view from our deck

The view from our front deck is great! We can even lie in bed at look out over the valley. So we've take a few photos. One of sunrise, one mid-day, one at dusk and one of the beautiful snowfall mid-April. Then there's Mrs. Gray. We inherited her from our neighbors, much to the kids' delight. She's an outside cat so even Reed and I like her. She's calm enough to let Fienna pack her around but we don't see her everyday. We've found some wonderful dead surprises in our yard too. She's quite a hunter. Really a pleasant cat. And the little finch. He spent an afternoon tapping on our front room window. The other day there were 4 different finches lined up on the chains of the porch swing. There are quail living in the hedge and a pheasant that walked through our lawn. Even a skunk, which is much less appealing. Fortunately he doesn't seem to live here. I've only smelled him twice. So far Connor loves our great big yard and has even planted a full vegetable garden. Set up a sprinkler system too. He's anxious to get a lawn "tractor" too. Caitlin wanted to move back to MD the second time we made her gather tumble weeds. So I got her some gardening gloves.

Really, one of these days I'll post some interior photos. I just haven't taken any yet. We have one project nearly done. My dad came out and tore out the back hallway wall. He put in a wider exterior door too. Much nicer to walk in our back door now. But it won't be finished for a while. We need new flooring and some kind of cabinetry. And lots of other things...