The Canoe

Can't complain.  Plenty of sunshine without the humidity.

The boys entered from the small pasture this morning.

After breakfast Rebel snuck out without his mask and headed for the apple tree.

Eventually I got it on him.

Little Wonder has been testing me.  He always goes out as soon as I get up, and when I was ready to head out to the barn at 8 he said "no deal."  As soon as Gary appeared he changed his mind and joined me.

After chores I went out to pick a couple cabbages .  For some reason Gary planted red.

The Brussels sprouts are starting to kick in.

Also found a couple green peppers and our first tomatoes

Finn came up for a short time to help put an air conditioner in one of the upstairs bedrooms.  Then,  he and Gary brought the canoe out of the shed and put it on horses so it could be cleaned.  I had already watered all the veggies and most of the flower gardens so the hose was ready.  Jenny, who is getting married on the 10th, is going to be serving drinks out of the canoe and now it's nice and clean.  We have had it for at least 3 decades and have hardly used it, so it's in mint condition.

When that was finished I decided to wash my car....after that, took it easy for awhile.  Lots of company is going to be coming and I tried to get organized on paper.  Who's arriving at the airport at what time?  How many people are staying here....what nights?  What are we going to eat?  Blah.Blah.Blah.

After a nap, I wanted to do something with the cabbage...decided to sauté it with onions and apples, then made it sweet and sour.  Served it with the leftover zucchini pie from last night and it tasted great, even tho it was a weird combo. We have had many vegetarian meals this week.

Chores at 7:30.  Have been so pleased with the weather for the past three days....now if it would just rain. No mask on Buddy.

I got on my old John Deere and found the mask in the last place I looked.

That was that.

Night all.

 

Clouds

What a gorgeous day.  Cool and sunny,  Rebel and Buddy were in the front paddock when I got out to the barn.

I cleaned both stalls before they came in.  It looked like they had hardly been inside.

Right after I finished, I got Gary to help me jump start the old John Deere so I could mow the pastures.

We are going to have a lot of company starting next weekend and I just won't have time to do it.

Finn came up to help Gary in the garden.

Check out those clouds!  They were like that most of the day.

I ran out of gas and Finn refilled the tank for me.

It took many hours, but I got everything finished except for the outdoor arena.

Took a break then finished that.  It was so dusty from being dry I was a filthy mess when I was done and had to take a shower.  Boy, do we need rain.

Kim JR stopped up for some garlic and we had a chance to get in a lot of political chatter.  At the same time, our friend Jim C. arrived and he and Gary had a nice long conversation.

I tried to take a nap, but it didn't work.

Made a zucchini, tomato, onion pie for dinner.

Gary found some cucumbers and shallots in the garden he and Finn were working on.

Chores at 7:45.  The boys really seemed to enjoy the temperature today.  That hot muggy stuff was so nasty for them.

Night all.