little bit of crazy leaking out

Sunday moring was clear so I suggested to Hubby that we should put together the shelves for the shed, instead of just letting them sit, taking up space in the garage.  I got the dear in the headlights look as I could see the wheels turning, trying to find a way to get out of it.  I. don’t. think. so.

Let me just say we put up this shed about two years ago and up intil now everyting has been either stacked on the floor or leaning up against the wall.  First we pulled everything out of the shed.  This isn’t everything, doesn’t show the lawn mower, studded tires, kids’ ride on toys and bikes, etc.

Then we put up the shelves, with the help of the kids.  I was quite pleased at how they turned out.  They fit almost all the way across the back of the shed and by raising the bottom shelf on the right we can park the mower right under the shelf so it takes up less floor space.

After we reloaded the shed, I started looking at the garden beds.  They needed some serious work.  Daughter helped pull weeds, hubby used the fork and loosened up the soil and I broke up the clods and did the finish work.  We were able to prep all but one.  We were thrilled to see hundreds of worms in each of the raised beds, big fat juicy worms.  The ducks were especially happy, the kids were catching the worms and feeding them.   Here is hubby holding one of them:

The kids and I did some planting on Monday.  Peas, summer squash, patty pans, round zucchini, lettuce, carrots, perennial flowers, broccoli; we’ll be putting out some tomato seedling in a couple of weeks and who know what else we’ll end up planting, this is not a planned out garden this year.

Yet another yarn store in the area closed this last weekend.  The owner decided to retire, which is better to hear than they had to close for lack of business.  I went in on Saturday and I am so sad I didn’t know about this store earlier, the women working there were so nice.  I’m sorry to say this isn’t always the case in this area, especially if you aren’t a regular customer. 

I did buy some yarn at 50% off, almost all with a specific intent, some for socks for CIC, some for a purse, some for shawls, my favorite was this:

Patterns, the price on the patterns was 4 for $2 - who could resist - I’m actually surprised I didn’t walk out with more patterns.  The ones I did get were vintage baby patterns or Fiber Trends, including a couple of Evelyn Clark patterns.  I also picked up a couple new tools, including: a darning egg, a hand crank drill for making twisted cords, and a WPI tool.

It looks like we have a pair of bald eagles nesting in a tree in our neighbor’s yard, across the street.  Hubby and I were chatting before the kids woke up last friday, when he suddenly lept to the window, “There’s a bald eagle in L’s yard!”  I looked out and sure enough there he was eating a possum, then his mate flew in to share in the feast.  I was able to get a picture, but it’s not very good as it was overcast so the light was quite low and a flash would have been useless at that distance.

Hubby is pretty sure the pair is nesting in one of the trees in the neighbor’s yard, he saw them flying in and out of the tree all day.  I’ll have to keep an eye out.