Life Through the Eyes of my Scattered Brian

  A Saddlebag House Do you what that is? Saddlebag houses get their name from the layout  of two rooms on either side of a central  chimney, resembling saddlebags draped over a horse. The practical design was common in 1800's architecture because it was easy to heat with a central shared chimney and easy to expand as  families grew. This one is located in Morgan County, Ga., and was built in the late 1800's. I love when I stumble across things that make me learn, things I never really wondered about, but things that are so neat to  learn about. Okay, so I really didn't out smart the squirrel! Damn rodents! Yep, still a tad too warm for me to venture out and put the rock in the dry creek bed. Hoping that tomorrow will be better. And with that thought, I  decided to look and see what the temp would be tomorrow... and this is what I see. Did my walk about at almost five pm on Monday. Talk about being late! I do walk abouts in the yard to see what is blooming, ...

  Couple of days ago I shared this pic with the cool pattern on the grass, I love these cute solar lights, but this one and another just like it  fills up with water when it rains. Dollar Tree is a good place to shop for somethings but for others, maybe not so good. Leaking solar lights.. Every time I go out after a rain, I have to empty them! Which reminds me, I looked out last night and realized several of my solar lights are in need of  batteries. That looks like a chore for today. I started this post this morning, its 9:30 pm now and guess what, the batteries in those solar lights, did not get replaced today! lol.. oh my gosh, I had to laugh when I read the above, Cory and I had this sort of conversation just Sunday. We were talking on the phone about  his ADHD, not being able to do  things, not being able to  get motivated and getting  overwhelmed with things so  much so you shut down. He then said, "Mom, you have it too"... Yep, I told him t...

Happiest Birthday to  AMERICA! Be safe out there today and this evening. Photo challenge today is  GRASS!  Rural Tn. No street lights, no  porch lights,  just the amazing light  from the starts above. I sat down for a break between scrubbing the dining room  and kitchen, thought maybe I would  do a post, BUT, I actually have no pics to share. I have been busy doing some cleaning and picking up, no pics! My house guest will be going home Sunday, YAY! I knew Emmy Lou had her issues, but a week of this and I have had enough.  She will not go out unless I  go with her. She will not get off the porch till I tell her to. Then she will stand on the sidewqlk,  just looking up at me.  I have to tell her to go to the bathroom before she will go. Then back to the walkway, till I tell her to come on, then she jump up on the porch, but will not go in first, so holding the door open for her don't work. I have to step in first. She hovers and...

 I was over on Chrissy Ts  blog  Blogger: User Profile: Chrissy T and I saw this.  I can not just waltz by a  photo challenge! However, I am going to have to  start with July 4th. As you can tell on the list,  pic from internet My sparkle is my new ring. I just got in on Thursday. Nothing fancy, an 11 buck  ring from  Hobby Lobby. I have had a ring just like this for years and at that time I  think it was 8 dollars. Anyway, the band had turned cause it's just cheap stuff. But I love it. Few post back I showed  you Mr. Wilson that I painted at the Porch Painting Pals club. I stated that I was not finished with Mr. Wilson that I just had a few things to work on. Darla said you couldn't wait to see what I would do. Here is the touch up. Shot in different lighting so this one  appears darker of course. But what I did  was add some shadow under the paws, hoofs?? I added touches of cream color here and there cause to me it just ...