Tree trimming

Hello all, 

Well, now we have decided to limb-up some of the trees around here to "open the area" up so more air can flow through. 

After the work is done, I love it now, we can see under the trees from the upper deck. It is so nice around here now. New upper deck with a roof, some trees removed, others limbed up some, grass cut, and this place looks unreal, not the same place. We have also now got a heater inside the garage, nice for the wintertime. We have a new 100 gal. water heater because there is a huge walk-in tub in the master bathroom, requires a larger tank to fill the tub with hot water. We also have had the air and heat all redone with one piece unit. Most of the yard is now fenced and it is working to keep the deer away from our home and plants. We have a huge fenced-in yard for the chickens and a very nice and safe place for them in the wintertime. The place is now like Fort Knox now and I can rest easy from now on. No more losses from raccoons and opossums. 

The inside of the home is now getting cleaned out and items placed where they need to be and all the excess is gotten rid of. My sister's home has now become our home and we can feel and see the difference. We also just got all the clocks repaired (Nita collected many) and they are all keeping the same time. We also got the ducts in the home all cleaned out. We had a chimney sweep come and clean out the chimney, so now when winter comes we are ready to sit back and just enjoy. 

We also got rid of all the cars around here and got us a new Jeep pumpkin orange in color. Love it. We got it toward the end of last year. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Baby Doves

Hello to all, 

Now I have some new doves and they have little ones, and I have found a forever home for them. 

May 2024
My new baby doves-they found a home.

Was not planning on them coming along, but I got them a great home with a Lady who has other doves and critters and chickens. She will be here to get them on Saturday. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

More unwanted critters

Hello to all, 

So here are the rest of the pics that I wanted to share. 

May 11, 2024
Raccoon

May 18, 2024
Raccoon 

May 22, 2024
Raccoon

March 7, 2024
Ground Hog

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Well, my goodness!

Hello everyone, 

Did not know I had forgotten to post on here for so long, been busy in the yard. 

So will catch up with some pics of critters and work in the yard. 

This year has been crazy for ticks. I find them on dogs and ourselves every time we get out in the yard to do some work. 

So here are the pics by the dates we ran into each other. 

April 2, 2024
Opossum 

April 9, 2024
My Doves 

April 15, 2024
Got my dwarf frogs

May 7, 2024

 Raccoon 

May 11, 2024
Opossum



So the rest of the pics will be on the next post. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Happy Valentine's Day

Hello everyone, 

I hope everyone is enjoying the weather, here it is for a second week, warm temps, and snow is all gone. Spring is not here yet, but not far off. I think I have "cabin fever" as I am longing to be outside doing something. I will plan on a garden this year although it will be done in containers. This ground is so rocky, hard to dig in. So, above the ground in containers will be just fine for me. 

Did I say we now have a lost cat that can help keep the varmints at bay around here? The cat showed up last fall and has been with us all this winter, he gets fed twice a day and sometimes a few snacks are thrown in. Do think I made him "fat" but never had a cat as an adult and did not ask for this one. Just can't let it starve so feed it. He is a stray for sure, does not want a human hand touching him, nor will he come close. He keeps his distance but comes when called for food. So, guess I now have a cat if he lets us come close sooner or later as he will need to see a vet and get things taken care of. Its color is black and white. He sometimes stayed over at the neighbor's house, he died this last fall, and it did not belong to him. As it gets warmer, he seems to be staying now at our house more and more. The tip of one ear is missing, so guess he has had a hard life being on his own. 

Will see if he lets me take a pic of him, if so, will post it later on. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

SNOW

Hello everyone, 

The first day of the year and it snowed all day yesterday, only got 1-2 inches. But for now, roads are clear for the most part. This is a wet snow sticking to everything. 

Guess today I will see about working on some of the quilt blocks I have done. Think I would like to do some embellishments on them. 

The roof over the upper deck is working great, the deck is dry for the first time since this house was built. I must say no longer than it is up we are very happy with it. 

More stuff coming, so stay tuned to see what we are up to next.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Hello everyone, 

We are doing just fine and hope this post finds everyone doing well. 

We are enjoying the new roof to our upper deck, keeping the snow and rain from the door and windows. I will have some pics later on. 

We also now have several trees taken down this fall, I will say more about them later on. We are getting the place opened up some. I feel it will let the air flow through better around here. I have removed all the honeysuckle from the fence and cleaned that up as well. We will have some cleanup to do, and I also plan to have several half-barrows with plants where some of the tree stumps are. 

More coming later on. All our pups Truffles and Kricket are doing just fine, and our Frosty bird is fine also. 

Stay tuned with us.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

New Upper Deck

Morning, 

Here is a pic of our new upper deck. They got it finished in July, just now getting a pic to post and show the new deck. I think they did a nice job. 

No longer looking at holes in my deck. LOL 

They used yellow pine for the wood. The darker 4x4's were left as they were in great shape, but the spindles and floor of the deck were bad. 

We are still thinking about adding a ROOF over the upper deck. 

New Upper Deck with Kricket and Truffles

Love and Prayers,

 Margo