A Labor Day Tradition

Every year the Spokane Symphony gives a Labor Day concert in Pavilion Park. It is such a treat to hear great music, enjoy the personality of the conductor, see friends and family and usually cuddle under a blanket by the end of the night. It's getting cold! So sad to think that another beautiful summer is at an end and school and life and routine will soon take over. I love summer time.

Pinterest Fun

We all have had a great time looking up things on Pinterest.  Melissa decided to make a fancy drink.  Her cooking class this summer has kept us trying fun things.  We didn't add the rum or what ever alcohol was in the full recipe.... but it was a tasty treat!  And beautiful too!

Sunflower Miracle

I have discovered that the birds in our backyard love black sunflower seeds.  I fill a bird feeder  Mike keeps the bird feeder full.  But these little guys eat fast and it's empty before I know it!  One day, after having been empty for awhile, I noticed that one of the sunflower seeds had sprouted!  I wanted to put more seeds in the feeder but couldn't help but admire this tenacious little sprouting seed!  So I took the time to transplant the little seedling to our garden.

Passage of time, add sunshine, and water.......

amazing!

BackYard Retreat - Summer Fun

We got a new chaise lounge from Costco and now I love my backyard even more!  Such a perfect place to read and relax.  I also figured out how to outsmart those summer rain showers and protect my cushions....  If I can see the rain coming, I can gather my cushions.   

Although this isn't in the back yard.... Mike has been fertilizing my flowers on the front porch and they are huge!  So pretty!  Tammy always tells me that I have white trash flower pots but these are the bomb!  Not white trash!

 Funny story - one of my black sunflower bird seeds actually sprouted inside the bird feeder.  It seemed like it worked so hard to live that I transplanted it to my garden just to give it a chance and see how it would grow.  It became a huge sunflower!  Amazing to see that tiny piece of bird food sprout in an unlikely place and eventually grow into a majestic flower!

In other backyard fun....Megan invited a few friends over to enjoy the park and the backyard too. Movies in the park and fire pits... Summer Fun!