Our newest outdoor addition

June 30, 2015 - Tuesday
49 degrees/cloudy/windy
Pentoga Road

Seems like June just walked through the front door and just like that, it's flying out the window. Hard to believe a third of the summer is gone.

Monday was a busy one on Pentoga Road. A real mix of weather came screaming through, but thankfully, the morning was sunny and warm... too warm, really, but good enough that I could work in the garden.



I spent a lot of my time sitting between the growing beds, plucking weeds.

Parsnips

I took some time to clean all the aisles as I was tired of tripping over pieces of wood and rocks that we've used to anchor down the frost blankets when needed. Of course, if it gets cold again, I'll be hunting more rocks to carry back into the garden.

The cucumbers have grown through the holes in their trellis and I used garden twine to tie each so they can be trained to grow up the webbing.

While I was working in the garden, Mom watered the strawberries in the pyramids. Little did we know that later on Monday, Mother Nature, along with some assistance from God, would dump more than half an inch of rain in less than half an hour.

I wanted to go to Home Depot in Iron Mountain and timed our departure so that we could pick up Sargie at the Vision Center and enjoy lunch together.

Halfway through the drive, the weather turned nasty and at one point, it rained so hard that we had to pull over to the side of the road.

We did have a good lunch while talking and gabbing and all too soon, we left Sargie at the Vision Center and resumed our shopping.

One of the items purchased was an outdoors fireplace... a chiminea, I believe they are called. I've wanted one for sometime and with Mom here and Matt and Jess coming, I figured there was no time like the present.

I'm not sure where we'll put it. Eventually, it will go by the gazebo and garden pond, all yet to be built. For now, any ol' place in the back yard will do.

I spent most the afternoon constructing the chiminea... and might have muttered along the way. I'm not sure what kind of psycho designer wrote the instructions, but he's one mean, evil, sadistic, person.

None the less, I finally got the thing put together and it will be ready for the first fire in the next day or two.

I heard rumbling, some of it quite close. I walked down by the garden and saw a storm rapidly approaching from the southwest. 

Within minutes, the heavens opened and it poured.

I later talked with Yooper Brother Mark and he said that nary a drop fell in town, a mere ten miles away. 

Sargie arrived home late last evening after completing another busy day at the Vision Center. Mark came shortly after pulling their camper where Matt, Jessica, and Emmie will be sleeping.

It wasn't long before Mark had it all set up, leveled, and ready to go. With a motorized pull-out living room, it's a home more than a mere camper.

Sargie's back to work today and closes tonight; another long long day for her.

I'm going to put up a new trellis to support the two cherry tomato plants alongside the barn. After, I plan to mow the yard and finish getting ready for Matt, Jess, and Emmie's arrival. They are to land in Green Bay midmorning on Wednesday and should be here sometime in the early afternoon. Let the fun begin!

But first, it's time to get another cup of coffee and pick Mom's brain to see what deep thoughts she's thinking. I have a couple, myself, and maybe we can share a few.

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

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...