Promised Pictures :)

I took a bunch of pictures of the horse last weekend because we thought we were going to have to put him down but Doc came out and looked at him and decided that his knee was just slipping in and out of joint. I get to play vet and give him pain medicine as needed.

My Cherokee roses have gone crazy, in a GOOD way !!

My Eggplant, Cilantro and Pumpkin seeds have finally sprouted. I must get the other bed ready for them. I have SO much basil, but I love it :)

I know this might be odd but I like dead flowers...its an odd beauty. 

I got tired of walking through the grass so I made a path. Thank you daddy for bringing me the wood chips from the pile!!

When I went to give the horse his medicine the other day I saw these flowers and naturally, I picked them. We usually have them growing up the dirt road but I haven't seen a single one this year. 

This is the self portrait I drew a year ago in my college art class. I was just walking around with the camera and thought I would share. It turned out rather well I think. 

My red rose

The sweetest little puppies EVER!!

The improvements I made to the chicken coop, hopefully I wont have any more snake surprises. 

Magnolia tree. I think the flowers are so beautiful <3

Flowers started in cinder blocks...

Squash and corn in the garden!!! YAY!!!

Overwhelmed with very good things...

The garden is looking wonderful!!! I have spent a lot of time working in it today and I still haven't made much headway on it. The girls helped me weed yesterday, and then Taylor gets off the bus today and alerts me of the fact that I caused her to get a little sunburned....it isn't bad at all but I guess she just felt like it was worth mentioning. Some of the corn is already up to my waist, we should have several harvests this year....and I am SO excited about that. The squash is ready to be picked, well one squash...but that's okay. It will go on my homemade pizza tonight, along with some of the arugula and basil. Speaking of basil, I have WAY to much for us to eat and sell so I have decided to try my luck at making pesto and canning it for later uses. The rosemary has taken off too, but I think I'm just going to continue to freeze that. Speaking of way too many of something, I ended up with over 30 red cherry tomato plants. That will teach me to never plant a pack of 3 year old seeds and hope that some of them sprout...because all of them sprouted!!! The same happened with the cucumbers but I'm not worried about that because I make AWESOME pickles!!! I will post some pictures later, sadly I forgot to bring my camera... I swear, if my head wasn't attached to my body, today is just one of those days I would've lost it. Oh, other wonderful news.... 3 Bs and 1 A this semester!!! Hehehehe I was just alerted that I get to go "yard sellin" with my aunt and pop tomorrow, YIPPEEEEE!!!
well I must get back to the house so I can do a little more work in the garden before it gets dark :)

I finished up for the semester last night, and let me just say, I am so thankful to be done! I can now get back to the things I have been planning for the past couple of weeks. I hate having plans in my head and yet no time to make those plans a reality. All that is hopefully soon to change :)
This week has been rather sad though, I lost one of my chicks to a black snake Monday afternoon. I was rather distraught. It was the worst thing I have ever witnessed. Thankfully daddy was there to take care of everything for me. And then Michael eased my mind later that night so I could sleep nightmare free. I have no idea what I would do without those two wonderful men in my life. 

Busy Busy Weekend...

I decided just to put everything up at once this time, even though this really isn't everything...just the most important stuff.

I decided to put a path through the back yard to the chicken coop... I am so tired of having to deal with the grass.

Daddy doing a little work with the new bobcat... boys and there toys. That thing is sure going to come in handy!!

Mason decided to be funny and place my shirt in high places around the house... This was the final resting place before I took it inside. He placed all the blame on our cat too.

Speaking of Mason, he decided to stop playing video games long enough to help daddy.

 

The arugula is the fastest growing thing in the garden.

 

 The bobcat needed a new muffler and instead of paying a few hundred dollars for one, Daddy decided to make one. It cost about $50 I think, possible less but it turned out real well.

 One of my little red pullets decided all of a sudden to be brave and sit on my knee. They aren't too shy but they dont make the effort to come see you. This put a smile on my face.

I found these attached to tables that I found and decided to use in the garden. They now have a new home in the chicken tractors as feeders. They work perfectly!

The chicks exploring the cinder block that holds up one side of the little perch.

Mason playin with our little cousin :) She is such a cute little bug!!

And the she and I decided to play with the puppies :)

This is the chicken coop after I scrubbed it clean (this has never been done before) and then again with the hay... All of this took place before the chicks were moved. 

new projects...

Mason and I went walkin' through the woods in search of treasure. We have been doing this a lot lately because there is so much stuff that has been brought down to the house and then just put out in buildings or just left to rot away outside. I hate seeing good things go to waste so if I see something I like, I bring it home and save it or re purpose it. This lawn chair and couch is a good example. It only needs some minor repairs then it will be something we can enjoy for years to come. 

This stump has taken a beating over the years so I came up with a plan that seems to be unanimously acceptable. Mason had mentioned carving something very elaborate into it like an animal of some sorts. We do not posses the skill nor the tools in which to do that so I decided to try to carve inspirational words into the wood. I'm not sure how it will turn out but I thought I would at least try. I'm thinking all I will need is a screwdriver and a hammer... This ought to be an interesting project.

Shootin with the boys!!!

My .308

.357

My .308 Savage

SKS

A family friend came down earlier this afternoon and we went shootin'. I shot EVERYTHING except the Mosin Nagant Billy brought...we have 2 but haven't done much with them and there was no sense in bringin' more than 1... anyhow.  Along with the ones in the pictures I shot the .22 Ruger and the .44 Magnum. Man do I love shootin the .44 THAT THING IS AWESOME!!!

Ginger and her puppies :)

Little Casey/ Elvis died on Friday and his puppies were born last night... very sad when you think about it but we are so happy to have these two little pups here. We sure waited long enough. Ginger is so proud of them. ALL Taylor and Madyson want to do is hold them... its very difficult telling them no when all I want to do is hold them too.