Lately

These deliciously cool days for August have us all enjoying the outside all the more!

And those little autumn peeks already starting to show...those long rolling fluffy white clouds with gray undersides, a sprinkling of yellow crispy leaves just starting to fall, the grass getting dry and crinkly, the garden overflowing to where we can't find the original paths...

seems too soon and yet so close...

Autumn marches closer, my dears.

kitten love

enjoying friends visiting from Alberta!

Celene's bunnies

Hannah's first garden flower bouquet finally! Such a late year, but such is the same for all the garden produce.

Celene's hamster enjoying an onion on the kitchen table

The little kids got themselves some new wheels!
A little of dad's homemade skills and expertise = a lot of smiles!

Celene's adores the little green tree frogs with their soft, sticky feet

Miles warily excited that his summer project is finally running...yes, a mini bike!
A very old item, found deep in the recesses of my dad's old barn, restored, repainted, and sporting a 30+ year old motor...
It's been nearly 3 months in the works and he can't wait to finish it.

baling our own hay for the first time! it went well and we're excited to be able to produce and store our own hay for our own animals for the winter.

the kids working to pick up hay bales and store them in the barn

one of those recent sunset stunners

the girls shocked me with one of their recent stunts...a gang plank in the barn :O