Grizzly Game and fireworks

Guest bathroom mostly done now

New color, a few new accessories, just need to put the towel rack back up.

On to the next project

Painting the girls' bathroom. Going from bright green to baby blue. We're sticking with the sea theme. Check back in a couple of days to see how it looks.

Max, the new dog

Apparently Max doesn't like cats!

He went a little nuts when Steve

played some cat sounds on his

Iphone. I supposed he'll use

this as his reasoning to get the new

one.

Coco the Sassy Dog

Coco is very demanding about the correct way to

play the ball game!!

Meet Max the chiweenie

My little garden friend

This little fella is out in the garden every afternoon when
I go out to water. He must really like the warm sun and the
cool spray of the water. His coloring is so gorgeous, a flaming
red-orange, I just had to get a picture of him. Some ancestor
of his was in our yard last year too, but I don't think it was him.
I don't think dragonflies live that long.

Rhubarb Pie - YUM!

start with about 4 cups of finely chopped rhubarb
I tried to be lazy and put it in the food processor, but
it sliced it vertically instead of diagonally and I ended
up throwing away about a 1/2 cup of rhubarb.

put your pie crust in the pie pan

mix rhubarb with sugar, flour, eggs and milk

bake at 400 degrees for 50 minutes

remove from oven

mix egg whites, creme of tartar, sugar and vanilla

for a nice fluffy merenge, put it on the pie while it's

still warm. bake at 400 until the merengue is lightly

browned.

serve warm and eat quickly!!

How to have fun on a summer's night

Playing with lights and cameras!

Look at them grapes!

We had none last year. This year, it's an abundance!!

Summertime means 3-D movie time!

Steve is so talented!

He built this nifty playhouse this morning out of some recycled wood
we had lying around!

And we have some peppers too!!!

The garden is growing!!

We have some cilantro and Swiss chard ready to pick. The peas and
gourds are growing too!

Inside the tree

Good thing we cut it down! Pretty rotten on the inside!!

Tree day 2

Only 1 girl growing there now.

Half way gone tree

Guess they couldn't handle the whole thing at once.

Old mulberry tree

It's coming down tomorrow. Good-bye summer shade!! Also good-bye to
termites and allergy-inducing worn-like seed pods. Need to start
looking fora quick-growing, non-allergic tree to take it's place!