Blueberries In My Cereal

Fresh from the front yard ....


and oh soooooo good .... sorry no video of me eating my breakfast :)

Sunsets

The weather has been beautiful ..... a little rain each day either in the early morning or late afternoon with days in the low 90's .... that's perfect for my tastes .... especially for a swim and float in the river come around 3:30 pm ..... back up on the deck by 5pm for "Happy Hour" and then a BBQ. We love having a gas BBQ upstairs on the deck instead of the charcoal BBQ downstairs .... just a little more convenient. Our new sliding glass doors are supposed to be installed this coming week which we're really looking forward to since the ones we have now we believe to be the original doors .... 1966 .... and they are really heavy and hard to open .... I'll be sure to post pictures :)

Speaking of weather :) .... here's Friday nights sunset ...


and last nights .... lounge level with a nasturtium from a deck rail basket in the foreground ...


and then a little later .... or maybe before

Perfect Weather For Getting Things Done Outside

Lea, Lynda and I went to Mountain Home on Tuesday to pick up some stuff at Lowes and check out a store that we just heard about .... "Mystic Forest" .... our kind of store



But the main reason for going was because we got tired of slipping on our front and downstairs concrete porches when they were wet ... plus the concrete was stained and kinda ugly .... so this was my project yesterday ....

It's like the coating you put around pools so you don't slip. I was able to get 1 coat on the front and back before running out so we'll be heading back to Mountain Home for another big heavy bucket of the thick oatmeal stuff to do a 2nd coat.

Meanwhile Lea's been setting in some of the flat stones we search for on the dirt back roads around here and here's how it's looking so far ...


Lea also finished this slab of wood that was laying under some dirt in one of the basements and now it's done and under her computer looking awesome!



And I can't not include a garden photo .... here's how it looked this morning when I let the dogs out ... yes .... my iPhone is always with me:)


One last thing .... we love "moon chairs" around here and even Millie has one down by the "cauldron" but she made it very clear that she also wants one on the upstairs deck .... this look was all it took to get one ordered from Amazon last night .... geez!

She looks like we're punishing her by making her sit in such a horrible chair .... what ever happened to dogs that laid on the ground?
Will post a photo of her in her moon chair when it arrives :)

The River .... The Gardens .... and more ....

Friday afternoon and we let the dogs run down to the river .... first time since the high water level ... now it's back to normal and all is good. Here's also a tour of the gardens and more :)

Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay

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Perfect Weather .... Perfect Water For Tubing!!!!

Lea's sister Lynda joined us for an afternoon on the river ....

The Garden, The Wasp and The Pool

The continuing video journal of our garden along with the eviction of an unwanted renter in the BlueBird box and the ongoing re-engineering of the pool.

Today we rest .... in the river .... yay .... we're going tubing! I'll try to remember to take my head cam :)