August 5th, 2011

Summer seems to have arrived and my succulents are blooming up a storm.The blueberries are plump, plentiful, ripe and sweet!
After a quick blueberry harvest, we got down to a bit of yard work yesterday. The store was clearing out the plants for 50 cents a piece the other day, so Ron and I took advantage of a few of the great deals. As a consequence, we had about 2 dozen new plants to get in the ground, then mulched and wrapped in deer netting yesterday. We planted about a dozen strawberries, 2 grapes, a gooseberry, some dahlias, a canna lilly, a Forsythia, plus a few other assorted ornamentals . . .and as bonus, we finally got the Spartan apple that I had picked up a few weeks ago out of it's pot and placed in the yard.

Ron is doing a family history mission from home and has been having a hard time helping clients over Skype the last few days (the old laptop in his words- has "had the biscuit"). So, after finishing in the garden, we picked up a new laptop for Ron's upcoming birthday. We got a demo model that had already been marked down, so we got a really good deal on pretty nice machine.

Ron wanted to go to the beach, but everyone was pretty tired from the day's activities and decided they would rather hang at home, so we took the kids to DQ for a quick treat, then kicked-back at home for the evening. It was especially pleasant on the deck

Next on the agenda is dealing with the water heater that is showing signs of imminent failure. . .(i.e. it is beginning to leak with greater and greater frequency).

Poor Isis is positively worn out after a day of basking in the sun while the family did yard work. Ron is in his "jammies" on the deck with his laptop enjoying the nice summer evening after our busy day.