Blooming Hydrangea

Since my peony never did bloom I'm even more excited to see the Hydrangea in full bloom. I took this picture a couple days ago and the blooms were even bigger today!

Frank and Frank-o got the retaining wall done around the new back patio too. Things are happening around here! We had cord wood delivered this past week so when cooler weather comes that will be cut up and split and stacked. We considered going to a gas boiler this year but decided to keep on with the wood boiler for another year. As long as I don't get laid up it works out fine. I figure it's good exercise in the winter.

It was sure a hot one today. Humid, too. Very difficult on Frank when it's like that so, he had Frank-o take the "day off" and will bring him out tomorrow. If it's still hot they will organize in the shop where it's cool. There's plenty to do in there too.

P.S. Guys vs. Gals = tie

Summer is in full swing

Town is crazy there are tourists everywhere. I never understood why they come "up north" but all congregate at Walmart and the grocery stores. If I didn't live here I would be at a lake, enjoying myself but that's just me.

It's been hot as a pistol the past week or so. And humid. You can almost hear the corn growing but we have been taking it slow. This type of weather is so hard on Frank.

The flowering shrubs seem to like it though. We spend a lot of time indoors but make sure to get out morning and evening. I'm gone at work during the day anyway so it doesn't much matter if it's hot outside.

The farm shares are getting better all along. This week we got Eggplant, Fennel, peppers, cukes, zucchini, carrots, radishes, and of course lettuce. I'll be honest, the bunnies get to share because we just don't eat THAT much lettuce. I have been busy drying the fresh herbs and freezing what we can't eat in a week. The CSA guy says the tomatoes are starting to turn so maybe they'll be ready next week.

P.S. They won last week but we did this week :)

Overnighter with the boys

This past Saturday we picked up the boys after picking up our CSA box. Weather was pretty brisk so we did inside activities. There's always tic tac toe, wii games, drawing, and of course baking. It is so fun to see them and an everyday activity has it's own special spin on it when there are little people involved.

While Rowan played tic tac toe with Grampa Milo and I made a batch of M&M cookies. We packed up most of what was left to take to Mom and Dad.

Next up was Super Mario, Rowan prefers to be Luigi simply because he's green (his favorite color) and Milo needs to be Mario who's red (his favorite color). There was the usual bickering that goes on between siblings but they managed to keep it to a dull roar :)

Sunday morning Grampa showed Milo how to make omelettes and of course we had the standby of Blueberry pancakes which Milo decided should be now called "Grannycakes", what a monkey!

Kids always bring a lot of life into the house but by Sunday, mid morning Gramps and I were pretty worn out - time to load up and get them back to Mom and Dads. Until next time...

P.S. We switched partners - Guys vs Gals, WE WON!

A little birdie told me

I was watching this little bird collecting dead grass for his nest. When he decided he had enough he flew up to the pole and I was able to snap a pic. I think he was telling me, "Go ahead, I don't mind if you take my picture!" and so, I did.

I can remember my Mom telling me that a little birdie told her when I couldn't figure out how she knew about something I did (usually something I wasn't supposed to do). I used to get so angry at those birds!

Little Frank has been out helping the hubby with some outdoor projects. It's his first paying job and he's excited to be out helping. It is a big help to the hubby to get some of the things taken care of. They've been working on the rock wall around the back patio. It's coming along pretty well. We used to do quite a bit of that when hubby was doing landscaping. It's a hard job but rewarding.

Today was a long Monday and I am going to turn in early....

P.S. They won - again.