July 31, 2023

 

July 30, 2023

 

July 29, 2023

 

July 28, 2023

 

July 27, 2023

We went bowling and visited their arcade room too.
 

July 26, 2023

 

July 25 2023

I was rear-ended yesterday morning.   It doesn't look too bad but the bumper at least will need to be replaced.  Hopefully there isn't any more damage hiding in there.
 

July 24, 2023

We went mini-golfing this afternoon.
 

July 23, 2023

Japanese beetles are eating our peach tree leaves.
 

July 22, 2023

Some tomato plants are getting tall.  I had to tie this one back up with a fence stake.
 

July 21, 2023

 

July 20, 2023

Another storm came through.  My son sent his drone up to take a photo of the storm front.  One of those pictures is below.

 

July 19, 2023

My son bought his first vehicle.  It's a 2020 so still in good shape. 
 

July 18, 2023

I found a lightning bug on some lettuce in the garden.
 

July 17, 2023

I got this from a garden club sale last year.  It's a native wildflower called a cup plant and looks quite a bit like a sunflower.
 

July 16, 2023

 

July 15, 2023

A storm went through, preceded by these clouds.
 

July 14, 2023

Potatoes are blooming.
 

July 13, 2023

We only have one frog in the pond this year.  He likes to sit in this spot.
 

July 12, 2023

 

July 11, 2023

Our apple trees are loaded this year.
 

July 10, 2023

Some of my garlic is blooming.  I think this is the elephant garlic.
 

July 9, 2023

I made blueberry jam today.  I've never made it before.  It's a little bit tart, like grape jelly.  The rule here is that homemade bread needs to be made when we make jelly so my son made rolls and I made a gluten-free loaf for myself.
 

July 8, 2023

We picked the blueberries today again.
 

July 7, 2023

 

July 6, 2023

The county mowed along the road.  Disappointingly, they did not mow down the cattails in our ditch.
 

July 5, 2023

We got in the pool again today.
 

July 4, 2023

 

My son took this picture- we had our families over for a picnic and pool party today.  I didn't get a chance to take a picture since I was in the pool too.

July 3, 2023

The potatoes are starting to look good.
 

July 2, 2023

I matted and framed two drawings my daughter made at school.  The one on the left won first place at an art show.  I like the one on the right- it reminds me of a picture book illustration and I want to read the story!
 

July 1, 2023

My son took some drone photos of the fog this evening.