Plans for the upcoming weekend
Since the weather this weekend was so incredible, we were outside trying to figure out what our best plan of attack is on the vines that are overtaking the back of the barn and roof, the vines and roses growing on the “trellis” on the storage buildings and what we should do in the planters […]
Even more old photos…
We know you’ve been waiting for them all weekend…so here they are 🙂 These are just a few photos of the family who used to live here and the great times they apparently had, despite the fact that difficult times were underway. The photo below is dated 1940 and was taken during a family party. […]
A frightening new disease – watch out Gulf States
This disease has been discussed on the Newf-L list recently because a Newf recently succumbed to it. Pythiosis is a very nasty disease and since it’s fairly new and usually unreported, many people many not be aware of it. The website pythiosis.com describes the disease as follows: “Pythiosis is a devastating & often fatal cause […]
The perfect chair?
When it’s warm outside we love sitting in front of the stables talking and enjoying a nice glass of home brewed iced tea. Last summer we made do with some of the many chairs we have found throughout the house, attic and barn – there must be at least 30 of them – but now […]
An unfortunate casualty
On her birthday (February 23rd), Ayla got a kangaroo stuffie. We actually started buying toys for her from IKEA because they are baby safe and therefore don’t have parts that can fall off (plastic eyes, nose, etc) and they are usually a lot cheaper than dog toys. She quickly fell in love with “kangaroo” and […]