It was a cold morning!

Steve had thought it was warm enough to start-up the fountains but it wasn’t when the night temps dropped to almost 32 degrees.  

Invasion of the Birds

This morning all these birds came flying into the front yard. It looked like a scene from the movie “The Birds.” The miniature apples from our “Adirondack” crap apple tree were ripe and following from the tree. The birds also come to eat the apples about this time. As the weeks pass, the fruit from […]

Mushrooms

We have had all kinds of mushrooms growing in the front and back yards this summer. Not sure why, could have been lack of rain, cooler summer than normal or some other strange thing. They were pretty and white but don’t know if they could have been eaten.

Potato Harvest

The kids gave me a barrel of potatoes for Mother’s Day. They have bloomed and are starting to die so it must be time to harvest. At first there was just tiny potatoes. Then we started finding some larger ones.   We ended up with 14.16 pounds of potatoes. There are three different types but […]

Fighting for Water Space

The birds are enjoying the fountain in the front yard. At times they seem to be fighting with each other to get their space and time in the water. The birds also fly into the window as if looking for somewhere to land and stare in to see what we are doing in the house.

All Done!

Steve finished up the walk from the steps to the pool. It looks very nice!

The Frog Family

When we were looking for cushions the other day at Nebraska Furniture we found this table and chairs. Steve REALLY liked them and said we had to get them. There were a couple of other sets but we picked this one because it had a crack on the side of the table. The crack reduced […]

Elegant Ester The Tree

This is a pin oak tree located next to the pool. We have talkedfor about three years that we should paint in the eyes and mouth that appears on the trunk. We finally got out the paintand ladder to do it and I realized this wasn’t going to be MYproject. I couldn’t reach that high […]

Backyard with Flowers, an Update

    This picture was taken before Steve did the walk makeover.  

The Pool is Ready

Steve has painted the deck and parts of the fence that need to be refreshedfor the summer. He has all the everything ready and now we just need somewarm weather to get the temp of the pool up. So far it doesn’t look like wewill be swimming any time soon. We did, however, take a […]