Just a few photos taken around the house this weekend. Our cucumbers are finally starting to grow, we’ll be picking the first batch in just a few days. We’ve also had many visits for the local squirrels. We put in a feeder a month ago or so and we have many visitors throughout the morning [...]

Spent the long, lazy, hot weekend taking some photos around the house. Many of the plants that we planted in the spring are finally starting to grow now. Of course I had Mabel out enjoying the weather and we let our new beagle (Bailey) explore the neighborhood and get used to her surroundings. Also spent [...]

This project started in mid September 2008. A complete remodel of our basement, new walls, new plumbing, new electrical, etc. Since we’re doing this ourselves, we allocated 2 years to complete the project. So we’re hoping to be completely finished by the end of September, 2010. Based on estimates, we figure that we’re saving about [...]

Sunday, we took a trip to Natural Bridge Kentucky. I haven’t been there in about 12 years, Lenora hadn’t been there since she was just a kid and Shauna and Colby have never been there. It was a great trip, the weather was awesome and the fall colors were spectacular. We did take a side [...]

This is Mabel, our Pineapple Conure. She was born in March and any day now, she will begin to mimic what we say to her. Conures are either large parakeets or small parrots that are found in the western hemisphere. They are analogous in size and way of life to the Old World’s Rose-ringed Parakeets [...]