April 7, 2014 Making Memories

MUD!!

"This is the best day ever!"

Friday 4/4. I hung the laundry outside for the first time this year.  Oh, I love that smell!

We finished taking down the last bit of fence on the west of the south ridge.  There are four strands of barbed wire, so that is quite a bit to wind up as we take it down.  Then we used Miss Kitty to pull out some scrub brush.  What a work horse she is!

The rest of the day I used to clean house.  I thought I was going to have to use my gun instead of the dust cloth on some of the dust bunnies I found while dusting. . .

The clouds floating over us became larger as the day wore on, but the sun managed to shine most of the time.  Our high for the day was 48, with a cool breeze.

Larry and Elsie saw their first bear for the season a few days ago, a little blonde yearling.  And, of course, lots of wild turkeys.

We watched Crazy Heart this evening.  Great movie.  Great music.

Saturday 4/5.  It was 35 with a few clouds this morning.  I finished cleaning house.  Even after having dusted yesterday, it looks like I haven't done it in a week.  I left the vacuuming for this morning.

JB's nephew and his son arrived at Rose Camp at 1:00 pm.  JB met them at the gate and his nephew was able to drive his Jeep up to the turn-off to our road, then JB drove them up in Miss Kitty.  Being a typical six-year-old, our grandnephew grabbed his dump truck and headed for the mud puddles as soon as he jumped out of Miss Kitty.  After lunch, we hiked up and all around the south ridge.  I went inside at 4:00 pm to feed the dogs, but the nephews stayed outside until 5:30 pm when dinner was ready - hot dogs on the grill by JB.

We had a great evening and when our nephew went to put his son to bed, reading books, he fell asleep too.  It was a very good day.

Sunday 4/5.  We all slept in til 8:30 am.  The temperature was 35 with a clear sky.  After a big breakfast, our g-nephew went on the morning walk with JB and the dogs, throwing sticks for Dinga most of the way.  Then it was time to get the tractor out and go for a ride.  As we got up to the south ridge, our g-nephew said, "This is the best day ever!"  I love being an aunt and helping to make memories for the younger generation of our family.

Our g-nephew has a fascination with pine cones, so after lunch his Dad and I went hiking all over the east slope to look for them, and then down around the house.  He ended up taking a large garbage bag full of them when they left at about 2:30 pm.  It was a beautiful, sunny day with a high of 53.  So glad there was still a little snow left for him to play in, along with the mud.

What a great visit!  I really had forgotten about the energy level of six-year-olds, and this particular one seems to have an abundance of it.  It was very quiet Up Here after they left.

JB grilled a couple chicken breasts for dinner and we relaxed with some episodes of Duck Dynasty.

Monday 4/6.  It is 41 and mostly clear this morning, and the birds are welcoming the day with their songs.  We will probably work on taking down more of the fence today. 

Thought for the day: For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 second of potential happiness.  Guideposts reader, Edna Trammell