Happenings on the Homestead in the Appalachian Mountains

 

Weekend Coffee Share

Hello there Adventurous Friends & Family, greetings from Georgia. How you doing? The astilbes put on a show for us this week in the gardens. Congrats to all the graduates, best wishes for new adventures ahead. We went on a Jeep ride & ate at Taco Bell. I like their nachos bellgrande with lettuce added, though it has lots of carbs for me that is supposed to be eating low carb & low sugar. Kevin likes their regular burritos & tacos. I read that the crunchwrap supreme is their best-selling menu item nationwide. I might give it a try next time. We made another strawberry pie & should have blackberries here in a few days. I helped host a Summer Kickoff Splash Blast for Grands & Daycare Friends, celebrated Grand's birthday & went to the last baseball game of the season. Kevin had a little job this week replacing all the screws on a metal roof. He said it took right at 1000 screws. He got a deal at the hardware store on some hinges he needed for building a fold out nightstand in the camper. The 6 hinges rung up as $58.12. They were in the $1 bin, a clearance on discontinued hinges & pulls, so the actual cost was $6.48. They do penny rounding up, so the total was $6.50 a savings of $47.94 according to the receipt. Grab a coffee or your favorite beverage & I'll tell you what wildflowers we saw blooming this week, then I'm off to Grand's dance recital & Little Daycare Friend's birthday pool party this weekend.

Meet Oreo, one of the newest additions
to Grand's homeschool pet project. Oreo
is a guinea pig.

Waiting for game time. Football &
cheer have already started with
 signups & uniform fittings.

He ended up getting hit by
the ball & taking a base. 

The lady slippers surprised us
by blooming early this year, as
quickly as they arrived, their 
blooms are gone, a reminder
to slow down & appreciate
nature's beauty while it's here.

      

Fire Pinks

             

Spirea

             

      

Happy 19th Birthday to Grand Chandler.

 

12 years ago on his 7th birthday.

Lemonade popsicle drinks.

      

It feels like summer.

Splashing & laughing.

Grands caught tadpoles back
 in March. It takes 6 to 16 weeks
 for them to turn into frogs.

These are some of the things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how has your week been? Go out & have a wonderful weekend.