New flowers

The new property came with some of my favorite flowers. They're a semi-wild daylily that grows in abundance back home along the roads and was one of my favorite tell-tale signs of summer. There's an embankment in front of our property which provides the perfect canvas for these heralds of perfect summer days. Too bad the city feels the need to mow down half of them along with all the ferns by the road...

Well cared for Dogs

Patch now has his own pillbox for his daily Bendryl tablets. He's on 50mg every 12 hours according to the vet. It's worked wonders so far. His eyes have cleared up and he's not licking his paws nearly as bad as he was before. His eyes were so bad due to his allergies we'd have to clean them up each morning and then he'd scratch his face for the rest of the day. He was starting to draw blood, and that was when we called the vet. Now he's on the road to recovery. Let's hope we can avoid the ear infections, e-collar and expensive medications we had to endure last year because of his allergies.

Jam and jelly season

Strawberries mark the official start to Jam and jelly season here. I've made violet jelly as a warm up this season, but now things are in full swing. I made 2 batches of strawberry jam, one batch of strawberry jelly and a batch of strawberry-rhubarb jam.
The flowers came from my flowerbeds around the house. I'm going to miss my flowers when we move...

Strawberry season

Strawberry season is going strong here in Minnesota. It was a late season, so there's plenty more strawberries to be had. Michael and I picked 16lbs yesterday.
I've already made a batch of Strawberry-Rhubarb jam and a batch of Strawberry jam. I'll upload photos as soon as I'm done making the next batch of jam and jelly.
Oh, and I'm 34 weeks pregnant!

Much has happened...

We sold our house. Now we can start building the new one. In the meantime we'll be renting at a little duplex not far from here. I'll be sad to say goodbye to my flowerbeds and big kitchen, but it's only for about a year. Then things will be new and better! I just have to keep reminding myself of that for the next year.