4 Sept., 2008 -- Happy Birthday, Caro

Hurricane Gustav has moved off, but it continues to drizzle. Airport reports five inches of rain, this is a cinder block in the revetment at home. May take another day to siphon it all out.

Remember in March, when these flower seeds got planted? Well, here are the plants gone rampant. The dahlias laid over on the mini rose bush, and the zinnias have overtaken the marigolds. Poor little big-eyed skipper butterfly was too cool to fly away from me. The wind was blowing the elephant ears backwards (no, they weren't planted from seed).

Started back bowling this week. Teammate Mickey picked up the 6-7-10 split, which isn't easy! We five ladies have a lot of fun on a morning league, and sometimes we even win. The instant replay is a neat feature of the computerized scoring, but we miss the old paper score sheet.

Speaking of old (ooops, I didn't mean to say that), Happy Birthday, Carolyn! 39, isn't it, sis? Again?