A black bear captured on trail cam

June 27, 2014 - Friday

52 degrees/hazy - clear/ calm winds

Pentoga Road

Happy Birthday to Mom. Her's was yesterday and we talked at length last night. Reaching a very active 87 years of age, Mom spent the day with my sister in Indiana doing "girl things," shopping and dining mostly, and had a great time. 

Mom will be traveling this way on July 15th to spend a couple of weeks with Sargie and me. We're looking forward to her visit. We had so much fun last year getting caught up on news, ate like we'd never seen food before, saw some sights, and laughed like we didn't have a care in the world. 

The air is so thick out there this morning that it could be cut with a butter knife. Thursday was perfect, low humidity, temperature in the low 70's, a bit of a breeze with few mosquitoes buzzing around.

The wild flowers are beginning to bloom around the area.

A field of daisies

Sargie was off yesterday and we had a great day, much of it spent outside or away from the house. I started the day working in the garden by tying the cucumbers to the trellis. The giant pumpkins are beginning to spread... in fact, the entire garden is exploding. It's a fun time of year if a person enjoys that sort of thing.

Tasting like a cross between a sweet radish and a turnip, we enjoyed our first kohlrabi of the season. Actually, it was the first vegetable harvested from our garden this year.

I tied the cucumbers towards the trellis on Thursday morning so they'll begin to creep up the mesh.

The snap peas are beginning to bloom. We should begin eating them in another couple of weeks.

The honey berries are at an end as the strawberries are beginning

I began digging the first of four holes in which to place the posts below the frost line for the new storage building... 

... and hit water at three-and-a-half feet. I thought I was digging a hole, not drilling a well.

I'll never worry about running out of water even though ours comes by way of a shallow well pump. I've never dug a hole before and hit the water table.

The trail cam has been busy recording animals as they pass by.
A young buck deer.

Twin fawns running through

Followed by their mama

A raccoon in the wee hours of the morning

Sargie followed me into town and I dropped the truck off at Yooper Brother Mark's plant to be filled with wood. We spent a few minutes talking before grabbing a couple of burgers and later, enjoying a long ride around the local lakes. 

We also took Brutus swimming on Thursday afternoon

I began mowing thistles Thursday evening in the old popple woods before they could bloom and spread their seed. Some were taller than I am.

Sargie works early today. I'm going to replant parsnip seed early this morning, go for my five-mile walk, then attempt to dig the second of four holes for the footings of the new storage shed. 

I should go fishing. The day is looking to be almost picture perfect. Decisions! Decisions! What to do? Oh well, I'm used to the stress of heavy decision making. 

After all, a man's work is never done.

Finally! My first day of walking five miles after two months away due to Morton's Neuroma, a growth on the nerves in both feet.

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...