Rain

We finally got rain. It rained a little yesterday but today we got an nice little downpour. When it was done, SIL did some work in the garden and called me outside to look at something. He was pulling up plants that were finished producing. The roots were still dry. He said you can never water enough. He sure is right. I would have thought they all got soaked.

the rain dropped the temperature about 10 degrees so that was nice. We got alittle more rain about 2 hours later but today is just going to be hot and humid with no rain.

Almost rain

Yesterday I held off watering the garden because it looked like it was going to rain. I could hear thunder and the dark clouds started to roll in. It started to look very promising...

But we didn't get any rain. Lets see if we get lucky today.
Bugs are getting at the tomato plants in the back. I don't think we will get many from there, but the ones in the front garden look ok so far.

Hot yet again

It is a month since we had any rain. It has been over 100 for days now. There is a slight chance of a storm today or tonight. It would be good if we get it.

In New York they have chilly rainy weather and they are wondering where their summer is. Its DOWN HERE! Come and get it!

The best thing to do is, stay indoors and drink plenty of liquids.

Happy Fathers day

Its a HOT and HUMID day.
I think what I miss most about my father is his sense of humor.
I never saw my father down or depressed.
I rarely saw him angry.
He was not perfect, but he was a good father.

The last picture is how I remember him the most.
On the sofa with his tee shirt and pj bottoms.

June 16th

The kids found out they are going to Missouri for two weeks and that they will be going to camp. Their first time for that. They are excited. They will stay at their Aunt's farm house. Grace loves to ride the horses. They will get to see their Grandma Joe too.

The weather has been HOT and HUMID, the usual for this time of year.

Another picture of connect four, this is the one I meant to use last week and couldn't find it. I am on a mission of cleaning out my pictures today.

Cuddehay

This interesting and unusual name, with variant spellings Cuddihy, Cuddehy, Quiddihy, Coady, etc. is the Anglicization of the Gaelic "O Cuidighthigh", meaning "the male descendant of "O" the helpful person ("cuidightheach" - helper). This is a Kilkenny name though an earlier form of the name is found in Cork (see below).

The name also appears as O'Codihie, O'Kuddyhy etc. in the sixteenth Century and in the modern idiom is found as Cuddihy, Cudahy and Quiddihy with no prefix.

Cuddihy is an example of a name once numerous but which has become scarse in the past Century. Twenty-two Cuddihy house-holders appear in the County Tipperary, Mary Cuddihy was baptised on July 14th 1864. Thomas, son of James and Bridget Cuddihy was baptised at Carrick-on-suir in Tipperary on December 27th 1864.

The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Mac Cuidithe, which was dated 1214, County Cork Records, during the reign of Cathal "Craobhdhearg (Redhead) High King of Ireland", 1198 - 1224. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation.

In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Happy Birthday!

Its Liams birthday today! Woohoo!
He is 8 years old.
They grow up too fast.
Here is the birthday boy making one of his funny faces

Mellow Yellow Monday

Connect 4 has some yellow in it as you can see.

Sky Watch Friday

It was a day that threatened storms, the sky would get dark clouds but the rain didn't come.

Window Views#7

The granddaughters window. I love the red curtains.

Mellow Yellow Monday

Squash from my daughters garden. She has a good crop of it.

She canned some squash relish, her zuccini relish was fantastic so I can't wait to try this.