Hunky-Dory: "August ... the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time." ―Sylvia Plath

"August rushes by like desert rainfall,
A flood of frenzied upheaval,
Expected,
But still catching me unprepared.
Like a matchflame
Bursting on the scene,
Heat and haze of crimson sunsets.
Like a dream
Of moon and dark barely recalled,
A moment,
Shadows caught in a blink.
Like a quick kiss;
One wishes for more
But it suddenly turns to leave,
Dragging summer away."
- Elizabeth Maua Taylor

August 1 ~ Seriously?!?

August 2 ~ Replacing floor joists, leveling our living room floor, hubby Neil becomes one with the floor

August 3 ~ Grandson Knox on the path from school to Granny's house

August 4

August 5 ~ I'm not a daily coffee drinker, but I do enjoy the coffee at Grandma's Pancake House whenever we eat there

August 5 ~ Here's the church, Here's the steeple, Open the doors, There's all the people on a Sunday evening

August 7 ~ backyard baseball ~ practice ....

.... makes perfect

August 9 ~ at the Putnam County Fair

Knox had a blast riding the rides

But he was so done with the merry go round and the other 'kiddie' rides and bravely hopped onto this one...

...and loved every second of it

He was proud of himself for trying something out of his comfort zone

Kelly, Kerry, Knox

This reminds me of something out of War of the Worlds (Tom Cruise version)

August 11 ~ Coloring cousins Knox and Shelby at Steak n Shake

August 11 ~ Shakes from ChickfilA ~ Got to get the peach while the gettin is good

August 16

August 17 ~ birthday boy Elijah celebrating his 12th with ice cream at the Lazy Cow Creamery

August 17 ~ Shelby lovin on little brother

They really do like each other. Mostly.

August 18 ~ celebrating 12 with a giant chocolate chip cookie cake

August 19 ~ Knox and his Sunday school classmates AJ and Gibson learning about the birth of Jesus. Their teacher Mrs. Sandy brings these lessons to life for them.

August 23 ~ When your binder explodes at school and you have to sift through all that paper to find today's homework....

August 25 ~ Devices and doughnuts

August 26 ~ backyard pitching fun

August 28 ~ Shelby was chosen to be the president of the cosmetology club at school. Go, Shelby!!

August 29 ~ Can't eat Krystals without thinking about my mom

While we were sitting there eating our Krystals I wondered out loud where all the birds were. They're usually all over the place, waiting for a handout. Neil tossed part of a french fry onto the sidewalk and out of nowhere a flock of sparrows swooped in, screaming Mine! Mine! Not really but they did swoop in, and yep, the early bird got the fry, and they all flew away. They'd been staked out in a nearby bush just waiting for some human to drop a salty greasy french fry. Wish I'd had the video running. It was LOL hilarious.

August 29 ~ I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto. Somebody dropped a house on ... wait, those aren't ruby slippers. Oh yeah it's Neil in the hole, still working on getting our lopsided floor level. It's happening. A quarter of an inch at a time.

Our house was built in 1927. Somewhere along the decades, termites chewed their merry way through the original wood flooring in one spot, which has been covered up by particle board and carpet since forever until Neil started this project and discovered the damage. Now we understand why the entire living room floor was covered in particle board. It covered a multitude of old house imperfections and general weirdness.