Woods: June 19, 2019

Woods: June 19, 2019

Henry Surveying the Situation

I haven't shared any pictures of the woods lately and wanted to show how much it has changed after all the snowy pictures I posted over the fall, winter, and spring.

About 1 1/2 weeks ago I was mowing our path and stirred up a baby fawn.  I decided the caring thing to do was to leave the trail alone for a little while for the fawn to find a new bed.  

Unfortunately, Dh and I were so surprised to hear a baby fawn bleating as it was being chased by Henry.  We called and he came back to us, although he did give the fawn a bit of a run first.  

Henry won't be going on any wood walks for a while, unless he is on a leash!

The woods is so very crowded and different than it was all winter.  

It is nice to see all the green!!

The Sassafrass trees are so beautiful to me, but Dh only see's them as 'scrub' trees.  The waving trunks are such beauty.

You can barely see the wood paths I made with all this ground cover.

Part of our property is a massive Spruce replanting.  Those straight trunks seem so strong.

I love seeing how the sun beams down and highlights special branches as I walk.

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Garden: June 15, 2019

Garden Update: June 15, 2019

Bed One:
Herbs (sage, basil, rosemary, oregano, fennel...strawberries, and asparagus too)
You can see how well the potatoes are coming up in the bed behind as well in this picture.

Bed Two: Parsley, Chives, Green Beans, newly planted asparagus, another variety of Rosemary, pots of cilantro and basil

Bed Three:
A volunteer potato plant and Chard, green beans, lettuce, tomatoes
Planted a new Rhubarb plant last week.

Bed Four:
Peppers, Carrots (finally coming up), green beans, flowers, San Marzano tomatoes

Bed Five:
This is the Swiss Chard bed, but I also have some volunteer lettuce.

Grape Vine: right side

Grape Vine: Left side

Bed Six:
The Kale bed--2 varieties and volunteer cilantro

Bed Seven:
The Swiss Chard Bed

Bed Eight: 
Spinach on the right, that I've picked and picked on!  The left side is turnip greens--that I pick and give mostly to the chickens.

Bed Nine: 
Various lettuces and kale and Swiss Chard.

Swampy flower bed in the shade

The Island:
Green beans are the priority.  The left side is Black Prince tomatoes and the right side is San Marzano's.  In the back are the flower seeds that Heather and Giz gave me.  There are also some volunteer things--lettuce, etc.

June 9-15, 2019 Church Problems, Migraines, Painting Fence, Poppies and Peonies

 June 9-15, 2019 

Church Problems, Migraines, Painting Fence, Poppies and Peonies

Hello, Friends!

For my blog and memory-keeping of our family, it is important to bookmark this week as the week that things went sideways at the church we've been going to for almost four years.

Strings Performance: Evening Service

 Dd, me, and the Strings Group performed a few songs for the church.  Dd was on her guitar and I was on a borrowed Autoharp.  

Annual Used Book Sale at Homeschool Building:

So pleased I was able to find all but one book for Dd's classes next year!!!  Fortunately, Amazon had a used copy of the last book I needed and I bought that to wrap up my shopping for next year.

Dinner Date:

How often have I typed "Dinner Date?"  Since I was just a few minutes away from Dh's work, and it was after 5pm, when I finished up my book shopping at the Homeschool Building, Dh met me and we went to a Chinese Buffet for dinner together.  It was really nice to have a 1:1 date with my husband! 

Dd Babysitting:

Dd has been thoroughly enjoying getting to babysit for a young family in our church.  After babysitting on Monday, Hailee came over and spent the night.

Migraine Doctor:

I finally met with the migraine specialist.  I had canceled an appointment with her a few months ago because I wanted to see how the Botox shots were going to work.  March held 14/31 days with a migraine while April held 11/30.  So, I shared all my numbers with her and she decided I should try another round of Botox in July and meet up with her again in August to discuss.  She was very easy to talk with and I liked her.  She said I could call her during any long 'cluster migraine' weeks and she has a few things to stop those from dragging on.

Worship Meeting:

Wednesday night Dd and I went to the meeting.  Followed up by sleepless nights which lead to my succession of migraines.  Lots of stress and emotion.

Migraines:

Sunday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week.  All the stress really exasperated the problem.

Fence: 
Painting Began Saturday (on the last day of the week)!!!

After two long weeks of using the Power Sprayer to clean off the old paint from the fence, it was finally time to begin painting!!!  Dh got out our 'sprayer' but I found it too slow and thin for my liking.  Dh did the sprayer for a while and I used an old fashioned paint brush.  It was nice to finally move forward and see progress, even if we only got four panels done for the week at least we got started.  Hoping next week I'll feel better and be able to make headway.

Trying to not hurt these roses or any flowers as we paint.

Garden:

Watering the new grass seed 1-2 x per day.  It is really growing fast now!  All our beds are really growing fast.  It is great finally getting to eat our lettuce and spinach!  

Dd hung the strings in the garden for the green beans to climb when they get big enough.

Flower Gardens:

POPPIES!!!!  

These 2-3 weeks of poppies and peonies are my favorite weeks of growing things!  

So very beautiful.

  

Happy!

Dh's Armoire:

Dh continues to make the inside shelves for the armoire I found at a thrift store.

These two boxes fit in the bottom two holes, then the picture on above shows the shelves that will fit in the main section

Crochet Blanket:

I continue to work on the blanket I started crocheting when Dd and I were visiting the "L" family a few months ago.

Close-Up

See the thickness?  It's nice and heavy too!

Pool:

Dd started filling up the pool this week---we are getting close to officially opening it.

The Allium aren't purple any more...bummer!

 Dd's Academic Progress for the Week:

Science: Educational Priority

Apologia Biology: First two modules

Reading:

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt: In Process

Audios:

1)Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve: Completed

2)The Romanoff Empress: In Process

3)William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return by Ian Doescher: In Process

Lupines

Art:

Drawing: 4 hours

Foxgloves are blooming this week too!

Music:

Strings Performance: 30 min (warm-up included) Guitar

Concert:

Our town is having summer concerts and this week Dd went to see: Alan Turner.  She went with Hailee and they had a great time; although they were cold!

Next Week:

Prayers appreciated as we try to see how the Lord guides us with our church and how to respond to the friends at church without saying or acting in an un-Christian way.

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