The Week-end

Had a pretty good week-end. Well it really started on Thursday when my oldest daughter and her family visited from Eastern Washington. And then on Staturday my youngest, Jolene, visited and then Shannon, Kylee's mother, left to help a friend move. Richelle showed up and off to work we went. R, J, and Kylee worked out R's horse and washed Ambush and I fired up the DR Trimmer and hand mowed the smaller pasture--it had too many thistles and nettles. Jolene left and R hooked up the drag to my Gator and drug the sm. pasture and Kylee helped me with the thistles. We put in about 3+ hours. R went home.
Saturday evening we discovered the horse trailor had a flat tire ( oh no! the rodeo is tomorrow) and we couldn't get the air compressor to work. Phooey.
Sunday morning the compressor worked, I filled up the flat. Kylee and her mom loaded up and off they went to Darrington to the rodeo. We went and watched too. Kylee and Ambush did OK. First picture is Ambush saying what am I doing here remember I'm retired!! 2ndpicture is what surrounds the Darrington arena. Third pic is the closest I could get of Kylee going around a barrel. I am out of order but then what else is new.
At home, after dinner I went out and finished pressure washing the deck ( I like pressure washing, go figure). R and her family came up and we wished her Happy Birthday (july 2), they stayed for a couple hours and then off they went and took their pressure washer.
Now it is late and I am enjoying being quiet and all alone. GOOD NIGHT

A new day

July 1st. A new day and a new month. Good wishes to all.
Kylee has a rodeo today riding MY horse, Ambush. Rainbow wishes.
This is the view from my deck looking south. July 4th fireworks are everywhere. Mt. Rainier (14,400ft) is in the distance on a clearer day. Enjoy your day.

Strawberry Shortcake

Recipe for dessert:
Organic strawberries from Mother Flight Farm
Farm fresh heavy cream from Golden Glen Creamery
Homemade biscuits---mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Visiters

Well here it is after midnight and I am sitting at my computer just doing stuff. My oldest daughter and her family were here for the day and a nice visit. They live on son-in-laws family ranch in Eastern Washington. It has been in his family for over 150 years. They raise beef cattle and are very good stewards of their land. They do all their work by horseback (mostly) and dogs. It is a great place to go riding and they have some good horses. They did some work around here for me, mostly got the chain saw out and did more winter storm clean up. It is really done but he wanted to clean up some trees.It was really good to see them as they haven't been over for about 1 1/2 years. Here is a picture of C on one of the horses, Feathers out in never never land. It is amazing the difference in topography in the same state. We, over here are covered with trees and they just aren't. Also a Ritzville sunset.
I took pictures of pictures they brought. It would be nice to have a scanner, maybe someday.

Potatoes

I know potato harvest isn't until September and October but look at this. The 2 pictures with the tractors was taken May 10 and they were planting potatoes and the others were taken June 24th and look at the growing potatoes. They are already flowering and getting big. Same farm. Great fertile Skagit Valley.

in the circle

I moved my bench that was on the front porch and put in in the front little garden area (we call it the circle). the white little bells are Japanese Bells (Styrax japonicus).

Great-grandmother and Kylee

Two weeks ago when i went to visit my Mother on Whidbey I had not a care in the world. (HA) And then I had a flat tire and thought Darn, I'm not going to change it I have roadside service let them. So I called and they couldn't find anyone to come over to an island and then they found someone but it would be 1 1/2 hours before they would get here. OK I said. We proceed to wait. Dave, who sometimes has diminished mental capacity (because of the stroke) was waving to everyone and having a high ole time. Me, I'm just waiting. Steam rising. Finally some goodlooking young men stopped and I told them the whole store and they said hey we can change it right now-no waiting. So said Go for it. they did and I found out I had a really BAD tire. So off they went on their merry way (they were very good-looking) and I proceeded to the tire place only to find out that all 4 tires were VERY BAD. I saw them and they were. So 4 new tires later and lunch with my mother turned out to be dinner and on the way home a loaded dumptruck swooshed by splattering me with small rocks and now I have a crack in my windshield. WAH!!
Yesterdays visit turned out uneventful. Kylee came with and here is a picture of G-G-mother (91) and Kylee (13). I said to Kylee who is barely 5ft. Look you are taller that Great grandmother and she said snort, anyone is taller than GGM. Teenagers. MB