moles

why, why is there no effective way to move the hundreds, probably an exaggeration, from our yard to the neighbors?

the robber fly

great goodness. he was in my car today and i about peed my pants. he is as loud as a small aircraft, three inches long and had a giant stinger. i didnt have time to google whether he was a threat to me or not with the baby in the car with me he had to be eliminated. yuck.

just burn them down

how friggin easy! burn the weeds away. brillant and fun. picked one up at harbor freight - here for $22 (using my using my 20% off coupon). husband adores it.

baby black bird

hello friend. didnt realize i was going to need to feed you raw hamburger and water through an eye dropper every couple of hours. but you sure are cute.

the snow ball tree

this is the tree from which i hang my feeders.  she has been blooming for about a week now. she has been lovingly pruned into a tree over the years rather than left as a shrub.

alien invasion

wtf could these crazy orange things growing off the pine next to the hay barn. they are kindof slimy squishey. and the tree is covered with them from top to bottom like i decorated it for christmas. my friend, the google, informed me its cedar apple rust. they say you need to spray your apple trees at the start of the wet spring and every 10 days until the end of may. right. i can barely find time to mow let alone spray chemicals all over 4 apple trees every 10 days.

http://www.treehelp.com/trees/juniper/juniper-apple-rust.asp

update:
due to the stupid weather this year not one of our four apple trees fruited but only one of the four got the rust spots.

cukes

8 so far.  and tons more growing....what to do with all of them? jumbo pickles, lol?

used this old recipe and it was a competition between my husband and five year old who could eat the most.

old fashion bread and butter pickles.