Today, Monday, louie and I went bean picking at a friend's house. They don't want to see another green been, so we got 4 plastic grocery bags full and another bag of beets. Louie will can some with dill. We saw cool puff balls and made them shot off spores, then they puffed back up! Check Louie's blog for pics also. I got a good movie clip, but not sure if I can get it on this site. From there, we met Dave and Russ and went out on the boat to pick up the last crab pots of the season. Last round got us lots of females (not keepers) and 2 good sized males, Will let you make your own joke from there. . .
Yesterday, Sunday Sept. 2, was a yard day. Marked irrigation system for the pipe guy, mowed the yard, loaded a 20' trailer 6' high with yard debris, took 21 plexi panels off the deck to get it ready to weather proof it, and. . . whew was tired out! Jon also got the concrete mixer put together and we went for turkey dinner at mom's. A week's worth of stuff in a day!
Saturday, Sept. 1, Worked in the yard. Cindy and Louie came over for dinner, crafting and talking. We did a lot of the latter and not much work on our gourds. The sunset was incredible and we just couldn't tear ourselves away. Jon came home and fixed us dinner plates from leftovers and Jonathan returned from his walk in time to join us. Louie and I were both practicing with our new cameras.
Friday, Aug 31, Jonathan and I met with the "pipe guy". His crew will be here next week sometime to put in the drain that goes off of the back bluff. It has taken a year to get engineering and approvals from neighborhood association up through the state. It involves trenching and maybe cutting the driveway concrete. The sweetgum tree on the corner will come out first, we think, but we were going to do that anyway because it has lifted the concrete in the driveway up about 1 1/2" and cracked the slab!. After the meeting we went to Oak Harbor. . .the big city. Got a Honda mower from home depot. Yay!!!! We even made it past the wonderful chinese buffet restaurant without stopping (no will power if I go in so best just to stay out!). Errands at office max, shoe store and walmart. home by 10:15p, had a late start. Jon didnt get home til saturday, his job interview in Portland went fine, he just didnt want the job!!!!
Spent some time learning my new camera. Macro works well. Also silly pic of Iphone taken with camera which is reflected in the glass front of the phone.
Aug 30, Thursday, we had the barbeque we were supposed to have had last week, before Woody took his tumble on the beach, David brought "brand new, 2 hrs fresh out of the water" salmon and we had steaks. Was quite a feast. Potatos and onions from the garden (and guessing the eggs from their chickens) came with Mom and Marjorie in the form of potato salad). Woody was up and moving, but still in a lot of pain from his fall. Eggplant would be the color of his bruise and size would be gigundous. David cooked steaks on the grill, Cory climbed the apple tree, and a good time was had by all. Too chilly to sit outside so we moved extra chairs to the dining room table.
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