The Inspectors

Olly

Last week when we were still 

able to paint before

the winds came up

and hubby 

had his knee surgery...

...we had Inspectors.

Olly finding Lizzy

They were very thorough...

Chelsea watching the cats under the plastic

checking for spills...missed spots.

Bubba

They checked under the plastic...

and checked the equipment. 

See the eye under the plastic on the left 

in the picture above?

I think they were happy with our work.

Oh oh...THE BOSS just got home from work.

That means "TREAT TIME!"

They're also the "Welcoming Committee".

Hubby's surgery went well and he should

be back at work tomorrow night.

Thanks for all the kind words and 

well wishes!

Today is our first warm calm day since

last Thursday....so you know

what I'll be doing today.

The Inspectors will be there for sure. 

I hope you have a WONDERFUL week!

Maura

:)

Morning In The Garden

Lizzy licking her lips after climbing into the watering can for a drink

The weather here in Kansas 

has been strange this spring.

Last weekend we had temperatures 

in the triple digits with high winds.

Not good conditions for painting the house.

The last couple of days we've been 

waking up to temperatures 

below 50 and it never got much 

above 60 in the afternoons.

Definitely not usual weather for this area.

Wind has been a real problem

but one day last week

we finally got good enough

weather to go back to painting.

We didn't get much done as hubby's

knee has been very sore

and he was waiting to have

surgery which he finally

had yesterday.

Olly walking across the new lawn

If you look closely at the photo above

you'll notice all the little green things in the dirt.

It's elm tree seeds that have sprouted.

They're everywhere!

It seems every so many years elm trees

have more seeds than usual and this year 

seems to be the year for ours.

:(

Looking forward to the flowers 

and greenery spilling out of the 

baskets on the bike.

I hope your weather has been better 

than ours

and I hope you have a 

wonderful weekend

doing something fun! 

Maura :)

"Were You Born In A Barn?!"

Barn Home

"Were you born in a barn?!"

How many of us have had 

that said to us before?

My Grandpa used to say that to me

every time he was around when

I forgot to shut the back door.

I hated those words!

There was 

NO WAY

I was 

BORN IN A BARN!

Now that I'm all grown up

I think I would rather like

being born in a barn...

a converted barn that is. 

Barn Home

Barn Home

Barn Home

Barn Home

Barn Home

Imagine the possibilities.

Imagine the beams.

Imagine the feeling of 

permanence. 

It doesn't matter if you like

soaring ceilings  with

massive beam 

and tall

windows that 

let in lots of light or....

Heath Farm

Heath Farm

low slung ceilings

with low beams and smaller

windows

that give that cozy feel.

Heath Farm

Heath Farm

Heath Farm

You can have your choice 

or even

enjoy both under one roof!

Barn Home

For those of you who can answer

"YES!" 

to that old question

I say...

LUCKY YOU!!

Would you like to be born in a barn?

Maura :)

An Answer, A Hint, And A Winner!

Renee Zellweger as Miss Potter

I haven't posted in a week!

I'm sorry....

this spring seems to be a very

busy one for us.

Between working on the new lawn 

and shade garden, vegetable

garden, strawberry bed, weeding

watering...building a picket fence...

we are tuckered out!

We now have another project on the go

but I'll leave that for a bit later. 

;)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Many of you have commented

that you like the background 

music on my blog and wondered 

what it was.

Well I finally remembered

to get back to you on that.

It's actually the theme from

the movie

MISS POTTER

staring Renee Zellweger.

I'm sure most of you have already 

seen the movie and know that

 it is about 

Beatrix Potter

the author

of 

Peter Rabbit 

and many

other wonderful

children's stories. 

If by chance you haven't seen 

the movie

please do! 

If you like a good love story,

old English cottages and gardens

AND the English countryside

then this movie is for you.

Here are a couple of photo's of

Hilltop Farm

which was owned by

Miss Potter

and is in the movie.

I'd love to have a little cottage

with vines growing all over it like this one.

Sigh.

~~~~~~~~~~

We've been busy the last couple of days

...and we'll probably be at it

all week!

Can you guess what we're doing?

Here's a 

HINT...

It figures...

now that we finally 

get some warmer temperatures

and need to work outside

the weather decides to

skip spring

 and go right into summer

with a temperature of 

98 F !

Needless to say

we are 

NOT

acclimatized :(

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We have a 

WINNER!

The lucky winner of a

beautiful hand crafted

house # of their choice

from 

http://www.ramsign.com/>RAMSIGN 

is....

Oh goodness please don't

look too close...

I grabbed my old gardening hat!

# 19

Ironstone And Pine

(don't you just love that name)

Congratulations Devon!! 

I will send them your information

and they will contact you.

I hope you'll send me a picture

once you receive your new sign.

Thank you to everyone who

entered!

Have a wonderful week.

Maura :)