Please prepare for take-off

Our little baby birds are growing so fast. They are no longer bald ugly aliens, rather they are adorable fuzzy birdies. I'm sure they will be learning to fly any day now. I hope I'm around to see it.

Why did the turtle cross the road?

To be Atti and Delphi Pitts new pet! :)



On my way home from work today this little guy was crossing the street right in front of my driveway. I immediately called Octavia to see if they would like to give him a home. Of course she said yes. I wonder what they will name him.

Brothers, Booze and Ball games

For the most part, this weekend was pretty low key and quiet but, Saturday was a hoot . My brother was in town and we went to the Cards / Royals game. After the Cards crushed the Royals we decided to go to The Stable for good eats and drinks.

Here is Wayne and Jennifer enjoying a very tasty Kastel. It tastes like a cherry snow cone, but not in a bad way. It was especially tasty when we added Southern Tier Mokah beer to it. It was just like a chocolate covered cherry. The Mokah, might I add, was much like Hershey syrup. Mmmmmm

After many beverages J-fer and I headed up stairs to play on the horse scale. We never could figure out how it worked.

After making funny faces at the camera we headed home.

While Wayne took a nap, Jennifer and I finished the evening with some pretty screw drivers.

Baby birds and scary crows

The baby birdies hatched this week. I went to take some pics of them yesterday and momma wanna to peck my eyes out. Okay, so I exaggerate. Really she just flew me around by my hair. Luckily I was able to snap at least one shot.

Last weekend we made a (not so scary) scare crow for the garden. It's not totally finished but I think it's pretty funny. Some things in the garden are really taking off. The peas, mixed greens and squash look great. Some of the corn has even started to pop up. Aside from the weeds, so far things are looking good. Hopefully in a few months we'll have yummy produce to share.

In other news, the tulips tress and rose bushes have started to bloom. I just love flowers and plants. Being out in the yard makes me so happy. As much as I love fall and all it's beauty, there's nothing like when the grass turns green and the flowers start to bloom.

Window boxes

I have been searching for window boxes for awhile and came to the conclusion that no one carries the sizes we need. That is until this weekend! I was very excited to find what we have been looking for at our neighborhood Handyman. We hung the boxes and planted geraniums. Also pictured is Mr. Barley Doo. :)

Hope everyone had a great Mother's Day. We had a fantastic lunch at Josh and Angela's. It was great to have all of our families mixed and I think everyone had a great time. Thanks Angela and Josh, the food was amazing!

Eeek!

This guy decided to join us for dinner the other night! I guess that's what we get for living in the county country! HA

Hip Hip Peony!

I have so many peonies in the back and one finally opened up. It's beautiful! :) I can't wait for the rest to follow.

Also while walking the grounds this evening I noticed how big the hostas are getting. Really they don't look as big in this photo but believe me they are HUGE!!

And lastly, a few weeks ago we noticed an empty birds nest in our roses. This evening when I took a peek it was no longer empty. It is now the home of four huge blue eggs.

Let the farming begin!

A few days ago we started working on the garden. We finally have everything planted and mother nature has been kind enough to water it for us every day this week. We may be a little ambitious with this garden, but I have high hopes. Let's all do a little farmer frolic to the garden gods that everything grows.


Here is a list of the things we planted:

• corn


• cherry tomato


• tomato


• peas


• asparagus


• zucchini


• winter squash


• eggplant


• hot peppers


• bell peppers


• carrots


• mixed greens


• lettuce


• spinach


• misc flowers (gladiolus, marigold, bluebonnet)

And hopefully this weekend we will get the following in the ground:

• watermelon


• cantaloupe


• honeydew


• mini pumpkin


• white and orange pumpkin

So, as of today this is what our little garden looks like. Keep your fingers crossed!