Natchez 2

Don’t you just love soft hotel bedding?

Don’t judge me. 

ANOTHER disappointment. Biscuits and Blues CLOSED!!

Finally found someone open. Rolling River Reloaded was very good. 

Pretty park. 

Beautiful new liquor store. 

They have a machine that chills your wine in 5  minutes. 

Natchez

Lucky me. Amy had to do a pre planning trip to Natchez for an upcoming convention. 

Our plans were to drive through Vicksburg at lunchtime and hit Walnut Hills which we love. They are CLOSED on Tuesday. Ahhhhhh. Rallied and went to The Biscuit Company. Good good. 

Went to Under the Hill which was once a rough part of town. ( in the 1800’s).  Landed in a sort of rough local bar first. Yuck. Headed to a really great restaurant next which we loved. Magnolia Grill. Ended up going back there to pick up

Dinner. 

 Drove across the bridge to Vidalia to find a liquor store. This is Louisiana so there was a drive through!!

Drive in and get daiquiris and any bottle you want. 

Headed back to check in at the hotel. I got treated as a special guest since I was with Amy. Gift bag awaited me. 

Our view of the river. More tomorrow!

Is algae a fungi?

Couldn’t decide if this was incredibly interesting or sort of gross. It is snail trails in the algae on my deck chairs.  Guess we need a bit of pressure wash time. 

On our walk today I spotted some shrooms. 

Several clumps. 

They were so puffy. 

Amy2 found a baby picture of Coco. Her ears hadn’t decided which way to go yet. 

Pumpkin time

After a doctor visit, Mom and I found ourselves with a little time to kill before we could pick up some lunch. 

Stopped at Freshway for a few veggies but look!!

There were miles of all kinds. 

They were so pretty. 

These were the little ones. 

After grabbing gyros from Kristos ( She loves to treat us to lunch when we go out ), we headed to St. C’s. She also bought a big ole mum plant. Check out her table. You can even see the artist in the mirror. 

Little goblin in the chair. 

Love her little raccoons. 

More fall things

Ok. So what looked beautiful a few days ago looks vaguely frightening now that the berries are emerging. 

A couple of more days later. 

Another sign of fall. 

Gorgeous flowers from Chris’s garden. It is one huge zinnia plant as tall as I am!

How about some cute dog pics. 

Glad I got those clean towels folded up nicely for Pepper. 

Ju ju with the pretty blue green eyes and a dog foot out of his back. 

And my little pumpkin spice roll. 

Where did September go?

Let’s start with a great fall pic. The dogs chewed this magnolia cone so that the seeds were exposed. I thought it looked beautiful. 

Also a sign of fall. The dogs trampled a nandina bush so I rescued the berries. 

As they were coming up. 

Why does this thrill me so! 36%! That’s pretty good. 

Got a visit from these two!! Enjoyed it so much.

Ivy found me a rare blue Fire King Restaurantware bowl. I filled it with asparagus salad. 

Coco is looking at how Sandy has burritos on her mind. 

A couple of weeks ago Bev came for a visit. Amy had us over for an unexpected pocket of fun. 

She decided to break out Grandma’s party dishes. It’s the kind with a spot for your cup. Ours contained mimosas instead of coffee. 

Cat lady

Wanted to do this blog separately since it was so cute. 

As you know, Mom is responsible for decorating a table on her hall. She picked cats as a theme. 

Mom had several but Jan brought Cary’s beanie babies to join in. 

There is little Bitsy right there in the middle. 

Someone left this little chair there at some point so it is incorporated in too. She makes lots of folks smile.