Bron's Blog II

Weekend Images

No knitting, just a lot of sight-seeing. Here's my Bio-Mom's cabin-in-the-woods (that's almost 2500 sq. ft):

Two of her four dogs & two of three goats:

Her miniature horse, Sage:

The casita where we stayed (about 1/2 block away from their cabin)

The Rio Grande Gorge today:

Talk about vertigo! I couldn't even go the the middle - I'm such a wuss.

Heeeere's Taos!

(Those were the coolest spinner optical illusion things. Not sure what to call them!)

Here's a place some of you have heard of:

La Lana Wools in case you can't read the sign. Nope - I didn't go in. I didn't need any yarn!

I'm going off to do some knitting. Tomorrow I have my fingerprinting first thing in the AM, then lots of homework until class in the evening.

Next time I hope to show you a finished "Spring Fling" back.

Before...And One Month After

This is a yellow squash plant I believe. We had to put it outside the garden area because it was threatening to take over!:

Sorry for the slightly wilted appearance - I took these pix before I watered. The corn & sunflowers are all around 4 to 5 feet tall:

Doug's very proud of how well everything has grown:

I agree. It's all his hard work putting in the raised beds and new soil that made the difference. The tomato plants are so large, though, I swear my Dad's ghost is out there tending them at night. His plants used to get huge too and they were his favorite vegetable.

Too bad I dislike sliced tomatoes. I see a lot of salsa in my future!

Luck Can Turn On A Dime

We're happy campers around here:

• Got my computer back - it was just $48 to clean the drive of viruses, malware & various & sundry nasty programs. That was a deal. There's no way I could have fixed it myself. Our techno guru also recommended a great program for us to use at home. Plus the guy picks up your computer & delivers it again at no extra charge. Sweet.

• I got my test scores today from my Basic Skills test - I received a 285 out of 300. I think I got all of the multiple choice questions correct, they just counted me down a bit on my essay. I needed 240 to pass so...a little overkill is always good. ::wink::

• We sold our old, almost-not-running, spray-painted-four-different-colors, 1973 VW Bug for $800 and it's gone. Yay!

• They installed our master bath shower door today - the last bit we were waiting for. The bathroom contracted work is now finished. Woohoo! Plus it looks great. 

I even have some colorful pictures to show you. More fresh radishes (more garden pics tomorrow - we're amazed at how big everything is):

And a fresh bit of sweater:

I'm really lovin' this:

To those in the US - have a safe 4th! We'll be here tomorrow, but will head up to Tres Piedres (just outside of Taos) to visit my Bio-Mom on Saturday. We'll be back Sunday afternoon.

See ya tomorrow for some garden pictures - I know you just can't wait. ::wink:::