May 5th

Tornado Warnings! Tornadoes touched down all around us but we were safe and able to watch the storm pass right over us. There was some minor damage (parts of the roof blowing off, siding coming off, that sort of thing) at my work.

May 2nd

Arthur's cousin's daughter Anna got married. It was a beautiful ceremony held outside at the Preston Woodall House in Benson, NC

Who gives this woman...

Do you Anna take Dallas...

The first kiss

Now presenting Mr & Mrs Dallas Goldston

Aunt Margaret being escorted by Adam (Anna's cousin)

End of April

Arthur 's had a lot of time to work in the yard this year. I went over Melody's and brought home
some extra plants she had. We planted them on the side of the house.

Some of the flower's from Melody's

Arthur put his grape vine on a latice. You should see all the baby grapes.

Clemitis! Have you ever seen such perfect flowers? Arthur planted them next to the front porch.

Arthur's Roses

More Roses

The roses got a latice too.

Gracie thought she'd help by trying to run off with my baby tree!

The Tale of Horatio

There once was a momma and poppa bird. They searched and searched for a place to build their home and finally found the perfect location. The Potter's screen house! They proceeded to build the finest nest that any bird could build. Momma Bird laid her eggs and they began their little family. Alas Mr. Potter became aware that there was a nest in HIS screen house. He huffed and puffed and threatened to tear the nest down! He began blocking the various entrences to the screen house while Momma and Poppa bird frantically found new ways in to care for their little ones. Then one day Mr Potter thought he had it all figured out and began to take the nest out with a stick! Low and behold, he saw the baby birds (actually they landed on him!)! His heart melted and he delicately put the babies back in the nest. One baby, Horatio, took a liking to Mr Potter and refused to go back into the nest (teenagers ) and fluttered around on the screenhouse floor. Horatio, as he came to be known, lived on the floor of the screen house for several days, guarded by Mr Potter from the big bad wolves, also known as Sam and Gracie. A couple days later Horatio and his brothers and sisters bid us a fond farewell and flew off into their great adventure.