Screen Door Suprise

Ever since we 'finished' the mud room. I use the little quotes around finished cause well, it's not quite finished. It's more than usable we just need to install trim around the window and door and a base board. You know little things. I'm sure it will be done by Thanksgiving, of next year.

 

Any way, ever since it became a functional room I have been bugging Mr. B that we need a screen door for it. It has the exterior steal door, with no window. It would be nice to be able to leave it open to light in the light and the fresh air but not the bugs and geese. You see I have this bad habit of not shutting anything, drawers, cupboards, doors. I was always leaving it open. With a screen door I wouldn't have to worry about it.

 

 I had my heart set on one of the wooden full screen doors. You know the ones with the spring that just slam shut.My Granny had one in her house when I was growing up. The house that her and her father built. My sister and I would always get scolded, not by her, never by her, by our parents every time we visited not to slam the door. It was fitting that our house have one too.

 

Well when I came home from work on Saturday Mr.B had a surprise for me.

 

 

 

And I let it slam every time I open it. 

Front Garden

Earlier this spring we 'deconstructed' our garden off of the porch. We moved the plants to a different flower bed. The rocks that made the boarder were moved to the front yard to create a new garden in the dead patch under the arborvitaes.

 

 

 

 

I wanted to show you what it looks like now that it's full of color.

 

 



First Fruits

Tomatoes are actually a fruit. And we have some!

They aren't ripe yet.

But soon we will have tomatoes coming out of our ears. There will be fresh salsa.

BLTs

and of course canning.

Goosie Cuteness for Your Thursday

Look at how big they are getting.

Check you the big bird feathers.

And the size of their wings.  

 

 

 

 

It's been hot, really hot. Did you know that geese pant in the heat.

Good things the babies have a pool to cool off in.

 

 

They do this funny thing were they are all swimming, splashing around. Then one hops out really quickly. The other three follow quickly on his heals. This all goes down with allot of splashing and carrying on. Mr. B and I refer to this as their 'Chineese Fire-drill'.

 

 

 

And this handsome boy or beautiful little lady is Gimlie. You can tell by the white patch on his belly. He also has a darker neck then all the other geese. Since all the babies are getting their big bird feathers you can tell the babies apart by the shape of the white patch on their bellies. Unfortunately only Gim wanted to pose for a photo this evening.

 

Moth

When I was picking berries on Sunday this guy was resting on the shed. If you know what kind of moth it is let me know, I'd be interested to hear.

The first photograph doesn't show the massiveness of this guy. Lets do a size comparison.

That's a big moth.

Oh My, Pie

Can you believe it, it's the middle of July already. Were has the summer gone. I still have a long list of honey-do projects. And my Pinterest list continues to grow. 

 

Now that its July our garden seams to have sprung up over night, along with the weeds. I can't keep up with them any more. I'd show you pictures of the vegetable garden, but I'm too ashamed of the weeds that are competing with the tomatoes and carrots. Yikes!

 

July also means that the bugs are out in full force. The mosquitoes are especially fierce this year. Let's not talk about the flies.I have the bites and the scabbies on my legs to prove it. I can't help it, they itch. And I must itch until they bleed, them I must pick the scabbies. I know it's horrible and I'm working on it.

 

This weekend I braved the flies and the skeeters and picked some raspberries. They are just starting. By next weekend we shall have a plethora of berries. But this past weekend I picked enough to make something. Can you guess. Really the title of the post gives it away. That's right a pie.

 

A scrum-didilie-umptus pie.

 

 

 

I think I'm going to cut myself a piece right now. And wouldn't you know, we have vanilla ice cream to go on top.



A Weekend of Firsts

This weekend we gave the babies their first taste of watermelon.

 

 

 

 

 We wanted them to enjoy a tasty treat this hot July weekend. They attacked it like piranhas.

 

 

 

 

 

Gus Gus also is a watermelon fiend. But he waited oh so patiently for the babies to be done.

 

 

 

Then he finished it off.

 

 

 

After digging into the melon the babies were just a tad on the sticky side. They needed a bath, so we brought out the kiddie pool and gave them their first "swim".

 

 

 

We had to put some steps next to it and in it, right now their little leggies are too small to let them climb in and out. It didn't take them long to figure it out.

 

A Itsy-Bitsy Frog

Goosie Cuteness and the Goose Play Pen

 

My babies are getting so big. Look closely at their wings and tails. Yup they are getting their big bird feathers. I wish they could stay fuzzy wuzzy for ever, but they are growing up.

 

  They are out growing the totes that we use to keep them in the house. Their little heads can look over the top already. Tomorrow night will be their first night in the coop.

 

 

This past week they have been spending the day outside while we are at work. Mr. B and I made them this 'play pen' to stay in during the day. It's a four by six box with wire on the four sides and the top.  They are still small enough to be a easy snack for the hawks or a stray cat.

 

 

 



 

Soon they will outgrow that too.

So sad.

Patio

Remember when I told you how we 'deconstructed' our porch garden in preparation for a patio. Well it was finally dry enough for the concrete guy to do his thing.

We started with this.

Well after we moved all my flowers and the rocks and let the weeds take over.

Then this was dumped in our driveway.

Thanks Gus for helping me show the scale of the pile-o-gravel.

Then our guy came and moved some of the dirt and gravel. He framed it up and compacted. I insisted on leaving that shrub. It gets beautiful pink flowers and the humming birds love it. I also needed to have rounded corners. No square slab of concrete for me.No way Jose.

The following day he drilled the re-bar into our porch and laid the rest of it. Unfortunately, this step is not pictured. Once again I was distracted by the cuteness of geese.

Now we have this.

I'm off to start scheming and drawing up plans for Mr B. to build me a brick counter and grill.