Teach me to crochet nannie

My granddaughter spent 2 nights here and wanted to learn to crochet. My mom taught me to crochet by showing me how to make a granny squarge and a rippple stitch. I'm trying to teach myself more stitches and how to "read" crochet patterns. I got a book called The Crochet Bible (great book).

Anyway on Sunday when she got up she told me she dreamed of making loops.

Where we went for vacation

This was a place my granddaughter wanted to go to. We all enjoyed our stay at Nick Resort

Siesta Key

In July we went to Florida. I let my granddaughter choose the places she wanted to go to. So we went to the Nickelodeon Resort and to Leggoland. She had a great time at both. Then we spent a couple days at the beach.

I loved Siesta Key.

July

June and July were busy months with three trips, trying to stay cool in the heat, canning and freezing things from the garden, working, etc.

I canned lots of green beans.



We had lots of fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, squash and corn. Then the weather got so hot and dry the veggies just didn't do so well.


I did freeze a lot of sweet Georgia corn.

I'm already thinking about next year's garden. Raised beds. Some kind of watering system. More flowers.

The flowers usually start looking better in August. It starts cooling off and raining more.

June

Did you ever notice how much faster time gets the older you get?

We've had 2 days of much needed rain.

I know the plants and grass seem to look better.

Happy little marigolds.

Lilies

My husband plants lots of zinnia seeds in starter kits every winter

Roses and gardnias

Random

We went to Virginia to spend a night and help celebrate hubby's

brother's 70th birthday.

Virginia weather is so much cooler than Georgia weather.

We spent one night in Pigeon Forge and took our granddaughter

to do fun things.

When you're 10 going in an upside down building is a fun thing.

Not being tall enough to drive the go carts yet is not

such a fun thing.

Being grandparents is fun, too.



Mothers

I miss my mom so much this Mother's Day

Pictures of the mothers before me

My mother's grandmother Annie

My Mother's mother Mary Ella

My mother Jane

My mother Jane and my grandmother