My dad has been growing lots of produce this summer, including a bunch of lettuce behind the shed. I've been making salads every weekend and it's been great. This past weekend at the grocery store, I bought more stuff to make salads, including goat cheese and fruit for a fancier salad, and parmesan for a Caesar salad since we already have croutons ( Read more... )

Dad asked me to help out in the yard today, so I spent a few hours back there this afternoon. He was busy building a long box frame to go behind the shed. I don't know that he's settled on what he's doing back there, but I've suggested a butterfly garden. Meanwhile, he asked me to clear out the side of the house, where we grow the vegetables. We ( Read more... )

Aside from going out with grandma on Saturday and the parade yesterday, my weekend was blissfully quiet. I did a lot of sitting. That was nice ( Read more... )

Wild Kingdom is back for another season. I suppose it never left, but it's pretty active right now ( Read more... )

Things have been busy at the Home for Wayward Animals ( Read more... )

I'm kind of in a weird mood right now; a few things have happened tonight to make my brain a bit scattered, but I'll stick with my original post thought ( Read more... )

We have finally arrived at the painting portion of the project ( Read more... )

Once we got back home on Saturday, I found myself out in the yard for the first time all year. The constant cruddy weather has made it difficult to get out there; either that, or I haven't been home on a rare good day. Dad opted not to buy plants this year and has grown everything from seed so far. This also means that, for the first time in ( Read more... )

Back to the grind. My plan was to leave a little early today, especially since I had a couple things to mail at the post office...and then the critters came around, and I did not leave quite as early as expected. Oh well. It made my morning ( Read more... )

I think I'll make one quick catch-up post on stuff from last week.

Chippy on stageFriday morning, I believe, I was putting my breakfast dishes in the sink when I looked outside and noticed the chipmunk running around in the stage area. With our old fence, it was easy for critters to either go between the boards or go underneath it in spots to get ( Read more... )