Birdhouse Gourds

Some interesting gourds that grew up into the trees and hung down. Someone gave me the seeds from a Yahoo art group which was very generous. We ended up with three big gourds in all. Right now they're turning interesting patches of browns and tans.

Visitors from Houston!!

Happy Day when G and his family came to visit! They were staying at relative's in Duncannon, PA, but managed to come to the Big J for a day. We did the always popular Chinese buffet and did lots of talking and catching up. Our little grand daughter was just as dainty and girlie as could be. She LOVES dogs and wants to be a 'Dog Doctor' when she grows up. Lordy, how I miss y'all.....

All the grandkids were happy to be together for a day!! And it was good to see all four kids together on one picture!

Namaste!

Goods from the Garden

The garden wasn't as big as last year's. We planted more seeds (OK, Paden planted seeds, I cheered him on) but used lots of heirloom seeds that didn't seem to grow as fast or do as well as the genetically altered seeds. P actually grew tomatoes from seed!! And they got BIG! I love the way they look so old fashioned. Nothing at all like the store-bought tomatoes! We did have tons of delicious veggies all summer and into the fall!

Night Visitors

First we had just Mama Raccoon visit us, then she started showing up with three babies! Then we had this somewhat unusual white skunk come! You can see by comparison to Nada how big it was! I don't think I've ever seen a skunk with so much white on it, but what do I know? I'm a city girl!

The Kids Come Visit!

J and M came up from Florida to visit which was just great!! J brought a CD of photos from his recent trip to Germany. Guess what! He loves cathedrals! So do I!! He has a real eye for photography and he copied off a disk for me so I can use them as a screensaver and see all the wonderful cathedrals in Germany and Belgium!
M fell in love with the guns!! What a kid!!

Just some goodies from the garden and some wonderful vegetarian meals we've made! If we can just go witout the cheese and eggs we'll be vegan!! I do think the soy cheddar cheese tastes better than milk cheese!

Thunder in the Valley

Here we are at Thunder in the Valley 2007. Perfect weather, lots of bikes! Yes, that's us at the top there. We tooled around in town looking at bikes, then met up with my bro and his son and went to the hillclimbs. There were some tiny little tots riding strait up the mountain! No fear!! Thunder is always a good time. Can't wait for this June for the 2008 event!! Maybe we'll have that new bike by then!! (please somebody make the underline stop!!!)

It's been 15 forevers since I've done anything on my blog!! I see so many pictures we've taken and think, "Gee, I should really get that on my blog".. As if people really read these things. I just like to look at the pictures on them. So, with that in mind, I'm going to do a quick rundown on the last year. Has it really been a year since I've updated?? I promise myself to do better. My job is exhausting and I just don't feel like doing another thing when I get home but lay on the couch and fall asleep. I ask you, what kind of existence is that really?
OK, bedazzling photos follow!!

Namaste!

This is Noonie, our newest fur baby. Why is this underlined?? I MUST find the cause!! No idea.. grrr... Anyhow, she's the insane cat who bounces off the walls. Very sweet with a BIG personality!