It's A Hot Mother Chicken!!!!

That's what I always say when we hit those dreadful triple digits!  Don't ask my why.  I don't know.  But I say it.  Now my grandkids say it!   Today we are supposed to hit 100, and by the weekend 111!  Ugh.  I will be in the pool!!!
My garden is going to take a hit in this weather too.  I harvested all of the rest of the broccoli last night, and pulled the plants to free up some space to plant more things.  I will plant more of that in the Fall. 
Last night, I worked in the  yard until 8:30!  I love to be out there as the sun is setting and all is quiet.  I put the chickens to bed  and love to sit in the old swing that I gave new life to, which is located underneath the canopy of shade that the huge avocado trees provide.

This is the swing with my two darling granddaughters in it.  We bought this well over 10 years ago.  It has been all over the back yard and grove.  It has seen a LOT of swinging!  The original cushions and canopy have long since rotted.  The second canopy I made has also rotted in our hot sun, and I tossed it a couple of weeks ago, when I moved the swing to this location.  I put some new cushions on the swing, and clipped a color coordinating vintage sheet to the top.  It is under complete shade, but I still put a top on it.  Well, the other night when Geeps and I were sitting out there for a sunset swing, Geeps went through the old seat supports.  I know this old swing should be tossed in the trash, but it is still so functional, that I just couldn't do it.  So I went to Joann's and looked for some webbing to reweb the seat bottoms.  I bought the rest of the jute web that they had.  But it didn't get me very far in rewebbing it.

I removed the rotted fabric from the frame, and began to web the bottom with what I purchased in the jute webbing. 

You can see that I only got three pieces in with FIVE  yards!  I could have waited until they got more in, or checked with another store, but no.....I wanted to swing!!!  So...I sat for a minute thinking what I could use to finish the job, and a lightbulb went off.  SHEETS!!!  I ran in and got an old sheet, and began to section it off in 6 inch widths with one little snip of the scissors. Then ripped it down the rest of the way, and I went width wise on a twin sheet, which gave the perfect length of webbing to work with.

This gave me the amount I needed to web the bottom of both seats.  I simply wove it in and out basket weave style, and tied it as tightly as I could, using two knots.  I then rotated the knotted end to the underneath side of the seat.   I put the cushions back on, and sat down to enjoy my work.  Ahhhhhh.  Now I need to make new arm rolls for the swing.

My daughter came over later than evening, and said, "MOM, what are you wearing?"  Our kids don't like to see their Dad and I in our favorite yard gear.  OVERALLS!!  We love them though.  So many pockets to hold tools, and veggies picked from the garden.  Eggs from the coop, or a cell phone, or whatever.  My overalls are shortalls.  Geeps are long.  I like mine better! 
I sat out there watching the chickens, and resting.  I let the little girls out of the run for the very first time, and they were in heaven.

Still thinking this little Polish is a Roo.  Waiting to hear a cock-a-doodle-doo!!!  As the sun begins to set, they automatically waddle back into the coop to roost for the night.  But these two insist on sleeping in a nest box!  I take them out, and put them on a roost, and they go right back into a box.  So I had to cover up the other two boxes to prevent them from getting in.  I decided to let them go into the wood box, since they refuse to lay eggs there anyway!

There he/she is, with Cream Puff about to hop up in there with him/her.  You can see the cardboard that is used to hide the other two laying boxes, and keep them from sleeping in them at night.

Goodnight girls.

Before heading inside, I take a look around the grove, and the garden.  The sky is so pretty at this time of night.

The pumpkins are turning orange.

There are about 18 pumpkins hiding in that patch.  I have carved the grandkids names into a pumpkin for each of them, so they can watch the pumpkin, and their name grow.

I have since made Claire's a little bit deeper so it looks much better now. 

We continue to pick buckets full of avocados!  What a harvest this year!!!

Stay tuned for another redo.  I found this outdoor fabric at Joanns for half off.  I got enough to recover the seat cushion to the wicker settee by the pool.  The colors are so vibrant and perfect for this yellow wicker seat.  Old and tired.

New and colorful.  It is just laying on top of the old cushion.  I haven't made it yet.

I love this fabric so much that I may go back and get enough to recover the cushions of the wicker set on the patio too.  

We are going to be having some really hot weather, so I think I will stay in and sew today.  I am quilting a summer table topper.  And then I will do the cushion.  I will show you those in the next post.  

Til then....go make it a great day.

XO  Kris