Productive Backyard

Our backyard has been good to us this year.

Last year I planted 7 zucchini plants and was overwhelmed with so many!

This year I planted just ONE plant and it's perfect.

I planted twice as many Greens Bean this year, though. 

My favorite vegetable, fresh out to the garden they are! 

But the most fun about our backyard are our two

chickens, Henrettia and Dixi Chick.

We have been waiting for about

 two months for them to produce.

And LOOK....

This is our very first egg!!

Henrettia was so happy and squaked to annnounce her achievement.

Our grand daughter, Ila May wanted to celebrate

by making her version of Fried Rice, 

We even had Double Yokes!

We are blessed!

In many ways!

"By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples."

John 15:8

 

Hello 2021🎉

I tried to get a picture of ALL of the kids with glasses on.

Either, they are getting faster or I'm getting slower..haha!

Sledding, snowball throwing, snowboarding and just enjoying time together in the great outdoors.

What was amazing, are the hills. They are just right outside of our door!

Hungry or thirsty?...go inside and pop back out.

Tired?... go inside for awhile, even snooze a bit.

Cold?... again, go inside until you get warm enough.

All this and we even had the neighborhood all to ourselves.

Everyone had their favorite way of having fun!

The pictures above are Ila May riding down on top of  Levi.

Isaac was taking a break on a snow mound. 

Papa and Nathan

The local deer come out to play.

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Memories are made in McCall.

Here's to a New Year!

God is so good!

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"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in faith so that you overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

Romans 15:13

 

 

 

Going To The Dogs

Banjo is ready to make his debut in the 

"Breeding World".

Banjo's story click here.

Banjo is a stud and will be used for breeding.

His breeder wanted pictures of him so buyers could see what the male 

dog looks like.

So off to the groomers we went.

Before picture:

We drove with the top down. 

 

Banjo loves the fresh air.

 

"I can't see you!

 Boy, do I need a trim"

After:

These are the pictures that the Breeder

 took for her portfolio.

We love this breeder. 

She involves all 7 of her children.

And she does it in her home!!

It was a very hot evening .

Banjo was such a good dog.

 

Then we went inside for 

a different type of picture.

The look on Banjo's face says it all!

Almost done...

Banjo's puppies will be born in September!!

Well, he won't be having puppies but

Murphy is.

What a STUD!

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And Jesus said to him, " 'If You can?' All things are possible to him who believes."

Mark 9:23

On The Road Again

Things are back to somewhat "normal" with 

my eyes, so we took off for an quick 

camping trip.

We jumped into our Van and headed out to one of 

my favorite camp sites.

We weren't sure what was open or 

what we could or couldn't do.

The web site said, 

no fires, no showers and no garbage pick ups.

But we prepared for just about anything. 

Good morning!

Hot coffee served with a smile.

Banjo had a great spot, as a look out.

And he was thrilled to meet anything or anyone.

These two played for the longest time.

While we talked to his owner.

And so did these two!

Dogs and kids are Banjo's favorite things!

As it turned out, we could have a fire.

(plus showers and garbage pickups)

Bring on the Polish Dogs!

Because I didn't think we could have a fire,

I bought a treat for Tom.

What's camping without S'mores?

Did you know you could buy 

S'mores already made?

Not as good as the real deal.

But I think I should of told Tom ahead of time

to take the wrapper off.

OH, well, he enjoyed his way.

The smoke and sunshine created 

a interesting picture.

You can actually SEE the sun rays.

God is good!

Time went quickly and we headed home with a promise

to be back soon.

** Word of Warning to all **

Dog Lovers!

While Banjo was out for his supervised (on a leash),

  walks in the woods,

he came in contact with a harmful and potentially, deadly weed.

(But we didn't know this)

After every walk, we'd inspect him and pick off all the pine needles

and anything else that stuck to his fur.

He started limping and whining.

We couldn't see what was bothering him.

One week later, he was still limping and licking the bottom of his foot.

We'd looked and looked, but nothing!

Finally, we saw that his foot pad was pink'ish.

I ran for a flashlight, a magnifying glass and tweezers. 

Tom saw it and pulled it out!

 The remnants of an awns from

 Hare Barley.  

Research told me that it is very harmful, even deadly, to dogs.

Praising God for helping us track it down and 

removing it from Banjo's paw.

This is the remnant of an awns,

  next to a fountain pen.

It's was very small.

No wonder we couldn't see it.

And look how sharp it is!

OUCH!

Banjo is doing fine now.

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'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the Lord. 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.'

Jeremiah 29:11