen a Walking Iris this is what it looks like at dawn. Where it is touching the ground it will make another plant.

We continue to find toys buried on our property. It's exciting to dig them up.

Sweet potato vines are in my favorite pot.

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joy and peace

Olive

One YEAR Of Puppy Love

One year ago today we brought home this roly poly part German Shepherd puppy who could not stay awake for nothing.  We love him with a shattering kind of love. He is spoiled and we do not care. Our houses will not be fully clean again and we do not mind that either.

Here he is today, with Joe, in the same swing. He was trying to play with me and the camera instead of sitting and posing. He weights about eighty pounds and that is about where he is going to level off we think (hope). He does climb into our laps frequently. He learned that from Clovis. He loves to ride in the truck and detests being left behind. He is a sight riding beside me in the Mini Cooper. CC always asks what her Shelley Boo is doing when she calls. She thinks he is the best thing going since Starbucks opened.

In other totally unrelated news I fell on the deck today while staining a frame. Shelley and Joe did come to my rescue. I am fine but sore all over and going to bed shortly. Needless to say I lack coordination because I cannot stain a frame and stand upright at the same time. We did go to a lovely country wedding (will post log cabin pics Monday) last evening but no spirits were involved. I wanted to get this post up in honor of our boy.

big puppy hugs

Olive

Dog & Dogwoods

Shelley Boo is looking out the window into the front yard watching for any squirrel. He shares my view that they must be scooted away from the bird feeders and therefore also must be chased off the property entirely if he is outside with us.

This is the view of the front yard with our beloved yet sick dogwoods blooming. Both grainy images were snapped with my iPhone.

Happy Friday

Olive

Green Chair Green Basket

The green chippy chair I found for three dollars and a wicker green funeral basket (this one still has it's galvanized liner)  filled with dried hydrangeas from our Nikko Blue are now in front of the sunny bay window. The green chippy chair makes every item I place on it look better. The chair is one of my favorite thrifty finds.

A large old basket with handles happily sits beside the chair. Somehow I must pile items in front of the bay window. I often place throws in the basket but spring is here and we no longer need throws. I snapped these images today because I actually dusted, vacuumed, and mopped the floors. Shelley's hair gets in every nook and cranny but he is Big&Sweet and I really do not mind.

Yesterday CC and I stayed out all day and I never picked up the laptop. We ate Vietnamese food for lunch which is our favorite Asian food and then we shopped at a large Asian market. If CC is home that is simply what we do. The schedule for the week is full, full, full.

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joy and peace

Olive