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)

Yard Updates

Things have been hectic around here,

or at least that's how it seems to me.

We have baseball games

and scout meetings

and backpacking adventures

and all that leaves little time for the house.

It's been raining for weeks,

or at least that's how it feels.

We managed to get half the yard mowed and raked the other day

and Monday I just managed to get the other half mowed.

Afterwards I sat my butt down under the "Whomping Willow"

AKA the Kwanzan Cherry tree that is currently in full bloom.

We have so much on the list of things to do right now it's almost overwhelming.

We will be hosting the first backyard birthday cookout this house has seen 

in a long time-

possibly ever 

I'm not sure.

So I need to get the back yard party ready

by finishing digging out the new garden beds, 

getting some areas tilled, raked and seeded

and removing the brush from the removed shrubs.

And possibly remove the other shrubs on the list.

That's all hard to do in cold pouring rain

and it seems like the weather is only nice when I have a baseball game to be at.

Here's hoping I get a big enough break in the weather to get stuff done!