It's a Lovely Morning

For the third day in a row, I didn't get up till 7:30...I don't know what's wrong with my internal clock. What a morning to wake up to. The lake is like glass, and the sun is shinning in an almost cloudless blue sky. It's so peaceful here....I think it is heaven sent! It's quiet on the lake and the birds and critters are going wild for the food I just put out. I have one squirrel who can hang by his hind legs for what seems like an hour....He's already been there for more than 20 minutes and he won't leave till he's emptied the feeder. The orioles are again going back and forth to the jelly and to the nest. I assume they are feeding babies. Annie, Doug and Matthew came up yesterday about 11 a.m.....actually I don't know exactly when they came....I was on the deck reading, and Annie opened the sliding door and scared the bejebbers out of me....she said they had been here a while, and knew I didn't know they were here....I was so engrossed in the book. Mathew only stayed for a little while before being invited to play with the neighbor's granddaughter. He spent almost the whole day with her...even went for a boat ride with her and her parents. That was nice, cause Annie and Doug had lots of work to do. They first painted their bedroom...a pretty grey (Silver Fox) and then Doug proceeded to lay my sod, build a step off the side of the paver platform they built a few weeks ago, mowed the back lot, spread mulch and a few other odd jobs. Annie cleaned the entire boat house, and washed some bedding. Collected sheets and pillow cases for all the beds in it, and vacuumed and scrubbed the place up. I didn't do much to help, except cleaned out my closet of linens for the boathouse and watered the new sod and fix them dinner. Oh yah, Doug also set up a sprinkling system for the new sod, so it will go off at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. everyday, and when I was up this morning going to the bathroom at 6:20 it was working. For some reason by the time they left at 7 p.m. I was worn out. Must of been watching them work! I think this place is going to be ready for all the celebrations the week of the 4th. I would never have guessed it when we started talking about having Em's grad party here back in May. Today I will paint the little kids picnic table red to match my bench, and maybe wash the white plastic chairs and try to spray them red too! I don't know if I have enough spray paint for all three of them, so I'll do one at a time. With no wind it should be a good day for that. Other than that, I'll try and finish my book...I ran out of power on my Nook and had to recharge it last night. Louie asked for prayers for Nancy (his wife) who has a sinus infection which has really wiped her out...and for all the people in Colorado Springs where they used to live and their oldest son still lives. The wild fires have forced almost the whole town to evacuate their homes, and the house he used to live in, is one that has been asked to evacuate. So please pray for all of them....and me too! I now have 5 squirrels and a chipmunk along with the birds outside my window...I think I must be too good to them. Time for me to get dressed...Love and Prayers, m