My husband stayed up until 4:30 am finishing up job-related stuff. I woke up at that time ready to start my day. I'm taking it a little easy for a bit, but have oodles left to do. Stuff one normally doesn't have to do "last minute", like trimming the lilac bush. We have a photographer coming to photograph our deck area either tomorrow or early next week. Our deck flowers may be history in a few weeks.

Our house looks a bit in disarray because of everything happening. No choice. It will look even worse when all of the interior wall painting starts. At the end, we'll barely recognize the place. It better yield good money. We need it.

I believe that our hummingbirds have finally left our area. We haven't seen any for almost a week. They're heading southwest towards Mexico. Europe does not have hummingbirds or select other birds we see in the US Mid Atlantic region. It will be sad not to see them next year. But I'll meet some new flying folks. That will be nice. Attached is a photo of one of our girls at the hummingbird feeder a while back.