I enjoyed a very nice Father's Day dinner at my sisters. Not too many of us there but we all had a great time. Dad's friend, Lorene came to the dinner as well. My brother Ray wasn't feeling well, so stayed at home. Missed Marty very much as I always do at our family gatherings. It was good to have a small gathering this time. Jenise and her dog Mollysue were able to make it as well. She managed to avoid the camera though.
Jenise and I go to karaoke with Dad and Lorene at the Emporer's Palace on Friday evenings a couple of times a month. Lots of good singers there. We spent time looking for a karaoke version of the song, "Yes, we have no bannanas." Donna found it and got it ordered.
Donna's dog Angus was right in the middle of all of the action. He has a nice temperment.
One of the big discussions was Dad's 90th birthday party. Since his other brothers all live in Ohio, my cousin Bobby will have a 90th birthday party for Dad at his house and Donna will have one here...with web cams so we can all celebrate together. Dad is now the oldest brother....only 4 of the 8 siblings are still around.
This isn't even where we started when we bought our home. The front yard was landscaped and the back yard was....weeds, blackberry bushes, and more weeds. We couldn't even see the stumps that were inside the blackberry bushes. Dan spent the first summer weeding from one end of the back yard to the other and by the time he got done had to start over. So....one day I called somebody and ordered sod. Dan was quite surprised to come home to bulldozers.
In 2002 this is what the side view from our deck looked like. Oh and Dan and his squirrel friend, Mr. Beggans (who was a girl, by the way). She would see Dan in the kitchen and tap on the glass of the back door so he would come out and feed her nuts.
In 2005 we added this lovely fence and the garden girls. I had no idea they would look so great. fI honestly thought they would be too formal for our garden. Now, as our garden has matured, things are looking lush and the garden girls look like they belong there.
The chocolate vine in the center - I never dreamed it would get so big. And this is the first year we have had honeysuckle blooms - the aphids attacked the plant and we had no idea how pretty it would turn out.
Jenise and I go to karaoke with Dad and Lorene at the Emporer's Palace on Friday evenings a couple of times a month. Lots of good singers there. We spent time looking for a karaoke version of the song, "Yes, we have no bannanas." Donna found it and got it ordered.
