Early Morning Light

 

Here I am! Ron took a week off last week, and we worked from sun up to sun down, and sometimes after the sun set. We were barely in the house. We got lots and lots done though and that feels nice. Not that anyone would notice that out by the road, there are no more weeds. We put in those lovely arches. I planted the melons that are going to grow on them and I planted beans and I plan on planting my squash on it.

The garden is coming along nicely. I need to plant flowers so that I can have things growing on the arches and lots more sunflowers. It seems there is never enough time in a day. Now that its in the 90s that stops me from being out there after noon.

 

The early morning light was so pretty this morning. I just had to capture it. Everything was in this warm golden light. Yesterday, I was sitting resting. I had used my weed trimmer to start trimming the pasture again and I was sitting in the garden and watching everything around me. I saw the most amazing thing. There was a hummingbird, gathering spiderwebs for its nest. He or she would go up to a spiderweb, not flapping its wings and ever so carefully it would start winding the spiderweb up in its beak, and then fly away. It did that all afternoon. I thought it was so amazing to sit and watch. I love that about resting, sitting and watching and getting to observe such sweet gifts around me.

I have all of the parts to the windmill all together now. Gosh its a big windmill. I would love to paint it like this one.

We had a lovely Easter. William and Makenzie came over for brunch. I like cooking brunch the best I think. I could eat breakfast at every meal.

Makenzie has been making cookies. There were more but they were eaten, so I took a picture before they were all gone. She is just so talented.

It was a nice day. Ben and Megan will be home pretty soon. I am so excited I can hardly contain myself. They have so many miles to go though to get here. They are stopping at the Baker Creek Seed company. I was looking though the line up of speakers and I wish I could be there. Such amazing seeds they have. I used Baker Creek Seeds and Renee's Garden Seeds  this year and the quality is top notch.

Makenzie is such a good photographer, I just had to show you our breakfast that she took pictures of on Easter. When I first saw the picture I thought, " That looks pretty, " Then I looked closer and realized that was my table cloth and dishes. We had breakfast outside on the porch and it was just lovely and sweet.

The next batch of things to be planted. Maybe Thursday or Friday. I am trying to get them hardened off before they have to go live in the garden. I have all of this lovely basil to go with my future tomatoes.

This morning I found this and I thought, what a perfect way to start the day. With a fresh egg.
We are under quarantine this year and no chicks for me. New Castle disease I guess is real bad here.
Maybe in the fall I can get chicks. I just have the hens I got two years ago. My roosters are not very roostery. If you know what I mean. Even though I have setting hens, there are no fertilized eggs.

I hope you have a lovely day today. I know my to do list is longer than the day. I want to finish the rest of the pasture with my weed trimmer and get the rest of the garden weeded and wash my car and it goes on and on.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Thank you so much for stopping by today,

~Kim~

"If you become a bird and fly away from me," said his mother, "I will be a tree that you come home to."
---The Runaway Bunny, Margaret Wise Brown, 1942