Friday, July 29, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
July 25, 2011
He's almost swimming already, going underwater, doing flips. He has a great time in the pool.
Friday, July 22, 2011
July 22, 2011
Wild grapes. There's a grapevine at the end of the hayfield, growing over some kind of apple tree. I've made jelly from it's grapes twice, though it's been several years since the last time. It doesn't have grapes every year, or it just doesn't have enough to bother with. But every so often, it will have an abundance. This is one of those years, it is covered with tiny grapes. Being wild, this is as big as they get (I am actually surprised they are this big). But they make a good, very tart jelly with a pretty purple color.
July 21, 2011
It's hot, and really humid. We had to take the solar cover off the pool because the water was getting too warm. Somewhere around 90, it starts feeling too warm for a pool.
July 20, 2011
Same zucchini, about 24 hours later. You can see a difference in the sizes of the left and right ones. Zucchini grows so fast.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
July 18, 2011
We had a few thunderstorms suddenly pop up today. We needed the rain though, the garden was getting dusty. When I was out taking this, it was extremely humid. One of those days you just walk outside and start sweating before you do anything. It's nice being able to look up current radar on the computer now. We saw this storm just suddenly form to the northwest of us, blow through, and disappear to the southeast.
July 16, 2011
Cicada shell on my clothesline tree. It appeared, molted, and left in about 3-4 hours time. Three of them at once, actually.
Friday, July 15, 2011
July 15, 2011
Ox Roast, Mantua. These fairs are getting really expensive... $2 for a bottle of water/pop, $3-5 for food or a game or a ride. The kids have fun, but our wallet sure takes a hit.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
July 4, 2011
We went on an evening trip to this covered bridge. The bridge almost seemed too small for the minivan, but we made it through with room to spare I'm sure, even if it didn't feel like it.
July 3, 2011
Typical farm scene... something always seems to need fixing. On the side of a steep hill, naturally. Didn't take too long to get going again though. Pretty soon, we were baling all the hay on that steep hill.
July 2, 2011
It's that time of year again. Here's dad baling a pile of hay. As I did the past year or two, I spent some time making sure my younger son didn't get baled up too. He likes to see how things work. Unfortunately, he likes to be up close. He was better this year though. Last school year he even wrote a paper about how dangerous it is to bale hay (the assignment was to write about things you do as a family). That's why it's good to volunteer for school parties- so the teachers know you aren't the dangerous freak your child makes you out to be.
Friday, July 1, 2011
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