178 - Wanna see something pretty?

I just think caramelized onions look pretty, and they smell so good.

Started my garden today. I probably stuffed too much into the space, but I planted arugula, mache, pepper cress, spinach, lettuce, rosemary, cilantro and lavender. And I need to transplant some basil tomorrow. We'll see how it goes. I know I have to be patient... but if I woke up tomorrow and saw sprouts that would be awesome!

Couldn't get a closeup pic, but this is a very, very blue bird.

One of the many moths at the house. Interesting looking one. Like a zebra.

and that's it. Saw a hawk this afternoon on the way to WM. It was pretty close to the house but flew away once my car got closer, and just as I was going to attempt to take a picture, it flew from the tree it had taken refuge in. Dammit. 

One more bag of cherries to freeze and I'm done with that for now. They went down to $1.50/lb and I couldn't resist. They're tasty and delicious and I want to have plenty on hand. Someday I want to grow my own. I want to grow my own everything...

This weekend our realtor is supposed to have an open house and maybe that will bring in potential buyers. I'm getting edgy about the house not having had an offer yet, but I'm still hopeful. It's early in the game, I realize that, but school has started now so that slows the market from what I've heard about sales cycles. Anyway, here's hoping. It's a good house, virtually maintenance free... I don't understand it.

177 - Not much

Not much in the way of blogging material today... The fawn came up to the corner of the house and I spooked it when I reached for my camera... so it ran away. It is adorable. Went out back and saw mama, who upon seeing me, ran toward her fawn. I went back inside and let them be. No one wants to play with Kristy... sigh...

The rest of the day I worked on the business plan. Revising, adding to it. We're making progress.

The business cards arrived today, I can't wait to see them. They were mailed to Jason's so I'll have to wait. But I hear they look good, and now we're working on a concept for business card holders. The guys may make their own out of concrete and stamp a logo on it. So we needed a logo. Mike provided me with a concept and this is what I came up with:

 

I found the wings online... I'm not that talented. We can use that for t-shirts and business card holders, and eventually business cards. Jason gets the final say of whether we should put a halo centered above it just at the top of the wings.

So that's pretty much it. I'm taking my business hat off for a bit and catching up on The Chew. It's become one of my favorite shows because they make me laugh... and it's about food. Today's show is about one of my favorite foods... soda... which I know is not a food and Mike is giving me a rather disapproving look... I know that without being able to see it...

Tomorrow should be more exciting... I'm going to Walmart.

Yea.

Picture of the doe using the DLSR. Much better than what I was able to get last night. Given the shape of her head I'm thinking mule deer.

176 - Ho Hum

Nothing exciting so far today. I saw a dog making its way up the road from creek this morning. Saw cows. Vultures. Looks like it might rain. Cicadas are buzzing. Typical day.

So... picture blog. I did go to the creek... been exercising in the form of mowing for the last couple of days but that's pretty much done, at least for a few days, so I need to keep active. This time I didn't bring back stones, just the jars of gravel. It was easier to get up the hill. Is there a coorelation? Probably so.

Not sure what this bird is doing, but it looks serious

This is just pretty...

MOO COW!

More weeds...

More butterflies...

More creek...

Future tomato... get in my belly!

Another weed

Former magnolia

Current magnolia

More weeds...

Looks kind of like a gateway to another world

The driftwood that halted my mower in its tracks, but I think it's pretty

And, over the weekend,  Mike did this. Actually this particular picture was during the week, but he did it again over the weekend, too. He and Jason work hard so this is how they relax at the end of the day.

And now a short trip to town... the excitement never ends. :)

175 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

For the crickets, that is.

Since you never know when it might rain, I decided to go ahead and finish mowing the front yard yesterday, finishing up just as it got dark. As evening started to fall I thought about calling it a day but there was just a little left and I couldn't leave it.

I posted on Facebook that the lawn was cut and the crickets sounded pissed... they seemed especially loud last night. My aunt Brenda said cutting the lawn made it easier for the birds to find them, and sure enough, this morning there is an army of birds marching across the lawn. Not sure what kind of bird, they're cute though. Plump little brown things with blue in their wings and tails when they fly.

So this is what our yard looks like under all that grass. I even mowed the culvert. I need to go out and collect the rocks that have found their way into the culvert, the mower glided over most of them, but a couple got skimmed by the blades and sparks flew. They're big enough rocks that they won't become flying debris, they just have the potential to damage the blades.

The side of the yard by the ginormous magnolia tree. We were going to prune it, take the limbs up about 5-10 feet, but I was just reading about pruning magnolias and the article said not to prune mature trees because it can damage them. So now I'm thinking we should leave it alone. It's a place where the rabbits live anyway, so maybe we should just leave it.

Just another shot of the lawn. It was a lot of work, I wanted to document it. :)

This little guy cracked me up. He must have been curious to see if there were any crickets in the house. I was afraid to move lest I scare him away, so the curtain kind of blocked the shot a bit but you can still make out his head cocked to the side in that unique bird-like way.

One of my cricket soldiers taking a break on the balcony. You can see that he eats well.

And I found butterflies on the grill. I finally read up on it, and butterflies usually rest with their wings up like this guy, whereas moths wings typically fold flat against their bodies. Butterflies are also usually more active during the day whereas moths are active at night. SO, that means those are most likely butterflies at the creek, not moths. Somehow we have moths in the house... I guess I need to invest in some cedar for the closet. Maybe they find their way in when I open and close the door, or through small spaces between the screen and the window frame... however they do it, they drive Gracie mad.

A larger bird with a brown breast.

It will be interesting to see if the cacophony of crickets is somewhat diminished tonight. So I guess I'm gonna go grab some rocks, maybe even make my way back to the creek. It's been a few days, things may have changed, hahaha.