Clean Up On Aisle 4

Another ugmo day.  It's nice that I have such a cute dog to wake up to.

Gary dropped me off at Wegmans on his way to coffee this morning.   When we got back to the farm I cleaned up the back porch and did a few things around the house.

Went out to get some close up shots of the willow tree.

Outrageous!

Gary started taking things apart and then Finn and Coop came up to help.  So grateful.

 An early dinner was on tap with Jen, Scott and the boys at 5.  Scott has had a lot of experience with trees and has a friend who will come over to clean up this mess.

We got shish ki bobs put together and

Gary was on grill duty.

I made lomain and salad.

What a great meal!

We had rhubarb cookies and vanilla ice cream for dessert.

Everyone was gone by 7:15 and I'm ready for a nap.  So is Little Wonder.

Night all.

The Weeping Willow

What a crappy day!  Torrential downpours all day long with very high winds and so far we have gotten 1.6 inches of rain.  Little Wonder was on my lap this morning as usual, and I did not notice where he went when he got down.  When he gets scared he goes in a closet off the dining room (which is dark) and he can't get back out.  Gary heard him scratching on the door and we could not figure out why he would go hide.....until we looked out the window and this happened......

That is one huge branch.

I attended a meeting at the library starting at 10:30 and on my way home stopped at Wegmans and picked up some junk food for lunch.

Shortly after I got back to the farm (it was still pouring and blowing) this happened and it was loud.  Another huge branch fell to the ground.

The trunk of this tree is over 16 feet in diameter and it's very old.  What's next?  We are going to need one of Scott's dumpsters to get this out of here.

Little Wonder and I took it easy for awhile and then

I made some rhubarb cookies.  They are so good!

I did not make dinner...we just ate what we could find in the frig.

Now the fire is going and I can't wait to get back out to the kitchen.

Night all.

 

New Wheels

Still cold here.  We were up and at 'um this morning as we were going in to West Herr to discuss turning in my lease car and wanted to see what was available.  First we made sure it was nice and clean just in case we found something.

At 10:30 I had a Chiro appointment and on the way we had to pick up frames from the photographer that took our photos for her show on June 5th.  (We have to write something on the mats).  Anyway, I made it on time.  Big Bertha was chasing around the smaller fish today....never saw that before.

From there, we drove to Greece and ended doing something we had no intention of doing.   Leased a Hybrid Forrester.  It's a beauty.  We shall see what impact it has on the amount of money we have been spending on gas and will be keeping track.  It should get 580 miles on 1 charge and a tank of gas.

So much new stuff.  Automatic phone charger (don't need to plug in) and a gazillion other things that I have to figure out.

I loved the car we turned in.  It's still in excellent shape and should sell like hot cakes.

On the way home we stopped at Jenny's before crashing.  We were busy from 9:30am to 5:15....running around.

Dinner had to be very simple and made from whatever we had on hand.  So....a frittata.  Sautéed peppers and onions, boiled potatoes, spinach, tomatoes, a little ham....and some grated sharp cheddar cheese.

Little Wonder wanted a taste.

It was so good.

Night all.