Lucy, Edis' Three-Legged Dog
Barbara and Edis at the Art Show
Stacking the Firewood from the Old GateBarbara even carried some on her walker to help.
Walking in the Field
THE BEAR !!!Remember the photos of the huge herd of deer??
Blogging is a little behind, but that's o.k. Edis, her mother Barbara, and her three-legged dog Lucy arrived here yesterday afternoon about 5 p.m. We soon had a fine dinner prepared. Edis had brought fresh talapia which we broiled with rice pilaf and roasted vegetables. We visited all the while and got caught up.
This morning breakfast was kind of disjointed which is normal any more, but we all got fed. Edis went outside with me and we did a few chores that have been laying around needing attention. We got the garden wagon out and moved some of the flower pots to the porches so it looks pretty About half of the flower pots stayed on the old wagon where they are blooming despite being ignored and not watered enough. I promise to take better care of them from now on.
We moved some more yard rocks to the "dry river bed" Debbie made over in the north corner of the yard. I reminisced that over the many years I had picked up all those rocks from various places and hauled them home to make rock borders on all the flower beds. The front flower bed is also being mostly phased out so the yard can just be mowed and not need much maintenance or weeding any more.
Next we loaded the poles that Joe had sawed with the chain saw up the same day he took the dead tree out. These poles were from the gate that Joe (accidentally) knocked down with his truck perhaps 5 years ago. They have been laying in the yard every since, so I'm very glad to get them hauled away to the fire wood pile. I had been procrastinating doing all these chores and there we had it all done in less than an hour.
After the "work" we checked out the art show in the barn. This was the first time Edis has seen the show in the barn and she and Barbara both seemed to enjoy it. Lunch was egg drop soup and the leftover talapia made into fish salad that Edis garnished up to look "pretty".
After lunch we, Edis, Barbara and I and the dogs, took a drive up to Big Sandy Openings and checked out the campground and the lodge. Traffic was nil, except for many gravel trucks. The county is graveling all the roads south of here and boy are they nice now compared to the old days. We assume the county was given the leftover gravel from the pit near the river where the state had been hauling all the gravel from for the roadwork on Hwy 191. The forest road ot the openings is still dirt, but even that is smoother than past years.
Just before Dutch Joe meadow we couldn't believe Edis spotted a young bear in the road ahead, and possibly it was a grizzly from the looks of its color and the way it walked. I've posted my photograph of the bear. Before we could get any closer to it, it took off running through the trees and we only got just a small glimpse of it and then it was gone.
There were bunches of hikers cars parked up at the trail head this time, but hardly anyone was camped there or anywhere else along the way. It sure was a pretty drive, there were a few sprinkles on the way home, but although cloudy still no rain.
We got back home by five, fixed artichokes, fettuccine and breaded eggplant for dinner. After that I have just crashed, feeling very tired. So now bedtime is approaching. Edis took a walk this morning with the dogs, and is out walking with them again tonight. Last night they all walked and nearly at bedtime jumped into the black muddy creek and had to be sprayed off. They were out for some time drying off. So she took a different route tonight. She said it started to drizzle a little on the way back. Now Sparky adores Edis for taking walks.
About dinner time Doc, Marilyn and Jerry came back to finish up the haying and in no time it was all raked, baled and loaded onto a trailer and hauled away. I'll do a few of those pictures later. Edis saw them and said hi on her walk.
