A Barn Raising!

Good things come to those who wait.  I have been
learning about waiting for a couple of months.  Come to find out, I'm not good at it. But, today the first wall went up!  Then the second and third.
There was mention of renting a trencher for the water lines to the garden.  Oh, happy day...

It is so fun to see this project finally starting to take shape.  My mind is swimming with ideas. I think that this will be the last project like this on our property, so must make the most of it! Precious Son painted the old chairs black, I think they look nice on the soon to be porch.

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A very handsome construction worker showed up on the job today.  Couldn't help but flirt with him.

Country Life

Country life has some major perks.  The gardening is certainly one of them.  It was fun to grow several types of pumpkins and some gourds.

Last year I decorated with pumpkins purchased from the local fruit stand.  This year I put the entire pumpkin in the ground and watched a big pumpkin patch arrive in Spring.  Our crop was very early, but we only lost a couple as they sat under a tree in the shade for a good part of the summer. Now, I can wait no longer; I'm decorating!  We are hosting a party for a friend on Friday night, so here we go....

Grape Tomatoes

A big bowl of tomatoes is still easy to attain in the garden.  A late supper was prepared with garlic, tomatoes, olive oil sauted with lemon pepper, sea salt purchased this summer in Paris. The mixture was poured over penne pasta and served with a chilled glass of Bogel. Excellent!    Soon the gardens will be put to bed for the winter.  I love the clearing out and composting of all the raised beds.  Starting to dream about a shredder.  October/Novermber Horticulture Magazine has an article on the Atco Quite Shedder 2000. It looks like a good possibility.  It is manufactured in the U.K., which makes me even more excited about it!  This is a wonderful time of year.  The cool mornings and evenings are so refreshing after the warmth of the day. Happy days are spent cutting the last roses and bringing them in for the last bit of show. Already dreaming of next years garden........                                               

A Ladybug

A ladybug came to visit me yesterday afternoon.  It seems that Darling Daughter could not wait to get Grandbaby's costume! Sweet Baby Girl will be a ladybug!  What fun we are having.  Crawling, a first tooth, open arms and big smiles for Nonni each day. Baby can now pull herself up on things.  There are a couple bumps now as she hasn't gotten the idea of how to get down.  Naptime is a new challenge.  Baby loves to standup in her crib and will not let go.  Daughter came over yesterday and said "I need parenting advise".  It made me smile.......

A Good Harvest

I am pretty sure that when I walked out the backdoor this morning that I could smell new crayons and sharpened pencils. Precious
Daughter tells me it is not yet time to decorate for Fall.  The temptation is strong. Some of the pumpkins from Grandbabies patch must wait on the backporch until the appropiate time.  Who is to say just when that is?

Kennedy Meadows

Our family took a two day trip to Kennedy Meadows in the Stanislaus Nataional Forest. This small cabin was our home.
We really had a fun time together.  The boys did some fishing and we all went on a horseback ride through some
incredibly beautiful country. Fortunately for me, there is a

small restaurant there so cooking wasn't on my list of things to do.  We took ingredients to make fish tacos but the fish were not eager to join our table. Dear Grandbaby rode around on her Daddy's back and took in the sights from a cozy resting spot. Precious Sons skipped stones in the creek.  They are so dear to watch, always laughing and enjoying each other.  At one point they were knee deep in the freezing cold water trying to build a dam. Darling Daughter and I watched and wonder why one must always be building something. While the kids filled out forms to ride horses, Darling Husband cared for grandbaby.  They always find something to do together. Papa decided to weight Grandbaby on the feed scale. She now weighs 16 lbs.  She is crawling and really starting to get into things. The fishing trip, though unsuccessful, was great fun.  Dear Son, fell into the water and nearly froze.

Dear Friend and Me

I still can't believe that dear friend and I got to spend time in Paris just a few short weeks ago.  People always ask us if we are sisters, to which we both always say no and why do you ask.  After looking at this picture of us, we now understand why the questions is always asked.