Summer Fun

Wild strawberries! They're real pretty, but it takes too many to do anything with. Besides, I have a garden full of strawberries that produce berries 10 times as big.


More summer fun below. The weather has been a scorcher, so one day at the lake and then one day with a impromptu slip-n-slide. Looks refreshing but I just couldn't bring myself to try it.

Top 12 Things to Enjoy on the Homestead

What's so fun about visiting the homestead? Let me count the ways through pictures . . .

1. Getting as dirty as you like and nobody makes you take a bath!

 

2. Hiking to the "top of the world."

3.  Fishing!

4. Hanging out in the hammock.

5. Rafting on the lake.

6. Shooting BB guns.

7. Riding the 4-wheeler!

8. Sleeping in the pole barn (you don't have to keep your room clean).

9. Doing projects in the garage, like building and painting birdhouses.

10. Hanging out with Grandpa.

11. Catching butterflies and other critters.

12. Working hard . . . Oops. Maybe not a favorite . . .

Springtime on the Mountain

I went for a walk in the woods the other day. Here are some early spring arrivals, but I don't know their names.

This is a wild strawberry plant.

This is a close-up of the hillside covered with flowers like this.