PEONIES

this is just one of the beautiful peonies on our plant..the first it has bloomed since i transplanted from my mom's garden

UPDATE

just an update of what has been going on around 464 enfield ctr rd...NOT MUCH...we did go away last weekend to a friends family cabin and did a wee bit of canoeing./kayaking--no rain and no one got wet almost but not all his body...we all had a good time..one of the wives of a friend didn't go and it was a good thing as she ended up in the hospital with a gall bladder attack--if she had been with us i'm not sure where the nearest hospital was...the garden has been weeded and rototilled now waiting for some rain...the peonies that i transplanted from my mom's house have finally bloomed and they are just beautiful and give some color to the place...tomorrow we go on a senior trip lunch and a country western show...ought to be fun..lar's favorite kind of music he and mitch listen to it all the time in the barn...

i don't know where the ducktail went to..i'll have to try to find it again...

RUNNING AWAY

can you believe this weekend we are running away with a bunch of friends...bruce's relatives have a cabin in the woods that is rustic so some of us are going to go away for the weekend...the plan is to do some kayaking/canoeing then of course eating and just enjoy being away for the hub bub of enfield.....the cabin is quite rustic as we understand NO electricity and NO running water and a outhouse not a problem we are all tough..
garden is coming up along with the weeds..lar has rototiller the garden once and it looks like it needs it again and i'll have to get into it and do between the plants..not today as we had over an inch of rain last night so the garden would be like a mud hole...
i have tried to add pictures to our blog but have been unsuccessful for the last couple of weeks and i don't know why..i am doing exactly what i've done before --i will try for a picture today but don't be surprised if none appear..

ALMOST DONE

these last few days we have been working on getting our winter supply of wood on the back porch for winter and we are almost done...amen...the days have been rather comfortable for wood loading that's my job--lar does the cutting and i do the loading then it is back to the house to unload and split..now that's also my job the splitting but we do have a splitter so i just have to run the lever...the garden is beginning to look like a garden as most of the stuff is coming up..not all so aren't sure if the birds ate the seeds or they just rotted away because we did have alot of rain after it was planted...right now we plan on a several friends canoe/.kayak trip over night this coming weekend--no not pitching a tent along side a lake or stream but friends have a cabin in the woods that we are going to stay in...
made a quick trip back to see lar's mom..it makes for a long day but we look at our schedule and say if we are going to visit her we ought to do it now as the calendar is filling..you all know hat that happens come summer..

tonight we are hosting a neighborhood bon-fire with a hot dog roast so let hope it doesn't rain..the weather man didn't say rain this morning so we ought to be ok...

HAWAII

yep for some of you that don't know we are going to go to HAWAII this summer along with my sisters and 1 brother and of course their spouses..we decided what better way to spend some of our estate money but a vacation..mom and dad were big on family vacations so this is it...some of our plans are already together as the flights and a place to lay our heads in honolulu and kona but not all..but we are working on that...so last night was a get together and plan-eat-toast-...and a fun time was had by all...now lets just hope we are still speaking after the trip hahah...

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

over looking MITCHELL POND from the mountain above it

i sure hope every ones weekend was a good one...lar went on his annual pack backing trip to the moose river recreation area to mitchell ponds for fishing...he went with his brother bill and nephew mark and his son zac...they ate -fished-ate-fished- and probably took a nap or 2..i could have gone but i knew mitch wanted to stay home so i decided to stay with him..we (i) mowed the lawn again-finished the garden-read-attended the neighborhood bon fire-and just did my thing which was too exciting besides i was coming down with a sinus infection so i'm glad i didn't go....

3 lb brown trout

IN

the garden is now in so we will just have to wait for mother nature to help out and hope that things grow...lar is in the north woods on the annual memorial day back packing/canoe trip..i did not go one reason is my hips and i just decided to stay home with mitch..oh he would/could go but this way he stays away from all those pesky black flies and so do i..i have lots to do at the homestead..read my book-windows-mow the lawn-clean closets-go thru stuff anyway you get the idea i don't think i'll be bored and if i am it is my own fault..everyone have a good memorial day and lets remember why we celebrate it...and thank a service person either one that has served or one that is now...