Random Things

Here are a couple of random photos from the last week.

 

On Saturday Matthew and I taught a swing dance lesson at the local ballroom dance club.  There were quite a few students and even though most had been dancing for a while we managed to teach a few moves that they didn't already know.

 

I've been doing a lot of riding lately and Matthew has been working an odd schedule so we have not worked on many projects around the house.  Although I did finally paint the foosball table legs after Matthew added some supports.

 

And another wildlife photo.  I opened my bluebird box yesterday and caught one of the babies hatching!

Wildlife

We've had an exciting wildlife week here at the Lazy G.  Wednesday morning when I went out to feed the horses I caught seven foxes playing on the stump piles in our back two acres.  It seems that our resident pair of foxes have been quite successful, so far, in raising their litter.

 

The adults and young ran round and round chasing and stalking each other.

 

An adult with one of the young.

 

Two young chasing an adult.

 

 

On Friday morning I scared up a couple of deer when closing the windows in the front of the house.  Later that evening we saw them returning-probably to bed down in the brush between the house and the road.

 

And then, on Saturday we had a game night.  While we were showing people around the place I spotted this gopher tortoise!  (these are cell phone photos from a friend)

 

We looked around a bit and saw his/her burrow.  The tortoise nonchalantly meandered by us and, after pausing at the entrance for a photo, disappeared down the hole.

 

Back to Work

Matthew and I spent the past weekend catching up on a few things after our vacation.

We have had the materials to install gutters on the rabbit/mini shed for several weeks now but finally got around to doing it.  Now it probably won't rain for weeks!

 

 

The finished product.

 

I also bought a roll of fencing wire to make tomato cages for the garden.  The cages help keep the plants contained and reduce sun scalding on the fruits.  We cut the cages all to size and tied them to t-posts inside the raised beds.  We made 26 in all!

 

Next, we installed the tomato cages (hard to see in this photo, but they are in the second raised bed) and built another raised bed.  This last bed is only seven feet long due to the angle of the garden fence.  Almost all of my seedlings are planted and now I just have to harvest all of the goodies!

 

 

Lastly, I finally got around to buying some annual flowers this year and planted them in the beds by the barn.

Two Years!

Today is our two-year anniversary for moving into our house!  We celebrated by not doing any work at all :)

 

Here are a few photos that highlight some of the many changes over our brief ownership.  Most are repeat photos, but I just wanted to put them all in one place to get the whole effect!

 

The front of the house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The back of the house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The barn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The side yard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dining Room. 





































 


The guest bath.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First guestroom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second guestroom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Living Room.

 

 

 

 

Master Bedroom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Master Bathroom.