Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there and I would like to wish a very Happy Mother's Day to my daughter Jenny and my mom in law Mary.  Today I get to spend my very first Mother's Day with Rory together and get to spend it with my girls for the first time all together in 6 years.  I am one lucky mom and gamma. Happy Mother's Day!

The Wood Pile Continues To Grow

Tim and George were once agin cutting up the trees that fell in the holler down by the orchard.  It has been quite a chore and for three days straight all they have been doing is cutting the trees, putting the logs through the wood splitter and creating a wall of firewood.  George and Tim will get a rest from tree cutting for a few days while Tim and I are in Florida which is good because they are really worn out right now. Come winter George will be ready; maybe for the three or four years.

Bowling For Fun

Now that the Coffee League is done for this year, it will start back again in August, I have begun to just meet with other Coffee Leaguers and bowl for fun on Thursday nights.  Whoever wants to bowl shows up at the bowling alley and we bowl with whomever shows up.  The first night we only had 5 but last night we had nine.  I think as word gets out we will have more and more show up.  It is fun and the only person you are bowling for is yourself.  I won't be there the next two weeks because I will be in Florida but I will be back after that.  The best part is the bowling alley is allowing us to bowl at a discounted rate and sets it up in league play for us.  It is just plain fun!

More Trees Are Down

With all the rain and high winds we have been having over the past couple of weeks we know we could lose some trees but we had a bit of a surprise the other day when in the middle of the afternoon there was a huge crash that sounded like thunder yet there was not a storm in the area.  The crashing sound was actually three trees that had fallen in the holler just below George and Lisa's house.  At first George and Tim thought is was just one big tree but after going down to the area and looking at the tree it ended up being three trees.  They had rotted away at the base of the tree from ants tunneling in and living in the tree.  When they began cutting up the big tree they even discovered the queen's nest.  With the removal of a tree near us and now with the three trees in the holler and then four more to be taken down George and Lisa are going to have enough firewood for a few years.  Unless we get a fire pit then I think we could get rid of some firewood for them!

Another Widow Maker Comes Down

Yesterday another tree, aka widow maker, was taken down by Tim and George.  It was one that was suppose to be taken down last year but it was not a big threat so it was left.  Well now with the new car it is a threat.  Tim and George roped the tree and George started cutting.  Things were going great until the rope slipped off the tree. George could not hear us calling him so he continued to cut.  When he stopped the tree fell just where it was suppose to so it all worked out in the end.  The tree is down, the car will be safe and George has a whole bunch of firewood cut and stacked.  Good job guys!

The Trees Get Fed

The Fruit trees are doing well and if they keep going like they have been we will have a bumper crop of peaches, nectarines, cherries, apples, plums and pears.  In order to make sure we do get a good crop the trees needed to be fed.  We have clay soil here and so it needs to be treated to make the soil better.  George has been adding horse manure to the soil in the garden beds to help but you really cannot do that to the trees.  Instead George and Lisa treated the trees with 10-10-10- fertilizer.  The numbers 10-10-10 refers to the composition of a particular mix of fertilizer.  The numbers are the percentage and the component parts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in that order.  So 10-10-10 fertilizer contains 10 percent each of these three main nutrients.  This will help feed the trees and hopefully make them grow and produce healthy fruits.  Thanks George and Lisa and great timing in getting it in down just before it started to rain.  Now we wait and see what grows!

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

I really liked the movie Guardians of the Galaxy when it came out a couple of years ago.  It was a different type of Marvel movie but still good, funny and enjoyable.  This past week end we we went and saw Guadians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and enjoyed it even more so than the first movie.  It is very funny and very entertaining.  These are some big names in the movie too; Kurt Russel and Slyvester Stallone.  If you want a fun movie that any age can see and just have a fun night then this is one you have to see!