bird dogs

A rogue chicken/roster (robert and I disagree about which it was), after spending most of the night on the other side of the fence, ventured into the yard last night. The dogs went crazy for it before it was in our yard & garden...they were nearly impossible to contain when it was in their space.

**Also, pardon our weeds! Spending every free day & minute at the cabin working on the deck is limiting the amount of weed-pulling time we have put into the garden. Soon, very soon, we will get back to weeding regularly. And, yes, you will notice that the neighbor does indeed have one single weed/plant that he cultivates in his dirt back yard. But, he doesn't mind when our vines with pumpkins & melons venture into his dirt, so what can we say?

July 2010

Deck destruction and reconstruction work at the cabin keep us pretty busy. The Sunday after our fantastic get-together in June, we started by taking out the gigantic root ball located just off the deck.

Next we removed all the wood and support for the actual deck so we could began extraction of the cement footers.

More to come.

Pool is Open

It's official - summer is here. With the annual opening of the backyard pool over Memorial Day weekend, we kick off summer in grand fashion. Blue L O V E S his pool like any lab would...swims in it, lays down in it, digs in it, blows bubbles in it...and Annie, well Annie is just happy for a bigger, second water dish so she will not be thirsty when I make her stay outside. Now, it is garden time!

Merry Christmas!

from all of us to all of you, wishing you a merry christmas

other patch visitors

Morgan, Joslyn, Kyra (behind) Jace, Tristin

Jentry & Jancen

pumpkin patch

We only had a couple of takers on our "come pick as many pumpkins as you like from our patch" last weekend. Lily & Ava were the first. This is my favorite part of planting pumpkins!

September

How did it get to be the 29th?

I love this month for so many reasons. It is my birthday month and I love my birthday. School starts. Temperatures cool. Leaves turn. Garden giveth and giveth and giveth. Homemade salsa. Corn on the cob from the patch. Jessica's birthday. Swamp cooler comes out of the window and is stored until next summer. Peaches! The mountains flame (color, not real fire). Fishing. Farmers Market on campus - mint limeade and gelato.

My camera has an issue so I have taken very few pictures which is usually what I use to post here...snapshots of what is happening that remind me of a story or an anecdote. Silly camera. Saving up for another but until then I will try posts without many photos.

Patience, please.