Clouds And Mountains

Photos taken on the way to buy myself an ice cream cone.

The first cone was so good that I went back and got another one!

Too bad I didn't get photos of the cones...

they were so good!

It has been very hot here lately.

103º yesterday in Auburn!

It is not that hot up here in the mountains

under the trees but it is still very hot.

If we had stayed in the store much longer I probably

would have got another ice cream.

It has been a long time since I bought an ice cream in a sugar cone.

Here's wishing you ice cream on hot days.

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Smiles

Sorting Stuff

Update from my iPad: (More to come)

Here is a photo of a pie safe I found when sorting through boxes of stuff that were packed up and stored away years ago. I kept this dish and cover but managed to send most of the stuff off to Goodwill. Still lots of boxes to look through.

Not much of a post but I thought that a little bit

would be better than nothing.

The weather has moved down into the 90's

and the cooler weather will hopefully mean I will have the energy

to start taking photos and write posts.

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Smiles

Sunny Hot Hot Weather

Wow... I really haven't been blogging for a while!

I've been busy and didn't realize it had been such a long time.

So, I'll start up blogging again with a photo of one of my two sunflowers.

Well... part of one anyway!

I'll post some more on here tomorrow.

I need to record some of what has been happening.

Smiles

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I Took My iPad For A Walk

Photos taken on our overcast afternoon walk today.

It rained earlier.

My neighbor's poison oak wants to invade.

The muzzle keeps Morgan from eating stuff that makes her sick.

The path is raked now all around the property.

I still have lots more raking to do.

My poison oak patch.

This mossy wood seems safe from the wood stove.

The hens are safe and busy turning over dirt.

Morgan is checking out the seedlings.

Love the roses!

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Smiles

1st Small Quilt Wall

This is the small quilt wall!

The large quilt wall is up but there is no border yet.

I'll take a photo when I get some more measuring tapes

or I think up something else to use.

Here is the large quilt wall in progress.

Using duct tape to hold everything together was a good choice.

I was going to use long staples to hold the foam board on the wall

but ended up using nails.

The staples just weren't enough to hold the weight.

The large quilt wall is up but there is no border yet.

I'll take a photo when I get some more measuring tapes

or I think up something else to use.

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Yay! Holly is on the way!!!

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Smiles

Mother's Day Vista

My choice to go here and spend some time taking photos today.

We were going to have something to eat here but decided to eat at home.

These photos are off my iPad and will enlarge.

I was trying to capture the snowy peaks far away but the snow

blended into the white haze.

The snow was pretty!

Hope all the Mom's had a lovely day!

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Smiles

Predator Attack

Update:
A buff brahma has shown up outside the coop.
I managed to catch her and lock her up in the coop with her sisters.
8 chickens so far.
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I let all the chickens out of their coop this morning.

As of this afternoon there are 3 chickens missing.

The only sign left of them is ...

The 7 chickens I could find are locked up safely in their coop.

I lured the chickens back in their coop with lots of carrot peelings.

They won't be allowed out to roam in the woods for a month or so.

The predators are feeding their Spring babies with our chickens.

On a lighter note...

Here are some views of the little green garden

that finally has some color added.

The flower bowls seem to like the Spring rain.

So do the herbs.

Morgan would rather be on a sunny porch.

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Smiles

May Rain

It's cold.

It's raining.

Morgan is damp and drying off after her morning walk.

The flowers and seeds are getting a good watering.

No garden photos 'till it is a bit dryer outside.

I'm staying in my pj's.

Chickens are laying this Spring.

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Smiles

More iPad Garden Photos

All the seeds are planted!

Some in containers... some in the gardens.

All the starter plants are planted!

And here are the photos I promised to post...

I'm publishing this from my iPad using Blogger.

Then I will open the post up on my Mac and add photo comments

and change the size of the photos.

I added a chair to the garden.

Seeds are planted in the little containers.

There are chickens out there.

The chickens would like to visit the garden.
This hen is in a hurry to join up with her sisters.

I'll post some photos of the little green garden tomorrow.
I think I will use my camera and post on my Mac.

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Smiles

Post From My iPad Using Blogger

Can I post an iPad photo on blogger?
Here goes...

Well, I picked out a photo from my camera roll and it is showing up at the bottom of the page... Not with the text.

I'm going to publish this and see if and where the photo shows up.

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Ok, I just opened up this post on my computer and everything above

the dashed lines was published on Blogger on the iPad.

I am going to have to spend some time trying to figure out

how the photo thing works, but I do like using blogger on the iPad.

My photos are on my iPad.

I think I will publish this on the computer and then open this post

up on the iPad and see if I can add some more photos.

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Lots of work in the greenhouse and garden but no seed planting.

I keep getting sidetracked into other projects

but I do plan to do the seed planting tomorrow!

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Smiles

I added the next photos from my iPad using Blogger.

And now I'm adding text on the computer.

I think Blogger on the iPad works great

it's just I haven't figured out how it works yet.

The scarecrow has a new place to stand near the garden

next to the woodshed.

Pretty bowls of flowers brighten up the little green garden.

Next are two photos of the greenhouse.

With clean windows!!!

That took awhile.

Outside

Inside

There are 2 tomato plants, 1 basil and a little rose bush.

So far...

Smoky Mountain View

There is snow on the tops of the mountains.

The snowy tops of far away mountains that can barely

be seen through a smoky haze.

To barely see the snow click on photo to enlarge

After working all day on the gardens and greenhouse

going out for something to eat sounded like a good idea.

Lucky me got to have this view and a meal.

Tom said the smoke had come down from a fire up North.

I guess?

Someone else said there was a fire on the other side of a ridge out there.

Maybe?

I couldn't find any fire news about a local fire.

But there is smoke out there.

And it was doing a great job of hiding the snow.

Too bad.

I was hoping for a good photo.

I'll remember to take garden photos tomorrow and post them.

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Smiles

May Flower Birdbath

Pink flower birdbath.

My Mother's Day present to myself.

I'm going with pink...

and there are the pots waiting for soil and seeds. 

All the starts are planted except for those two tomato

plants that will grow in the greenhouse,

If they survive the night outside.

Sunflowers.

Seeds will be planted here and in pots.

Seeds will be planted here too.

There are lots of pepper and tomato plants,

Even some corn starts.

A pumpkin, a watermelon and a cucumber plant even.

I would have planted seeds today but

we had to drive down to the nursery and give them some

more money because I made out a check incorrectly.

Worked out though...

I got to go back to the garden center!

Got some more flowers!

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Smiles

End Of April Garden Planting

The first thing that happened

was the scarecrow was banished from the garden.

He is now guarding the woodshed.

There is no room!

Only room for plants and not much of that.

I'm planting a mix of flowers and veggies... seeds and starter plants.

Some of the tomatoes will be in the greenhouse and some outside.

Nothing planted here yet.

Tomorrow!

This year's herbs in the little green garden.

Hope there are no more freezes!

Tom jokes about snow in May.

Oh dear!

Could and has happened up here.

Hope it doesn't this year.

The oaks are getting their Spring leaves.

This tree is near the the garden and drops huge branches now and then.

It is windy tonight... hope the branches fall out now and not when I'm in the garden.

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Smiles

Broken Dishes Quilt Finished

If you click on the photos they will enlarge.

The quilt is all hand sewn and quilted.

Morgan is outside on the porch/deck laying in the sun.

The back is made up of lots of pieces of leftover fabrics I love.

I love the silly chickens!

The blocks were the most fun to sew.

I miss working on the quilt.

This quilt has a self binding that was easy to sew.

It is a soft happy quilt!

Not a show quilt... just a fun quilt for me to use.

 I have been spending time working in the garden

and have still more planting to do tomorrow.

I'll take garden photos to post tomorrow.

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Smiles

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