Annual Mowing, 9-1-11

Sunday 8-28-11 - Mike Elkhart finally started mowing our lot at 3:00 pm. A rainy spring and frequent mower breakdowns put him way behind schedule this year. It broke down a couple of times on our lot too and took about 3 days to finish, but it sure looks nice when he does get it finished.

He parked the tractor on our lot each night until he was finished. In the picture below you can see the white corner fence in the distance that marks our property lines. It's a long way down there.

Picture below is almost the same shot as picture above and you can see what a difference the mowing makes. It was taken Saturday, June 11th about 3:00 pm. You may have to zoom in to see him, but Ted is down there between the big trees working on some branch trimming. You can barely see the top of the white corner fence off to the right. The tall field grass is still green and full of daisies in June. Really quite pretty.

Took the picture below of Mama deer and her twins on June 16th. We see them frequently and it's been fun watching them grow. In fact I saw them this morning while I was having my morning coffee on the deck.

New Shades, Growing Kittens 8-19-11

8-10-11 - We had the new shades installed on the sunny side of the living room prow (above). You can see the big difference to the windows on the right . It's so great that you can still see the wonderful view through the shades; plus we can now watch TV in the evenings. I also had them installed over my office windows (below). Now I can see my computer screen during the day. Also it has really helped in keeping the house cooler and I plan on getting them for the remaining windows in my bedroom.

Ted's "new best friend" is Izzibell. She spends a lot of time "helping" Ted when he's working in his office.

Ted took the picture below while she was sitting on his desk and hanging out with him.

It's hard to see Izzibell and her brother TJ in the picture below because they blend in with every shadow and dark spot. Izzi is up on the TV stand getting a closer look at the wolf and TJ is sitting on the floor. They both love watching the animal shows. It's the only time either of them pays any attention to what's on TV. They turn 1 year old on September 30th.