Summertime Fun!

(Isn't she lovely?)

This is one of many reasons

of why

I

LOVE

summer!

Seeing things come to life.

A week or so

ago I went out to my garden

and started

taking pictures. I try and

do this

every year.

Then I keep a journal

of what

NOT

to plant next year

or what to

do differently

next year.

Below are many of my

pride and

joys:

Since I've taken this picture

my veggies

have grown quite a bit and I've

been able to

make a delicious organic

salad

Its amazing how delicious

food tastes

when you grow it yourself.

I really enjoy

going out there and picking

part of our

meal.

I also have been able

to use some of

my homegrown Herbs

I marinated some chicken

with fresh

Rosemary

and then grilled it, MMMMM!!

Now on a

different story,

do you remember this?

After a terrible rainstorm my back

porch

looked like this the next morning.

Well

after some phone calls,

and insurance

calls,

we now have this

a new beautiful, sturdy, better quality

porch roof.

Not only is it pretty, but we gained more

space,

we can enclose it down the road,

you can walk on it,

the guy who

put it on demonstrated

that part for us....lol

but we hardly

payed

anything for it.

Insurance payed for the majority

of it.

How wonderful!

We also gained a new family!

Well, that

didn't last for long,

would you like to meet

Oscar?

Say hello Oscar, don't be shy

When I first saw him on our back

porch, I just

about screamed

because I thought

it was a rat!

It was so exciting for me,

because,

I am a City girl, and although

I've seened

more animals living here

than ever,

I've never seened a

baby possum.

But I have seened them as

adults and

honestly'

they

scare me

half to death.

So although Oscar was cute

he

HAD TO GO!!

So we trapped him in a

pet carrier,

drove him

to the woods

and set him free.

Now I have to explain first,

there was no

mama

around.

It turns out, my neighbors

down the driveway

found an

adult Possum

partly under their shed

and

wondered where it came

from.

It looked like it was

hit but didn't

die instantly so it

crawled down

to their shed

and try to crawl underneath

it but didn't make

it, and it

died.

How sad!

I did tear up as I was

telling

my DH about this.

I am an

animal lover

but I don't mess with wild animals

at all.

But then after Oscar was

taken to a new home,

two more appeared.

DARN!

So we trapped them

as well.

Then,

last thursday night,

Possum NO. 4

Oh my, what in the world!

How many

did she have??!!

While my DH was busy snapping

pictures, I was trying

 to lure

him into the carrier.

It worked!

We dropped him off, came home

and OMGosh!!

This insane.

Possum No. 5

No time for pictures,

need to trap

NOW!

Here's my DH taking

the last

one to

its new

home

When we took the first one

out here

I was actually emotional,

I felt so bad

but I knew we couldn't keep

it around

they get big and not so nice.

But by the time

No. 4 & 5

came around, I was getting

annoyed.

But they seemed ok

moving into

their

new home.

Whew!

I think that's done now.

Haven't seened

anymore

since that last one.

Adventures of

living in the

country!

We went to NYC to visit

my family

on Memorial weekend

and had a blast.

love walking around

the City(Manhattan)

and we

walked around

Jackson Heights, Queens

where

alot of the

Indians, from India

live.

That was so much fun.

But on our

way back home here to PA

it was bittersweet

as always.

I LOVE NYC but I don't

see

myself living there again

unless I

had to,

but it is still hard to leave

mainly

because I miss my parents

so much.

But I took some

pictures as we were driving on

the B'klyn Bridge

I really love taking pictures

of this

bridge.

It brings back many memories.

I've walked this

bridge

so many times.

But when

we got to the

Holland Tunnel

we got

pulled over by the Police.

Evidently,

you CANNOT

take pictures of the Tunnel.

He had me

delete that

picture and wanted to see

of what else

I took,

he saw the Bridge and

said that

was ok.'

Because of Terrorists

reasons,

no

pictures of the

Holland Tunnel.

That was new to me,

How embarrassing,

sorry

Officer.

Won't do that again.

So heads

up,

don't take pictures

of the

Holland Tunnel.

Well, there goes what I've

been up to

for the past few months.

Now its

cold and rainy

and I may

just do

some sewing today.