Den vs wild

Den spends a good deal of time in the spring knocking down robin nests in the barn. We can't believe that they continue to build in the craziest places. I am in the kitchen and look out the window to see he has put a ladder under the front overhang of the barn. The next thing I see is that he has the hoe and is using it to hit the underside of the awning. Then he comes out with a 5 gallon pail of water and tries to throw the water up there. He comes in the house and says that there is some furry critter up there moving around but he can't get to it. He takes a metal hanger, unbends it and heads back out. I get the camera, because this is just too funny.

Next he comes out with the drill and drills a hole, so he can shove the wire in. Apparently, this isn't working so he comes back with the pitchfork. After poking around a little bit, he leaves and comes back with the BB gun. He never did get the "critter" out, but it was very entertaining.

What a difference a week makes!

The kids were all here last week, but none of the bushes had bloomed and not many leaves had popped. With a spell of warm wet weather, everything bloomed at once.
We had a very wild thunderstorm on Wednesday at noon and it took down a huge tree in the woods. Then that tree took down a bunch of others and a section of our fence.

The lilacs are going to be in full bloom this week.

Not sure what this bush is, but the purple phlox are one of my favorites. A mound of phlox, which I have transplanted all over my yard, and 4 yews were the only plants when we bought this property 6 years ago.

Forget-me-nots

Purple leafed sand cherry
I got lots of yard work done today and planted 8 raspberries, a rosebush and some of the cool season vegetables in my new raised beds. I had to to it today, because this is one of the only dry days we have had the whole month. The wettest April on record.

Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter holiday weekend! We combined it with a Girl's Day Out since Suzy and Spencer will be moving soon. We started with shopping, attended the temple, more shopping, dinner, shopping, of course, and then dessert and games.
On Saturday, everyone came to our house for Easter egg coloring and the big hunt.

Easter 2011 - slideshows

Latest Library Creation

Here is the latest bulletin board that I created for the childrens area of the library. Yes, I love getting paid to do this! Click on the picture to make it bigger.