SOME MORE GARDENING IS GOING ON

I swore I was not going to get into anymore gardening at this new home, but I couldn't resist trying to recreate these stacked pots that I saw on Facebook.

 

They are just starting to come into bloom, 

and so is my little wagon that I filled with Petunias.. But, I swear that is all the gardening I am doing.  

My daughter on the other hand has been really busy since they moved their trailer out here. 

Her and her daughter in-law have been creating a cozy little nook on an unused  piece of concrete beside the house.  

 They have created a nice little patio area behind their trailer. 

They have added some annuals, some hanging plants, some patio furniture, a bird feeder, etc. etc. etc.  

 

I hope this area isn't too shady for the annuals they have planted.  Time will tell.  

It has turned into a quiet and pretty little outdoor oasis.  

READY TO BE ENJOYED

THE NEW FIRE PIT

My daughter Wendy has brought her trailer out and put it in our yard so she can spend more time out at the lake this summer.  

So, while I had the help of my grandson Blake and his wife Mel, we went and bought the fire pit I have been thinking about and they lifted all the bricks into place.  

I am very pleased.  This is starting to look like what I envisioned, but Sea-Enna is a little suspicious of this new thing in the yard, that wasn't there yesterday.  

 ONE MORE JOB DONE

 

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY

As the weather finally started to improve we are coming out of hibernation and starting to get something accomplished.  

 

Dan did the big job of cutting out a bunch of old dead trees and raking the entire yard.  

We managed to find some of my perennials that were planted last year, as they are now poking their heads up.  But I was disappointed to find how many of the shrubs have been nibbled back by the deer. 

Dan has moved on to working on the boat.  He is scraping and painting the hull, while I am concentrating on sanding and painting the old lawn furniture stuff that was left behind by the previous owners.   

This one is going to have a pastel colour on it.  All the different pieces around the campfire are going to be painted with many different pastel colours.  

WE ARE KEEPING BUSY WAITING FOR THE ICE TO GO OFF THE LAKE SO WE CAN LAUNCH.  

SETTLING IN AT HOME

Well, we have been home for a week now. I'm slowly unpacking and starting to remember where I keep everything when I am living here.  .... LOL

This is the bane of my existance, living in three places each year.  This house, with all it's KAOS, (and no real kitchen yet) during the spring and fall. 

The boat, where we live during most of the summer. 

And the trailer in Texas during the winter months. 

When I arrive in each place I sometimes stand there, in the kitchen when I'm unpacking, and say, "Ok, where do I keep the spices, when I live here?" 

SOMETIMES, YOU HAVE TO SHRUG AND ROLL WITH IT, WHEN YOU GET OLDER.  LOL  

A TRIP TO THE HANGAR

Today we made a quick trip to the hangar where our boat is stored.

We had bottom paint that we purchased in Texas, that we wanted to deliver to the boat.  

We weave our way through all the boats stored in the hangar.

 

To find the "Thunderbird".  

Welcome aboard for another year.  

WINTER IS OVER, TIME TO MAKE SUMMER PLANS

 

 

HOME SAFE AND SOUND!

Arrived home April 17th.  After running an errand for my daughter in Grand Forks we crossed the border at about 11:00.  

Arrived home approximately 2:30.  

Not too much snow around just in the shady spots.  

 Sea-Enna wants to sniff everything.  She is so happy to be home.  

She  is so glad she doesn't have to spend another day in that truck.  

So we have turned the heat on and our friends Gord and Ellie have taken us in for the night and today Dan is working on getting the water running and we should be back in operation in no time.  

IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME.  

ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI TO GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA

We put another long day in heading north on I 29.  We travelled north through Missouri with my fears of more snow being realized. 

Through Iowa and on to South Dakota.  

By the time we got to South Dakota, your would have thought it was December or January there was so much of that @#$%&(!  white stuff. 

I was really starting to wonder what we would be in for by the time we got another 600 miles north to our beach house. 

This is the latest we have ever come back from Texas and here we are up to our arses in @#$%&)! snow. 

I wanted to turn around and head back to Texas for a few more weeks. 

Hell! , we don't want to have to dig our way into our place.  But then we crossed the boarder between South and North Dakota and things looked very much improved. 

There was still the odd bit of snow here and there but nothing serious. 

I guess the last couple of bad snow storms moved through south of here, for a change.  So now I m looking forward to getting home.  If there is a little snow, it will soon melt.  It will still be cold, being so close to that big frozen lake.  But, that IS what we bought into.  

I'LL BE GLAD TO BE HOME   

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