August 14, 2026

My other big striped dahlia.
 

August 13, 2026

My two youngest got new mattresses today.
 

August 12, 2026

It looks like they finished the roof and got a few windows installed.
 

August 11, 2026

 

August 10, 2026

Dahlia
 

August 9, 2026

Dahlia
 

August 8, 2026

These clouds turned into a thunderstorm north of us.
 

August 7, 2026

Cup plant.
 

August 6, 2026

They got more roofing done today.
 

August 5, 2026

Today the trusses were placed on the house across the street.
 

August 4, 2026

The road got surface sealed today. They first put down this "American-sourced, field proven Maltene Replacement Technology (MRT) product" (according to a flyer they left by the mailbox). Then went over it with some sort of sand/grit. Their flyer said we're only supposed to go 5 MPH for two days. Nobody does... even the bicycles go faster than that.
 

August 3, 2026

 

August 2, 2026

The clouds got interesting this evening.
 

August 1, 2026

My daughter made potato skins, then made doughnuts with the scooped out potato.
 

July 31, 2026

Indian corn and pumpkins. I think these pumpkins are a type with hullless seeds.
 

July 30, 2026

I dug a few potato plants. The potatoes are not big yet, but the plants are still growing so they might get bigger.
 

July 29, 2026

Walls are going up across the street.
 

July 28, 2026

I got a rack for drying homemade noodles.
 

July 27, 2026

 

July 26, 2027

I found a lightning bug on one of my flowers.
 

July 25, 2027

The lower section of the garden isn't growing as well. We'll have to make sure we put a ditch on that side from now on.
 

July 24, 2026

 

July 23, 2026

My lettuce has gotten tall. It's still edible though. I've got new ones started but they're slow growing so far.
 

July 22, 2025

 

July 21, 2026

Cherry tomatoes are almost ripe.
 

July 20, 2026

 

July 19, 2026

My son spent some time using his 3D printer to make this robot. My husband put it together and painted it. It's going to the local gamestore.
 

July 18, 2026

It wasn't very smoky today, and we got a little bit of rain in the afternoon.
 

July 17, 2026

It's still smoky.  

July 16, 2026

It was very smoky today. This was taken in the middle of the day when we should have had bright sun because there weren't any clouds. It's all smoke. It smelled smoky too.
 

July 15, 2026

It's getting hazy from some wildfires in Canada.
 

July 14, 2026

My cup plant and queen of the prairie are blooming.
 

July 13, 2026

I got a few rows of the indian corn weeded. It's growing nicely, with pumpkins growing between them. I planted beans too but most of them didn't grow so we planted sweet corn where the beans didn't come up. 
 

July 12, 2026

Dragonfly.
 

July 11, 2026

We got a bunch of rain this week. The kale and cabbage on the lower, wetter side of the garden are dying. I guess they don't like excess water.
 

July 10, 2026

Block was delivered across the road today.
 

July 9, 2026

 

July 8, 2026

 

July 7, 2026

I'm hoping to get some tomatoes soon. The parsley is looking nice too.
 

July 6, 2026

 

July 5, 2026

 

July 4, 2026

These two hummingbirds fight over the feeder, along with a third one which shows up occasionally. They don't like to share.
 

July 3, 2026

There were a lot of big, impressive clouds today. My kids took some time lapse videos of them. We eventually got some needed rain in the evening.
 

July 2, 2026

 

July 1, 2026

It was hot and hazy today.
 

June 30, 2026

The peas are getting big and starting to dry out.
 

June 29, 2026

We saw a turtle laying eggs at the edge of my field peas. Maybe I'll cover it over with the peas to hide it tomorrow.
 

June 28, 2026

I spent most of the day weeding and hoeing the gardens. We got most of it done, but the rest of the weeks is supposed to be hot so what's left will have to wait.
 

June 27, 2026

Some of the potatoes are starting to have flowers.
 

June 26, 2026

At the moment, our apple trees have some nice looking apples coming on.