tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48309416948403979732024-03-12T16:53:13.359-07:00The Redd RoostLife at our house in the mountains of Alleghany County, NC....Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-40930938917152881922011-06-17T04:01:00.000-07:002011-06-20T04:51:19.537-07:00We have moved!We have moved our blog to Wordpress... our new address is <a href="http://reddroost.wordpress.com">http://reddroost.wordpress.com</a>.Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-20296878683719732692011-03-13T13:16:00.000-07:002011-03-13T13:26:06.828-07:00What a gorgeous weekend!<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPY9HIVwFrAP3XjtjIgp_Zmum-Vq_gM5UxKaCL7MTJtEMhdB04f7suuURye5PzbJJZdXgLKaid8TnLA3dWezPhtVsBeYpPc6aAS7WwNnNuSabwHG86yMz23lb6QP0GOrYd3g65VgH_wsI/s1600/P3110003.JPG"></a><div><div>It was a glorious weekend in the mountains...spring has sprung - even up there. The daffodils are blooming, and the forsythia is ready to pop out any day now. And the deer are definitely on the move. We had 2 groups visit Friday night - 10 from the South and 5 from the North<br>Here are some of those northern girls....they got pretty close to the house</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583662030606671890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcSPULH1yrqBVl4DtLO_uJaglY-tOftc2wMEyYOxNFbNiwp5YqTD6nmH2C1fV7HFnG63tSC11QkXjQUM64tH4y5lqtqijLDuVd4A048qVLKp_-DNkXG5Nisfij3V22wLBz2zZhMr7U-XM/s400/P3110001.JPG" /> </br> And here are some of the Southern girls....<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583662033777540674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2w-OkmOKW2ubT16Ra1XmPKCJE9oDnSmCNg-8Y_wA4PsPu7iRMgw49Wlgg1oiq9JknjtovjbdUW5p65glt5iDCIoBFCSXKTQX8L08Z7Io9GrriG065a9G_wahUf10sD_JEI0zr0JCZKBw/s400/P3110005.JPG" /></div><div>And here are all 15....a little fuzzy, but you can still see them.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 284px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583662430850694866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJ3vErB1h8mAQzgOBlFVd4K9qPBigL3j9h7__SqZGCqI0cq7pBLhExyIv130pt7UaCFvISecVf5zLH8Gb941xOjTG8MoY0nBIq-JJ_6sk01XjOzW7vCxUiyAtNsamxFNgiSM0e3BGKgLF/s400/P3110003.JPG" /></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-11621996861525145992011-02-26T12:33:00.000-08:002011-02-26T12:39:08.193-08:00Jet fireworks!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16jNo_2szjgzEAa5ew-u7B2f5P-f-THfZ2qBdQRCIf2vjjR84WWiKbnMjOCjHlD8FZAFgCun6v879iO0CHCpraJiECOuiSbE9PPnP89sUWgkNUu_sgnUhy9Xxgs8ngA-anR1MiDI8V3cW/s1600/P2260001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578099937686069906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16jNo_2szjgzEAa5ew-u7B2f5P-f-THfZ2qBdQRCIf2vjjR84WWiKbnMjOCjHlD8FZAFgCun6v879iO0CHCpraJiECOuiSbE9PPnP89sUWgkNUu_sgnUhy9Xxgs8ngA-anR1MiDI8V3cW/s400/P2260001.JPG" /></a><br /><div>The sky was so blue today, that the jet contrails looked like fireworks coming across Catherine Knob! Despite the beautiful blue sky, it is still cold and windy....not a day for being outside. We just finished watching a terrible movie "2012" - don't bother....Lee and Danny will be coming up for dinner tonight, and Tom is going to grill some chicken - YUM!</div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-11548305684050722762011-02-05T06:41:00.000-08:002011-02-05T06:50:48.022-08:00Back again!Well, I've been pretty lax and missed most of the posting for the winter. But I'm back....<br /><br /><br /><br />We went up last weekend, and the snow from Thursday was still around....deep enough that I had trouble getting up the driveway, and Tom had to actually stay inside and "relax".<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXPpWxe9xVXuw-ughuPbgPVBPt49M2f51GjujQqwzZLky7UJCAU6c5u9Zw0FyFGBHhHEy4iD7pf2r4ZXB3SQAUU-gemvmMvPATIzu9sUmRxiyZNa-3u_AzF0o2us3oX780EuAP4FwYuGY/s1600/0129010930.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570216839036274402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXPpWxe9xVXuw-ughuPbgPVBPt49M2f51GjujQqwzZLky7UJCAU6c5u9Zw0FyFGBHhHEy4iD7pf2r4ZXB3SQAUU-gemvmMvPATIzu9sUmRxiyZNa-3u_AzF0o2us3oX780EuAP4FwYuGY/s400/0129010930.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5VOOAcSEt0QGfVyAl8WD8rPGU8JJ4Nh-dKEXIunZrFKLeR9at6YYpPp_8lPO2DndJIIXQrGmvVxtM31ZH2twkYKx9vwVrLpPuByh9EM43Po-RVNfsaS006De1PoMWN4mjkiq8IchMfBe/s1600/0129010931a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570216831273689778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5VOOAcSEt0QGfVyAl8WD8rPGU8JJ4Nh-dKEXIunZrFKLeR9at6YYpPp_8lPO2DndJIIXQrGmvVxtM31ZH2twkYKx9vwVrLpPuByh9EM43Po-RVNfsaS006De1PoMWN4mjkiq8IchMfBe/s400/0129010931a.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXz-Lwo12mY6LLb4RybQQ5GqJUy55koKLCLz6kfEKUk2pcm_lIsEjFQ2MUHav0CWN9kQZY1P35Z9dA2cik5nbzQvcdC04fKTuoefHikzSxbc8yFXgWiQHFGMxoksJ_R-nTs4nmRJMDSY8/s1600/0129010931.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570216829213108770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXz-Lwo12mY6LLb4RybQQ5GqJUy55koKLCLz6kfEKUk2pcm_lIsEjFQ2MUHav0CWN9kQZY1P35Z9dA2cik5nbzQvcdC04fKTuoefHikzSxbc8yFXgWiQHFGMxoksJ_R-nTs4nmRJMDSY8/s400/0129010931.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8ZS5dZV3tgGwAT7MGr-_AkTawmEieTzwKABlC7mqBVW8HCtWvgZ-d0Ws7yrcdju6_9VNFcAcjl-uvxyxT6kZfFSeMyWdAjm6u5GYtZdTkXNYnkB8ec3LL7th-taRWR2UVWi6gbZFGXuK/s1600/0129010929d.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570216819445835522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8ZS5dZV3tgGwAT7MGr-_AkTawmEieTzwKABlC7mqBVW8HCtWvgZ-d0Ws7yrcdju6_9VNFcAcjl-uvxyxT6kZfFSeMyWdAjm6u5GYtZdTkXNYnkB8ec3LL7th-taRWR2UVWi6gbZFGXuK/s400/0129010929d.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdkVR5tVNGz8Vy66H7X8J33rLN9Z60DTiiDe1GrpUZBqAga9iO2ZWWUkKHJG5PJiDSfPJNIeIlykS28UuilFHmFro4NgmYceGup835lN4RD5gODFkl-MIQJUYruNIDfTFSNzuDHAhzk6s/s1600/0129010929c.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570216816023203890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdkVR5tVNGz8Vy66H7X8J33rLN9Z60DTiiDe1GrpUZBqAga9iO2ZWWUkKHJG5PJiDSfPJNIeIlykS28UuilFHmFro4NgmYceGup835lN4RD5gODFkl-MIQJUYruNIDfTFSNzuDHAhzk6s/s400/0129010929c.jpg" /></a><br />And check out these great new wineglasses that Lynne gave us for Christmas!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnu7k-uNxIi6aexgv25Rw32lvEYQtBDgBSfCPSCCQlVbG53Od5HKZgjIls14x_38Nu57ly1azjVgsyYJSB6MgvY0SRJl_zFSF1st1Mly16JQ_H9ktni5xAEh7BCAZMxofN-hNOwYHqL9RK/s1600/0129011847.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570217735288143554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnu7k-uNxIi6aexgv25Rw32lvEYQtBDgBSfCPSCCQlVbG53Od5HKZgjIls14x_38Nu57ly1azjVgsyYJSB6MgvY0SRJl_zFSF1st1Mly16JQ_H9ktni5xAEh7BCAZMxofN-hNOwYHqL9RK/s400/0129011847.jpg" /></a>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-58364559789963692872010-09-17T13:27:00.001-07:002010-09-17T13:51:55.632-07:00My birthday and our vacation<div align="center">The week before Labor Day, Tom and I spent the whole week up at the Roost. We did lots of odds and ends and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Tuesday was my birthday, and we rode the <a href="http://www.vacreepertrail.com/">Virginia Creeper Trail </a>- a 17-mile trek (all downhill!) down an old railroad grade through the woods along a stream and over several railroad trestles. What a blast - we'll definitely be doing it again!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCL406la_h47zCB4VsK5hl0-spna5AjiZlp1s2Re73Ted0Brj63uHlow-7YaTtXbYs7Ze6bSUwQ3YFIfi_UnF-dr6B9-hV2U70UKrMPYy1wyuwBY-elrnjVYazGp7F5fJTquqWC8m0WoOj/s1600/P8310016.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 294px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517983435892640530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCL406la_h47zCB4VsK5hl0-spna5AjiZlp1s2Re73Ted0Brj63uHlow-7YaTtXbYs7Ze6bSUwQ3YFIfi_UnF-dr6B9-hV2U70UKrMPYy1wyuwBY-elrnjVYazGp7F5fJTquqWC8m0WoOj/s400/P8310016.JPG" /></a>(Don't we look spiffy.....)<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9x77ile_43LPJCx5UYzfu8jp2Z40JFO5dNyPRi4is6RgKfzTAGnjOoXtskHgBVmzOV3ktL1B0QlYz6W32s6XzJsAu8pF3zu53cCVVn7nBQScjOzyFB3ZBpqOQ60zZG-BWc3GQii-3Vy_R/s1600/P8310014.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517983445411671170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9x77ile_43LPJCx5UYzfu8jp2Z40JFO5dNyPRi4is6RgKfzTAGnjOoXtskHgBVmzOV3ktL1B0QlYz6W32s6XzJsAu8pF3zu53cCVVn7nBQScjOzyFB3ZBpqOQ60zZG-BWc3GQii-3Vy_R/s400/P8310014.JPG" /></a><br /><br />The weather was gorgeous, and the dew made the grass look like snow...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0r86JIeIsD3QE5JZZRmiGy8Wa_BL4lH9b00gCopTcGvpEm5JaYOw8Arqra0eDF1HAG7wCgO__QTdn93yKU7twlxcqzlWB8TcCUU5CVN35V31QHzWJd31ZMn_t5HdxIEKZxnMkEYXRdLf/s1600/P8310017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517983448885345410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0r86JIeIsD3QE5JZZRmiGy8Wa_BL4lH9b00gCopTcGvpEm5JaYOw8Arqra0eDF1HAG7wCgO__QTdn93yKU7twlxcqzlWB8TcCUU5CVN35V31QHzWJd31ZMn_t5HdxIEKZxnMkEYXRdLf/s400/P8310017.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">One of my projects was to cover up the mantel - I've never liked it - the wood just doesn't match the fireplace.</span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517983458839024674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3F5yhAQzNIQoL_CoYV1Hf5uZRu5ZXtlopyy6GlZiW8d2EsHUpwb4N0SjI79mUoFzoijCUDXA6hKqjfEnlCaVYA5AhPaFx-SdhoszFDr6VGPkWy52fiPLnky6oZ9yBoV4Y8u_aMMUhrOl/s400/P8300012.JPG" /><br />So I sewed a runner with prairie points to cover it....What do you think? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZQwE9ArlA9pVkPgSchDu3Z9bGs4P20vPxfKFRz8O0fFFoohZm9jHEsIGjEvClwGQoiMDEUbJuVA-tjL8yguDp7FGYYEp9W3bWye2Do0LDbMjyx7fgIu5y8gaIGlmxpuxswacRJHZPJ2x/s1600/P8300013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517987640227226050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZQwE9ArlA9pVkPgSchDu3Z9bGs4P20vPxfKFRz8O0fFFoohZm9jHEsIGjEvClwGQoiMDEUbJuVA-tjL8yguDp7FGYYEp9W3bWye2Do0LDbMjyx7fgIu5y8gaIGlmxpuxswacRJHZPJ2x/s400/P8300013.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4cUMfMcX-xWedR49X1C-aA6-06zxg6AEst4ozd5gYTB4AGE54nB6ysUJfBhd2V1vhI1AY8mtJcTvkvmPRsdQ1aPPoiuIRE-moJ8bUxzAyLMVoFS92W-O_92OmNLobtysVJZOH4iTGwJa/s1600/P8300013.JPG"></a><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-61467515296007928262010-08-17T03:25:00.001-07:002010-08-17T03:58:25.266-07:00August has arrived and so have the blackberries!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8f9zvuyfCS10J1Z7KpC_sTEEOv90mN-cKyk_QMiOL3ARfVy9eUz0GPT5WHyL5urx42clBReMcbqrCgrQlHBoDlh2aTXW1e2jhdYCl8u4H-_iSW5t4IggWpJudt5m8MNITjSZ99GEg8yWL/s1600/P8070018.JPG"></a><br /><div align="center">It has been a wonderful 2 weeks at the Roost - hot, but not nearly as hot as here at home!</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBX0yOeD3DQ3zvWMOSAgOVwFhNiQJIFpvK0zUgGbXFzJ8jfuTOjrKxgQ-6YxTAUsr-q6RPFPQS5H-CLGMnFDxz57ZUgWqwLw7vyA7OxK3y6yYgalxZkcYccrZVRbVHDqRmW7JRI1ZrCbRi/s1600/P8070002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506328859523101778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBX0yOeD3DQ3zvWMOSAgOVwFhNiQJIFpvK0zUgGbXFzJ8jfuTOjrKxgQ-6YxTAUsr-q6RPFPQS5H-CLGMnFDxz57ZUgWqwLw7vyA7OxK3y6yYgalxZkcYccrZVRbVHDqRmW7JRI1ZrCbRi/s400/P8070002.JPG" /></a> You could see the humidity even at sunrise</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">The butterflies were everywhere!<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJIyvMMAbWQmBBqj-7dzh2wveYqf_Urc4XOzMGAXxZDHZNvxMYq9UgP7fGWFN8x-xD5AtMSABGP5NBD4hxCnjly9A76xIxMPuuEjBiSS3k7rmkkoz9Hc47kt1z61dbJKU809JVmKX1P2c/s1600/P8070035.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506328246044465746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJIyvMMAbWQmBBqj-7dzh2wveYqf_Urc4XOzMGAXxZDHZNvxMYq9UgP7fGWFN8x-xD5AtMSABGP5NBD4hxCnjly9A76xIxMPuuEjBiSS3k7rmkkoz9Hc47kt1z61dbJKU809JVmKX1P2c/s200/P8070035.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQzXBtaqOB6Dmzb5uqm2C5JtiJLe21zLSKNAADNE2udDplTCGed45bWCXrxNzXE1CUomV3Y5tsLJF-wJu8xXaArV_HisQ7FnnLTIQiie4-6bVMAcageOEHTmsA2UvNA-RKZsOmRmqAJYK/s1600/P8070033.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506327742174077506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQzXBtaqOB6Dmzb5uqm2C5JtiJLe21zLSKNAADNE2udDplTCGed45bWCXrxNzXE1CUomV3Y5tsLJF-wJu8xXaArV_HisQ7FnnLTIQiie4-6bVMAcageOEHTmsA2UvNA-RKZsOmRmqAJYK/s200/P8070033.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXSxd7xckmWhbPD6WIi67I7ay6mUx_5vhQG-ulDXz67Gx3p0uNQr_YovzJwo64k1sldL5J-sKpwq67JXoy8Xx9ctdhQbbWWXIds6WUWs0IzzlDGU8OwaksmRbp1ccXkwXBvuJ9peLoMkva/s1600/P8070031.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 148px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506327733285657442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXSxd7xckmWhbPD6WIi67I7ay6mUx_5vhQG-ulDXz67Gx3p0uNQr_YovzJwo64k1sldL5J-sKpwq67JXoy8Xx9ctdhQbbWWXIds6WUWs0IzzlDGU8OwaksmRbp1ccXkwXBvuJ9peLoMkva/s200/P8070031.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQepe8iapzh_byxuZCoK6UGMOKhQSZzACLPDZ03zmhGvxpRubyP01UVediAiE2A-pBhg12HaVU5HQ8sSbYvG9IQWqRuVjktsXCvtJJPBfhbPSpPff2WZ7k3IzIld97BFXMd6LU3nvMxfK/s1600/P8070030.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; 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HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506327716487912850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3pb27qyfAP0Uk6ReJBPCislyC5IWD9ZJG0PY10ECoKDr_cHIpe85zkVuJ1a3KXWnAXjQlxmLBgeYpWmN3m-uKmP6Yjm1OajfLXnNqwzKoGv0Dk6q2ylTGOZjVSAA5FaA4WJ8RTiaccCk/s200/P8070026.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />We had 2 different flocks of turkeys to visit....a group of adults that frequented the backyard<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><div><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn33uv85Enesb0Cd2yHdNqnsgDSiIyTPu8JvbuffeYwzWyL7q6SQ8lHuMhYG3fY5KqDjrG8uyPjYDQLUw3kC325mBPiOJsw1WBEzQVyeDTv0IjypFlrjUXQgZWRFECnDcb-8mS1ej82dfa/s1600/P8070008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 284px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506326404193550418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn33uv85Enesb0Cd2yHdNqnsgDSiIyTPu8JvbuffeYwzWyL7q6SQ8lHuMhYG3fY5KqDjrG8uyPjYDQLUw3kC325mBPiOJsw1WBEzQVyeDTv0IjypFlrjUXQgZWRFECnDcb-8mS1ej82dfa/s400/P8070008.JPG" /></a><br />And a set of babies in the front - with a bonus of a beautiful pileated woodpecker!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtUB-jNZdWxngJisUbPwaU4iGW0IieMVQK6NKJTfp_uu9XhSsAbz2UWAvI8Qyw8mRNQpPPyeidv3b-_Hb9pujhXRq1jaIm3zKSX-q1s7kUme17ObEgubQOSQe28MvbFGNvjefqAEXCoa9/s1600/P8070013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506326397765680338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtUB-jNZdWxngJisUbPwaU4iGW0IieMVQK6NKJTfp_uu9XhSsAbz2UWAvI8Qyw8mRNQpPPyeidv3b-_Hb9pujhXRq1jaIm3zKSX-q1s7kUme17ObEgubQOSQe28MvbFGNvjefqAEXCoa9/s400/P8070013.JPG" /></a><br />The zucchini that we stock in the ground as an afterthought has flourished!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4SGTexURcA1wEjhwO1t-6aTqbveANFUiR58pMPUTptkqppMMRtpdSgE2DSHYDBKm8hzMB3wauqXGckAl7yfbsRtDHi-5DiEpH1m9mL2-yumRYeh0NEgVw9KaBjeut_MNqJvzwKWovactU/s1600/P8070022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506326390911886850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4SGTexURcA1wEjhwO1t-6aTqbveANFUiR58pMPUTptkqppMMRtpdSgE2DSHYDBKm8hzMB3wauqXGckAl7yfbsRtDHi-5DiEpH1m9mL2-yumRYeh0NEgVw9KaBjeut_MNqJvzwKWovactU/s400/P8070022.JPG" /></a><br />And my dahlias are growing like weeds!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aW7-XVFD4FZEzIYlpsYDQsuYdmd91lMKVyzUI8cJ2N6iOPJmy4xX0YwSPRUAdBfC-uqsT_-z6bRM8ftbD2f3hmSn-IbcUyteHWdaaO3LNZ-ow0zuFbMb-eYwTDoIzulf8dU5FAxmmrbb/s1600/P8070024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 287px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506326376365311074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aW7-XVFD4FZEzIYlpsYDQsuYdmd91lMKVyzUI8cJ2N6iOPJmy4xX0YwSPRUAdBfC-uqsT_-z6bRM8ftbD2f3hmSn-IbcUyteHWdaaO3LNZ-ow0zuFbMb-eYwTDoIzulf8dU5FAxmmrbb/s400/P8070024.JPG" /></a><br />And I finally got a chance to pick some blackberries.<br />They went from this....<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2GzxqXftbioqlrWk0FT0JfXuGNI1lPd3IwNR_UGJsdnrZiGAihStwMKIpXiotLva4BW7hw3QA7yddWsMB4uk76zjjj8ijGFaEvBS5eVOu8nVVm_RlmBG8jbS-p1-D3wRDgAWEa6hOZRL/s1600/P8070037.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506326368683468066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2GzxqXftbioqlrWk0FT0JfXuGNI1lPd3IwNR_UGJsdnrZiGAihStwMKIpXiotLva4BW7hw3QA7yddWsMB4uk76zjjj8ijGFaEvBS5eVOu8nVVm_RlmBG8jbS-p1-D3wRDgAWEa6hOZRL/s400/P8070037.JPG" /></a><br />to this.....<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DbFBVrRBch3vGGmPez9_fGG-DUx1BZEe7iAYnd6anne-xuBV46er5F8DS5a7V7a__Bf-fTcs-eoywzwTLAUy5L95uto6VttEEN0yvXi0JH7g7VuIU3lzjJ_9V_ggBH7Wp6i7GA45Ljss/s1600/P8080040.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 294px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506324108763694018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DbFBVrRBch3vGGmPez9_fGG-DUx1BZEe7iAYnd6anne-xuBV46er5F8DS5a7V7a__Bf-fTcs-eoywzwTLAUy5L95uto6VttEEN0yvXi0JH7g7VuIU3lzjJ_9V_ggBH7Wp6i7GA45Ljss/s400/P8080040.JPG" /></a><br />to this!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghTShN4p1mTViH119L3zKUeYOpP5N5dRH6RuiRhz5K345Fq4hyphenhyphen0NFB4i0-6vIDoqEU0mF1Rb7YXOnLvQPJi4aApbEnjiHpv608QykTqRuPz9JpJw_wds4dkp9MFTJa4cFu96-Qrk8LidV/s1600/P8080041.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 297px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506324106470152162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghTShN4p1mTViH119L3zKUeYOpP5N5dRH6RuiRhz5K345Fq4hyphenhyphen0NFB4i0-6vIDoqEU0mF1Rb7YXOnLvQPJi4aApbEnjiHpv608QykTqRuPz9JpJw_wds4dkp9MFTJa4cFu96-Qrk8LidV/s400/P8080041.JPG" /></a><br />And I forgot last time to take a picture of the great new napkins that my neighbor Donna brought last visit<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANYjhvaZZfC7PRzACz6XBXwShA5vhL14XWjuqOMoTkmEA4gpVtw_iMdrl_TazLt_KrhEpO4KdaXi5XwCRwT6ZKRIUEquj7M05dt__6iGkXliPh2bOLyV7bkwCjw8zQyhydF-nAM0P2FqF/s1600/P8070017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 281px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506324095442256242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANYjhvaZZfC7PRzACz6XBXwShA5vhL14XWjuqOMoTkmEA4gpVtw_iMdrl_TazLt_KrhEpO4KdaXi5XwCRwT6ZKRIUEquj7M05dt__6iGkXliPh2bOLyV7bkwCjw8zQyhydF-nAM0P2FqF/s400/P8070017.JPG" /></a><br /><div><br />And just as an aside...can you tell how traumatized Suzie is about having the house to herself now??????<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInW3DmfMmcP0tr0SnLffrTMrQKlmkJTtUPJUyrte_19OfTvYSYvbWdBaGeRoASgpjxWjcXDaloj8n-wMYjr2_a1SjIQIKdQY0UXlQz97dt1ecVLVrIT0gZ2memAhvMvbFzxecm3bM6ARC/s1600/P8070021.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 287px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506324079550086594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInW3DmfMmcP0tr0SnLffrTMrQKlmkJTtUPJUyrte_19OfTvYSYvbWdBaGeRoASgpjxWjcXDaloj8n-wMYjr2_a1SjIQIKdQY0UXlQz97dt1ecVLVrIT0gZ2memAhvMvbFzxecm3bM6ARC/s400/P8070021.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-40098772085584910752010-07-14T06:10:00.001-07:002010-07-14T06:22:06.349-07:00Perfect July weekend<div align="center">What a perfect weekend...beautiful sunny days and cool nights. You can't ask for more!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_GqCbCf96TT2ws9nbubro6r5ZljW1BOdwDWPOABOc1XmhfdOSauisC8-6J5AzgzTghW9aF19CuwOjBV8wsCwx70eYEDJeHVJAV-DhXFWP8ONmJPoR7nc50FLfodYX92D8oJ-G6p0Um_m/s1600/P7100006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493750271162069906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_GqCbCf96TT2ws9nbubro6r5ZljW1BOdwDWPOABOc1XmhfdOSauisC8-6J5AzgzTghW9aF19CuwOjBV8wsCwx70eYEDJeHVJAV-DhXFWP8ONmJPoR7nc50FLfodYX92D8oJ-G6p0Um_m/s400/P7100006.JPG" /></a>AND....my dahlias are starting to bloom!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJCS3IsilvhM51LanifOBaY2iByxe2HntpFLlwI2U-CIOpHDc8tJa-5jW5OG3EDG5ZjXn84rWfyTcxAvEWMeiuopdgRaW1ZjZzcg4ML_dwP1TFZyQRjDc_gE5LVzc66lJMqFB-NVzHgFI/s1600/P7120022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493750263684870386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJCS3IsilvhM51LanifOBaY2iByxe2HntpFLlwI2U-CIOpHDc8tJa-5jW5OG3EDG5ZjXn84rWfyTcxAvEWMeiuopdgRaW1ZjZzcg4ML_dwP1TFZyQRjDc_gE5LVzc66lJMqFB-NVzHgFI/s400/P7120022.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrHRktIPX29FodmSj3ysHHvHRNS9gSty8OKs5hH_7fu8Gfkhg85I9fCHTfqa2AFfutgllstJ738QbeDxBr4RvsEPkXKB2GVVYvCJfUpNGXkFMQE9_DssUih1Ic7pT6QTFeOawj4nNAYcc/s1600/P7120024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493750251369311042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrHRktIPX29FodmSj3ysHHvHRNS9gSty8OKs5hH_7fu8Gfkhg85I9fCHTfqa2AFfutgllstJ738QbeDxBr4RvsEPkXKB2GVVYvCJfUpNGXkFMQE9_DssUih1Ic7pT6QTFeOawj4nNAYcc/s400/P7120024.JPG" /></a><br />Sunday morning, we headed up to the Bluffs for breakfast and then some hiking/birdwatching in the picnic area. The butterflies were everywhere....<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZicrpUflEy8g5mWGO6utTKUJh8sQKbONuVS-PeCSWpVfovMvM5_Jv2qO9ijGCXr7uObxhlG4pLkDQnezmrSCfqUO8d2ZB7tsS-k5gO_K3h4-JaS79sUvxLxczezL2gyMr2iYw6dGHGNYy/s1600/P7110021.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493749593256778434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZicrpUflEy8g5mWGO6utTKUJh8sQKbONuVS-PeCSWpVfovMvM5_Jv2qO9ijGCXr7uObxhlG4pLkDQnezmrSCfqUO8d2ZB7tsS-k5gO_K3h4-JaS79sUvxLxczezL2gyMr2iYw6dGHGNYy/s400/P7110021.JPG" /></a><br />Then we walked out to the outcrop on Alligator Back to admire the view<br /><div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493749584162336578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RQx3Nzt80z22bzNrDhzYoITAzPyWXAC_WIQgLSM_3A8fOgcYZAlg3v5zJwsQ2Xq20BLqwhMeNk-kt892qdpyDV6I7vL7paITDqHOMoqz-f7CBztsgbpWMKkc0THiJQjR8pwX_mGs5nTt/s400/P7110013.JPG" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ77hDmZF65iwg1mu83048LfJ1nrXd5x2LtirtzqQp189aNzBd7UQKktamGaB7HETArwIwfYQLm-a46ltke6VCn8gBtjQkEht5dRo6oM6wXRiDI9qa6BBOt5mqaJfVguk6Oh3iutKNG0Pw/s1600/P7110015.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493749572951687442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ77hDmZF65iwg1mu83048LfJ1nrXd5x2LtirtzqQp189aNzBd7UQKktamGaB7HETArwIwfYQLm-a46ltke6VCn8gBtjQkEht5dRo6oM6wXRiDI9qa6BBOt5mqaJfVguk6Oh3iutKNG0Pw/s400/P7110015.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGThuHtypxfycWb9MnJsOGWtWFIeyKmUBgdZQ5qGpnMmQBxpwh6I_sl9syoM0cwofIj2zZfCrzVgNuJEoSVp4nPUQX6I3FsuLZijghJs6-x4sPLINJf3_iP2YKOF3eo2x6FbM8lsExiJZ/s1600/P7110017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493749567348212242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGThuHtypxfycWb9MnJsOGWtWFIeyKmUBgdZQ5qGpnMmQBxpwh6I_sl9syoM0cwofIj2zZfCrzVgNuJEoSVp4nPUQX6I3FsuLZijghJs6-x4sPLINJf3_iP2YKOF3eo2x6FbM8lsExiJZ/s400/P7110017.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-64811516953776403302010-07-06T14:23:00.000-07:002010-07-06T14:56:14.272-07:00Another great 4th!<div align="center">First of all.....do you know what this is???</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Tom came back from bush-hogging and made me walk out to the field to look at it. He thought it looked like some sort of WWII bomb. So what's your guess? Answer is at the bottom of this entry!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrUY_ljFbef0_qXQkFWOg8Uv_k9l5sR3EcpglC5fKL-kLaWE3LfAWavO3Cqt2_NLiyQlFaINFAPRQ_flhwhko8uY7ElK0cUNdIXfpvl6HiFdIFH3GgV-5xQHpD9k5lu6TpQsPmjXto21a/s1600/P7050010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490912999822770306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrUY_ljFbef0_qXQkFWOg8Uv_k9l5sR3EcpglC5fKL-kLaWE3LfAWavO3Cqt2_NLiyQlFaINFAPRQ_flhwhko8uY7ElK0cUNdIXfpvl6HiFdIFH3GgV-5xQHpD9k5lu6TpQsPmjXto21a/s400/P7050010.JPG" /></a>On Saturday, Tom and I went geocaching in the Mount Rogers Recreational Area - what a wonderful spot! We took 16 up to Troutdale, the 603 over to Damascus. Then we got a wild hair, and took 91 down to Mountain City, TN, and 88 back to Laurel Springs. Great scenery, and we saw some really remote parts of Ashe county.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcolIprQ8cEzjernZeXeHXLipElLzIzyAQXSERrQdYnogatyrYGhqH5LKpo8Ky5SCcU1dIEqOfHNZMDPKLau_q4v5gLs6QspE2DkvHDcsb0B4oZf7s7zEZ7qG2Vt-t9MVIWGGZG-c3oc4d/s1600/MountRogers.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 283px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490912990069578914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcolIprQ8cEzjernZeXeHXLipElLzIzyAQXSERrQdYnogatyrYGhqH5LKpo8Ky5SCcU1dIEqOfHNZMDPKLau_q4v5gLs6QspE2DkvHDcsb0B4oZf7s7zEZ7qG2Vt-t9MVIWGGZG-c3oc4d/s400/MountRogers.gif" /></a>On Sunday, our neighbors, Donna and Raymond, came up with some friends of theirs from Texas. Don got right into the spirit of relaxation by giving Ellen a shoulder rub.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBUVB5ggOShNYNPFrH4j6QQFc203RYKSAPXNIh8WkWuT11CT-Z1q4SRsiRxQFVGS3TzNsnKxARmORutkwmUlkQ-Yuf8veN4h7Ivfy8SolnoMUKYLu-syA1jpWA_5RlORzUIYJ_oj_jvoD/s1600/P7040006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490908121146508210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBUVB5ggOShNYNPFrH4j6QQFc203RYKSAPXNIh8WkWuT11CT-Z1q4SRsiRxQFVGS3TzNsnKxARmORutkwmUlkQ-Yuf8veN4h7Ivfy8SolnoMUKYLu-syA1jpWA_5RlORzUIYJ_oj_jvoD/s400/P7040006.JPG" /></a> And Ellen found the chair that seems to make everyone smile and relax as soon as they sit down...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryyRIdF1N-IlLvT_F8UX2VkGEy50hXy8rBu-lFoIuS0CSvFlr-1VOs5FoT2Cyu00GFpW3HZ_uDLu64LPkZjPq3O1krulz-Fen1HFbiIB0WuKPN7oIwS3WlNJLCC6SJv3fZMMdDWcnZpN1/s1600/P7040007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490908118085549842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryyRIdF1N-IlLvT_F8UX2VkGEy50hXy8rBu-lFoIuS0CSvFlr-1VOs5FoT2Cyu00GFpW3HZ_uDLu64LPkZjPq3O1krulz-Fen1HFbiIB0WuKPN7oIwS3WlNJLCC6SJv3fZMMdDWcnZpN1/s400/P7040007.JPG" /></a><br />We took on some really intense activities like jigsaw puzzles.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mADCmBIKOIX38NCohLNh_KoX87X67covb2Z1oeztuBVw1RjVyaaK2K0KXL_5fQSrOlCWQc_EbE6aKQXKISkCP72BQ7vGPszlEG66zz-kWjsRh3CEt4DiOweo-6WS-oR4Tnt0N7qzs0U6/s1600/P7040005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490908105599458226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mADCmBIKOIX38NCohLNh_KoX87X67covb2Z1oeztuBVw1RjVyaaK2K0KXL_5fQSrOlCWQc_EbE6aKQXKISkCP72BQ7vGPszlEG66zz-kWjsRh3CEt4DiOweo-6WS-oR4Tnt0N7qzs0U6/s400/P7040005.JPG" /></a> And of course, we got it finished before we left. It was a real bear! (GROAN...)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintmZMviJvvVFrlV0Ssp9ZqXHTZo2P9FGWKRmA4LlhxQN9PyRG_0P74GM5lpQ3fmBIzpq9oW9QigmJ4CpPVzO4nayBelTXLZcLZ4AAhI_OtMnHMgClGtrsA1ODf0iuJtQYTkyS6GO1GAWT/s1600/P7050009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490908097911193010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintmZMviJvvVFrlV0Ssp9ZqXHTZo2P9FGWKRmA4LlhxQN9PyRG_0P74GM5lpQ3fmBIzpq9oW9QigmJ4CpPVzO4nayBelTXLZcLZ4AAhI_OtMnHMgClGtrsA1ODf0iuJtQYTkyS6GO1GAWT/s400/P7050009.JPG" /></a></div><div>And now, the answer you've all been waiting for.....<br />It was one of the tractor lights that had fallen off while he was bush-hogging!!!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzWy4mygFTsJ2oq6Li5JuQzFyHjSj0eOAKfI4N7IsBhHjAOrXI-Y69C1awISQPxKIo_aOhkmbPBC4ca2d09dljOn54XQikH1K2Tv9kvrb6erpjxHVn8x44OJ0OYv4ZRwHbvY5mbdipHo9/s1600/P7050012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490908078911595410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzWy4mygFTsJ2oq6Li5JuQzFyHjSj0eOAKfI4N7IsBhHjAOrXI-Y69C1awISQPxKIo_aOhkmbPBC4ca2d09dljOn54XQikH1K2Tv9kvrb6erpjxHVn8x44OJ0OYv4ZRwHbvY5mbdipHo9/s400/P7050012.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-81644286817675961012010-06-21T07:31:00.000-07:002010-06-21T07:44:54.446-07:00Birth of a storm<div align="center">Tom and I were sitting on the screened porch Saturday night....it had been very hot and humid all day, but no sign of any rain. It began to cool off and blow a little bit. Suddenly, a dark cloud appeared over Catherine Knob....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7HavS8y0yd_UJ7lITpxbHQE5FgrytN4kCJtSJghsFIrdRvrGxQxwOB7CLDzlPQ9WVuefEk_1Q-H0WWWn95VSQRYK0VOUbP3MvenNqwD31qJm2wiV9a8nngbMnafslicaOW5dhLAY0wXy6/s1600/P6190008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485235876595119074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7HavS8y0yd_UJ7lITpxbHQE5FgrytN4kCJtSJghsFIrdRvrGxQxwOB7CLDzlPQ9WVuefEk_1Q-H0WWWn95VSQRYK0VOUbP3MvenNqwD31qJm2wiV9a8nngbMnafslicaOW5dhLAY0wXy6/s400/P6190008.JPG" /></a> We watched this storm grow and move slowly to the east. The lightening and thunder was incredible, and we were glad it was already past us when it finally blew up. It was a wonderful fireworks show for at least half an hour....There was a severe thunderstorm warning for Roaring Gap and Wilkes County on the TV - hail, wind and deadly lightning. And it all started just east of us.....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3tJdu8iQeWFS3_7d39XSXyTJFS0vjao8W5S3GE6V-gfpn3rIsqOwq4XjBZj-xh9NbAG_1pxxbhh8hHP0id_d1pksDeDykysBKaNZUsjTdWZKI3qfIfDhxLD75WjaTkOhOABwkeK-JlKO/s1600/P6190007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485235655258273778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3tJdu8iQeWFS3_7d39XSXyTJFS0vjao8W5S3GE6V-gfpn3rIsqOwq4XjBZj-xh9NbAG_1pxxbhh8hHP0id_d1pksDeDykysBKaNZUsjTdWZKI3qfIfDhxLD75WjaTkOhOABwkeK-JlKO/s400/P6190007.JPG" /></a><br />It's been a good month - Tom finally got back to his favorite activities this past weekend....spraying roses and mowing on his tractor - lopping off the thistle.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKofcV8s4hu0BuwZ3SWLUJqsZJd7z8cl_tPUQVCxrlyNCbyGt8cSUFruPsx3GHMEZ612Rk1YaWjDq9YjVQaFFgyaw5bimRKu9yK1pmfeoTWLeMeF79-LzF2AC2JosDvgdrBv8F5VYxCreT/s1600/P6190003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485235646156616162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKofcV8s4hu0BuwZ3SWLUJqsZJd7z8cl_tPUQVCxrlyNCbyGt8cSUFruPsx3GHMEZ612Rk1YaWjDq9YjVQaFFgyaw5bimRKu9yK1pmfeoTWLeMeF79-LzF2AC2JosDvgdrBv8F5VYxCreT/s400/P6190003.JPG" /></a><br />This month, I planted 267 (yes, I counted them....) Lily of the Valley bulbs along the driveway in the rhododendrons.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhBP_vuEa5t6ePl9diQ6liOKOSWycZCvuQKGO3rTk2eVEVqBN6UNyQCBgMppD6Nojuny4bFotwnRQMVBIdcghLdzsXkL2TyI9KBkzhu2UIHPq5gi4Ugw9kLqbGJL-zi6lYrn3DpxkVOax/s1600/0606001354.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485235641155701842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhBP_vuEa5t6ePl9diQ6liOKOSWycZCvuQKGO3rTk2eVEVqBN6UNyQCBgMppD6Nojuny4bFotwnRQMVBIdcghLdzsXkL2TyI9KBkzhu2UIHPq5gi4Ugw9kLqbGJL-zi6lYrn3DpxkVOax/s400/0606001354.jpg" /></a><br />And my Dahlias are coming up....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSFrUUxJcrnFx22J9WhL51r71O_aJUg3lY-xbjhtLGwhlwr8elYf9dctb56rg1v5Bf7JNGuD5XgwbyjACpX2YNUWI3yLG-4zWl3tQmAGKnFzenlVgeHuHu5ZdKJhLxx1guNYCju4dTAEn/s1600/P6190002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485235635672684866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSFrUUxJcrnFx22J9WhL51r71O_aJUg3lY-xbjhtLGwhlwr8elYf9dctb56rg1v5Bf7JNGuD5XgwbyjACpX2YNUWI3yLG-4zWl3tQmAGKnFzenlVgeHuHu5ZdKJhLxx1guNYCju4dTAEn/s400/P6190002.JPG" /></a>And the flower barrels are enjoying all the sunshine and frequent rain!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_sPgOlCJnvnk3E6nX0Vnsck7hI8XHsp5PQeNwU3GxTzOWn4f8poLnbG8YqDJg3IHmbuUG3csfuYJCl6_KL6hCm2QjBwUApmWTeqci71YzAB0UkCVq_REo3BEu_P6pSSEW2iSrxf-Vtfc/s1600/P6190001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485235623747045554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_sPgOlCJnvnk3E6nX0Vnsck7hI8XHsp5PQeNwU3GxTzOWn4f8poLnbG8YqDJg3IHmbuUG3csfuYJCl6_KL6hCm2QjBwUApmWTeqci71YzAB0UkCVq_REo3BEu_P6pSSEW2iSrxf-Vtfc/s400/P6190001.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-40576364574076334242010-05-11T14:23:00.000-07:002010-05-11T14:32:52.543-07:00May and Mother's Day<div align="center">Well, it's May, and you know what that means - Mother's Day! I took my Mom up on Friday, and Tom's mom came up Sunday for an afternoon. Unfortunately, it was way too cold to sit on the porch or deck (35 degree on Sunday morning!), so we were stuck in the den...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRyVBKl8vtxhQSsnKO9EmOoaKNmeuZbUJtDnwu9Y58OtbgaMs25kkNGk3J0pH7Py-RfexCgjrtykNhTHMaTSTQ7O4HedbIB50oDgFx4yj9hjg8dm8mYSwtR2Gv2CKWWBWt7Skclo7mX0C/s1600/P5090022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470127394585810114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRyVBKl8vtxhQSsnKO9EmOoaKNmeuZbUJtDnwu9Y58OtbgaMs25kkNGk3J0pH7Py-RfexCgjrtykNhTHMaTSTQ7O4HedbIB50oDgFx4yj9hjg8dm8mYSwtR2Gv2CKWWBWt7Skclo7mX0C/s400/P5090022.JPG" /></a>Saturday morning, we woke up to the clouds blowing by and eventually some rain. It rained hard for less than a minute - then it was over!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfVFKxVdZu0zPPLFYgdYUhBHqGgDmHB5smKBfAwS6ks_gfHh4XZI-LWfpMZ7V4sJNeczQMxSlc3CMqLIOOi2ibdsmp-mLwMAj1LU_lmPdM41dSZ-jeXcfeATVMZggjHB_bfgOreUiN8mU/s1600/P5080018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470127200801109906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfVFKxVdZu0zPPLFYgdYUhBHqGgDmHB5smKBfAwS6ks_gfHh4XZI-LWfpMZ7V4sJNeczQMxSlc3CMqLIOOi2ibdsmp-mLwMAj1LU_lmPdM41dSZ-jeXcfeATVMZggjHB_bfgOreUiN8mU/s400/P5080018.JPG" /></a><br />The cows are back for their summer grazing - including Beatrice (that's our cow - the red one with the white face)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiomBO1WInxk5lzz1eiIHEXmKElUwBHkniKqIQp5yEvX1qwhqfW6_bp4GCrHW_ATEa7mY1PDEPO2pp6PZWNRKwfHBAmr0wWho_4OPSR7-skQEyCkhfdyrScX_P935vDP-PHoKDJIjFNES/s1600/P5080012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470127198480244850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiomBO1WInxk5lzz1eiIHEXmKElUwBHkniKqIQp5yEvX1qwhqfW6_bp4GCrHW_ATEa7mY1PDEPO2pp6PZWNRKwfHBAmr0wWho_4OPSR7-skQEyCkhfdyrScX_P935vDP-PHoKDJIjFNES/s400/P5080012.JPG" /></a>The turkeys are back too!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kKG5IH_KVB_TFN4Dcxvl8B-ApaHkNX1mn4OG77hLlNbpAWZrOq2GIj1IHOg9IvdcoBe3mjRsai8dwnFpUB8UbgyJm-WS0slk9R4q_CSEmsgGv0_oyyQgXC3XIi7zc8wuM9ddLoj7GI8R/s1600/P4170009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470127185998823570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kKG5IH_KVB_TFN4Dcxvl8B-ApaHkNX1mn4OG77hLlNbpAWZrOq2GIj1IHOg9IvdcoBe3mjRsai8dwnFpUB8UbgyJm-WS0slk9R4q_CSEmsgGv0_oyyQgXC3XIi7zc8wuM9ddLoj7GI8R/s400/P4170009.JPG" /></a><br />And we are LOADED with goldfinches! One weekend in April, there were so many in the trees, you couldn't hear anything but their song - there must have been at least 100 around the house.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0sOKE9NQDmLa6pmnXCQee2H0rc-kX-anQKVtDSvpDi_H5RXd1rudXOTr17U1Jfza-0rkZqSmzgf-wpug2JtXMkWtP4RJ23P6NUA7mIFAF9UKRexq1hgHc7J0YfdM5tKviTsCx-PTeqw0/s1600/P4170005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470127178145820818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0sOKE9NQDmLa6pmnXCQee2H0rc-kX-anQKVtDSvpDi_H5RXd1rudXOTr17U1Jfza-0rkZqSmzgf-wpug2JtXMkWtP4RJ23P6NUA7mIFAF9UKRexq1hgHc7J0YfdM5tKviTsCx-PTeqw0/s400/P4170005.JPG" /></a>One weekend in April while Tom was off playing golf at the beach, I went up with one of my co-workers to get some work done. Honestly, we really did work.... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4c3EV_RoccNm8Pe1AhMms-ebmRGqW1baqLpEahGjzsGTvFnkSZ6Q0cWH5p24a6nJ6LWftHl5Ax02b832omHYtzF8YXr4A1ooqxqImZbjBEW1Wzwcq3k3hLLc3pZV1kNtOzXq258p7P_p/s1600/P4170001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470127174641742642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4c3EV_RoccNm8Pe1AhMms-ebmRGqW1baqLpEahGjzsGTvFnkSZ6Q0cWH5p24a6nJ6LWftHl5Ax02b832omHYtzF8YXr4A1ooqxqImZbjBEW1Wzwcq3k3hLLc3pZV1kNtOzXq258p7P_p/s400/P4170001.JPG" /></a></div></div></div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-91698321962409257732010-04-16T05:40:00.000-07:002010-04-16T05:48:45.136-07:00My Roost....My Rules<div align="center">My daughter-in-law gave me this for Christmas.<br />She really knows me, doesn't she?????<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlRKRAXHxzMO2D_HnZrsNvJqI1D7crmECfAajpdNxUHHN31AEhgWZquRl0Rl3j2_VhDfWFzDJPg1D3Iq3cj6-T-jixN3kMkuY9lg_NtSPLcvQ7YTiyPx5bS9yovYp3oB6UcHt0o04P-n6/s1600/P4100034.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460715322507282994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlRKRAXHxzMO2D_HnZrsNvJqI1D7crmECfAajpdNxUHHN31AEhgWZquRl0Rl3j2_VhDfWFzDJPg1D3Iq3cj6-T-jixN3kMkuY9lg_NtSPLcvQ7YTiyPx5bS9yovYp3oB6UcHt0o04P-n6/s400/P4100034.JPG" /></a>I finally brought up the glider I've been refinishing<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJikzlaPt4aPMeP2HQjrU95RIhFEw95LafI10T0ssnzcXyCbtKX4VOwthFGF8EokCY4ykJwXUJX_GOt_Ag7vxYvzqOo1JA-Iu5qzaQ40qSTZSQC9XJKv1RUVicxWLG_J2W56r8UW2pcnW/s1600/P4100041.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460715149666187714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJikzlaPt4aPMeP2HQjrU95RIhFEw95LafI10T0ssnzcXyCbtKX4VOwthFGF8EokCY4ykJwXUJX_GOt_Ag7vxYvzqOo1JA-Iu5qzaQ40qSTZSQC9XJKv1RUVicxWLG_J2W56r8UW2pcnW/s400/P4100041.JPG" /></a><br />We're going to have lots of fun with this - a gigantic bubble machine! We couldn't use it this weekend because (like a dummy), I forgot to read the package that said it took 10 AA batteries!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlr90Z_KuJJfXY0WJznw1qmhbk1pYjiL920ahuprINs2DXhO6uxQkZsg2uR92-ibGwBjj84CoDkh5eUImacRlbjSlarGFFbwHFfmXRXZU97PgT0_5Mxvo2pK3ijXkBU1REKHzUQF6Uh2w/s1600/P4100047.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460715142160141074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlr90Z_KuJJfXY0WJznw1qmhbk1pYjiL920ahuprINs2DXhO6uxQkZsg2uR92-ibGwBjj84CoDkh5eUImacRlbjSlarGFFbwHFfmXRXZU97PgT0_5Mxvo2pK3ijXkBU1REKHzUQF6Uh2w/s400/P4100047.JPG" /></a><br />The futon is now on the porch - I see great naps in my future!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7N8eiX1MRK0Sv3H6LPt9mYpc1m6yxEK0g0yTILvVzJbssVhUEnEPAdGQ4Xpm_54W4MfR_kCSCS1IOdY6-nILZfp-qOO_hKbxpEBD4MfuolAD59OPMKaBDTdnJRr9yg3vFm6wPkd49KrA/s1600/P4100048.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460715127920244914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7N8eiX1MRK0Sv3H6LPt9mYpc1m6yxEK0g0yTILvVzJbssVhUEnEPAdGQ4Xpm_54W4MfR_kCSCS1IOdY6-nILZfp-qOO_hKbxpEBD4MfuolAD59OPMKaBDTdnJRr9yg3vFm6wPkd49KrA/s400/P4100048.JPG" /></a>And, of course, the rockers are still there.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CIuiU22hshYqjHjvhlB7OnRU1LhsAbnpgXSNooqHS6bIrWRtnzwNIk7ndHYDhKCz28YFmLtj1g1NCoE_ClwLzyY8p7xszdS8rhPBeoSKPRUopecwB8FSJW7YPTb12jlvsXeFul9QT68F/s1600/P4100049.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460715123083595490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CIuiU22hshYqjHjvhlB7OnRU1LhsAbnpgXSNooqHS6bIrWRtnzwNIk7ndHYDhKCz28YFmLtj1g1NCoE_ClwLzyY8p7xszdS8rhPBeoSKPRUopecwB8FSJW7YPTb12jlvsXeFul9QT68F/s400/P4100049.JPG" /></a> And I can't believe I forgot to include a picture of Tom's work - he painted the house foundation with Double Chocolate.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXV_WDSsHb9FBCFEud-Q1pxogb6-h5MbLrSHh_ka_ECc1Aa2JJ28aO-J12YNEi74BDggIleDEDDXGuftueKl_0GKa2yIC-xJnSTHyFIlsM3spEPfzm2ZGTLQn_BWsfZgGtep2bdRoEa2Vu/s1600/P4120051.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460715117131667442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXV_WDSsHb9FBCFEud-Q1pxogb6-h5MbLrSHh_ka_ECc1Aa2JJ28aO-J12YNEi74BDggIleDEDDXGuftueKl_0GKa2yIC-xJnSTHyFIlsM3spEPfzm2ZGTLQn_BWsfZgGtep2bdRoEa2Vu/s400/P4120051.JPG" /></a> I promise next week, I'll get some outside pictures!</div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-74098047658860595662010-04-10T05:28:00.000-07:002010-04-10T05:52:47.017-07:00Hiking in the snow, dead bats...and other stuff!<div align="center">Last weekend, we went hiking on Saturday up at Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia. Imagine our surprise when we turned the corner and saw this! There was still quite a bit of snow hanging around up there, and it was windy and cold. But we found 4 geocaches!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtjrd5GwMu_oODSHFPoDNhSxNSWh0CLJHBUzDjGLykGb4RQbiD0piyC2SHDdvJDydjfeaT-2fsmDG3wwEyboZKKipeUgVG-gxVlSYM6wtwC-hZSgCzMlhsgHZDsSrfS7a4CadBoRuBTOZ/s1600/0403001143.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458488923752409090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtjrd5GwMu_oODSHFPoDNhSxNSWh0CLJHBUzDjGLykGb4RQbiD0piyC2SHDdvJDydjfeaT-2fsmDG3wwEyboZKKipeUgVG-gxVlSYM6wtwC-hZSgCzMlhsgHZDsSrfS7a4CadBoRuBTOZ/s400/0403001143.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center">As for the Roost, look what we found on the dog's porch.....a dead bat! We have no idea what happened to him. He'd been dead for awhile, and the dogs (fortunately!) didn't seem interested in him.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKUxbG2bh967QACk33JTKdM1wMQKQKPGoqUxXb60imj7R5VEOymdRMuPMJ2u97KCWC2ltMPfUf4MkO45RVKo_0W9opCmz76_pAp2tIlA6rAs-huY0z143flZTFXIo7H5tZQru-BY6yHvl/s1600/P4010014.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458488917445101586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKUxbG2bh967QACk33JTKdM1wMQKQKPGoqUxXb60imj7R5VEOymdRMuPMJ2u97KCWC2ltMPfUf4MkO45RVKo_0W9opCmz76_pAp2tIlA6rAs-huY0z143flZTFXIo7H5tZQru-BY6yHvl/s400/P4010014.JPG" /></a> Tom is so brave.....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfk5L3eHaEd07G1TyYOmhLuzbmxO4MP012AaY1RYP_UEg7WcqjGCURFewSC2hwi3scZceUIoHoM4FhAwwLEQc0SmVfcZbIJidDrsDi5hBp0oojbZs9khi2yCLukbm-fKHCYShIF2tpUBoc/s1600/P4010015.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458488909218271986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfk5L3eHaEd07G1TyYOmhLuzbmxO4MP012AaY1RYP_UEg7WcqjGCURFewSC2hwi3scZceUIoHoM4FhAwwLEQc0SmVfcZbIJidDrsDi5hBp0oojbZs9khi2yCLukbm-fKHCYShIF2tpUBoc/s400/P4010015.JPG" /></a><br />It was quite chilly on Saturday morning - this was the smoke from "Mommy's" chimney drifting down the valley.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjlCz2LkYOWgLNmlQ4flsuaCscUaY8VRYsp_MdYVk6TYEwz_OBFhyXW_oLe0lM58ryxwZ1NwsC2bZdIs63DIStFpPOrbv_PLGtoInjKHGycCGdsqKRb2qmNPhWqw59IRqnnEB3g40ixuE/s1600/P4020017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458488906477012978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjlCz2LkYOWgLNmlQ4flsuaCscUaY8VRYsp_MdYVk6TYEwz_OBFhyXW_oLe0lM58ryxwZ1NwsC2bZdIs63DIStFpPOrbv_PLGtoInjKHGycCGdsqKRb2qmNPhWqw59IRqnnEB3g40ixuE/s400/P4020017.JPG" /></a><br />I went for a long walk and found what I hope will be a woodpecker nest. He (or she) was busy inside pecking away. I waited for a pretty good while, but they never came out so I'm not sure what kind of woodpecker it is. But I'll be checking back each weekend to see if there's more activity.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_69Bw2Doncj608MEZFO3p066SHXSUaXTqyN94740k1dDlBkME0GdlfOixUW_bCucYDiPrOhsY4AcxxXKmqLi3C5mvbA228q6tmV7JDRIrTYQCgoycaaGqhM1v3j9y7XstUa_Dnx4N4gS/s1600/P4020020.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458488899597004482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_69Bw2Doncj608MEZFO3p066SHXSUaXTqyN94740k1dDlBkME0GdlfOixUW_bCucYDiPrOhsY4AcxxXKmqLi3C5mvbA228q6tmV7JDRIrTYQCgoycaaGqhM1v3j9y7XstUa_Dnx4N4gS/s400/P4020020.JPG" /></a> Inside, we did a few more things....</div><div>First we hung our chicken clock in the den.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWQEZqArO-Y9Q0tu7AFMk0sPAewaEB-RqOdI-wVt8pHR49CUE3QZS-d2tZfZCGaZ-YexhFt9ue7Dh5lgXEqnE277OjdEJJMnpSgJxjZ78ek6Z5qfgc42VZeEt80UoMTPLX_5x6utCWkaS/s1600/P4020023.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458485555749010706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWQEZqArO-Y9Q0tu7AFMk0sPAewaEB-RqOdI-wVt8pHR49CUE3QZS-d2tZfZCGaZ-YexhFt9ue7Dh5lgXEqnE277OjdEJJMnpSgJxjZ78ek6Z5qfgc42VZeEt80UoMTPLX_5x6utCWkaS/s400/P4020023.JPG" /></a><br />We hung our rooster trivet on the porch.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJU7-_Y_lLKSXs12QSvISeD-eM1xdnI4rxsy9kU8OaLyudlRO8jHg7-63Hd1laL-LPZUUPxDL9r_1U8FrFnT6SuRou8RVUqsTMFl-hHtFaoJQ-WKvScNgLHZfKDt3I1vcHRm47iappswwK/s1600/P4020027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458485547368471570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJU7-_Y_lLKSXs12QSvISeD-eM1xdnI4rxsy9kU8OaLyudlRO8jHg7-63Hd1laL-LPZUUPxDL9r_1U8FrFnT6SuRou8RVUqsTMFl-hHtFaoJQ-WKvScNgLHZfKDt3I1vcHRm47iappswwK/s400/P4020027.JPG" /></a><br />We hung our "weather stick" (Those of you who have been up, know what it's real name is!)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAe2yb0RmMFpCzCaRyeSfNXpwg2DxskaXX9fxzvBOQ3_3Y_Ptv5EfUoesxMvY4HP-a1CkfvXNnLrouIt30aDksMNLG6_ZqGEgSvznPxDHOhxQdGMn2vFTuzUypj-UBuF099fQ3gj0snuAG/s1600/P4020032.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458485538070964402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAe2yb0RmMFpCzCaRyeSfNXpwg2DxskaXX9fxzvBOQ3_3Y_Ptv5EfUoesxMvY4HP-a1CkfvXNnLrouIt30aDksMNLG6_ZqGEgSvznPxDHOhxQdGMn2vFTuzUypj-UBuF099fQ3gj0snuAG/s400/P4020032.JPG" /></a><br />and I brought up some new pillows for the sofa<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqx-PDO1Gth6wiTxDF4ChFkx89bVELwtN7a1askjH7TF2-Z9Rl9E2ZoLFInInnhC5S5CCP984rjl6qkuMI-2fPYoe1sWKMxeT8aFuegqA4rYaBoNys8oG1eEh1yevmD70jisqCBCHRWMXu/s1600/P4020033.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458485532170716162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqx-PDO1Gth6wiTxDF4ChFkx89bVELwtN7a1askjH7TF2-Z9Rl9E2ZoLFInInnhC5S5CCP984rjl6qkuMI-2fPYoe1sWKMxeT8aFuegqA4rYaBoNys8oG1eEh1yevmD70jisqCBCHRWMXu/s400/P4020033.JPG" /></a> I found them at World Market - aren't they great?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCktH2sIzmIq7VWOYUk8IrEUTyGh5-FGdDeYE3T8XUeN4anUZE0HuKhsYzrZAlsaCDVH7k4_bLnibIZQwv7y3lVxoGG72bQg_5HHZKHecP9pE0VBDLmZdLpqN8MICCAT18VSjF6d3-XPm/s1600/P4020034.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458485523050824450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCktH2sIzmIq7VWOYUk8IrEUTyGh5-FGdDeYE3T8XUeN4anUZE0HuKhsYzrZAlsaCDVH7k4_bLnibIZQwv7y3lVxoGG72bQg_5HHZKHecP9pE0VBDLmZdLpqN8MICCAT18VSjF6d3-XPm/s400/P4020034.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-5957340314914099552010-03-30T03:40:00.001-07:002010-03-30T03:55:48.907-07:00Spring...maybe????<div align="center">OK...maybe, just maybe, spring is right around the corner! We finally got back up to the Roost for the first time since just after Christmas. The pipes made it through the winter, and everything else survived!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">The weather was so beautiful....I had daffodils that I had dug up at home that needed to be planted....so I planted,</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQB6SCWjFnCMOqzS9UKoxHgAM9LmuNrGmHJzeCGMH82uAtta-WXuHXmzjxeLIa0F2CloGU05939gSXaZQL3hh-1Ms1bEVOg66xMYwKB2bTwBjyMLxuyj70Pv9ohQMQh11xb2J6lM8w1rIT/s1600/P3200010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454377020375329778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQB6SCWjFnCMOqzS9UKoxHgAM9LmuNrGmHJzeCGMH82uAtta-WXuHXmzjxeLIa0F2CloGU05939gSXaZQL3hh-1Ms1bEVOg66xMYwKB2bTwBjyMLxuyj70Pv9ohQMQh11xb2J6lM8w1rIT/s400/P3200010.JPG" /></a>and planted....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrGOaL_xTxVtLerPVYhS2fVz-QEA3noIudyOFim8oTzXa3yxMtS6Z9SRBHMkoJu1gdpGwiWP86i89nkgJ41y20APwWWNp7NltcqAzzFpwXvO8kTrgOaY-liYB3iStW6eC2pUXibUXiY-5/s1600/P3200012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454377012835223890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrGOaL_xTxVtLerPVYhS2fVz-QEA3noIudyOFim8oTzXa3yxMtS6Z9SRBHMkoJu1gdpGwiWP86i89nkgJ41y20APwWWNp7NltcqAzzFpwXvO8kTrgOaY-liYB3iStW6eC2pUXibUXiY-5/s400/P3200012.JPG" /></a><br />and planted 120 bulbs!<br />(Can you tell how thrilled I am to be photographed!)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAtlloPGiU8ICGjEeoxsPgBBOCqShiG79r6E8CJuAucdzcV07pSYJL_wVqpO7L-CzvSsumEfx8CW1AjEvUisUdkP7p86mFuoLFMX3-jo97AxHuQ69WHPxr8aSfE0nEE4Gnqn061cGdFNJ/s1600/P3200013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454377004323532322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAtlloPGiU8ICGjEeoxsPgBBOCqShiG79r6E8CJuAucdzcV07pSYJL_wVqpO7L-CzvSsumEfx8CW1AjEvUisUdkP7p86mFuoLFMX3-jo97AxHuQ69WHPxr8aSfE0nEE4Gnqn061cGdFNJ/s400/P3200013.JPG" /></a><br />The <a href="http://www.brpfoundation.org/">Parkway Foundation</a> got some new glasses, so we took a pair up to the Roost and christened them<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WHLBYj8Jy32D_srFgIj4ijfphbA59jHYh9_gTJZx0MqtJSabuq17rJsVRbUIPxtL-VHYXC8RBk8fS1zM9syT3AWgqne_0z0YjWd-VTUNrWA1YQhtOMuL5EiWJUQnhEXXqj-2Otay5Jod/s1600/P3210017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454375867774245042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WHLBYj8Jy32D_srFgIj4ijfphbA59jHYh9_gTJZx0MqtJSabuq17rJsVRbUIPxtL-VHYXC8RBk8fS1zM9syT3AWgqne_0z0YjWd-VTUNrWA1YQhtOMuL5EiWJUQnhEXXqj-2Otay5Jod/s400/P3210017.JPG" /></a><br />And we finally brought our NC map back up and hung it in the twin room.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPiZRq2bAhvkRMoo4BKjZ22U32WX2YReiCnfmpjZUtiVypFy_MQOLmzo5kXh7NM1IW_E7UHSaRg3DrqVE_ZFMwoxGIwNU6VOkwtjhno6Yu-L0NRChFJBOQduKEcU8eVh4PhTLJ3aZ6C5Bw/s1600/P3220018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454375866720397522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPiZRq2bAhvkRMoo4BKjZ22U32WX2YReiCnfmpjZUtiVypFy_MQOLmzo5kXh7NM1IW_E7UHSaRg3DrqVE_ZFMwoxGIwNU6VOkwtjhno6Yu-L0NRChFJBOQduKEcU8eVh4PhTLJ3aZ6C5Bw/s400/P3220018.JPG" /></a><br />Suzie is having a really hard time settling in up there.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Ms_Yl-1TDYvhWuUtnoMrHJF9ZDO7v2t90ey9H1xl8Ta7FeKiwIISpmFwVidevN71w3i7u1BNbw6ZY6R7Rss8AqqgKQsbGeBLk9BchKIBE1kAYCgYtZSSwB29r1yd3VB1KVmXy5UMmCSo/s1600/P3190005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454375858112092866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Ms_Yl-1TDYvhWuUtnoMrHJF9ZDO7v2t90ey9H1xl8Ta7FeKiwIISpmFwVidevN71w3i7u1BNbw6ZY6R7Rss8AqqgKQsbGeBLk9BchKIBE1kAYCgYtZSSwB29r1yd3VB1KVmXy5UMmCSo/s400/P3190005.JPG" /></a><br />No really....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsycwNDZ80y23Ohj_H3t4YcgqQ2ykilFhKAeUOjWuGQNPodJVS5eNOkuIKoKzCMgKdYMctpt_q1tFlq2YNGr6n7-h-dMSU3x28HTox9lxGL6JAhUREc2LY-oNm1FnRd14PqF49_Ny9WuR/s1600/P3190008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454375851179410754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsycwNDZ80y23Ohj_H3t4YcgqQ2ykilFhKAeUOjWuGQNPodJVS5eNOkuIKoKzCMgKdYMctpt_q1tFlq2YNGr6n7-h-dMSU3x28HTox9lxGL6JAhUREc2LY-oNm1FnRd14PqF49_Ny9WuR/s400/P3190008.JPG" /></a><br />Can't you tell how distraught she is?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELnLjdmCeamYHFD46SQLnepv3aSZByPPwpDY9Foyz-amOAgKnge3TGNK91EjKFsb7aQRZChjCk25gHNDynDJLv_31EXUXUdK9oDedKBRomI2ERxGeEm_mRUaZ30M_Fk9feI7mexwRCfxb/s1600/P3190006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454375842903361106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELnLjdmCeamYHFD46SQLnepv3aSZByPPwpDY9Foyz-amOAgKnge3TGNK91EjKFsb7aQRZChjCk25gHNDynDJLv_31EXUXUdK9oDedKBRomI2ERxGeEm_mRUaZ30M_Fk9feI7mexwRCfxb/s400/P3190006.JPG" /></a></div></div></div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-25240544883133638172010-02-20T13:05:00.001-08:002010-02-20T13:28:16.772-08:00Snow, snow and more snow!<div align="center">We finally got back up to the Roost last weekend. There was still LOTS of snow in the pastures!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHfeQHabk-fnedPHOEnRlGl0IpECLLKNk3oSx3hoLsYT-jESOsZ9p7eSmgx2D5BuxLtueSo2kkghvRU05aeMPn9aKn9UxTyZVnDc0XLBK2Dcdbnw7uES_BTKgM6cZWgUdXXEMTyPVIByx/s1600-h/P2130009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440436827156731090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHfeQHabk-fnedPHOEnRlGl0IpECLLKNk3oSx3hoLsYT-jESOsZ9p7eSmgx2D5BuxLtueSo2kkghvRU05aeMPn9aKn9UxTyZVnDc0XLBK2Dcdbnw7uES_BTKgM6cZWgUdXXEMTyPVIByx/s400/P2130009.JPG" /></a>Our wonderful neighbor, Donald, plowed our driveway so we could get up and check things athe house.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQnir_1p_Yu8RHXidd_gzwNoK9kGgdaPuPd0cw8oFwM_HnqrBXMQTktmsgToEgV1MgiB4XkOH15xkGGoThN09lbIUYBSCWCj2V21qDHZ5Hjlkt9zveAINmSax8iqVLcphKAgPinsEt61N/s1600-h/0213001310a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440435711235199730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQnir_1p_Yu8RHXidd_gzwNoK9kGgdaPuPd0cw8oFwM_HnqrBXMQTktmsgToEgV1MgiB4XkOH15xkGGoThN09lbIUYBSCWCj2V21qDHZ5Hjlkt9zveAINmSax8iqVLcphKAgPinsEt61N/s400/0213001310a.jpg" /></a><br />We still had some trouble - as you can see the snow was still pretty deep!</div><div align="center"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBA7C_ak8geQcrH7XBQnRnQDo8pIOyWC_e_KK2TWkPgChyfCYmuDjLwh1tIqIacRHdhwTWosqSZtilnO-mQjaBOya0i0nUWivq9uQnxUfS75TUDDcaHdXwF2rrNmvqYrYPq7asgNXY0Ey/s1600-h/P2130014.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440435708212928418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBA7C_ak8geQcrH7XBQnRnQDo8pIOyWC_e_KK2TWkPgChyfCYmuDjLwh1tIqIacRHdhwTWosqSZtilnO-mQjaBOya0i0nUWivq9uQnxUfS75TUDDcaHdXwF2rrNmvqYrYPq7asgNXY0Ey/s400/P2130014.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Icicles were growing from the roof...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyvedLyI63xjR_fk6cVib5EAJCvzwczUnJ69RffyXb4M53wJeiD5fp0JQf6xyynVde7Xvngbnib5RXHJfOfu2K2w2_aQOpcgSVY0vVUJ_BhyphenhyphenFOBj6R6XN82s8zZFpKCWX162lcfRGRcX-/s1600-h/P2130010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440435700048683026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyvedLyI63xjR_fk6cVib5EAJCvzwczUnJ69RffyXb4M53wJeiD5fp0JQf6xyynVde7Xvngbnib5RXHJfOfu2K2w2_aQOpcgSVY0vVUJ_BhyphenhyphenFOBj6R6XN82s8zZFpKCWX162lcfRGRcX-/s400/P2130010.JPG" /></a><br />But once inside, the views were breathtaking!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzjnAkLSwp4BUGkNOiPsib2JRE2jxnINTvvaACLY9ZBpCo5gDMM9GPiAEiprqVRGnlcjJpYAOF6mRfnLpM4JXzEenApHGUaVVSCQwEARb5janCk2Gg2zdd7zr30o_Y4j9ORqGuqolc0NL/s1600-h/P2130011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440435688256125474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzjnAkLSwp4BUGkNOiPsib2JRE2jxnINTvvaACLY9ZBpCo5gDMM9GPiAEiprqVRGnlcjJpYAOF6mRfnLpM4JXzEenApHGUaVVSCQwEARb5janCk2Gg2zdd7zr30o_Y4j9ORqGuqolc0NL/s400/P2130011.JPG" /></a><br />The snow on the deck was at least 2 feet deep!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGA3LKnK9HzZW1EsdtNutRzxGo6H234Q3QSGtBaIKfUNiw8KlSDp8ZPdezLYUh34__JImdQFgSIRNWGA4PAJX2Gbxtza1oPFZ4MqaulLUbDD3XcMal0y7VoOYMn-oiA_mYsX-W2J_NllQC/s1600-h/P2130012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440435680519223138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGA3LKnK9HzZW1EsdtNutRzxGo6H234Q3QSGtBaIKfUNiw8KlSDp8ZPdezLYUh34__JImdQFgSIRNWGA4PAJX2Gbxtza1oPFZ4MqaulLUbDD3XcMal0y7VoOYMn-oiA_mYsX-W2J_NllQC/s400/P2130012.JPG" /></a> We weren't brave enough to turn the water on and see if the pipes held up - maybe next time!<br /><div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-65585885528119406432010-01-07T05:56:00.000-08:002010-01-07T06:20:58.255-08:00Christmas weekend<div><div>We headed up the weekend after Christmas, and here is what our driveway looked like...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAAo-_ddBMoqalkodpBGWCb5mwsPODNU1GD1LHIzJfKtCPq7VAoqRIwLYebCmWgjC_h6LmqypDc8pB6rCUD0TM_RVOUwgwrgR8Ed44uKQigdBukQYGo2i3YI5SfRAXMqWs1yaAHF6_6eS/s1600-h/PC260003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423999658904703298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAAo-_ddBMoqalkodpBGWCb5mwsPODNU1GD1LHIzJfKtCPq7VAoqRIwLYebCmWgjC_h6LmqypDc8pB6rCUD0TM_RVOUwgwrgR8Ed44uKQigdBukQYGo2i3YI5SfRAXMqWs1yaAHF6_6eS/s400/PC260003.JPG" /></a> It was fairytale beautiful...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxQbDLa8BpH_0TJrTK-m9Yw76aFILopk0Lz2XRaKGXIBXmf0pDTdGvTwJuAab26ukEbLRjm8vstQwHBRm4Z-DjM86BEFEx0LHaVnMJ6PJ1Ay28j05A6L2nI5Zz025yHA4OGgeD6Wc5ElT/s1600-h/PC260005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423999650498632946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxQbDLa8BpH_0TJrTK-m9Yw76aFILopk0Lz2XRaKGXIBXmf0pDTdGvTwJuAab26ukEbLRjm8vstQwHBRm4Z-DjM86BEFEx0LHaVnMJ6PJ1Ay28j05A6L2nI5Zz025yHA4OGgeD6Wc5ElT/s400/PC260005.JPG" /></a><br />We had several visitors during the weekend...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFkolxjQv9Cyz91VfBiW6eMHgWdjCkm2gOx98Q9lVmAmiop2pMQfUkUUKNIJqUaSuVBk5cXttA174rxFK0myftqhK_gq1lJbq9sV3dHp50eptVetqxzq6DPiQcxHVE5eqyrSiKkZmr7Z7/s1600-h/PC260011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423999643544591954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFkolxjQv9Cyz91VfBiW6eMHgWdjCkm2gOx98Q9lVmAmiop2pMQfUkUUKNIJqUaSuVBk5cXttA174rxFK0myftqhK_gq1lJbq9sV3dHp50eptVetqxzq6DPiQcxHVE5eqyrSiKkZmr7Z7/s400/PC260011.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBj7z9d7EAtkTVsN2rNIgTRDgpTPcZ76EHlGqlRNqxNujzE-QJpR_JWoOx_08dFaZeeRmV9VSLofbIxzqSnV89Ue0-ds4jgIay3c-bE0lvNxaunm4lz4_0NKadkQOcEqkEa4JxsYfSk7y/s1600-h/PC260017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423999637430528402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBj7z9d7EAtkTVsN2rNIgTRDgpTPcZ76EHlGqlRNqxNujzE-QJpR_JWoOx_08dFaZeeRmV9VSLofbIxzqSnV89Ue0-ds4jgIay3c-bE0lvNxaunm4lz4_0NKadkQOcEqkEa4JxsYfSk7y/s400/PC260017.JPG" /></a>We had a monster snowdrift on our deck from the snow that melted off the roof - we couldn't open the screen door!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYB5dtIX1JpbfHR7YdCUUXoNHUh8XKG-oyAPBBK-qWn71z2ImY2cZFdvzWDq1EI0f-S8-aB_fE2M7z-5m-K_OyymzE3EtwOc9bnFkgw6EBps4qdnm0e2i0ai8xl4lPaDjhvRni3KJC8MsN/s1600-h/PC260018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423999632405421090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYB5dtIX1JpbfHR7YdCUUXoNHUh8XKG-oyAPBBK-qWn71z2ImY2cZFdvzWDq1EI0f-S8-aB_fE2M7z-5m-K_OyymzE3EtwOc9bnFkgw6EBps4qdnm0e2i0ai8xl4lPaDjhvRni3KJC8MsN/s400/PC260018.JPG" /></a><br />So we stayed inside most of the weekend, and did some redecorating. We rearranged the twin room and hung some pictures...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSxRyv7ROJAcckMibzMk-r8cI3h9VOmkMIgIw7xsfxsFd-VEaYI3joEZrtmnjr3WT6WXtr_qjccNhzC4WoA7rn8Jr1XUQ9Lqk4sumgu22w7J9kR9k9inn2Un9JPnFUCGtIBKhKJfrG8GA/s1600-h/PC270024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423998419794710146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSxRyv7ROJAcckMibzMk-r8cI3h9VOmkMIgIw7xsfxsFd-VEaYI3joEZrtmnjr3WT6WXtr_qjccNhzC4WoA7rn8Jr1XUQ9Lqk4sumgu22w7J9kR9k9inn2Un9JPnFUCGtIBKhKJfrG8GA/s400/PC270024.JPG" /></a><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424001453403813362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWExn_Gr2GpI0iUffVAbO31wZLr0kfHtLETzsSTJgpM_IQf7Qrkep0KLHgwGE0zAoRZmrx6U5Ul_wpJ3JJ27o0s6Nu6OII_EkDAUaqK6mcsYVqzMl0ftPaWcZw4oMRwL6rfTEQYjA35hG/s400/PC270023.JPG" /><br />We also hung some pictures in the queen room...<br /><div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423998399015372930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVseAjsLlcNFs2HnXwMl96QgH7x6J71qVyNSGNdYAZO-RJoQq_cTSHWIpWdqeMGcN4a2xt8EN5inCG-n2VJnrchaWJahd9sMTZ9nNKZDNDtNrtO7OcfnT8ciVSu7-9I8_1LGl07CGbeLCO/s400/PC270028.JPG" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSK8spEcaykMTjm1yMLL2KaKF30_sr3ezmgP2if2k5QmKM_ro8r4EfbEy3m8zwRpoBv5e92RX3QqurT53k27YLZOg3WPoJzOYO9OA-qjKrqq1hyxG0KWO_PX2Up3lWqs06fxOwUr3E9hl/s1600-h/PC270027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423998403825912098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSK8spEcaykMTjm1yMLL2KaKF30_sr3ezmgP2if2k5QmKM_ro8r4EfbEy3m8zwRpoBv5e92RX3QqurT53k27YLZOg3WPoJzOYO9OA-qjKrqq1hyxG0KWO_PX2Up3lWqs06fxOwUr3E9hl/s400/PC270027.JPG" /></a> </div><div>And I had to add this picture of the old house that my cousin sent me...who knew what happened when snow started sliding off the tin roof!<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DDvwUwPBjR-as86NnUGIusWprnwzKMMPeISLfep_RK-Tc0UscfiqeSThyphenhyphenkR5JSQStXusSJCrAVIERxNqnk8XozkxWqn83mGaf80KiQ7C0QpuRN3PtRx_oceAeFpkYPx0hdZRidc-9bF9/s1600-h/snow+on+roof+and+new+ceiling+013.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423998392298750866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DDvwUwPBjR-as86NnUGIusWprnwzKMMPeISLfep_RK-Tc0UscfiqeSThyphenhyphenkR5JSQStXusSJCrAVIERxNqnk8XozkxWqn83mGaf80KiQ7C0QpuRN3PtRx_oceAeFpkYPx0hdZRidc-9bF9/s400/snow+on+roof+and+new+ceiling+013.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-62077354018987985582009-12-14T05:43:00.001-08:002009-12-14T05:55:40.778-08:00Lots of stuff!<div align="center">Lots of miscellaneous stuff this week...First of all, the screened porch. You can see we still need to stain the door, but it looks great!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GGBWeb1t4-WZcmHCiW3pCdPeu4wqIanVb9tlQqr-H9Jh0k9gFAN8lUnyGq-ZOT3t7GX_zRcZwN3qBJjRLbteo64dhIboIQx1_28ajHR_sJshTnX-xYod-NQ9TCgT63hsP0ARO5Iiasl8/s1600-h/PC120004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415088847511798114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GGBWeb1t4-WZcmHCiW3pCdPeu4wqIanVb9tlQqr-H9Jh0k9gFAN8lUnyGq-ZOT3t7GX_zRcZwN3qBJjRLbteo64dhIboIQx1_28ajHR_sJshTnX-xYod-NQ9TCgT63hsP0ARO5Iiasl8/s400/PC120004.JPG" /></a> And you can hardly tell from the inside that it's screened!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXB7h_qg9jDPldrbihksAc6q-wXrMcbjQbALTgE9cHeJqqOiojbq-_Ub1_D2GS11n8Unx1wJxgCFGSgLt3CEer1id0DGr5YQCWtTR5sKoXKOoQCdQelZS3cJkGu2p40YmQ0JdJBR9WSYW/s1600-h/PC120003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415088842551047794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXB7h_qg9jDPldrbihksAc6q-wXrMcbjQbALTgE9cHeJqqOiojbq-_Ub1_D2GS11n8Unx1wJxgCFGSgLt3CEer1id0DGr5YQCWtTR5sKoXKOoQCdQelZS3cJkGu2p40YmQ0JdJBR9WSYW/s400/PC120003.JPG" /></a><br />We also painted the bathrooms this weekend - here's the hall bath<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7-YJiZDg-GJ8M7tl5k8DP4SyEtgFUJZUAPeH6UBwlT190BBiXv35US2HwVajNutNgLRXQOn494DrKLL5r1iIo_Gl29XGdwqEJiFEb8hPYYydmvU3szPVBGfSwC_1IE78v_UmHYAjbpl4/s1600-h/PC120002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415087834825106690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7-YJiZDg-GJ8M7tl5k8DP4SyEtgFUJZUAPeH6UBwlT190BBiXv35US2HwVajNutNgLRXQOn494DrKLL5r1iIo_Gl29XGdwqEJiFEb8hPYYydmvU3szPVBGfSwC_1IE78v_UmHYAjbpl4/s400/PC120002.JPG" /></a> And here's our bathroom - looks a lot less "cavernous" with some color on the wall!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKK5RSPiP2trRrkk8H15gO0JzO0ACoHYFu1l5bnk5qxiqHuNBuAd9Xx0nhWjQDThNL_hlGrmBSZOPlkWe9W5N85NylDsRuKkEWeLUufdYKmflBfIg4xWL4AkCnrvKg1g4L5uPt5M2N4Ep8/s1600-h/PC120013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415087834068535666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKK5RSPiP2trRrkk8H15gO0JzO0ACoHYFu1l5bnk5qxiqHuNBuAd9Xx0nhWjQDThNL_hlGrmBSZOPlkWe9W5N85NylDsRuKkEWeLUufdYKmflBfIg4xWL4AkCnrvKg1g4L5uPt5M2N4Ep8/s400/PC120013.JPG" /></a>And, if you've been up, you'll remember the "Pizza Hut House" up on the mountain across the pasture. We called it that because it had a bright red roof. But lo and behold, they have redone it, so we don't know what to call it anymore!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSErirvc8jW3MrC-dtg8Kt-myaUYsA3f3wAT4hxhYj5Rj-aNgkjOyYkf6DZWQAoVcnlLanoyhpXaS0Tk0rMy8OtID5H2mYsc7bihM6Vs_JGU7p6pk6246Z8eTQq2sxP2rJTiACGUXQeJVj/s1600-h/PC120005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415087822831390690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSErirvc8jW3MrC-dtg8Kt-myaUYsA3f3wAT4hxhYj5Rj-aNgkjOyYkf6DZWQAoVcnlLanoyhpXaS0Tk0rMy8OtID5H2mYsc7bihM6Vs_JGU7p6pk6246Z8eTQq2sxP2rJTiACGUXQeJVj/s400/PC120005.JPG" /></a><br /><div>We had some visitors on Saturday morning...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJR_pPyEBjr1DQsYyhyphenhyphenyqI-Htn5s6mjjTcow1zsPMdEUBiCgeHOfYtA_eJ28QjGS92LXDdoT2jGsg6Ew01U-052wCJvwOiPcv3DXvCFDRygQIom1SbvUghn_tZo9HtTuqw-_675nf3unTR/s1600-h/PC120006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415087816283138514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJR_pPyEBjr1DQsYyhyphenhyphenyqI-Htn5s6mjjTcow1zsPMdEUBiCgeHOfYtA_eJ28QjGS92LXDdoT2jGsg6Ew01U-052wCJvwOiPcv3DXvCFDRygQIom1SbvUghn_tZo9HtTuqw-_675nf3unTR/s400/PC120006.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Oh, no! She heard me<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKMJFrBUJ9WYLuOa71hIL0mSullPLVUg5EtaaDjXYR6LVSrU6MuNkOgednQLjhkw2P_KQhMzdPDGi4BVl3yP6rwQ-pSgZVIA70klxrOOGyClwiSchR6P-TAbDyaXoP_-q8rqB2qJEqa8n/s1600-h/PC120007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415087813052684802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKMJFrBUJ9WYLuOa71hIL0mSullPLVUg5EtaaDjXYR6LVSrU6MuNkOgednQLjhkw2P_KQhMzdPDGi4BVl3yP6rwQ-pSgZVIA70klxrOOGyClwiSchR6P-TAbDyaXoP_-q8rqB2qJEqa8n/s400/PC120007.JPG" /></a> <div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-24109971801589907872009-12-06T05:24:00.000-08:002009-12-06T05:57:26.128-08:00Painting and Farewell? to Beatrice<div align="center">Last weekend, we decided to paint the kitchen - needless to say clearing off the counters was a real pain...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bNx8H3Ktfm9XI2tSj1P0NHuEf8g5YwWIPC2Usu0lyFdWAzwJqTi-hld5op1zLzm38XRRHNiMZIuUHS8ZB_I9qJGMC5iD0eGdE6lxn_tP_7rC9mcsuETXT0PpIiElX3cSXfIrKh8n-8zS/s1600-h/PB280001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412118636291622226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bNx8H3Ktfm9XI2tSj1P0NHuEf8g5YwWIPC2Usu0lyFdWAzwJqTi-hld5op1zLzm38XRRHNiMZIuUHS8ZB_I9qJGMC5iD0eGdE6lxn_tP_7rC9mcsuETXT0PpIiElX3cSXfIrKh8n-8zS/s400/PB280001.JPG" /></a> Tom cuts some corners...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ugR5D82QCbvNDNbBSkkq5e7sGIIrPV3DVXTbB5SnlKb5iBtLr8h7JHyl3CxDcWcG9pcTQ4MB1rFEL713wJZFkJDOaNT_GaiYVkc60U3oe5vRgQGPJ-CohtrUky54ookoske6tBtNxFoe/s1600-h/PB280002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412118629102095026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ugR5D82QCbvNDNbBSkkq5e7sGIIrPV3DVXTbB5SnlKb5iBtLr8h7JHyl3CxDcWcG9pcTQ4MB1rFEL713wJZFkJDOaNT_GaiYVkc60U3oe5vRgQGPJ-CohtrUky54ookoske6tBtNxFoe/s400/PB280002.JPG" /></a><br />and stretches to get the far corners...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jTTW8GH0GUuUzHq81N4sbio6ItzkBPPa0iwLZuMl-xi-wowBGxwhydHEmuMrwGo0kdLX50wxMpmDcHmiu-s5SD6_iQGpyxhxzGuU2uUWY8LzrDsjYswLk_4RCiGB9Se9myyVF3A0_C-z/s1600-h/PB280003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412118621927416018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jTTW8GH0GUuUzHq81N4sbio6ItzkBPPa0iwLZuMl-xi-wowBGxwhydHEmuMrwGo0kdLX50wxMpmDcHmiu-s5SD6_iQGpyxhxzGuU2uUWY8LzrDsjYswLk_4RCiGB9Se9myyVF3A0_C-z/s400/PB280003.JPG" /></a> When it was all done - it was beautiful, but I forgot to take a picture! Next time, I'll show you the finished product. Along with our new beautiful screened porch, which I also forgot to immortalize digitally.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Now on to Beatrice. Most of you know that we have a cow, Beatrice. The man that grazes his cattle on our land keeps her over the winter, breeds her, and sells her calf for us every fall. Well, we came up and found that he had taken all of the cows off for the winter except for Beatrice. He stopped by that weekend and said he was getting out of the cattle business - couldn't find any good help and it was just getting to be too much for him....What did we want to do with Beatrice? After some discussion, he said he might want to keep a few cows and maybe use our pasture again. He'd let us know the next week. If he didn't want to use the pasture, he'd take Beatrice to market for us.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>So we came to the Roost thinking that this might be Beatrice's last weekend. We brought a bag of apples so we could feed her one more time...<br /></div><div> </div><div>Of course, the pig was right there as soon as she heard the plastic...</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBNFLpsEmG7bjKYpmD4P-3WbB5mNILPDiNp_cB6cBH7jYYm0W-V3HNoO7qahu_-GLk1VVqC1svdWb5SL7-QaOJL6j8yGTF6Cq3AxpX6Qnj04k34Rc7h2BeO-MmFhrIovfNko-sh77Ag7V/s1600-h/PB280004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412118614557362354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBNFLpsEmG7bjKYpmD4P-3WbB5mNILPDiNp_cB6cBH7jYYm0W-V3HNoO7qahu_-GLk1VVqC1svdWb5SL7-QaOJL6j8yGTF6Cq3AxpX6Qnj04k34Rc7h2BeO-MmFhrIovfNko-sh77Ag7V/s400/PB280004.JPG" /></a><br />Now where did he hide them?<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwI0bRNWpei9g5P5iOlQnlsxmHi1tK1r1kPz8A-rxR9DQja4KP5y_1c2DKpJXaj_RuCfyXSRHsEgMWX-AaHlE8hl3SWcmhCz4weAHGiB7ty8U9bKA-_riRt92Sg_jzLNmsyiuIABR3yXuH/s1600-h/PB280005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412115509574206194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwI0bRNWpei9g5P5iOlQnlsxmHi1tK1r1kPz8A-rxR9DQja4KP5y_1c2DKpJXaj_RuCfyXSRHsEgMWX-AaHlE8hl3SWcmhCz4weAHGiB7ty8U9bKA-_riRt92Sg_jzLNmsyiuIABR3yXuH/s400/PB280005.JPG" /></a><br />There they are!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuur54y9ZKcRRm-O2TXh4QqVv0kyNfVnS1AOfylS5Df7ttWcOMPprJ-th7154BZwSDH4sshfFcMvPI2DIE6PD_O9ZvUmUyBQa2QsT6t10kcdinwO5oKq8JJCFGPlUs6fM03gXEPR6ZFXl3/s1600-h/PB280006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412115486638464818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuur54y9ZKcRRm-O2TXh4QqVv0kyNfVnS1AOfylS5Df7ttWcOMPprJ-th7154BZwSDH4sshfFcMvPI2DIE6PD_O9ZvUmUyBQa2QsT6t10kcdinwO5oKq8JJCFGPlUs6fM03gXEPR6ZFXl3/s400/PB280006.JPG" /></a><br />I need another one...NOW!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zoGOx9P4Oj5O4y2TEYxaYzKywJ5MWHavjB-v9lq1LGjh8T0Q4nZA79k-jNEqeUOHEoal7l9_zxHzS9dxHAAZSGCypTVFeAotBbUmV8n0mcnQQH2-05JnfU4lqeP0Ohh8LEN384tOoQnf/s1600-h/PB280008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412115480728382082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zoGOx9P4Oj5O4y2TEYxaYzKywJ5MWHavjB-v9lq1LGjh8T0Q4nZA79k-jNEqeUOHEoal7l9_zxHzS9dxHAAZSGCypTVFeAotBbUmV8n0mcnQQH2-05JnfU4lqeP0Ohh8LEN384tOoQnf/s400/PB280008.JPG" /></a><br />Oh no....they're all gone!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsN0o5RlyU3eom1hoWlk07dMGAFVBs1pPooo9zpJ03xjpzkzIsCc88Ao0AFJZ7V4TVS5WCUoyXxe4HBV8m3b-Ko2tjeuqoz9LaJrMKJS7-QN5tLCzhtyQhcqGGjyvi2P-gZyO4d6-hVMWP/s1600-h/PB280012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412115473965926130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsN0o5RlyU3eom1hoWlk07dMGAFVBs1pPooo9zpJ03xjpzkzIsCc88Ao0AFJZ7V4TVS5WCUoyXxe4HBV8m3b-Ko2tjeuqoz9LaJrMKJS7-QN5tLCzhtyQhcqGGjyvi2P-gZyO4d6-hVMWP/s400/PB280012.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Well, the good news is that John has decided to use our pasture again, so Beatrice will be back next year!</div><div> </div><div>And...totally unrelated, there are some gorgeous red berries this year!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uet3SqnxENOxTYio46PbGrRKDujT0svQstxHkOT8U8N7QBtlcPv4ff0qTocKGI9UklO8YzhbBDGN4rP5_p7DMtxYMfYsLQB9QvyiA3LM6nz1B1CXYFQYw3GbCu4dxdJkjUPFcR_lCIKT/s1600-h/PB280015.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412115466425815682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uet3SqnxENOxTYio46PbGrRKDujT0svQstxHkOT8U8N7QBtlcPv4ff0qTocKGI9UklO8YzhbBDGN4rP5_p7DMtxYMfYsLQB9QvyiA3LM6nz1B1CXYFQYw3GbCu4dxdJkjUPFcR_lCIKT/s400/PB280015.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-40884075985505105252009-11-16T06:27:00.000-08:002009-11-16T06:35:06.796-08:00FIRE!!! and spring????We had big excitement last weekend - a small forest fire up on Catherine's knob! We watched the fire for a while, thinking that someone was just burning leaves. I had just said that it was starting to look a little scary, when the sirens started. The Laurel Springs fire department and another one, probably Piney Creek or Sparta, were up on the hill most of the day getting the fire put out. We were really lucky that the wind was blowing very lightly, or it would have gotten out of hand quickly.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoAyRJ0mvMVYpGBjrMcvJS5v7L4opRGAbsBBFZUosLZcrQh-OWFGOn4wKNMv0F1MIB438bjoHhwcR26VdrASmvxIU-hLI2ghW7M4-DCrW-ByVKbLCL8RJKBKLLLIImkc8CQV8PbF_5Fu7L/s1600/PB080002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404708819395203330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoAyRJ0mvMVYpGBjrMcvJS5v7L4opRGAbsBBFZUosLZcrQh-OWFGOn4wKNMv0F1MIB438bjoHhwcR26VdrASmvxIU-hLI2ghW7M4-DCrW-ByVKbLCL8RJKBKLLLIImkc8CQV8PbF_5Fu7L/s400/PB080002.JPG" /></a><br />On another note, the weather's been so warm, that my plants think it's spring. Imagine - a geranium blooming in November in the mountains...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6pvohNSTPbjq5r558-5bco08gS2dUPtC5JmlfpRjhPGgtZIR1we32yZcHboeFKZ7dIGqROcyUfMhtuKy1xXypTVrjlrTPIqfpCVaCFOftfo0QEWNTYTzMDyX5JytW8sAVjhRdWpxrCAn/s1600/PB080005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404708812568065682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6pvohNSTPbjq5r558-5bco08gS2dUPtC5JmlfpRjhPGgtZIR1we32yZcHboeFKZ7dIGqROcyUfMhtuKy1xXypTVrjlrTPIqfpCVaCFOftfo0QEWNTYTzMDyX5JytW8sAVjhRdWpxrCAn/s400/PB080005.JPG" /></a> and my irises are already sprouting up!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMJO4bD0jj1QHB8JyziyJbHTWki4mmt9BTisPjp62GJ0ihPh3GDK8ztpTWCFl46aVjWOUiaN-C3ErbgPHdpSOPBG0bVOg4tQ0QvnDi1AqZZAbNU1Sw5uCjsoqoHSnhHnjkS-WfD2y99EsR/s1600/PB080006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404708809566237650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMJO4bD0jj1QHB8JyziyJbHTWki4mmt9BTisPjp62GJ0ihPh3GDK8ztpTWCFl46aVjWOUiaN-C3ErbgPHdpSOPBG0bVOg4tQ0QvnDi1AqZZAbNU1Sw5uCjsoqoHSnhHnjkS-WfD2y99EsR/s400/PB080006.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-59636655282707552392009-10-25T06:48:00.001-07:002009-10-27T06:26:08.535-07:00It was COLD!!!The first annual "Cut Loose at the Roost" was a huge success - thanks to every one for braving the weather to come! It was about 40 degrees with a 20 mph steady wind, but Jackie was prepared....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSXmap_KfRr21yuEM5lCd0WAKW0HmoYjvqNFQVVTtDgWWYH3kiyX49my43Xz_HO6dvObcgHPh9JS9LbyrWx9114Po23Mbpjjfxv4VOx2jy3mXWeBN0_RHjs2tBb4kbtLq9S7LWcV2Rq5R/s1600-h/PA170011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396536037939312082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSXmap_KfRr21yuEM5lCd0WAKW0HmoYjvqNFQVVTtDgWWYH3kiyX49my43Xz_HO6dvObcgHPh9JS9LbyrWx9114Po23Mbpjjfxv4VOx2jy3mXWeBN0_RHjs2tBb4kbtLq9S7LWcV2Rq5R/s400/PA170011.JPG" /></a><br /><div>The circle around the porch heater was popular spot - notice there's nobody out on the deck!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Koa6GfVeEHaFUDA6rpimqKsdEDBVJ85mMIOyYEK-oIoi8pcCXyGl-zXLbngLTqKVykuRrP-xeMERL8qONkHjjzJI8LxYvPt1BYKu6R_54M5o0rlhx3zkw9A5nv5pnkAKLs3GdZdmh-ty/s1600-h/PA170012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396536031050010178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Koa6GfVeEHaFUDA6rpimqKsdEDBVJ85mMIOyYEK-oIoi8pcCXyGl-zXLbngLTqKVykuRrP-xeMERL8qONkHjjzJI8LxYvPt1BYKu6R_54M5o0rlhx3zkw9A5nv5pnkAKLs3GdZdmh-ty/s400/PA170012.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>There was much more activity inside around the food table!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YJAd4g0mtbFQR5XtPoDp0hOBWVRRxT_9FLhySVJlBRDqxdJ75FKy9R4RsAAzsEjIZfsFVaSTjI8u2L87X5V4HuWDHAZNRZGs6v9zTTHm8862O47e79qTZDVetDabGid66AQHmzCDye_q/s1600-h/PA170014.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396536027758662770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YJAd4g0mtbFQR5XtPoDp0hOBWVRRxT_9FLhySVJlBRDqxdJ75FKy9R4RsAAzsEjIZfsFVaSTjI8u2L87X5V4HuWDHAZNRZGs6v9zTTHm8862O47e79qTZDVetDabGid66AQHmzCDye_q/s400/PA170014.JPG" /></a><br />My hospitality assistants did a fantastic job!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlz9i_qdrVIwLw_YFn4g7wBl22zpyw4apf54xl6noBZmt-oFeNGDYFdRb-MES9t928ahmcUnqXH0u-yh9XNcE9KkcIukWYWHSWsCI1aaar0jJfHauYsoqZQvGXzGPm7BbLA86fO6SPmIj/s1600-h/PA170015.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396536021724955266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlz9i_qdrVIwLw_YFn4g7wBl22zpyw4apf54xl6noBZmt-oFeNGDYFdRb-MES9t928ahmcUnqXH0u-yh9XNcE9KkcIukWYWHSWsCI1aaar0jJfHauYsoqZQvGXzGPm7BbLA86fO6SPmIj/s400/PA170015.JPG" /></a><br />The grillmaster had the grill "full" of chicken breasts....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjamaeSB7i4qDZ4Fo38DStcuqmuvsLKtlaYbRtFkeGXAgn9TQqCbf_3Osux8jcW7xtOO2efSsOp7LfuFqfDFNw7BcL0RqytEdwSuTGQwIytyZnm13QZj5JRmqDySUfGeRqn0nKE2sbsu_/s1600-h/PA170017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396536016012562242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjamaeSB7i4qDZ4Fo38DStcuqmuvsLKtlaYbRtFkeGXAgn9TQqCbf_3Osux8jcW7xtOO2efSsOp7LfuFqfDFNw7BcL0RqytEdwSuTGQwIytyZnm13QZj5JRmqDySUfGeRqn0nKE2sbsu_/s400/PA170017.JPG" /></a><br />A few brave souls atually ate outside on the porch...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGEgT4uyxcVks6JjUvddnBmBzGh22zyspJsQ1GfRn7n2wXI-KOnpAfxGo37CMT5kOh7q5Nht2643NhSw3OVFny9iaXxk7IkalFLG6-8YxV6wnUVGT6egsrP9csbhNXxY9qeWsv1jMCO0b/s1600-h/PA170018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396535018927498098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGEgT4uyxcVks6JjUvddnBmBzGh22zyspJsQ1GfRn7n2wXI-KOnpAfxGo37CMT5kOh7q5Nht2643NhSw3OVFny9iaXxk7IkalFLG6-8YxV6wnUVGT6egsrP9csbhNXxY9qeWsv1jMCO0b/s400/PA170018.JPG" /></a> Jackie and Kat grabbed the "warm corner"<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CcZUsIkttjs6F3KqhaAPxXHqQ6S5a8QAkfNY4LAQJynXv7s3_XwWfgb34Rl4IIJYuprxr7EKIOhTcPZOXSIXsWmUAq1T3WLaa8a6nspClCgFZq6FWOGEYcKV3SwgIu1I_zu5sI1UP0ZO/s1600-h/PA170019.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396535013316120738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CcZUsIkttjs6F3KqhaAPxXHqQ6S5a8QAkfNY4LAQJynXv7s3_XwWfgb34Rl4IIJYuprxr7EKIOhTcPZOXSIXsWmUAq1T3WLaa8a6nspClCgFZq6FWOGEYcKV3SwgIu1I_zu5sI1UP0ZO/s400/PA170019.JPG" /></a><br />After the crowd left, Glenda decided to try a little yoga...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMKh4eYTVD_8RIEQIyeWUXtXHm6yYDKU4AWUzw4p9pgxc1xXZfPn4CXvrVNoRFnqVPQFG43jr_EM4rDBsUhfIks2iMmpNzmur3Wpl6z1xiZrQ3yVOgRLEptlcusUA_Sm3hoH97IIo_hUg/s1600-h/PA170020.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396535006852722450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMKh4eYTVD_8RIEQIyeWUXtXHm6yYDKU4AWUzw4p9pgxc1xXZfPn4CXvrVNoRFnqVPQFG43jr_EM4rDBsUhfIks2iMmpNzmur3Wpl6z1xiZrQ3yVOgRLEptlcusUA_Sm3hoH97IIo_hUg/s400/PA170020.JPG" /></a> That apparently didn't work, so she tried this....(don't ask)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSir7KBa-HApqE41fH_8_R6lZU6KxNnAKzFqmgB86bQuU_1uc-hYJ-sr6uVOj5Zg1t6B2udO-zpo0MpxS-qe4b-z3CJnkj49rajI66bkqZFdVFl2aCkQGpdXC5i3GZOZLR_Bc72k85iv2r/s1600-h/PA170021.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396535003976951842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSir7KBa-HApqE41fH_8_R6lZU6KxNnAKzFqmgB86bQuU_1uc-hYJ-sr6uVOj5Zg1t6B2udO-zpo0MpxS-qe4b-z3CJnkj49rajI66bkqZFdVFl2aCkQGpdXC5i3GZOZLR_Bc72k85iv2r/s400/PA170021.JPG" /></a><br />Jackie and Kat brought a nice housewarming present - some gorgeous sounding wind chimes with a "guard rooster"!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90dtNLPBhdaXdNgXfNfzRRscX9KOI0Xv_VgO6ZeB-MsqVVjp2wLXUv-eu-VK8I3c0WLLrKwW0HAkLzs4zEashyXpT9x-m7YzstPE-GwkufbXIDreJ38hmrPX56cwSG4Wt9LktIxTrtZM_/s1600-h/PA180025.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396534999090588066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90dtNLPBhdaXdNgXfNfzRRscX9KOI0Xv_VgO6ZeB-MsqVVjp2wLXUv-eu-VK8I3c0WLLrKwW0HAkLzs4zEashyXpT9x-m7YzstPE-GwkufbXIDreJ38hmrPX56cwSG4Wt9LktIxTrtZM_/s400/PA180025.JPG" /></a> And, as promised, here are the recipes passed on by the attendees:</div><div></div><ul><li><strong>Deviled Eggs (from Donna)</strong><br /><br />6 hard-cooked eggs<br />¼ cup mayonnaise<br />1 teaspoon white vinegar<br />1 teaspoon prepared mustard (I use Grey Poupon Dijon mustard)<br />1/8 teaspoon salt<br />Paprika<br /><br />Boil the eggs until they are hard-cooked.<br />Halve hard-cooked eggs length-wise, remove yolks and mash with a fork.<br />Stir in mayonnaise, white vinegar, mustard and salt.<br />Stuff egg whites with yolk mixture (I use my cake decorator with the widest fancy end I have for this)<br />Garnish with parika.<br />Makes 12 servings<br /><br />If I am doing more than 6 eggs, I use my food processor to “mash” the egg yolks and mix the other stuff in. It makes the filling smoother, but mostly it is just easier on the arms and I am all about easy!!!</li></ul><div></div><ul><li><strong>Ribbon Cheese Slices (Provided by Janie Marshall, brought by Donna)<br /></strong>(Slightly altered from Taste of Home Appetizer book)<br /><br />8 oz cream cheese slightly softened<br />1/3 cup chopped pecans<br />1/3 cup dried cranberries diced<br />10 (3 in. x 3 in.) slices deli-type sharp cheddar cheese slices<br /><br />Combine cream cheese, pecans and cranberries.<br />On aluminum foil, place 2 slices of cheddar cheese side by side.<br />Spread 3 rounded tablespoons cream cheese mixture over cheese slices.<br />Repeat layers ending with cheddar cheese slices.<br />Fold foil tightly around layered cheese.<br />Refrigerate for at least 8 hours.<br />Remove from foil.<br />Cut lengthwise three ways.<br />Slice across making 1/4 inch slices.<br />Serve with crackers.<br /><br /></li><li><strong>Marbled Chocolate Treats (from Ginger)<br /></strong><br />8 1/2 graham crackers cut in half (17 squares)<br />6 squares semi sweet chocolate<br />1/2 cup peanut butter<br />3 squares white chocolate<br /><br />Line a 13x9 pan with aluminum foil leaving enough hanging off to use as handles<br />Arrange graham crackers in bottom of panmicrowave semi sweet chocolate and peanut butter for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes or until chocolate is completely melted when stirred. I stirred every 30 seconds until melted.<br />Pour over graham crackers; spread evenly repeat melting time for white chocolate and then pour over dark chocolate/peanut butter mixture; then take knive and swirl chocolates together.<br />Refrigerate for at least an hour or until firm. Remove dessert from pan and peel off aluminum foil and cut dessert into bars.<br />Store in covered container in refrigerator.<br /><br /></li><li><strong>Honey Bee’s Rice (from Leza)</strong><br /><br />1 chopped onion<br />½ stick butter<br />2-oz. bag of slivered or sliced almonds<br />3 ounces raisins<br />1 cup white rice (uncooked)<br />2 cans beef consommé<br /><br />Saute the top 5 ingredients. Place in casserole dish. Pour consommé over the ingredients and bake (covered) at 375 degrees for 50 min. – 1 hour.<br /><br /></li><li><strong>Brownies (from Glenda)<br /></strong><br />1 walnut brownie mix<br />3 Symphony Bars (with toffee and almonds)<br /><br />Prepare brownie mix according to instructions on the box.<br />Pour 1/2 of the mix into a 9x12 pan, then place the 3 Symphony bars over the brownie mix. Pour remaining mix on top and bake according to mix.<br /><br /></li><li><strong>Oriental Cabbage Salad (from Paula)</strong><br /><br />1 pkg cole slaw mix<br />1 package slivered almonds<br />2 tablespoons sesame seeds<br />1/3 cup sugar<br />1/4 cup vinegar (apple cider or red wine)<br />3/4 cup oil (olive, canola or vegetable)<br />2 tablespoons soy sauce<br />1 teaspoon pepper<br />1 pkg ramen noodles (do not use the seasoning packet)<br /><br />Brown almonds and sesame seeds in a small amount of butter and combine with cole slaw mix in a bowl.<br />Combine sugar, vinegar, oil, soy sauce and pepper in a shaker (or some kind of container) – shake it up and pour over cole slaw mixture<br />Break up ramen noodles and add them to the mixture just before serving (so they are crunchy, when you eat it!)<br /><br /></li><li><strong>Betty’s Famous Mexican Wontons (not brought this year, but usually a staple!)</strong><br /><br />Wonton Wrappers (approx 50/pkg)<br />1 lb sausage, cooked & drained<br />2 cups monterrey jack cheese, grated<br />2 cups cheddar cheese, grated<br />½ cup green pepper chopped (I use green chili peppers)<br />1 cup ranch dressing<br />1 cup black olives, sliced<br /><br />Mix all ingredients except for wonton wrappers<br /><br />Preheat oven to 350 degrees, spray muffin tins with non-stick spray.<br />Mold wontons in tin. Bake 5 minutes. Remove from oven and put a heaping tablespoon of mixture in each wonton. Bake 5 more minutes.<br /><br /></li><li><strong>Chicken Braid (from Marian)</strong><br /><br /> 2 8oz. crescent rolls (generic brand works better)<br />1/2 - 1 cup cooked, chopped chicken (approx. 3 boneless breasts)<br />1 c. chopped broccoli (fresh or frozen, if frozen drain well)<br />1/2 c. chopped red pepper<br />4 oz. grated sharp Cheddar cheese<br />1 cup mayonnaise<br />2 tsp. Dill mix<br />¼ tsp. salt<br />1/2 can water chestnuts (chopped)<br />1 garlic clove<br />*****************<br />to prepare braid for baking use 1 egg white & some slivered almonds<br /><br />Preheat oven to 350.<br />Separate crescent rolls into triangles and lay them out to form a rectangle on a baking stone or greased cookie sheet. Use rolling pin to seal triangle seams. With a paring knife, cut strips approximately 1 - 2 inches apart across rectangle leaving 3 – 4 inches uncut in center. Mix remaining ingredients in order until creamy. Spoon and mound mixture lengthwise down center of crescent roll rectangle. Starting at top of rectangle, pull strips of dough from each side toward center over chicken mixture, twist and join them. Continue until all strips have been done. Brush top and sides of braid with egg white and sprinkle with slivered almonds. Bake at 350, 25-30 minutes or until dough is golden brown.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-45422020585347491512009-09-27T05:55:00.000-07:002009-09-27T06:02:35.728-07:00Quick trip<div align="center">We took a quick trip up on Friday to get the yard mowed before the rains started. And, guess what? We have the first signs of fall!<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386131097782899282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVcC25ngnbGdYjb2XgRQl5buBL3td53SCyqSHXI54uItbq1ouPEf2W3zMBpbFghlCZfRAQUe_hfTFVqWkGOUtCF1vFyjLMVdvEsUxmiaGe4hQhDuHtSx6eo7EAaifVCPV0sRxieljcDlX/s400/P9250067.JPG" border="0" /> <br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386131107960470178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsK9TzQfF1KYH2Z5lE5XVBTrg8Ebkwshg-rzDGll11-LStqRIGTKnmAvnG3LNpPm1sGO8EkP2TTzKDtnWABMvWiLjurMwk0kMCLNL16K0Cd0wytOMnRX7x689ZjQIo92JHteZAvEG7ucx/s400/P9250068.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center">And sometime during the past week, we've had a mystery visitor on our deck...probably a possum or raccoon!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386131111266016866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAOusSSrhYui6pCt27X-tXxqC73m49VdVAY8sZoo8Ha3cjPtTF891HxEMYb5jD3aUDfV5HBeVtef39KlMuq9O6RksfzQyYEsBMMXJSa-vVGTyouVN7VEltkHRG_xLvxoPwXjBdj9HP691S/s400/P9250069.JPG" border="0" /></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-34642680007742328582009-09-03T06:06:00.001-07:002009-09-03T06:27:16.336-07:00First hint of fall...This past weekend was fabulous! We had our first hint of fall weather on Saturday evening after a beautiful sunny and clear day. Saturday evening we had a visit from our local group of turkeys. There are 3 broods, with 22 that we counted. They are getting so big that you can't tell the little ones from the big ones anymore! We're surprised that that many have survived the summer....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLe-o5syFN0ciPm1PIIQmS7rGuZlAd0fSoalEFbKq1wNvxtsaraL9OEC1Oab3rgMIwJR5nknX1N1mT5YZqD2M8ViBXFVRck3U94tVvFSRNDDJo1DsUP3uvQrKLwjEK_Ho1tXSH7yirTMWD/s1600-h/P8290027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377228422850264066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLe-o5syFN0ciPm1PIIQmS7rGuZlAd0fSoalEFbKq1wNvxtsaraL9OEC1Oab3rgMIwJR5nknX1N1mT5YZqD2M8ViBXFVRck3U94tVvFSRNDDJo1DsUP3uvQrKLwjEK_Ho1tXSH7yirTMWD/s400/P8290027.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>We watched the storms roll by on Friday night...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji05gdIlSsOkPPDbSZQrIQAid2Xr9vHFpQrG9eKE2-ctCtVUmuVrPYWBibgGhYfpYx7lkVnE1sPxxdiqo-WMywyedDi60LpQDxk-NMAtowOTi-5g-i3iRw14KJjgdKDqc32_YX0qcyUzcw/s1600-h/P8280010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377228411547470354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji05gdIlSsOkPPDbSZQrIQAid2Xr9vHFpQrG9eKE2-ctCtVUmuVrPYWBibgGhYfpYx7lkVnE1sPxxdiqo-WMywyedDi60LpQDxk-NMAtowOTi-5g-i3iRw14KJjgdKDqc32_YX0qcyUzcw/s400/P8280010.JPG" border="0" /></a> I took another "nature hike" on Saturday, and found this Hickory Tussock Caterpillar munching on my blackberries - I decided it was alright to share with him!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAA_PxG2mssDE9nB2axFjXy3uggFXuiNIFzbMg1wpNVkLz7ll-Po6AqqypdQohj6jBNM9KAOmY1Z89Ogtpt7h_iGMeT_0yJPxK9QkERscY1Q6sjBz2TvcoDhLa5BRfHvJ0vskEmN9BLyY/s1600-h/P8280008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377228403203005874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAA_PxG2mssDE9nB2axFjXy3uggFXuiNIFzbMg1wpNVkLz7ll-Po6AqqypdQohj6jBNM9KAOmY1Z89Ogtpt7h_iGMeT_0yJPxK9QkERscY1Q6sjBz2TvcoDhLa5BRfHvJ0vskEmN9BLyY/s400/P8280008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The pine cones on our trees are oozing lots of sap, but they haven't started to open yet...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEUuI4sO0lEsY0MDww_knQHx5PBg6uxZqb5dhM2XWrejjMvl5MsMr3i73JUSrfukspgaTgw21MFv-yooIknn47s2-y9DpxwMojw9ciSSIaV2tQMCfg628Xb2jLe2ng7-zQIAhkgqFthq5/s1600-h/P8280006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377228400104252162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEUuI4sO0lEsY0MDww_knQHx5PBg6uxZqb5dhM2XWrejjMvl5MsMr3i73JUSrfukspgaTgw21MFv-yooIknn47s2-y9DpxwMojw9ciSSIaV2tQMCfg628Xb2jLe2ng7-zQIAhkgqFthq5/s400/P8280006.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>I also did a little cooking over the weekend - I made Jalapeno poppers. I was drying them here, but I think they look like little green army men (anyone remember those?)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WK40IcbRA9RUdXWt0hfZr_SPphtr_l0S4ZA-m45ZvkAzwfU-OjzPUXVmMgnphSEytTtFC-JRPOukfj-mLN8YcZjJfkwXC9eIkz8kk30OrJcr7LGTPZ0YFEWhgA_yTrijF4FyVAWRZMj6/s1600-h/P8280003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377228390724306450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WK40IcbRA9RUdXWt0hfZr_SPphtr_l0S4ZA-m45ZvkAzwfU-OjzPUXVmMgnphSEytTtFC-JRPOukfj-mLN8YcZjJfkwXC9eIkz8kk30OrJcr7LGTPZ0YFEWhgA_yTrijF4FyVAWRZMj6/s400/P8280003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I also dried our latest crop of romas...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQA1M6fQMrHludiEDq4i2kYCzvmFiaSKdApKxlPqTtviv6Z9yTWwBLyqJpF1ZTQ07SjSqm9cW1dNGba24Z4A_ccJC7g1CcJo2YtEe-4Udyoqo6HxtUH1WDEVeCwWve6idtURv5xFdPkJs/s1600-h/P8280005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377227760347779202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQA1M6fQMrHludiEDq4i2kYCzvmFiaSKdApKxlPqTtviv6Z9yTWwBLyqJpF1ZTQ07SjSqm9cW1dNGba24Z4A_ccJC7g1CcJo2YtEe-4Udyoqo6HxtUH1WDEVeCwWve6idtURv5xFdPkJs/s400/P8280005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />As far as the house goes, I got a new shower curtain for the hall bathroom...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSBc78dECaDYmyOxrTE5NsSZe3jJVpzuVXTxHCTcnID1uNg_yn5SZ_7Dn__PhAgJzmw8baKhkk5vMo2UILghyphenhyphenmUBKnR5pl1VFlj3iS7VNPC6EkBJ9fqq5cUHtwppzvkE62w0_-xNz8fbd/s1600-h/P8290022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377227755916622514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSBc78dECaDYmyOxrTE5NsSZe3jJVpzuVXTxHCTcnID1uNg_yn5SZ_7Dn__PhAgJzmw8baKhkk5vMo2UILghyphenhyphenmUBKnR5pl1VFlj3iS7VNPC6EkBJ9fqq5cUHtwppzvkE62w0_-xNz8fbd/s400/P8290022.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is a chair that my friend Rilla gave us a while back - it's in our bedroom...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2QH9MeZ1VO50pbG-HSZZNC2qXNQF9uAZHploKiIF24tCsjE58UmPgQ6GvyRXp_tYVp2lVpyBQjoaXBNjj_dUgY0pLfzN4hKKsRJnYZTslAUkmo6Drm0NHdJ76xOgrT0eItHHFnO1Bdqc3/s1600-h/P8290020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377227747165162866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2QH9MeZ1VO50pbG-HSZZNC2qXNQF9uAZHploKiIF24tCsjE58UmPgQ6GvyRXp_tYVp2lVpyBQjoaXBNjj_dUgY0pLfzN4hKKsRJnYZTslAUkmo6Drm0NHdJ76xOgrT0eItHHFnO1Bdqc3/s400/P8290020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We moved the old glider out of the barn and onto the side porch...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5GnyB2yTd9h38mZOC2d0RPJhPfe4HdUukTiVTO73KOkwwDEnjmA5z4y_v-3yVCy8gKuY7L-Nz10s1BUhZ1kvqpDd0ZmAUk0b97Z88DTYSm3P0dnWo266geIkLnoLeQAzx8qTF54Cl1It/s1600-h/P8290019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377227738967176994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5GnyB2yTd9h38mZOC2d0RPJhPfe4HdUukTiVTO73KOkwwDEnjmA5z4y_v-3yVCy8gKuY7L-Nz10s1BUhZ1kvqpDd0ZmAUk0b97Z88DTYSm3P0dnWo266geIkLnoLeQAzx8qTF54Cl1It/s400/P8290019.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And last, but certainly not least, we painted the den and dining room. It's kind of a medium sage green...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2x87OsrETsQ5-3N73CweZih7Ool6cqg362goAoG0S_klnT9lFzgjChi46Ywv0GgIV-He1xxHZQoPzr3UbxP1UTfA-EAsgevn_c-5pcBZj7ceXzDymA2C3v7YzPjkLJfgo-Hhe9HzP9Bt/s1600-h/P8290011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377227734552299794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2x87OsrETsQ5-3N73CweZih7Ool6cqg362goAoG0S_klnT9lFzgjChi46Ywv0GgIV-He1xxHZQoPzr3UbxP1UTfA-EAsgevn_c-5pcBZj7ceXzDymA2C3v7YzPjkLJfgo-Hhe9HzP9Bt/s400/P8290011.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-72423171997612611642009-08-24T06:08:00.001-07:002009-08-24T06:31:38.996-07:00Lucy's birthday<div align="center">Sunday was Lucy's birthday, so we all went up to spend the weekend at the Roost (her choice!). We did a lot of porch sitting, since the weather was cool and windy.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2q-XRSVoSqvqvNRHPqfCVlVwSiamgiipXO2Rr8h4UWQ9tLqvc2Uqp6AC-Atd2lA2Q0ZsO2emn266dwzmNK7bW1cRAQ5yppSusrypCH-oy8MnVM7PLd0HpDRTD7z9B8fO40U3NJc6FHKkp/s1600-h/P8230016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373519140579658722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2q-XRSVoSqvqvNRHPqfCVlVwSiamgiipXO2Rr8h4UWQ9tLqvc2Uqp6AC-Atd2lA2Q0ZsO2emn266dwzmNK7bW1cRAQ5yppSusrypCH-oy8MnVM7PLd0HpDRTD7z9B8fO40U3NJc6FHKkp/s400/P8230016.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Tom and his loyal minion....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pBN1XodBk2k53WrU3N_GXEKc0ccNvQ8zVHPY4imi7koKenuCKeG-YpYWOekyTrL9nOqsie7PVPq4JRjfGJrTohnG3fXgJRqD3RpfB0FLIq3Md00FCHsAi84X9-wPQ_ikEFhiIyJqIZxu/s1600-h/P8230022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373519133702977298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pBN1XodBk2k53WrU3N_GXEKc0ccNvQ8zVHPY4imi7koKenuCKeG-YpYWOekyTrL9nOqsie7PVPq4JRjfGJrTohnG3fXgJRqD3RpfB0FLIq3Md00FCHsAi84X9-wPQ_ikEFhiIyJqIZxu/s400/P8230022.JPG" border="0" /></a>Last weekend, we picked up my new china cabinet for the kitchen - what do you think?<br />I love it!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-yEHxsR9fPE7yzZSbk1Evb15jGqIlwEqXkKM9Q06lPHUiyzrZfmKWx49pEoZ2tziLAFfPup7kB7N1qfEa1IHItiQwFsg74wn8DRHiCzSX9avHjklMQZ7mDapspsNYejixD5KXuuhqTHA/s1600-h/P8230013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373517714946511314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-yEHxsR9fPE7yzZSbk1Evb15jGqIlwEqXkKM9Q06lPHUiyzrZfmKWx49pEoZ2tziLAFfPup7kB7N1qfEa1IHItiQwFsg74wn8DRHiCzSX9avHjklMQZ7mDapspsNYejixD5KXuuhqTHA/s400/P8230013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And I forgot to take a picture last time of our housewarming gift from John and Patty - it's a large trivet that we plan to hang on the porch near the table.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhucNRGfqdofiak_1Lc_HGhZwCXVRlpzAyWinqUxc8vK5bWNtmCJeIWOx9z0YAt3g0eCvYinTBwcAWuBsxCl2dkV8Hz7sqs_VCfTveAvwhraWVyRz4ij0kc36esa2Dl4NjtS-GXdVJ_uhJk/s1600-h/P8230015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373517708884455346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhucNRGfqdofiak_1Lc_HGhZwCXVRlpzAyWinqUxc8vK5bWNtmCJeIWOx9z0YAt3g0eCvYinTBwcAWuBsxCl2dkV8Hz7sqs_VCfTveAvwhraWVyRz4ij0kc36esa2Dl4NjtS-GXdVJ_uhJk/s400/P8230015.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Sunday morning was cool and foggy and I went out for an early walk to see a beautiful sunrise. I saw 5 deer (2 adults and 3 babies), and a beautiful red fox.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOkJOqhmIZbIc6yLPmk2j6ukyQ7Egv0nUhvstBG7kqJd-D5NOxZOwzDLXf7LgF992Ze83Xn01MidJ6EyoqQo0XZSSl7glUUwhDa4Osnc-WJC-xfdWrZ2SjAf8aS505paTMWCyFFtDtK-d/s1600-h/P8230011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373517698312296562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOkJOqhmIZbIc6yLPmk2j6ukyQ7Egv0nUhvstBG7kqJd-D5NOxZOwzDLXf7LgF992Ze83Xn01MidJ6EyoqQo0XZSSl7glUUwhDa4Osnc-WJC-xfdWrZ2SjAf8aS505paTMWCyFFtDtK-d/s400/P8230011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I found a few new wildflowers - Viper's Blugloss.....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5dOC0VLhn1u4Uh7KHu4gdBR-nzhlY3sjZ6CknbpJKsScsDviMeMvrSqjoRU0cLTgFlx0mrZVxPR44O0o40psMSz5HSeYp3OmQvikgBhw-v4QH1wPKnFizp7N9DHqtF-1_P50GYjTgWT4z/s1600-h/P8230009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373517688589679506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5dOC0VLhn1u4Uh7KHu4gdBR-nzhlY3sjZ6CknbpJKsScsDviMeMvrSqjoRU0cLTgFlx0mrZVxPR44O0o40psMSz5HSeYp3OmQvikgBhw-v4QH1wPKnFizp7N9DHqtF-1_P50GYjTgWT4z/s400/P8230009.JPG" border="0" /></a> and Boneset.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPut9kUFLkgreQUJRxzTUOwh3b2kKzYtMZ5_hZ9yopT5tcnDzyg8BS-xcUHI8y08xouK1NNuzJsFiBibChi7eD4Sn_uh8BUlmTIFtJvsfzcFJNTeUgx1sLqiUB4aCsJwRtHkm3DKIztRhx/s1600-h/P8230007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373517687106645794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPut9kUFLkgreQUJRxzTUOwh3b2kKzYtMZ5_hZ9yopT5tcnDzyg8BS-xcUHI8y08xouK1NNuzJsFiBibChi7eD4Sn_uh8BUlmTIFtJvsfzcFJNTeUgx1sLqiUB4aCsJwRtHkm3DKIztRhx/s400/P8230007.JPG" border="0" /></a>There are lots of others blooming, but that's all I took pictures of!</div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-74453852311687656282009-08-10T13:34:00.000-07:002009-08-10T13:57:41.175-07:00"Citiots" come to the Country<div align="center">This weekend my cousins, Patty and John, came up from Raleigh to visit the Roost. We had a great time - the boys went to the dump and the hardware store, and the girls went cruising on the Parkway and antiquing!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368437674305742626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHhOgPOEL5zNGzzH8mR3L9tJRTHxc2y9KItXxy5ZLWB9fAP9RSqgKCDgyK7z80ATuRO3_eka5T_QHv_U2Kd1NLOspTiop7PUOK2kI2eOlpUZn4rpFGAIDvDHflNX6O9wrJLvUX9bolY7r/s400/P8080015.JPG" border="0" />Here are some of our purchases: A small vase and S&P shakers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJPt5fEfDhyphenhyphenqdnyguwjPNXLYUv7XjP_oxBVh77-E2eHcEs1A4o9zZ5YaxyQjBDBGIEbCY38NuGlZEVz2adu2XLpPxA60zsfZLWsGeULNE1sMJIsjz3U2SieTpUg1YuPhVQBs9iBfdEGWM/s1600-h/P8090030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368438167253378274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJPt5fEfDhyphenhyphenqdnyguwjPNXLYUv7XjP_oxBVh77-E2eHcEs1A4o9zZ5YaxyQjBDBGIEbCY38NuGlZEVz2adu2XLpPxA60zsfZLWsGeULNE1sMJIsjz3U2SieTpUg1YuPhVQBs9iBfdEGWM/s400/P8090030.JPG" border="0" /></a> A great looking plate....<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368438159396645010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUo6z90Mn4emUec9hD-mi2OZUr2SkmfqBW6T1ZVxKVGyKCHRMQBUmAAWPXzTyGG0LfWzPJK-6Uesrcn9g8U5cd1UDZ5pk4875wsT67IXBw5sf0AubH_2caMS5YIL-UnAZ7urXU19xnMowO/s400/P8090032.JPG" border="0" /><br />And the best purchase of all - the piece of furniture for my kitchen corner! We'll pick it up next weekend and I'll post a picture in the house later. My cousin John is a master electrician, so he crawled up in the attic and said we could move the thermostat (which is now right in the middle of that wall). He's coming back in the fall to move it for us.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368437662248211554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUPzk4f0ApiFxMNKIVcQ2dbDXWw22VCZhXPf-nwCtTErAwe2tQ78rhZWDZB5yUHyMVf29guUbsp6U3OPE2e5mfEK90Po4opyXQjhSFK5wy2QuWim8cVCZb4TeoCNFeOvRONSQUFxWgLHZ/s400/080809_1249%5B00%5D.jpg" border="0" /> <div><br />Wildlife was abundant this weekend - There is a mother deer with a set of twins (no picture, sorry!) and the turkeys came out every evening to feed for several hours - there are 3 adults and about a dozen younguns...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSihMlgohUhlkAuzy5Hi1XRui0mzJ90RpKpkN30OeKmBFuMKhdkrw1K4i3zd96bnRvvCunTvcgnc1xEKEQz1KEznq1re3iI2A5k8K7ObfBYELHH47RfoYUfC2p0lTonuRavTTLvwOG3D-h/s1600-h/P8080019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368437681040445666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSihMlgohUhlkAuzy5Hi1XRui0mzJ90RpKpkN30OeKmBFuMKhdkrw1K4i3zd96bnRvvCunTvcgnc1xEKEQz1KEznq1re3iI2A5k8K7ObfBYELHH47RfoYUfC2p0lTonuRavTTLvwOG3D-h/s400/P8080019.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div>Saturday evening was filled with drinking and talking...<br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0nw20W6252pk0Ucxn0uydTYnDmg1M16Bvzqg0ajusYlwRMob4dzvT-NPnZsfz0s7QVE3aZxp6iTyx_HoC1DYK92fZcXzTwX79Ts6pfC2zD-MKyfAgH5uKoXAUnbzKwbps9M2_bGJSBdN/s1600-h/P8070013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368437665895197202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0nw20W6252pk0Ucxn0uydTYnDmg1M16Bvzqg0ajusYlwRMob4dzvT-NPnZsfz0s7QVE3aZxp6iTyx_HoC1DYK92fZcXzTwX79Ts6pfC2zD-MKyfAgH5uKoXAUnbzKwbps9M2_bGJSBdN/s400/P8070013.JPG" border="0" /></a> And, Rilla, I finally hung the great pictures that you brought up! They look perfect in the Twin Room!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368437685544983570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_KEPb3Bcyru1OtNyqW56PoT9e2h-ropLWcbyJP0zEhf7agky2SeiGaPLlk14l1XJyLZ4If43TyJtmfuTNRC-ClFhjlohyCXwbZQ1FA0aNec5jG46PP2rfZsQwOC7Y-Tp2FUN2voz15Q3/s400/P8090027.JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-37022190969427406032009-07-07T04:55:00.000-07:002009-07-09T12:30:10.638-07:00Happy Belated Fourth of July!<div align="center"> We had a LOVELY Fourth of July weekend - hope you did too!</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355686054010292802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIUEDI9TtlFyuUszSNmrwF19Un-yi6HXljOa4a3FvWK8jEtVD7WBRauasENiFi5h_n7wn8XB1WZgDSGQS9fbJ4Hit6-78xt_eW2dm4hUwGDYbAKS6MDwGOZkbePmbl1rt_oT1u87s9Wdd/s400/P7030012.JPG" border="0" />My friend, Donna, made this patriotic (and delicious!) dessert for our dinner.<br /></div><div>But before the Fourth, Rilla came up and we headed up on Thursday. On Friday, we took a drive down a new gravel road and saw some neat sites...</div><div><br /></div><p align="center">A really cool old tree!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355686684908713378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwUK-tyktyrX3vx7fEn4GmkgF7hso9OsTWUCMd6idgdC3RVOEMG2uiBbhGngIYjFpIgd431YP2ACDaoFcWJP5ujhz7snXgNmjp6ZY0x24pfJEPwUDnESpkohj7R3T_rzQSipx8M8hyApK/s400/P7030007.JPG" border="0" /><br />And this grasshopper came along for the ride on our windshield for a little while..<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356530011249237426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2v6IG-Ii5pH42frMtwiQB-dQ8ktFovAIpVv1zUoda43TqxqM2zhEHWIdmTp9QnL10NuTIPkG4Okbk0z5nK5d4gc9fwhsbHTApb6uzM6IhzqppUVJG_Cvgxc0638NyXhmlhor4gyeNID-B/s400/P7030006.JPG" border="0" /> </p><p align="center">We also saw two sets of mother and baby deer while out driving - the babies were very small with lots of spots - unfortunately, no pictures!<br />Meanwhile, Tom washed and compounded his tractor, hoping for great results...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356530905852998674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqZKh2H6DIm9WAiC_Rhy1QSMfNYpueaWVvM3e4Z8N7KVsWK2eWLBWIzA4_LwAhPX09fs4WpKO4FbOmeVj_ADQ3rdwRpatlVewS4jqfkP1uQwPj296a5TKz3nMV51x2wYZn_flclRyau9X/s400/P7030004.JPG" border="0" /></p><div align="center">My cousin gave me her old dishes with roosters on them, so Rilla helped me reorganize my cabinets - it's so good to have someone tall around besides Tom!</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356531497857353074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgg53gTQKdnehzxPTuOJKrHpTkEHhgJiA7_7PfKK9hA1jPOYIwsEBgO4tn7CqBU6kJ-RfMDtZReRx5sz2xHGSkBj-lEAtSIjYIKXo8GsjxHIVfgyb9oCjGE5nRoKx0DZWJn_45PZW2Hjr/s400/P7040016.JPG" border="0" />Our neighbor, Donna and Raymond drove up on Friday to join us. Raymond settled right in...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356534969420793266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XyI_ealQqvQQ2sjP_i6cXMAw30vWT8nIN30mHpJjHniQ6nIi7tDx9Q22EwgeYdVpTg3I0kpNinxi8g_SE736QX5ol3Y0tlDEG31pQrM8t6DnZs-_Y8UYbXwpyXdn40KQrz71_CTW4Z0a/s400/P7030013.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Donna, Rilla and I took a short walk to gather some wildflowers for our table<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356535915970883442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89AWchP8cb-mR_55I-zvvZecnS6sFSPGOarn4k2wIbk96ERWne5LJHyilXs4oFaFudYK9rASwAF0a3heD5jFRjPsee_5ye-YpYlecnG1F5Xe7uX4bo0-kZ3dqPC_0B6tmh1QLhOTVPkO3/s400/P7040014.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">On Saturday, the boys played golf, and we headed over to West Jefferson for Christmas in July. It was really crowded, but we managed to find a couple of fun things for the house. First, this rooster for the porch (he's much less scary looking in person!)</div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356537286006638530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8huV6VraZjtvjUpD-h1mbC4-c6OHPB2S03fAKwA_fT2A2icR5czP47LrGKVXD-VmHXRoHf2D1UjvM72fHj5ARgibK0JdDcFozlR6rq1tNw8R-b03xFMAAwJTDn0meRdmgP7OxnzgHRl8P/s400/P7040017.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">And this cute sketch of roosters called "The Boys" by a local artist...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356538040034095842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX166QSi0s3c69x2Mrei3A6s24QF7u85QI_ZI3faoexZDdk53rIZUDK7_Xn7wGnwbVFvJun_jdbdn0WQ3MfzJR_yKpjTSE9rJfmj1N_OqAFH0tVz2sxDIEpfXEoyNnRvzN7jT-delND5_t/s400/P7040019.JPG" border="0" /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHg0g3V8bIrrInG0ocJeQKSWjSAuChBoK4pfXXJdc2bXP4SptSwAj9mH0Y9c_AbmhyphenhyphencvJvXibS8h1syW6RlergTd8SEJZ5_M8tJLncoNNXNXVLeR56VEmDtbsi9Gk_xvt9EYt4JAtl5vEJ/s1600-h/P7040031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356538607985128114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHg0g3V8bIrrInG0ocJeQKSWjSAuChBoK4pfXXJdc2bXP4SptSwAj9mH0Y9c_AbmhyphenhyphencvJvXibS8h1syW6RlergTd8SEJZ5_M8tJLncoNNXNXVLeR56VEmDtbsi9Gk_xvt9EYt4JAtl5vEJ/s200/P7040031.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">After we all got back home, we had the traditional chicken barbecue. Raymond insisted that the grill be FULL and it was - 12 leg quarters and a half dozen breasts!<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHg0g3V8bIrrInG0ocJeQKSWjSAuChBoK4pfXXJdc2bXP4SptSwAj9mH0Y9c_AbmhyphenhyphencvJvXibS8h1syW6RlergTd8SEJZ5_M8tJLncoNNXNXVLeR56VEmDtbsi9Gk_xvt9EYt4JAtl5vEJ/s1600-h/P7040031.JPG"></a> </p><br /><br /><br /><p>and here's out dinner table and view for the Fourth - pretty nice, huh?<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356542889775512994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiksljDlou7TD78W9DDWn2h5Y9RDfhs6Pwcm0rgNgXHd6p2HnHnrWJOZ5AxvmXPDT0_KddCBSTxKP-CwYyQn3srZu5nguCjPxktdmP-MYAeCRC3LEi3hSo6V4UbO3wUmg_jQzIQjicfGjrW/s400/P7040032.JPG" border="0" /></p><br />And here are the group shots - first, the girls....<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356543443872127618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWcMO_KKIOzbI7QwZ9xoXV6O9fT5Jeaqb9wSMwHDisQB30kd9KvsoW-5CwllD3-rlf5z-ION33WjkBNfavSYgUbvEN0LaOQTJEJDW20FJvuMQ4-DyM7_Z5lkxzMB5qOiLC8pNowDLhrtRq/s400/P7040028.JPG" border="0" />And the boys...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356543956922046866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhk63DIq6mGC6e9Pvgw8yDYx9iCFrh9tYnC6LfmljqtlD4gXrLwgBjuzh1rPYMuZnqg6OdVgm4Z4s3BKmd-4AysTy2oSHLTFY7ngMU66oaI4lKsLswEkR0Ct5fu40raTszLjBpcvF8tTS/s400/P7040025.JPG" border="0" />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830941694840397973.post-16506521485857406862009-07-01T12:02:00.001-07:002009-07-01T12:30:18.819-07:00Her highness - the grandbaby...We had a visit from Her Highness, Savannah, this past weekend. Even though we weren't at the Roost, I had to post a few pictures!<br /><br /><div align="center">PawPaw helped her decorate the door...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMu_vt_P9a978LtXsEvEcDfB0oCZZEmHhvu4ahw3xFIixMXIT8K9isZA_B95q2fZlL_Ct_T6u0_S-AdBv9lukR5wv4yWnGJdOQFq1Oeyb9LwA99TzsHP7a0JgLXkyEX7uNVIpQs-nVLpg/s1600-h/P6280043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353569968302534178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMu_vt_P9a978LtXsEvEcDfB0oCZZEmHhvu4ahw3xFIixMXIT8K9isZA_B95q2fZlL_Ct_T6u0_S-AdBv9lukR5wv4yWnGJdOQFq1Oeyb9LwA99TzsHP7a0JgLXkyEX7uNVIpQs-nVLpg/s400/P6280043.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">Auntie Anne watched cartoons with her...</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoeHc4EuPnV-YFc_g65wbZcp8wvA2fuQ_SXXMhCtQISWI1qXj8tzftGe6PDfOOT3Lf9x8BTM-HEJ0NgUW8yBikaLxnIPJAe23nLztimf0Hdmiadj7aM8Jk7a3dDuleF7vUz-HMFhE_90T/s1600-h/P6280041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353569957997788226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoeHc4EuPnV-YFc_g65wbZcp8wvA2fuQ_SXXMhCtQISWI1qXj8tzftGe6PDfOOT3Lf9x8BTM-HEJ0NgUW8yBikaLxnIPJAe23nLztimf0Hdmiadj7aM8Jk7a3dDuleF7vUz-HMFhE_90T/s400/P6280041.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And PawPaw also helped her with her new puzzle...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQO6Xoz14Qj88nk77sCKTK8EJODOHoBXdg1jkQgD6_tT8iL9arw12xaiY9CdBTvdZJD2Pp7FaXzhCAHn3vAURAeqLj-O6VLGkaFYB49GbJNmPb4nEMrx0VLeZ_rtrRs_6RKBi7W0ISttz-/s1600-h/P6270036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353569947088663106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQO6Xoz14Qj88nk77sCKTK8EJODOHoBXdg1jkQgD6_tT8iL9arw12xaiY9CdBTvdZJD2Pp7FaXzhCAHn3vAURAeqLj-O6VLGkaFYB49GbJNmPb4nEMrx0VLeZ_rtrRs_6RKBi7W0ISttz-/s400/P6270036.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And I couldn't resist. Suzie had a couple of skin tags taken off. She looks really traumatized by the cone, doesn't she?<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353569973222756530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVhf5CVU8RLZZzF0sEdJ8EktTKlfChrOab6xYK1iaO_ppXTBZdVHpvYnkxnQXkwVZYXSDxsAkKIBneQh6MZnNMMoT_3vjjALH_IhnK3gS1zLCEvTdXPNBxhI6XFVudBs9kkzUhCsUXEoT/s400/P6250033.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div></div></div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15119777347375769475noreply@blogger.com0