Our visit from the Morie's!

We played "One Big Happy Family" in which Stephen correctly guessed Andrew!

Someone caught a crayfish...

But no-one volunteerd to eat it!

We barged the pond (Andrew, Nathan Morie, Deborah, Stephen, and Lydia Morie)


Cherish washes her flip-flops after getting them muddy!

"Walk the plank!" (All in jest!)

Ben tried out rubber raft that has a leak in the outer inner tube and it still held him up!


"No, I can't give you a ride--this might sink!"

The spectators

Leah takes a turn poleing

Christian experiments with the idea of being a bumper boat, and then "hitches up" and is towed. : )

Elisha and Cherish on the barge

Stephen and Deborah take their turn with the paddles! They managed to get around despite lack of concerted effort!

Deborah's pose here reminds me of the famous painting--"Washington crossing the Delaware"!

The new culvert--or "tin horn" as we have learned they are called-- for the road!

Our Fourth of July Celebration!

Corn on the cob is a yummy tradition!

We did our sparklers while it sprinkled! It wasn't coming down hard enough to put them out!

Clouds of smoke in the mist!


This shape reminds me of a cell dividing.

Like a firework--but only a sparkler! From our house we saw tons of fireworks though without having to go anywhere!

End of June!

Stephen on the day of rest.. : )

I don't know if you can tell, but it is pouring in this picture!

The first of my sunflowers to grow to it's proper size.

Admiring the grader that has been fixing our road!

(By the way, the can is not ours!)

Maintainer Blade!

Turkeys again...


The Grader at work!

The Month of June...

Buddies!


A unique sunset!

Greenfinch the new goat...


Three adventurers pole around on the "barge"...

The path to the guy's Shop.

Fiery heavens

Cloud burst

"Do you see that Stephen?"

Deborah sews a "yo-yo"!

Friends of ours were given baby raccoon that was rescued by some of their friends! It was just getting to the cute stage of being curious about everything!

Our turkeys free range during the day and we enjoy watching them wander about.

Our kind of Redneck.

The trio again!



Andrew checks on our egg chickens!

Baby chicks again! This time they are not meat chicks though, they are layers--and so much perkier than their meatier relatives!


It is fun to climb the tarped hay bale!

Good night and sleep tight--as they say!