Autumn

Autumn is finally here!!! I guess it was officially autumn on the 23 of this month, but just now you can feel it. Mabe there aren't many red leaves on the trees, but that doesn't matter. The damp and windy weather says it all. Most people would want summer to go on forever, but aside from going to the beach, there really isn't much that I like to do in summer. Maybe I don't like summer because no matter how much I try I always get sun burnt. Maybe I hate all the venomous scary insects that seem to always be at a place that I would enjoy being at. Maybe I hate the hot sticky humid weather that makes me want to go to a cold place like Alaska. Okay maybe if I was in Alaska I would be thinking ... I sure do wish I was in hot and humid Georgia right now. All I know is it is autumn and not summer and that I sure am enjoying going outside. This is the perfect weather for photo shoots with Sadie (although Sadie doesn't feel the same way), going to the chicken yard and holding Buzz, and simply sitting on the the front porch and breathing in the cool, breezy, air....(sigh)... I wish this weather wouldn't end. 

Thunder vs Bulls

Tonight Tim's soccer team (Thunder), played Lillie's team (Bulls). Thankfully it was a tie because if it wasn't I'd hear it forever from Tim or Lillie. The final score was 2 to 2. I was having a hard time containing myself. I would scream "GOOD STOP LILLIE" or "GO THUNDER." I got some pretty weird looks.

Tim was excited about the game.

Sadie was entertaining people by doing flips.

Near the end of the game we had to go into the dugout because it was raining.

At Grandaddy and Nana's

On Saturday we went to Grandaddy and Nana's house and had a cook out. Nana has a golf cart that we like to ride on. Ben drove Ericka, Tim, and me all over the place. When I say all over the place, I mean it. He took us down a runway to an airport where Tim got a picture with the airplane. We stopped a lot so Ben could check social media. He was blaring country rap as we drove. He even brought us to the Turner County 4-H office.

Ben Fishing

Tim with a drink in one hand and a fishing pole in the other.

Jamie fishing

Ben is showing everyone his raps.

Cricket Creek

This tipi is the first one I ever made.....I was so proud of it.

Several years ago Tim and I found a place in the woods beside our house with a fire break that was filled with water. I decided to call it Cricket Creek. We used to fight over who it belonged to.....well Tim found it and I named it. We decided it was everybody's land. I decide that we needed some houses ,or in this case tipis. I made three all together. My first one was good ,but it was extremely cheap. I had to repair it all the time. The second tipi I made was for Ericka and Becca. It was large, but looked nothing like a tipi. Ericka and Timothy made a clay oven in that tipi ,and they used the turtle shell that Sara found for a bowl. Just in case you're wondering we did not eat out of that bowl. My third tipi I shared with Lillie. It was my favorite one. Last year when we went to the woods we found all the tipis in ruins. We don't have the tipis back there anymore because the wind blew them down. We could have built them back, but we were afraid that snakes lived in there. Maybe we will rebuild this year......I don't know.  
       

Lately......

The craziness of Ben

We got Mama a blender for her birthday, and she likes it a lot.

Sadie likes the blender also.

Sonic is our #1 drink stop.

                           

Ericka

My Art Teacher

 On Wednesday of last week, Lillie, Becca, and I started art lessons. Our teacher is really kind, but there is one thing about her that I just can't get.......she can't accept the fact that the Purple Hurricanes are one million times better than the Irwin Indians. Anyway, she was teaching us about complementary and primary colors. Green is across from red, so to remember that we think of Christmas. Orange and blue are across from each other.......but we didn't use the Florida Gators. We used some other random team. The Gators are no good. Purple is across from yellow so I suggested the Purple Hurricanes......... she told me not to use that.  She is an obvious Indian fan....uhgg. I guess that if the Hurricanes weren't any good I would still hold on to them, but on Friday night the Hurricanes creamed the Indians. The score was 40 to 12, and the Hurricanes won. Take that Indians.