Drain Clog at 31 House

The drain was VERY CLOGGED at the house on 31.  Big job breaking out the floor to get at it!

 

Marcia's Visit 2018

My oldest friend Marcia

Mom's 91st Birthday

Mom turned 91 and we had a little party for her at our regular Scrabble group.  There was cake, candles, party favors, and friends.

Farmhouse Siding

Louie put new siding on the farmhouse with the help of Bruce and his crew.

 

PP Fundraiser

I went to the Planned Parenthood Fundraiser with this fun group.

Quincy Garage and Yard

We rehauled the garage door, siding, backyard, fence, gates, and all the garden beds at the Quincy house.  Lotta work!

And the service door. I also picked up the pavers in the patio, filled and leveled the depression, and replaced them.

 

This garden bed had grown completely over the sidewalk, blocking the gate.

Dug up hostas at home, removed all the weeds here, and planted all the hostas here.

Louie removed a window, rebuilt the door and sill, and redid the garage siding.

 And although we didn't take pics of everything, Louie also rebuilt both gates, and rehung the big automatic garage door.

Deer in the Yard

We often see deer in the yard, but I usually can't sneak out quick enough to snap a picture.

And then just like that he flashed a warning and ran away.

Birthday Video From the Kids

The kids made me a video for my birthday.  Here it is:

We Love You Grandma Kim

My Birthday 2018

On my birthday I received these darling videos the kids made for me. 

            

            

Mixed Up Chicken Mamas

MIXED UP MOMMAS  The mother banty wasn't too consistent with sitting on her eggs. She walked away and abandoned it; then the TINY baby hatched out and was alone, so Louie gave it to the old cluck. It's about the size of a baby sparrow. TINY!

Then in this heat, another egg randomly hatched out with nobody sitting on it. The banty adopted it. So she is going to have a GIANT baby pretty soon!  So funny to see.

 

Bradley and Ali

Jolie sent this darling picture of the kids at the Fourth of July celebration in Fort Collins.

Winona Visit With Darla and Lynn

Darla and I met in Winona and got together with Lynn too. We drove up to Wabasha to the Eagle Center.

We browsed several antique shops.

Lunch in Wabasha

We paddled on the lake in Darla's kayak.

We went bar-hopping.

And out to eat at the Hillside.

And we came out to Lynn's farm one of the evenings and she made dinner for us and took us for a ride.

And we did a photo shoot of the back side of Sugarloaf, the view from Darla's childhood home, so I could make a canvas to send to her for the redecoration of her home.

Here's a old picture of (left to right) Darla, Lynn, and Lee at Teen Corps in High School, and a couple buttons from back then.

Here are a couple pictures from an earlier trip we took, in August of 2012.

Bar hopping!