Busy Summer

I've decided blogging must be a winter event. I just don't make time to sit at the computer! A quick update:

Jack the cat is doing well...he's especially enjoying some fur mice he got as a gift from my cousin. They make him run and hop and chase like nothing else. He can actually make them look as though they are attacking him. His fur is growing back and soon you'll not even notice the missing leg.

We are working so so hard on the rental house that our friend MB will rent in less than a month.
Yikes. We hope it will be ready. Pray hard.

I went home to MN for the 4th of July. It was the kind of day you write home about...except I was home. Breezy, sunny, good food, nice people. Perfect day, minus the World Cup game where Germany lost in overtime to Italy. So sad for the home team.

My garden is doing most excellent things now. Echinacea, daisies, sunflowers, veronica, mint, lillies...colorful blooms taking over...

My dad is here working with us. What a blessing he is...so handy and ambitious. It's good to have him around.

That's all for now. I hope you all are well and enjoying a beautiful summer.