Pictures from Monday Morning

It's Friday already but I have been wanting to post these pictures ever since I took them on Monday. We woke up to a beautiful , sunny summer morning and after breakfast and a walk, to check out the nearby crops, it was time to get to work. First on the agenda was to cut down an elm tree that was mostly dead and in the way. Kerry got to work and I stood by with the camera. My help was needed later when it was time for cleanup, in the meantime it was good for me to stay out of the way.

The flowers and pots are starting to show some color but they are not in their full season spendor yet. We are enjoying them anyway and here are a few shots of some of the colors around the house and yard. This past week of rain and warm temperatures have really got things growing and yesterday I picked my first small bowl full of strawberries and we enjoyed strawberries and ice cream for dessert. Ah, the yummy tastes of summer!

As I was waiting for the tree to come down I took some pictures from up on the dike and here is an overview of our yard as of Monday. By now things look a little different. The garden has grown a lot this week, and we have set up our "poor man's hot tub" and screen tent on the east side of the garden. We even got to enjoy it last night already.

It's been a busy week, and we are planning to head to the cottage for a couple of days to spend time with some of the extended family as well as some of our own kids, finish up some projects there and hopefully relax a bit too. Hope you all have a great holiday weekend!

Spring is HERE!

Hailey has always enjoyed drawing pictures with the sidewalk chalk, and now Jayda has decided that she wants in on it too.

It must be time for an update for those of you who check in on us once in a while. Life has been busy and time is passing by in a hurry. The seeding is all done and we have started with the spraying this week. The crops are looking pretty good for this time of year, but they have been challenged what with wind and blowing dirt as well as frost when things were already up. We didn't have to do any re-seeding though. They would benefit from warmer temperatures. This morning it is raining and that is a good thing if only it won't rain too much more. So far we are just over an inch but it is still raining and the radar shows more on the way. We needed the rain though , the crops and gardens will be happy. The trees have leafed out and the apple trees are blooming. We have been enjoying fresh rhubarb and asparagus and spinach from the garden and the strawberries are promising a good crop, according to the blossoms that there are. We have spent some time at the cottage doing some projects there, stay tuned for pictures and updates on that front. We attended the wedding of our nephew last weekend and have been spending time with the kids and grandkids, and life is good . We feel blessed and have much to be thankful for. Enjoy the pictures of the girls, it seem like that is what we take the most pictures of . Jayda enjoys "stopping to smell the roses" so to speak.

Hailey enjoys watering and here she is wearing some dressup clothes from one of the dolls that we play with. Kristy wore these same clothes when she was 5.

And here is Norah, growing like a weed these days. She is now at least 8 lbs and doing well. Kristy and I are pretty sure we saw her smile the other day.