June bugs, June blogs; it would appear both are rare around here. Time to do something about the latter; you can keep the former, if you have them. I don't miss those big, buzzy beetles from my California childhood!
I'll start with a garden update. Everything is growing well and looking promising, with the exception of the beets and carrots. (I'm pretty sure the beets sprouted decently but got eaten by something. The carrots didn't germinate well, but there are some.) The other plants from seeds (bush beans, snow peas, and Long White Palermo zucchini) are burgeoning but not yet blooming. The starts we planted are blooming and setting fruit; I think our first harvest will be burpless cucumbers. 😍
Next, an assorted animal update. Because it's been so dry, the seed Rick sowed in the middle pasture and the grass he mowed in the upper pasture have done nothing, so all the sheep and horses are feeding exclusively on the hay we picked up at the end of May. We need to source and store a lot more hay to get us through until next spring, but Rick has been busy with too many other things to do that yet. Bryan the solo lamb enjoys annoying his dam and the other two ewes in his group. The bigger group of ewes knocked over the hay feeder in the wooded lot (no doubt trying to get every blade of hay) necessitating a rebuild; they were not sure the new-old structure was trustworthy. Deer keep frequenting our property, but I haven't seen any more fawns – until this morning while driving down our hill to an appointment. Same twins? Last Sabbath, Rick and I took the dogs for a walk for the first time since my surgery. Poppy, as always, was an Energizer Bunny; Leo got overheated even though it was a lovely day with a cooling breeze. The next day they were enjoying the morning sun together; I was tickled to catch the shot of Poppy using Leo as a pillow. Tomorrow evening I'm going to take Poppy to agility and see how that goes; I know she'll enjoy going back!
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It's not a done deal yet, but crossing fingers that my mom will indeed be moved – at least out of her house and up to Lincoln, if not into her apartment – by the end of the month. There have been numerous postponements, but the U-Haul U-Boxes are supposed to be picked up tomorrow, and the new departure date (my BIL is flying down and driving Mom up in her car) is Sunday, the 29th.
Rick and I celebrated our 41st wedding anniversary earlier this month with a day trip to the coast. We had a lovely time; I'll share my photos of our day in a separate post. I'll close with this photo of a recent sunrise:
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Oh, it's SOOO nice to get a new blog post from you! I've been waiting and watching!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you are having such dry weather, as we are. Bare ground where we walk to take Rico outside, is cracked. We really need rain.
It's so good to know that you are doing so well after your surgery. We hope that you and Poppy will both do well at the agility evening.
I hope little Bryan will settle down and not turn into a monster!
Hoping your garden will do well.
Take care!
Looking forward to rain this weekend, Jeanne! Is some in your forecast, too? One good thing about vegetable gardening in dry weather is that you can apply water just where it's needed (we use water lines with spigots at each plant and a couple soaker hoses), so there tend to be less weeds everywhere else.
DeleteCongratulations on your wedding anniversary. That many years is something to be proud of.
ReplyDeleteNice to see how well your garden is doing. Seems like the other side of the country is getting all your rain. As always, the pups are adorable.
Congratulations on 49 years! Rain has been rare here, a few light sprinkles overnight, hopefully more today, if not I’ll be dragging out hoses. Garden isn’t as far along as yours with a few bare spots due to seeds not sprouting.
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ReplyDeleteahh, a June bride. I was one as well. This year was 56 years for us. Congratulations on the anniversary. So many marriages don’t even make 10. The lamb, Bryan, is a cutie. I had to laugh at the picture of your Frenchie. Those bulldog breeds overheat so quickly. Our family has owned 4 of them. I remember one charity dog walk we participated in. It was a warm morning. My son’s English bull dog, Meathead, was so enthusiastic about walking with all the other dogs. But within 10 minutes we had pulled him over, resting in the shade of tree waiting for him to cool down. While we rested, we saw a vet and his assistants running towards another dog somewhere up ahead. They had bottles of water and ice. And, yes, some uninformed bull dog owner, had allowed his bully to walk until he was hit with heat exhaustion! Thank god that event had vets available.
ReplyDeleteLeigh, that many years is mostly making me feel OLD. 😳 But growing old together with someone you know so well is a good thing. 😊
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dee. We've had the hoses out from the git-go. It's been SO dry; our 'wet season' ended two months early!
Congratulations to you guys, too, Elaine! We have done a great disservice to brachiocephalic dogs; I can no longer support breeding them by buying a puppy. The last two, Dozer and Leo, were rescues.
Excited for you that you got the go-ahead to try agility. I hope your knees perform as well as Poppy :-) I hope your mom's move goes smoothly. It sounds like things are moving forward in all areas. Happy Anniversary!! :-) :-)
ReplyDeleteMy knees did okay (very fatigued afterwards, but recovered fine); Poppy, on the other hand, was AWESOME!
DeleteHave fun and be careful :-).
ReplyDeleteWe did; I was. The instructor has had numerous knee surgeries and one replacement, so she cautioned me a time or two to slow down. 😁
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