Catching Up on Summer

I was a little shocked to learn I hadn't blogged here since April.

So I figured one big post of the summer

would get all 2 of my readers you caught up.

In May, we had our first camping trip with the new-to-us popup.

It was also the dog's first camping trip.

I'd say it was a success.

We had rain.

We had a lot of rain.

I think we had more rain than the Biblical flooding of Noah's time.

It was definitely more than 40 days and nights.

We salvaged some stuff from the parochial school at the Catholic church.

Yes, we cut out an entire double door entry way.

We had some baseball.

We starred in the town's annual cabaret show

(this year was based on the 60's)

We dug up more garden space and found bricks.

I really hate bricks.

We had another camping trip, this one being a week long vacation

on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

We saw wild ponies.

We burned stuff.

I started a project in the upstairs hallway.  

It's nearly done, 

and I'll post all the before and after photos when it is.

The garden hosted many monarchs.

I had so many caterpillars that they stripped all of the available milkweed.

I'll have to plant more next year.

(I had a lot- close to 20 large plants)

And there were shenanigans.

We also were going through some stressful times

concerning our family's place on the water.

You can read about that here.

So the summer is behind us,

and there are lots of projects ahead for the fall and winter.

(and more time to blog)

Over the Weekend

We had quite the busy weekend:

our Cub Scout Blue & Gold Banquet,

visiting daughter and grandson and

trying to get some stuff cleaned up around the house.

Big E was able to get all the scrap metal (including the old fridge)

off to the scrap yard and out of the garage.

 The bonfire pictured above was the result of another part of the clean up.

We had a stack of wood piled in the garage 

from tearing down walls and whatnot.

We managed to get it to the burn pile at the homestead,

and burned all the scrap wood plus all the yard and garden waste from the homestead

and started on a pile of pine branches that have been sitting by the barn.

We actually got a lot accomplished, and that's a good thing

because starting today, our temps are reaching the 60's and 70's.

That means I'll be outside removing shrubs.

That also means more stuff for the burn pile.

But that's not an issue because who doesn't love

a good bonfire?

Annual Hayride

Friends of the family have an annual hayride and bonfire in the fall. 

Here are a few photos of this past year's event.

 The host driving the tractor on the first hayride of the night

 The fire, welcome on a cold night.