Had a relaxing day at the beach, although it started out a little rough... missed an important turn that resulted in a longer drive, spilled sweet tea in the floor of my jeep and dropped my book in the water. However, we spent some quality time with my sister and niece, took a nice long walk while chatting and picking up seashells, and enjoyed an early seaside dinner. A nice 4th.
It's been almost a month since my last post!?! It turns out I'm not such a great blogger. I'm gonna keep trying though!
So much going on lately. So far since my last blog, I have:
- creamed 10 gallons of corn
- picked a gallon of blackberries for smoothies and cobbler
- transplanted 8 loofah gourd seedlings to the handmade clothesline/trellis
- shown lots and lots of garden love to our 26 tomato plants, yellow squash, cantalope, potatoes, bell peppers, carrots, etc...
- laugh daily at our four funny chickens
- cleaned, organized and declutter(a work in progress) our home
- endless yard work
Here are a few pictures from around the house...
As the decluttering continues in our home, I've finally tackled my dreaded closet. Getting a pile (small mountain really) of clothes to go to our local Goodwill. I've discovered that I have an obsession, one of many obsessions, with anything grey or black. Wow, Am I that boring? Oh well....Atleast the closet is looking great.
It's mid May and the garden is bursting with blooms. I can see the fruit starting to set on the summer squash, cucumbers and eggplant. It's so exciting to watch things grow and change everyday. I am still so amazed when seedlings pop up, and it's a reminder to me that It's a simple life I truly love.
Fridays feeling of being overwhelmed has slowly faded away into exhaustion.
We quickly saw that our garden was over planted! I completely take the blame. Afterall, it was me that decided 25 tomato plants was a good idea. Yes, 25! Which meant building a new raised bed and transplanting the tomato plants. Also, recently we inherited 9 knock-out roses. All to be transplanted...(sigh). After a trip to The Home Depot, some sawing and building, 2 truckloads of compost, lots of digging, a hail storm, transplanting and planting....(breathe)...We can safely say we are done! Or are we? Are we ever really done? I can atleast rest a little easier. My wonderful, exhausted husband is snoring as I type.
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| Hillary |
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| five chickens??? |
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| Maggie meets the baby chicks for the first time |
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| Olivia takes a dirt bath |
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| The coop |
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Lily, Hillary, Olivia and Lucy
I'm back!!WOW!! So much has happened in my world {ups and downs for sure.} I cant believe it's been almost a year since I've blogged!! I'm back!
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