I Like...

    Thank you to Leeanne of Not Afraid of Color for reminding me to notice things I like. 

I like that I can pick my salad fresh from the banister.
FYI... The wire over it is because the deer also like a fresh salad bar.

I like watching the garden begin!
FYI... that's a zucchini blossom.

I like my back deck in summer...
It's my bonus garden.

I like finding discovering the first things to ripen in the garden. 
Look at that gorgeous little midnight black cherry tomato!

I like my new little black hen. Her feathers shine green in the sunlight.
My grandkids named her Elfaba. We'll call her Elfie.

I like that she seems to actually like to be petted.

I like that she follows me around whenever I'm outside.

I like the deer that live in our woods.
I like my garden.
(Now you see why every part of the garden is fenced in.)

 I like that my amaryllis has blossomed in a gorgeous way.

Ok... one more... this little hen is crazy! 
She's like the cat. She wants to sit on me and is right underfoot when I'm up.
(The cat would be jealous if he knew.)

LeeAnne's  get-to-know-you writing topics this month:

What piece did you pick when you played monopoly? I liked the little dog. Maybe I'd choose the hat.  Our game was old, so we didn't have all the pieces. Who did you play with, how long would the game go on? I played with older siblings or even friends.  I think we had some made-up rules, and I think we rarely made it to the real end. Were you a buyer of property and put houses on them? Sure. Who kept the bank? Me. I've always liked to keep money neat and tidy, all facing the same way.

Did you learn to swim, and how old were you? Who taught you? I think I always knew how to swim enough to stay afloat and get where I wanted to be.  Were you on a swim team and what was that like? No, my school didn't have a swim team.   My family had a 160 acre farm, and 20 of those acres made up a lake.  We just followed a trail through the woods and down the hill to our very own lake.  There was also a road for driving down.  Our place was the place for church youth swimming, for friend parties, for family gatherings.  On one end was the spillway.  After a flood, water spilled over into the creek below.  Otherwise, that was our shale-covered "beach."  That was the area where we swam.  My dad even built a raft out of 55-gallon drum barrels and a wood floor.  He also made a long diving board that we used.  Another bank  was covered with blackberry vines.  The far bank had trees and picnic tables.  The last side was pasture where cows grazed.  We had a motor for our fishing boat so that we could ski or surf (around in a circle). I suppose growing up using The Lake for swimming, berry picking, or whatever other reason made me unafraid of turtles and snakes.  There were always, always turtles and snakes.   (FYI - The wouldn't hurt us though. For example, if we wanted to pick berries, we'd throw rocks into the vines so they'd all leave.  Or, if turtles or snakes were sunning on the diving board, we'd holler at them until they jumped or slithered off and into the water.  Then it would be perfectly safe to enter the water... *** Insert 61-year-old me shaking my head in disbelief.) If you Google "Powell Lake, Mena, Arkansas" (Powell was my maiden name), you'll see it it.  Click HERE.  Did you go to a neighborhood pool and what was that like?  Our lake WAS the neighborhood pool. Do you still enjoy swimming?  Floating around in my sister's pool, yes.  In a lake, no. I'd much rather enjoy sitting on the shore and looking out at the lake.

We stopped last summer when we were near Mena. 
The Lake is still beautiful.
 (And, most likely still full of turtles and snakes.)

Did you ever go to sleep away camp? Yes. Where and what was it like? Nearly every year in junior and high school, our youth group went to church came.  Each year it was at a different place. I loved it. Nearly every year in junior and high school, I went to band camp.  It was at a college.  I went to a couple of different ones. I loved it. Did you enjoy it or miss home too much? Nope.

Do you play summer sports? Tennis, or golf, or pickleball, etc? Do you have a special outfit for them, or equipment? No.