INNNNNNNTERESTING night, I say... :-(

On the 4th of July, there were lots of other desserts, for rest of the family.  But I made these, for my daughter-in-law and myself...  We who are staying Gluten/Free.  And mostly lactose free and sugar free.  

Yes, that is fruit and real whipped cream, layered.  And if we *pay* some, for ingesting lactose, so be it.  :-)  But we had our own yummmmmy loooooking parfait!!!!  -grin-

One of those "Surprise Photo Ops"!!  -grin-  I added some clear dish washing liquid, to the little bit left, of the pomegranate (pink) dish washing liquid.

The pink on the bottom, started rising up, through the clear.  I was mesmerized.  And I kept clicking...  -grin-  A "Because-I-Can" photo op!!! 

 Well, last night was interesting...  :-(  At 2am, our alarm system went off.  And when I say "went off," I mean loud enough to wake the dead, and nearly fracture ear drums.  Between ourselves and the Alarm Co., we deduced that no break-in-attempt had occurred.  But the system said; "Front door was violated." 

Nope.

The Co. has to come over and check it out.  Some glitch in the system...  Some low battery or something...  Well, we know it makes a helllllllll of a lot of noissssssssse!

 Whole lot of Phish-ing going on, in town, this weekend.  Ugh...  Ugh...  Ugh...  Guess what?  I'm not a fan. 

Nor am I a fan, of all the illegal substances, which are floating around, during this annual occurrence. 

Yes folks, "Auntie" is "Olden".  She may have fun with some Hollywood Soap Operas.  But this Phish-stuff, is beyond her/me. 

The forest, is a swamp...!!! :-(

I know this is nothing, compared to the flooding, in many places.  

But the college land, across from us, overflowed last evening.  See it flowing????

What aggravates us is...  That the college has promised the home owners, who live near this lovely, old, wooded area...  That it would remain untouched.  But it has not.  

It is becoming more and more of a swamp, because of college cutting trees, building buildings, and making parking lots.  And they are *supposed* to be SO  GREEN.....   

OK, I got that rant out!

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I hope all my fellow Citizens, are ready to Celebrate the 4th of July...

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So far, so good... :-)

Well, it seems as if most of us, are still OK...  With our ways, of seeing new posts, on the blogs we love.

My new lace kitchen curtains.  I've had them quite a while, and finally got them up.  I am soooo slowwww...

The little Moss Roses, beside the patio door, continue to thrive and  blossom.

New boyfriend was over...

Not a good pic, but he is cute.

"A" and "E"...  :-)

Don't say it...   I have no *shame*!   -grin-  Taking pics behind the curtain and etc.  -giggggles-  Awww come on, that's what "Nana's" doooooooooo.  :-) 

"The Ocean at The End of the Lane"

by

Neil Gaiman

I'm still "playing catch-up," with getting my book reviews written, and linked to.  

Who could resist that Title, and Cover Art?  Not I.  Plus, I've read a book by him, before.  

Please click on this link, and go to my "Auntie's Reads 2013" blog, to read reviews.

#39 books read this year
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Another post on "In Dragonfly Hollow"...  :-)   I am only reminding those, who might want to be reminded.  Not pushing.  Not pushing.  :-))))

"HEY".... You do watch "D.D."...don't you???????????

HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You do watch "Duck Dynasty", don't you?!?!?!?!

We are so slow!

Were just introduced to this show, by son next door.

They love it!

Now, we love it!

You'll love it, if only you'll watch it once. 

Realllllly.

A and E Network....Check local listing for time, day...

And (click-->) here for some of Miss Kay's Motherly Advice...

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Had fun watching some of "Janie"  and "Janie Get Married".....

 Two WWII era old movies, on TCM. 

 I love the clothes and.......

.....the hair styles and the sets.

I love how this lady fancies-up her home, in the summer-time.  Here in my little city...

But sadly, the house you sort-of-see, through the rain drops on the windshield, is looking abandoned.  Sad....

Last year, these signs were all over our area.  And here they are again, this year.  Wondering if anyone else has seen this kind of a sign, around where they live?

"Uncle A.'s" first yellow Old Roses.  And look, I *caught* a bee too!  :-)

 A new perennial, which we got on Sat.  And today, we got 2 more, to go with it.  A clump of flowers, makes a nice showing.  

Could you guess????  It's been raining here, all day today/Mon.

Flowers~~~Food~~~What is it?~~~Yummmmmm

Just a tiny bit, of Sunnyside Gardens Nursery.

  They provide old Radio Flyer wagons, to pull with you, and put your flowers in, and take to the check-out.  And to your car.  They are so cute!

You can get garden decorations there too.  Like these 2 Gnomes.

What they are, I do not know.  But I HAD to take a picture of them!!!!

Remember the Poppy bud...?

And here is the Poppy.  We are sad though, since we had a lot of them, and many seem to not have made it.  -sigh-

Another before-Juicing...

"Uncle A." made his from-scratch Spaghetti and Meatballs and Sausage again.  Yummmmm....  He makes his own sauce, using organically grown, canned tomatoes.  And the meatballs are from grass fed  beef.  With the *bread crumbs* being of my G/F Pretzel Sticks, ground up into a crumb mixture, so I can eat the Meatballs.  The hot Sausage is made from organically grown chicken.

I don't eat the Hot Sausage but it gives a nice "extra" taste to the sauce, from simmering in the sauce pan.

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!   DEEEEEEEELICIOUS!  And makes 2 meals.

On the Paleo "Auntie" thing....  Agave is a form of sugar replacement which is written of and sold, at the Healthy Eating store.  It's from Mexico but is guaranteed organically grown.  I have yet to bake with the Agave.  But I will.... 

Actually, so far, I really love the effect of Honey, as a sugar substitute in my decaf.  I know!  I know!  Honey is sweet, sweet, sweet.  But it's more natural than the sugar we buy in the grocery store. 

Various Photo Ops... And gardening...

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  A pic, of a picture, in our Sun. newspaper.  An area HS Prom, "rode" the newly opened Carousel in Congress Park.  Before going to dance.  Isn't that the cutest thing?!?  :-))))

Noticed my daughter-in-law doing late spray-watering, and I ran for my camera.  "Photo OP"!!!  I'm shooting into the sun, so it looks dark around the water.  But it was not dark.

"Uncle A." planted....

Rhubarb roots...  Which look very Ugh...  But their results, will make great pies.  :-)

And Hollyhocks, behind/around some Hosta.  Love old fashioned Hollyhocks.

"BK" just sat and looked cute.  :-)

We are finally able to see blossoms on fruit trees, from our back door...
 

Just a study-in-feet, big-and-little.  :-)

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