I’ve already told you about the trees we planted. Turns out one drawback of planting dormant bare root saplings is that you have to have complete faith in the nursery that you’re getting what they say you’re getting. In our case, we ordered five Red Oak trees and received five 3 to 4 foot sticks […]

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We’ve been watching one of the cell phone companies construct a new tower down the road from us this summer. Lulu has taken the most notice – questioning if the height has changed from the last time she last went past. One night last week, Sissy and I were driving by when we noticed they […]

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Since we haven’t shared much on the garden this year, here’s a quick look…

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Terrific twos, tremendous twos, talented twos, tiny twos….anything but terrible twos!!! Our Peanut is now TWO-Years-Old!!!! Generally, people use the term terrible twos to describe the stage in which toddlers begin to assert their independence and develop skills at a rapid speed – no longer a baby, not quite a kid yet! I hate to […]

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I hinted last week that one of the items on the to-do-list pushed itself to the top of the list. It started while I was at work on Friday afternoon and got a call from the DW. She thought she blew the fuse to the microwave and wanted to know where to find the new […]

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I say it every year: black raspberry season is my favorite fruit season of the year. Now that we have our own plants established, I no longer have to trek through timber and brush fending of sparrow sized mosquitoes with one hand and carefully dodging the thorns of multi-flower rose bushes with the other while […]

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Back in January, the DW and I set a goal of six projects we wanted to finish this year. Number six on the list was to remove the old Basswood trees in front of the house and replace them with new trees. We finished half the project in May when we cut down the old […]

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Over the last few months, Lulu’s attention has turned to birds. The bright red Cardinals caught her attention this winter and she watched the early Robins hunt in the lawn from the living room window this spring. Since then she’s spotted Goldfinch, Red-winged Blackbirds, Orioles, and told everyone who would listen about a couple of […]

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So rather than trying to explain why we haven’t posted anything in the last few weeks, here’s a peek of what will be posted in the upcoming days… Update on Peanut – she had her first check-up in over 3 months last week. How much has she gained? Planting Trees – we cut down 3 […]

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One of the goals for this year was to get rid of the three old trees in front of the house. Late last summer a storm took half of one the trees and we realized it was in much worse shape than we originally thought – it was hollow from top to bottom. We wanted […]

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