Things to Do in The Evening

One of the fun things to do on a summer evening is to take a little ride to town.

More Yard- Pink and Yellow

The lilies are lovely; I have all colors from pink to a beautiful red.

And the vegetables are starting to produce!  Yeah!  I can hardly wait for our first squash of the season!
 

My Yard-From Flowers to Vegetables

This blue fence is my fence to the chicken pen.
 

Lavender grows in front of the corrals. The Lavender greets everyone who enters our yard.
 

The Calves are Growing and Loud Arrives

The calves are growing, getting bigger everyday!  They are still that really odd color.  I had wondered if they would change to something darker, but they haven’t.
We traded out Big Boy for Loud.  Big Boy was having a hay-day, he kept going through all the fences to get to the neighbors cows and becoming very [...]

Winter’s Heat

The problem of heating the house and the shop through the winter is a big one.  With the high cost of propane, we just can’t afford to heat everything.  But if we are diligent through the summer, we can have a large enough woodpile to supply us with just the right amount of warmth.

Mullberries!

Right in the middle of my cherry trees I came across a wild mulberry tree, with little berries starting to ripen.  I can’t think of mulberries without thinking of my Dad’s mother, Francis (Shipley) Doyle Holder. (My grandfather died and she remarried a Holder).
Every summer the wonderful, old, large mulberry tree in her yard filled [...]

The Cherries are Getting Ripe

The ‘pie’ cherries (or sour cherries) are getting ripe.  It will be a race now between the birds and me to see who gets to have the most cherries.

I’ve Decided to be Green

I’ve decided to do my part in the “Green” movement and not use the clothes dryer.  Hummmm, clothes dried outside smell fresh, sparkle in the sunlight and are scratchy!
 

Flowers on the Place

Sweet Woodruff grows wild around the base of one of the trees in our yard, and these lovely little wild flowers are blooming madly on the hillsides.
Wonderful!

Checkers Came to Visit

When Terry rode through the kid’s yard to change the water, Checkers decided to ‘go with him’ and then come on up to visit Fuzzy and me.