I love harvest time...

The tomatoes just keep comin'...

Nothing like home made salsa..

A day of braiding!

So we picked most of the garlic and then the braiding began :)

Garden to finally doing well...

 Tomatoes, basil, and peppers.... Oh My!   Finally things are growing & ripening.  Had our first tomatoes yesterday and they were great.  I tried a new fertilizer this year and the sun flowers loved it!

The bean pole on the left is producing like crazy! Grape vines are in the center.

Blast at Tom's 40th Hi-School Reunion!

We had a great trip to Great Falls for Tom's 40th High School Reunion, and now I have faces to put with many of the stories I've been hearing the last 6 yrs.   So Fun! and super nice people, plus the hotel we stayed in was beautiful.  Great accomodations- The Staybridge Inn, Great Falls, MT. and the Falls were roaring.

We also spent some time at Giant Springs-- beautiful natural springs pouring into the Missouri River.  We also took the long way home across Highway 200 in Montana and again-- beautiful country-side.  But--- it's good to be back home!

Happy 4th of July!

Just saying to those I care about "have a safe and Happy 4th of July weekend!"  We're tending the garden and taking in a few Bar-B-Q's with friends which will be fun.  Recently enjoyed Spokane's Hoopfest with family and had a great time afterwords in the backyard.  Pictures coming soon...

More Pavers...

Adding a back patio to the house has been like adding another room... well the room got bigger over the weekend.  We finished laying pavers all the way to the Shop and made everything level between the house & shop.  Grandson Paul was here helping with the sand and wheeling a paver in the wheel barrel  with Tom when needed.  Great fun, and very nice to have this done.  I also move a fence and this opened up the back yard as well.   Never-ending projects here, which I just love.  I'd be lost without something in the wings waiting to be planned, built, or constructed.
We also built rock gardens around the trees.  Rocks found near Mica Peak.  Now if it would just get warmer so the plants can come out of the greenhouse!

Glad tax season is over for another year

I know it's not quite the 18th (tax day) but all the one's I helped on are done!  Now on to projects-- gardening season is starting so that'll be so fun!  Seeds are started, beds are prepped.

A break from taxes

So, as I had a few hours to re-direct my creative nature, Tom gave me some quick lessons in throwing paint on canvas... so fun!  My friend, Bonnie, also joined in and together we turned out some wild wall hangings.

  Now, mines on the wall and Bonnie's to be installed soon, all that's missing is the signing! 

So ready for Spring

I've got the green house cleaned out and ready for seeds! Check out the following link for the remodel of the back porch that Rachel & I did.  I submitted it to "This Old House" on a remodel submission and it was accepted--- FUN.  Vote for us on this and let's see what happens!    http://youroldhouse.thisoldhouse.com/thisoldhouse/submission.jsp?id=114355 

Another completed project

This was a super fun event--- I got to help update/design Rylee's room-  my oldest granddaughter.  So we painted the room blue on Friday, added clouds & a rainbow, the on Saturday attached the pink castle that goes behind her bed.  Pictures coming, but here's a few prior to installing.  It turned out very cute, and as Rob (my son) told me I'm now setting a bench-mark for the rest of the grandkids.... so if they want this is part of their turn 6 years old option... Gram will help do a redecorating project.

Me adding texture to the frame

the towers of the castle

the shadowing done, now for pink bricks

built in the studio, ready to install

Tax Season is upon us and busy times!

It's that time of year again, and everyone's busy getting balance sheets and statements ready for me to help with taxes. We'll (again) get through this and put 2010 behind us.... take a deep breath and relax--- it's all good!