Sunday, March 16, 2008

Camping......

again tonight... i can hear squeals of 'delight', who knows... since Levi is home and the girls are spending another night in the tent... the adventures have been quite fun to watch... i 'wasn't allowed to show their faces... no makeup ya know!! but nobody said anything about legs, backs etc., :D



camping without some sort of padding.. isn't quite what they had in mind.... so an air mattress from auntie...
sian, erika and crystal ... and of course the foremen (dora and sampson)...

i got some of my raised bed organized today... still too cold to plant yet... but i dug up my parsnips from last year... and made a stew for dinner.. yum yum.... yesterday my friend dug up her carrots from last year... and we had fresh brussel sprouts and carrots...

Flickr....

is a great site... for those who are honest... not so great if your one of the photographers who's works are being stolen and used for someone else's profits.... here's a link to a forum in Flickr... if you know someone who posts their pics on Flickr you might want to pass this on to them....

Pics i've promised.....

are here... its the remainder of my trip north.... just a few pics of the ferry trip over to the island....

the ferry terminal... to nanaimo






the ice cream stand... wierd lids i think!!


it takes awhile to upload the pics.... so i'll add some more later... today is a decent day, gotta go prepare the pea, spinach and swiss chard beds.... they are a disaster.... the snow played havoc with them....

Sunday morning.......

i made an omelet for the girls.... erika and her friend crystal slept overnight... in a tent... BRRRRR!!!! better them than me!!



it probably wasjust above freezing last night.... should have sent a dog or two in with them....
mmm i was nice and toasty warm in the house :D

Friday, March 14, 2008

Safari.......

just incase you happen to be going on a Sub-Saharan African Bush safari in Africa... i found this interesting and humorous article....

Yappy dogs....

sometimes make my ears hurt.... like this morning... dora wants to play, sampson doesn't... yap yap yap... with plugged ears, everything is echoing... the rain is coming down in buckets....welcome to friday morning....
am waiting for the HVAC dude to show up, fix my furnace... yes... again!! and order me a new one.. OUCH there goes a couple of grand...
things have quieted down to a dull roar..err yap that is... i've organized a few things, so there is a bit more room for us all....
i finally uploaded some pics... unfortunately i don't have them all... we took some good pics on peg's camera and she's off in colorado atm... sooooo i think they'll be a bit delayed....
a funky rock, which i'd have taken home, except i couldn't lift it... it was round like you can see and was hollow in the centre, not sure where it was from, but would have been a very cool piece in my garden... hopefully someone will grab it because it soon will be buried under the new road (by Eddyville)



my trip north was pretty uneventful except for the few jerks on the road... going through portland and seattle was literally a breeze .... remind me to go on saturday or sunday next time too..... must have been a sale at Freddies or something cause there sure wasn't a whole lot of traffic on the I 5 YAYYY is all i gotta say about that!!!
a cute church near Nooksack Washington...
we arrived at Maple Falls Washington without too much getting lost... had a great map and directions... took a couple of pics along the way... a few doggy stops... and arrived there before dark... there i was greeted by my very dear friends Rob and Peggy .... sampson and dora immediately checked out their house and yard and approved of the new digs....


the girls :D


tina, me and chuck


the infamous 'RED DRESS' .......



the next day we took the dogs to see.... SNOW!!!! i know that dora had never seen it, and doubt that sampson had either.... we had to drive up the mountain to Mt. Baker, to find some... but found a fun patch for them.... i have no idea what was in that hole... but must have been interesting....

got more pics.. but gotta go feed the peacocks and pheasants... stay tuned!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Arrival.........

this afternoon... an update later... just letting everyone know we're at the farm.... some stories to tell laters....