Today the kids and I went out to my Mom's house in the country. She bought some cattle yesterday and the kids love seeing the baby calves, so we headed out to check out the newbies. The babies were precious. There was one little white one who, while he was nursing, stuck his tail straight up in the air and hooked the very tip of it over in the shape of a candy cane. When he would get really excited, he'd flick it back and forth really fast. I love how exciting babies of all kinds get about … [Read more...]
Waiting for the rain
Yesterday I didn't take pictures of my yardwork endeavors, but I accomplished some major things out there! I got 2 flower beds cleaned out, 3 blisters on my hands, 1 splinter and 1 rose thorn under the fingernail. Note to self: buy gardening gloves. I am very proud though...these beds have been basically untouched for close to a decade if I'm figuring the history of the house correctly. You can imagine the root systems on some of these plants! It's a big job for my hoe! We're expecting … [Read more...]
91 degrees out
I was in the backyard hanging out diapers on the clothesline and thought to myself, "Hey, I should water our grapevine!" So I finished the diapers, grabbed the hose and started watering the vine. Then I saw the irises needed a drink, so they got the hose. Just look how pretty! At least...I think that's an iris, right? Then I got all motivated and decided to tackle this: See, we live in a very old house with a very potentially cool backyard. Decades ago, I'm sure this … [Read more...]