A Walk In The Woods

A Walk In The Field

Yard Work

Bob finally got a few loads of wood chips to put in the flower beds.

Before he spread the chips, I scooped up the Hens & Chicks that have rooted in the soil.

I hope they make it through the winter....I have a PLAN!

Looking good....



Birds...Birds...and More Birds

Early morning with the BIRDS!

In this video you won't see the birds...

but turn up the volume and you will hear

the Sand Hill Cranes flying over the fields.

When the weather was so hot,

the Hummingbirds kind of disappeared.

We would see only 2 or 3 at a time,

but with the recent cooler weather,

they are ALL back...

(Listen real close and you can hear their chatter)

And I can't do a post about birds

without adding our Chickens!

The star of this video is

 the one and only Mr. Rooster -

He has finally found "his voice" :-)

Lexington

Zachary's open house was on Sunday, so we headed across the state on Saturday.

Over to Lexington ---Home Sweet Home.

We arrived in Port Sanilac Saturday evening.

We drove down a side street that we have visited many, many times..

It has beautiful lakeside homes and  beautiful gardens.

(After seeing all the beautiful Annabelle hydrangeas in this yard,

we bought them for our yard in Lexington

and now have several here in Paris.)

It started pouring and soon it was raining AND the sun was shining.

We made a quick stop to get a photo of the rainbow,

and headed  to Lexington.

Drove through town....drove by our house

Nobody there...it sure doesn't look like it did when Bob was there...

We stopped in to see Dennis &  Linda -

SO good to see them again.

With a date to meet for breakfast,

we head off to find a place to stay....

It took awhile, but

FINALLY found a place.

We woke up EARLY Sunday morning

and I headed to the beach to see the sunrise.

And I got there just in time!!!!

So many great memories...

I have taken LOTS and LOTS of pictures just like this...

only different...

Gorgeous, amazing SUNRISES ---

Time to pack up and head to Port Huron for breakfast.

Then to one of my very favorite spots...

THE RIVER...

Then to Barnes & Noble,

where I have spent many enjoyable hours.

THEN we visited the mall

and a lunch at one of my very favorite Chinese restaurants.

Soon it was time to head to Croswell -

for Zachary's open house.

A long day,

we made it home just as the sun was setting...



On a really great weekend.

Soup!

HOT again today... so while Bob was off gathering wood chips, I decided to try something new.

A nice COOL spinach & cucumber soup.

And I must say it was a hit!!!

The girls (and guy) LOVED it!!!

The only request....

 

Next time, more cucumbers please :)

Happy Birthday Hubby!!!

As usual, summer is flying by -

already the end of July!!!

Last week was SUPER hot ---

it felt like summertime in Georgia.

(Next week it will probably be snowing :)

Today is Robert's Birthday -

he has been working very hard lately...

so I was happy that we could spend the day

doing NO WORK!!!

We went to Cadillac to a very cool nursery

where we bought a plant ( to replace a plant that died)

and guess what I saw???

A really cool idea

This little shed had plants growing on the roof...

what a PERFECT idea for our

 falling down... chicken coop!

Here Bob is checking it out ...

(as I am saying...I LOVE it!!!...

How cool is that....WE can do this... etc, etc, etc!!

We left there and went for lunch where I picked up a brochure

that listed Michigan fairs...

Osceola County fair starts today!!

So off we went.....

We checked out the horses

the  goats ---- this guy is STYLIN'

and the rabbits --- lots of babies

But now that we are "chicken farmers"...

(we have 10)

we first checked out the chickens

and enjoyed watching the ribbons being handed out.

Cute...but not as cute as ours....

and the fact that I really, really like my chickens????

AMAZING!



Playing Catch-Up

Saturday June 25th - PARTY DAY!!

I left home early...headed east.

1st I  went to Metamora - -to Carol & David's house.

Their daughter Alana was having a going away party this evening -

she is moving to Portland and I wanted to say goodbye to this

beautiful, talented, (and very "gutsy") young lady....

wasn't it was just yesterday that I was watching this little girl

perform at her dance recital??

I am so glad I got a chance to visit with the Morosky's

AND THEN

It was on to my son's house....

to celebrate his 40th Birthday

How the heck did that happen??

My handsome firstborn (and forty year old) son :-)

and already it is a week later

the 4th of July

Not too exciting around here.

The 4th just isn't the same since we left Lexington

We visited with our Chicago neighbors at a bonfire on Saturday evening -

on Sunday, this guy took off in the field north of us

 that's a lot of excitement.....for here!!!

He is a photographer, taking aerial pictures of farms.

Now I am watching the NYC fireworks on TV.......

And that is pretty much all the Independence Day excitement here...

God Bless America!!