a day with Reagan

Kass and Reagan came for a visit the other day. It is just so much fun to have a baby in the house again.. I really miss it!!!! He is growing so quickly, and I truly understand the idea of trying to hang onto to time and not let it rush by so quickly.....

He's very close to crawling and I think that once he's on the move... my dear Kass won't have a minute to sit!!!!

The dogs were (are) so good with him.... even Tazzy. She can be a bit of a "spook" so of any of our dogs, she's the one I watch the closest... but she was wonderful....

Trevor pretty much laid right where he is the whole time. It's funny, because the dogs I had when I was raising babies ( Diggie, Frosty, Holly and Randi)... were never allowed on the quilts spread on the floor. They could lay at the very edge and watch the babies, but they couldn't go on them. And they never did... Frosty, though, would lay at the very edge and if that baby got close enough, she would give the biggest kiss she could muster!!!! 

Kas and I had lunch together, then we went threw my many cross stitch books and picked out a stocking pattern for Reagan. After that, it was so pretty out, we went down to the local orchard to poke around and Kas wanted to get some apples.....

This is such a nice farm.. and they are all dressed up and ready for apple season. Reagan was "in love" with this scare crow.....

They'll be busy the next few weekends.... the fall season is almost here. It's going to be a good apple year... and I have no doubt that my bees certainly enjoyed the orchards last spring....

I have to say, my sunflowers this year are amazing. My veggie garden did nothing -- I'm not much of a gardener anyways... but despite my horrible efforts... the sunflowers did it....

They are huge... more than a few are over seven feet tall.... the bees love them.. and then ones that have gone by are being enjoyed by many of the birds.... I will certainly put sunflowers in every year....

What I don't dry and keep for seed, the rest I think I will throw to the turkeys and leave for the wild birds....

And with the thoughts of the cooler weather, it's also wood season. This year, however, with the wood shed, it's going to be much easier to deal with.... certainly better than the tarps we had to use the first winter we were here..... we figure we burn 10-12 cord... we have a bit left over from last year, and here's the first two cord pile...

Which - in about four hours - I was able to get all inside...













It's a good start... but I'll feel better when it's full.......