Tuesday, August 16 Well, actually, there are more than two because of the garden tea (background). I cut the tea about two weeks ago, so it is just beginning to grow back. I know – many of you are already harvesting juicy red tomatoes, but I was late in planting ours and we have more shade than […]
Thursday, June 30 A cattle truck going by our house. This was the first day that I had time to play with my new camera since Truck Rally, as it takes me about three days to do the financial reports and put things in their respective places until next June. It was nice having time […]
Wednesday evening, June 29 After stopping at Perfect Image Camera to pick up my new Nikon D7200, Cerwin went to Home Depot for chapel construction supplies. I stayed in the car to play with my new “toy”, and after doing a few initial settings, I took my first picture: the sign right in front of me. […]
I need an easy post this afternoon since we are busy preparing for tomorrow’s Truck Rally – so I chose these pictures. 🙂 The other day Cerwin noticed something yellow in one of our trees and showed it to me. I wonder who was last holding this balloon. Was there an unhappy child when it flew away […]
I was surprised to see a Box Turtle in our yard a few days ago. We don’t see them in our woods very often.According to http://www.boxturtles.com/ there are 4 species of box turtles and this one is a Common Box Turtle. The box turtle can be recognized by its domed shell, which is hinged at the bottom, […]
June 3 & 4 We appreciate that Jere keeps our yard healthy each year – with fertilizer and weed killer. I captured this picture from a living room window while he was refilling the tank and talking to Cerwin. It was a day earlier when I was pleased to see a male Indigo Bunting on […]
Saturday, May 14 Roy teaching Jesse how to remove dirt from the grass clumps he was creating by edging the bank – below our patio. Jesse was excited to find a slug. Oh, the joy of being the youngest cousin! 🙂 Nate said, “I’ll give you $10.00 if you swallow it. It became even more tempting when his other cousins […]
Saturday, May 14 Josiah carrying an old bush to the burn pile in the woods. Nate dealing with the roots of one of the old bushes. Josh planting our new redbud tree – we bought this and the planting supplies with money from our children – in memory of Mother High. Jesse ready to plant my […]
Friday, May 13 When Jere informed us that he planned a family workday for our yard on Saturday, May 14. I knew there was a lot of work for the adults, so thought about what I could plan for Jesse. I have a very small garden – garden tea, a tomato plant, and a few other […]
Saturday, May 7 Josh came early on Saturday morning, May 7, to help grandpa plant grass where we had removed trees in recent months and weeks. He works for a landscaper and has access to great lawn and garden supplies. We enjoy seeing our adult grandchildren in jobs they love and in which they acquire great […]
Wednesday, April 20 The neighbor was turning his grass to dry it for harvest. The male goldfinches are a brilliant yellow right now. We had Amos and his helpers here to take down three old pine trees that were getting ragged and spindly. They fed them into their wood chipper which ate them right up and spit […]
As soon as we noticed that this tree in our front yard was not joining the others in growing new leaves this spring, we discussed a few ways for taking it down. I was not comfortable with Cerwin taking it down and getting our sons to help. It is not super large, but it is very […]
