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Here's what the inside of the trailer looks like now!!! So exciting... Starting to look a little bit like something.




I got the front bank by the sidewalk cleaned up. Put bark on it.




Then planted flowers in it. And then promptly people started walking and riding their bikes over it. Silly people, don't you know that's what the sidewalk is for? Better be on your toes next time you try that, cuz I'm putting "landscape rocks" in it. Hehehe...



The fun and festivities from yesterday included having two loads of gravel brought in. Then I got to rake it all out, and move half of it around with a shovel. My brother was kind enough to lend me his compacter, and I ran it over, and over, and over the drive lanes to pack it down. I woke up halfway through the night with the sorest muscles ever. I hurt from my head to my toes... I think this is a sign that I worked hard yesterday... and I might be a touch out of shape? Hahaha...

Fourth of July with the Mummer...

All work and no play...

Check out those muscles...



Notice the exposed ankle. I fried the chicken out of it. Ouch.





A new clematis I planted last summer. I thought it was going to be blue, by the picture it came with, but it seems to be a light lavender color.



Mum's beautiful lupines in her front yard.

Slow progress...

Here's a little pic to whet your appetite. I've been polishing the outside of my trailer. It's quite the process. I am having to give the whole trailer basically a massage with the polish before hitting it with the buffer to get all the tough oxidation off... More pics to come soon.

Long lost Memorial Day camping pictures...

It was another rainy Memorial Day weekend this year, what a shocker eh? But what fun is it to sit at home dreaming of sunshine? So I went camping with Tanley and Jed... and his brother and some friends.




This was their "happy faces".




Tan and Jed call these timber tigers... Fierce.





This little guy was trying to stow away in my car in the morning... I'd be searching for dry ground too after all that rain. He was about to drown.




Super cute snail... if snails can be cute. I for one, am kinda grossed out by their slime trails.




Tan, Jed, and I decided not to brave the rain in our tents and we all slept in our cars. Noogie slept in the front seat of their car... Talk about cozy.






So in love after all these years... well, actually it's only been one year. Tan and Jed.




This is Fish Creek up off the Lochsa. Super nice trail heading up the crick.




And no, I'm not balding... That's the sun reflecting off my super shiny hair. I do have a normal hairline.




Jed is the badest biker I know... This is his second time down this stretch. The first time the bike road him down the hill... This time he dominated. Quick learner.

From Plywood to Herb Garden...

I'm trying my hand at a new craft...

This here is a beginner's beading kit I picked up at GoodWill. I thought the Appaloosa Museum could make their own kit to sell at the gift shop... So I gave it a try to see how hard it actually is to do beading. It's not hard, but it doesn't help to have pre-arthritic hands. I'm not sure what age of kids this would be appropriate for... Maybe 14+ year olds?