A Quite Week.... I Hope

The herd enjoying the rain Monday morning.

After last weeks busy schedule, this week has started out to be pretty

 quiet.  Sunday JS had meeting with out of town customers and I didn't 

do much.  Pick up the house, cleaned out the refrigerator,

 did laundry and watched Nascar.

Yesterday we had a nice rain, for most of the morning. 

  Couldn't have planned it better, everything around here needed watering

 and it was a good soaking rain that settled the just.

Once I finished morning choirs I sat in the office and payed bills, 

Today I'm editing photos from a couple of Cattlewomen events.

The plan for this afternoon is to head to Yuba City to Sam's Club.

JS's kind of shopping, if it's not Home Depot or Tractor Supply.

What a nice quite morning, a little cool, but the windows are open, 

it smells good and no wind.

Pretty Picture Monday

"Is It Monday Yet" !?!?!

My week started last Saturday, volunteering for the CA. State

 Beef Ambassador competition.  Sarah De Forest from our group

 is the state chair and the Butte County Cattlewomen 

hosted the event at the Chico Ag Farm.   My job was to chaperon

the sequestered contestants during the judging.  I always like

volunteering for this.  It is such a joy to spend the day with a 

group of kids, that are happy, polite, fun, can carry on an

intelligent conversation, with full sentences and real English.   

24 strangers in the morning were 24 friend by the end of the day.

What a great bunch of kids, always restores my faith in 

American youth.

Saturday night ran to the mountains for a little R&R, cleaned up the job

site at the new cabin and home in time to have dinner with Shane.

" Now, who do you think was cooking"?

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were spent,

 "Cleaning Everything", house, yard, farm!!! 

"Shane helped, that's why he was getting fed Sunday night".

Thursday night we would be hosting a back yard concert,

but first a flying trip to San Francisco, Wednesday afternoon.

   Not flying in a plane,  flying down the freeway! 

 3.5 hours to Treasure Island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay

 for a four hour Pella Window event and 2.5 hours home.......

 that's the difference between "BAD" Bay Area traffic and good.

Thursday night "Miss Juni Fisher"  what a treat

"What A Gal"

Juni's music is divers and a history of rodeo, ranching and horses.

The time is always to shot when she comes to visit.

It was also Sister Cindy's Birthday , cake and all....

Can't think of a better why to celebrate.

Today my Charity Ladies met at the El Medio Fire Station 

to get ready for our annual spring rummage sale Saturday

After that the calendar is clear.  My goal this summer,

 is to keep it that way, for as long as possible...

"I Might Just Take Monday Off"

Wordless Wednesday

And The North Wind Blows

The South Winds, Bring Us Rain 

The North Winds, Brings Us Pain.

Sam Starr

Pretty Picture Monday

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Thursdays Thoughts, JS

I'm not the only one to have a husband who's butts on fire 24/7,

but when JS starts one of his "Man on a Mission" projects,

I start feeling my age a little.

Monday the framing crew headed to the mountains to start on

 the new cabin.  JS has already been up to inspect twice this week.

Today, I rode along.

Lower basement level, shop, bathroom, equipment room.

No.... not a work out room....HA HA

Hot water heater equipment.

Family-game room, storage.

By the end of the week, there will be a floor up here.

I can only imagine the view.

Wordless Wednesday

The Farms in Full Bloom

One of my blogger friend up north, still in the grips of winter,

  asked if I would show some pictures of my yard.

  I was going to, but last night we had a pretty good wind

and the yard looks terrible 

So.... Crystal and all who visit, 
come take a walk with me in the garden
and we can see whats blooming.

The Quince, Camellias and Azaleas are done.

The Rhododendrons are just starting.

This beautiful Iris was given to me by son Shane.
I love the purple beards on the yellow.

Daylilies, going to add more colors this year.

The Kousa Dogwood is in full bloom

 Joseph's Coat Roses are so pretty in the morning sunlight.

What I can't take a picture of, is how wonderful 
600+  Orange Trees fill the air with perfume and
the gentle hum of the honey bees working every tree.

It is heaven on earth.

Pretty Picture Monday

Rhododemdron

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Have A Great Weekend

Thursdays Thoughts, Annouing Anonymous

"I'd like to Annoy Anonymous right in the nose !!!!"

For about three weeks now, I've been getting junk mail on my comments page, under anonymous and it's now becoming a problem.

This is just a nice little blog that isn't hurting anyone.

 "So Quiet Being A Jerk"

If anyone out there knows how to make this stop,

it would be greatly appreciated.

"Go Away Anonymous"

Pretty Picture Monday

Thursdays Thoughts, Son Shane

He's been working behind a desk since he graduated from college and 

I know that at this point in his life, he's not where he thought he'd be.

He's young, he'll figure it out.

I do know that at heart, he's a farmer.

Hit and Miss

That's what my blogging is going to be for awhile.

The calendar for this month and May is pretty full 

and the weather is good.

Going to try to get my yard clean

 and the garden worked up and 

some "projects done"

Ya......   I have big dreams.

Pretty Picture Monday

Moving Forward

Back in January, I posted about a new project we

 were starting. To finish fencing in the back yard

and make a more usable space out of this area.

The wall project has started up again. 

It's taken this long for the block company

 to get the block delivered.....  ;(

"Finely"

  

Two weeks age JS ordered concrete and a pump and

 the block layer got the first row set in the footing.

He set the bock in the wet concrete and

 made sure it's level.  It has to set for

 a few days till it is dry.

Last week he came back and put up the wall

 to the height we agreed on.

This photo give you a good idea of how much slop 

there is to the ground.  Each block is 8 inches high.

The block are 8x8x16 inches.  We went with a 

split face so the wall looks like stone. 

 After the wall has curd (dried) steel (rebar) will be put in

 the holes vertically and the pump will come back 

and fill the holes with concrete.

Then we'll bring in dirt to level this area..

I'll keep you posted................. ;D

Wordless Wednesday

The Biscuit's First Easter

No egg hunts or chocolate bunnies this year, 

She was the center of attention with her three great grandparents,

in aw of this little wonder that has come into our lives.

Big rough and tough JS melts like butter in her presents
and I can't kiss her enough. 

Pretty Picture Monday

Wild Western Redbud