Woo..Three more sleeps.

Now this camping thing is getting a bit serious.  Moving right along.  Never a dull moment.
Sunday was good church.  Came home to another tree coming down at our neighbors across the street.  This is the second dead one of three.  This is a huge dead Maple.  Huge.  And the wood was so hard that it was not an easy job to make a wedge in the tree...So...two trucks with belts helped to pull the thing over.  But...wait...one of the belts broke so the tree landed somewhat on the house.  Woo...Bad target...just to the side.  We've waited for the house to come down for 5 years.  It's been vacant.  Could have hit the middle of the target but it didn't.   Lots of excitement.  So...most of it has been cleaned up.  The house still stands and at some point it will come down.  Need another tree maybe.  The third dead tree is to far from the house to be used for that matter.

Bought zipper oil stuff at Cabelas along with some fishing lures for the grandchildren.  Such a fun place to look for things.  Sleeping bags are stuffed into their sacks.

We have had really, really hard rains that have packed the dirt big time.  I've really kept the weeds out by raking between rains.  I was really discourage with doing that one more time but yesterday and this morning back in the garden.  Did another weed control job.  So...looks good again.  We had a deer attack a few days ago.  That deer really loves Sunflowers.  But the oils make him feel good.  Just happy that I think it's only one deer.

Just finished reading Bringing Nature Home...Douglas W.  Tallamy.  It's a MUST read if one wants to learn about the importance of planting native plants.  Woo...have we gone a bit wrong about not doing that.  It was almost a "can't but this book" down.  I remember when a kid screens were available to put on the front of the cars to keep the bugs out in the summer time.  And bugs on the window shields and bugs in the headlights.  That doesn't happen any more.  Bugs are bird food.  Bugs make butterflies.  Bugs are good.  So...I recommend this book if one wants to know what is happening to our environment and bugs.

So...time to get on...only three more sleeps.