Yellow headed Black Birds

The other morning we were getting ready to go to Ogden for Lon's Double Heart Stints and in our backyard was about 5 or 6 Yellow Headed Black Birds. This picture doesn't pick them out much but hopefully you can tell they have yellow heads.

Empty Boxes - Decorations???

We finally emptied some boxes that have been sitting in the laundry room for what 3 years? Found all these baskets. So this is what I decided to do. We had no window treatment in the Laundry Room. Not sure if this is window dressing or what. Someone's opinion (other than Dad's) would be appreciated!!!

Color of the Sky in Cache Valley

We were enjoying sitting on the deck and enjoying the cool air the other night and this is what developed when the sun setting behind the mountains.

I thought that I would add these also. This was a late afternoon storm that loated through that valley this last week. We are just amazed with the views we have here. They are always changing.

California visitors

This is Bear Lake. Lon, Vickie, Grandma and I went up to
Bear Lake and had a picnic one of the days they were here.

Oh Deer!

Tanya how do you like this one? I made this for Jen and Dean as a thank you for the use of there cabin. Sent it out Friday.

Fruit Crop 2009

hail nicked Apricot - - - (6)

3 Apples and 2 worms - - -

2009 Malcolm Victory Garden

Here are some pictures of our garden this year. I am not sure why they call gardens Victory but I would probably call it something else. I feel I have been a slave to it since we began planting this spring. But no matter what it is called it is doing great. We have picked peas, dug potatoes, and of course the squash is doing well. This year I planted spaggetti squash. I have alot of babys right now. Anyway take a walk through our garden.

Summer Activity

For two summers now we have been fighting the weeds that have been super charged with grow juice of come kind. I know that Lon and I talked about planting grass in the orchard but some how last summer that thought was lost. Again this spring as I was chopping down the weeds it came to me that if we plant grass I won't have to tackle the weeds but Lon could mow them. This project has been on going for a while. We have hauled in some dirt, from the big pile next door, to cover the rocks that are in mass under the surface, then smoothed that out, chop weeds down as they begin to grow, have the drip system replaced with sprinklers, chop down weeds, put landscape edging around the trees, smoothed the surface and rake the rock that escaped to the surface, chop down the weeds. We now are just about to plant the grass seed. Anyway here is what It looked like last week.