Life Through the Eyes of my Scattered Brian

 Good Sunday morning from my deck in Nunnelly. 3rd day of rain. Saturday and again today, it is a nice steady rain. Listening to the pitter patter of the drops on the leaves of the trees. Such a nice sound. Esp.. since the loud mouth of a couple of crows moved on. I watched the rain fall here for days, the heaviest was on Friday. Saturday and Sunday was steady, even rain. However, by watching it I saw an area I need  to work on. You see, where my house  sits was all woods but the neighbor  that built in the lot next to me did some land altering. He worked on cars, so he had a big garage built behind  his house. As it rains I  noticed that the water runs  off his property to mine, down  a small slope to front of my tree line.  Really not an issue, it flows good, but at one point, it  curves off the beaten path, making its own pathway, jetting over into the yard a bit. That showed me where I need to grab a shovel and  reroute the beat...

Debbi over at Debbi's Front Porch (debbisfrontporch.blogspot.com) asked did we have any damage from the hurricane. Debbi, thank you for asking and thankfully no. No damage. Just rain which my yard was so thankful for and some wind that was not all that bad. Who would have thought when telling people in Fla. how bad it was going to get, preparing them by asking them to leave, that it would affect East TN and NC by wiping out small towns? Its horrible. How about you? You guys ok? I copied this from FB but it caught my attention cause I have had three in the house. The one I thought the girls brought in (not sure about that now), a tiny one I found in my bathroom and one in my kitchen sink. Hello i'm a house centipede, I am your friend! Please don't hurt me, and leave me be, because I am cleaning your house for you, of all of those nasty bugs you don't want, such as cockroaches! I am not dangerous, I do not pose the same issues as many other household pests. I am not ...

Cats are so funny, and strange! Misty being a COVID cat, where no one came to the house or visited with us at all, Misty was never around  anyone but me. With that said, while reading up on Russian Blue it states that they are shy of others and usually only bonds with their family... Well, that is Misty!! The pic above is day 3 of Brit and Cory's visit, she finally came out for some mom time. After butting  heads and loving on me, she crawled into the corner of  the end table next to me and hid behind my silk flowers. Fun part is watching her come  from the bedroom, rub up on  the cedar chest the TV sets on, over to the front door, past the  heater fireplace and past the  window, just skirting the  outside of the room to get to  me and avoid others! The pics below were taken shortly after Brit and Cory left. She felt safe to come out and snooze on  the bed. Oh my poor baby. Lily on the other hand is going to greet you, sniff you and deci...

 Sometimes I just need to  stay out of the kitchen! Cooking is not my thing,  never has been BUT I love baking. Years ago my BIL taught me to make a fudge pie that he  liked. It is simple and fast and delicious.  However, I have not made it in years. So, a couple weeks ago, I made it. Only instead of a  pie pan or a pie crust,  I spread it out in a casserole dish and baked it like brownies. But I was not stopping there,  I poked some holes in it, drizzled some caramel sauce  over it and then I spread sea salt over that. Oh my gosh, I need to stop doing things like that. It is so good, I have made four (yes, 4) pans of it. I made the first two for me,  and two with Cory and Brit here. I is very well liked by everyone. I consider that a hit! Internet pic cause I keep failing to take a pic of what I make. On Wed. we took the boys out  of school, Amber took the day off, and Caleb met us at the  bowling alley for some fun. I was so ...

 I usually don't get out early enough to view sites like this. One morning, before winter, I need to grab the camera and go out to see the sun come up and get more shots like this. I took the above pic on  the way out of Nunnelly  last Friday morning with an  appt in Nashville and stops to see some folks. HAHA I must have raised some really  smart A____ kids! My daughter tagged me on FB with this quote. haha.. Speaking of kids,  this is my daughter,  grandson and great granddaughter.. and me. 4 generations!   Monday, Tuesday and Wed. was very busy for me. My son, and DIL came for  a visit this week. I have not seen them since 22 and I was missing them. Cory is always on top of  things and so full of life, bringing laughter behind wherever he  goes. I have laughed so hard. My two brats! We played a lot of games and just took time to  visit and be together. This is Braden, DJ and  my DIL, Britney. This boy is a mess, he has ...