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Apparently it's Baby Day

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Lots of babies around lately. First duck family I've seen in the pond and we have several bird house babies. I've seen a few fawn around the area but none have wandered through the yard yet.
The bear have gone up high for berries, I'll probably see them again late August.

The garden is finally coming around despite the temps. It was 43 this morning and now reaching almost 90 degrees. So far this has been the best vegetable and flower gardening season I've had. I have three full beds of green beans, something I've yet to accomplish before. They look great so far :)
I'm growing several things this year that I haven't tried before, so hopefully all will work out. I'm pretty sure it's decided I will have a greenhouse next year.

We recently bought a boat. Haven't taken it out yet, but SO ready. Lake Pend Orielle is gorgeous.. can't wait :)
That sister of mine should be up early August for good. She leaves Texas end of the month and will probably take her at least 4 days to drive up. With Mom, son, and two cats and a dog in tow, I'm thinkin' she'll be ready for some boating too.

Hmm..what else?
~I think we'll hit 90 today. Thank goodness I bought a window unit a long time ago.
~No horse escapes!
~The 4th went well, although very hot and very long day.
~It doesn't get dark until after 10pm, so obviously very late fireworks.
~Luckily no fires were started with the tons of fireworks the boys bought.
~I'd been jonesin' for a kayak, but since we bought a boat I think that's out.
~I think I want a trampoline.

Waning

Kootenai Falls

July Moonrise

And it's not even noon yet . . .

..and then there's Tom

Spring Life

Ooh baby baby, it's wild world.

I've gotten to the point where I can't remember what I've blogged about, or what photo I've posted.

We're still having a cool Spring, which means not so great growth for the garden. It's doing well and I'm actually proud of how well it's doing, considering my past gardens, but some sunshine and heat would help :)

The flower gardens are doing really well too and I'm so ready for all the colors and scents to come through. Yesterday I transplanted a lot of different new/wild flowers from a friend's garden. Hopefully I'll have great photos to share in a month or so. I don't want to jinx myself, but so far there hasn't been many of those bad little plant-eating animals around to affect the gardens.

Bear still around, daily sometimes. I haven't had any problems with them except the occasional smushed plant from being stepped on. Haven't seen any fawns yet.
The big hike hasn't happened yet since it's gotten cooler and there's still snow up high. I'm thinkin' more July-ish for most hikes and maybe even a trip to Glacier National Park.

So.. hmm what else? I had a neighbor call me yesterday to come rescue Jonesie from their tree. It was a tree on a hill that no ladder could really work. I don't know what chased him up there, but he did.not.want.to.come.down.
I don't know how long he was up there, but he came straight home and slept all day and night and still hasn't gone back out.

Well.. that's all the excitement from my side of the world. I'll try to post more pics.

Hangin' Around

Spring Mojo

Spring is moving along. The garden is doing really well, probably my most successful so far. The weather has been cooler than normal which isn't giving it much heat, but so far, so good. We've had rain for the last two days, which has been great considering our wildfire potential.
Many bear pass through just about daily. Usually, too dark for photos but every now and then I get a daytime visit. The doe that visit are still pregnant, so no fawn action yet.
No escapee horses for awhile now, and Marble is off at school. Birds in the bird houses, bats flying above, the hummingbirds have slowed down a bit and the flower gardens are doing pretty darn good too.

I've kinda lost my blogging mojo along with my photo mojo. I've actually come here several times to write and I wind up staring at the screen for a half an hour. I haven't really picked up my camera as much as I should, and there's many opportunities out there. I seem to only pick it up if a bear walks into the yard, or something just presents itself. I need a mojo rejuvenation.

I hear some rumblings of several people getting together to go up to St. Pauls Peak. The photos would be gorgeous, but the 4mile hike up.. not so much. Or, is it 2? Yeah, I know 2-4 miles not a biggie really, but when you're going uphill with cameras, a little tougher. Of course, I will go.

Also some rumblings about 4th of July. I guess a bunch of the men/boys are going in together to get a bunch of fireworks. We have a large pond to do them over, so that might be photo potential too.
The little town here does a 4th parade, which is cute in it's own way, but funny too. I think it lasts a whole 5 minutes. Okay, maybe 10. Could mean some interesting people-shots though. Hmmmm.

Anyway....there it is. I need coffee now.

In The Nursery

I'm so proud :)

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1. I think I finally have everything planted in the garden. I tried a lot by seed this year, which I don't usually do. I'm seriously thinking of investing in a greenhouse next year.

2. So far I have green beans, peas, spinach, lettuce, greens, mixed greens, cabbage, cucumbers, pickles, carrots, zucchini and squash. There are also strawberries, raspberries, tomatoes and onions. Oh and the same rhubarb that comes up every year that I've yet to do anything with.

3. I've had several bear, mostly during the night, of course. I have two moms with two cubs each. One set was here last year which I proved by photos from last year. It was pretty neat to see the difference in size in the cubs. The other mom's cubs are the smallest I've ever seen. I bet they're not much bigger than my cats.

4. Not as many deer as we usually get, but I do have a few pregnant moms.

5. We went to see an injured baby elk yesterday. It was so cute and so big. I wish I had taken photos, but the moment just wasn't right.

6. My Houdini horse, Carmel, I think has finally been stifled. The fencing has been reinforced so she can't push it over and step over. I am proud to say that my handiwork on the main gate, another way she was escaping, held her in until that could be reinforced too.

7. I still need to make raspberry and strawberry jam from LAST years harvest. I'm a tad behind.

8. There's a brisket, roast and spareribs in the smoker today. Yeah, that won't attract the bear at all. Nope, not at all.

9. Have you seen Get Smart yet? Loved it.

10. I've been watching the French Open, Wimbledon starts on the 22nd, and the Redwings are still in the Stanley Cup tonight. I'm ready for football.

11. Removed the stitches from my head today. I now understand why animals need plastic collars most of the time, I was always messin with mine. Annoying.

12. I just realized I have poppies and bleeding heart waiting to be planted while I just sit here. Eh.. maybe I'll do it tonight.

13. I'm thinkin' guacamole sounds good. Later.

Daily Fun

So..what's new. Hmmmm.
Believe it or not, it's still too early to plant the vegetables. No matter how long I've been here it's hard to believe that I can't plant at the end of May. We do have the tomatoes planted so far because those have a new little plastic dome over them.
I bought many many flowers and planted them today. This year I put a lot of them in pots on the porch, so that even if the deer eat my gardens, I still have some to enjoy. Many fragrant groups on the porch too :) I planted several jasmine bushes last year along with some lavender, so I'm hoping to have that awesome fragrance when you open the windows.

The bear are here as you can see. I have one momma with two cubs, and one solitary little black bear on his own. He only shows up at night, so no pics so far. The cubs are so fun to watch, but luckily easily scared away if necessary. In a couple weeks we should be seeing fawns.
I have a horse who knows magic. For the last three mornings Carmel has been loose and I can't find where she's getting out. I don't know if she's magic or someone's just messin with me. I wouldn't doubt either at this point.

This month is the perfect weather.... 70-80's during the day and 50's at night. I love it. Of course July and August will show up with their 90's and the AC gets turned on. Hard to believe I'm a Texan, eh?

We have two pair of geese that have made home here in our front yard. They bicker constantly if one pair moves too close to the other. It's funny to watch since they want to be here and sleep in the yard ( I love it ) or swim in the pond, but they're so territorial it's funny. One of the geese has a broken foot and hops around on the one working foot. He seems to do okay although slow..but seems to fly just fine.

As a few of you know, from FB, I had a little injury yesterday and had to go into Sandpoint to the ER for some stitches and a tetanus shot. The only reason I'm really bringing this up is to brag on the ER.
I've been to ER's before, usually driving someone else, and in bigger cities as Dallas or Arlington, but nothing like in Idaho.
I've been a few times so far and there's rarely a wait, you're seen so quickly and the staff is just awesome. Driving myself to the ER yesterday was no big deal... how many people can say that?

Leesa's Law is of course in full force. The injury and the magic horse escapes were all while he was out of town. Knowing him, he'd probably have wanted to stitch up my injury himself. Those darn doctors.

Anyway.. that might be it. I've worked too hard the day after my injury as now I'm suffering from it. Chillin now, having a beer and waiting on the Schwans guy.

Early Mornin'

Camera Shy

Spring Action

Just Starting

Not a whole lot going on just yet. We're full into Spring although still cooler temps at night. I had a bear visitor last night, but I haven't seen them yet. Lots of rain, a few rainbows, a goose with a broken leg, a turtle, a few ducks, a million hummingbirds and lots of weeds sprouting.

Gardening will start soon.

Yeah, not much going on :)

Mothers Day

I can't believe I forgot this this year.. so here it is :)

After a Stormy Day

May Moonrise