Beautiful Day Lilies

Every once in a while you have to stop to smell the roses. In this case I was hiking around Hippocrates circle and saw these beautiful day lilies. There are many blooming on the property now but these caught my eye and I had to take a picture.

More Lights!

Since we all like to spend more time outdoors during the summer,
adding lights to the property has been a priority recently. You've
seen the lights we've put around the pool (which have been completed
now with a pool light!) now here are the pictures of the lights we've
put around the deck. There are 5 new lights on the main house, CFL of
course! And low voltage lights around the perimeter highlighting the
roses. Each of those lights use a mere 11 watts of electricity.
Doesn't it make you want to light a fire, sit on the bench and watch
the stars come out? It's one of my favorite spots on the property and
I know guests will love entertaining out there.

Our Veggie Garden!

Now that the rain and cold has finally passed, it is now time to put in our summer vegetable garden. Putting in a garden takes a little more time and energy but the results are well worth it. Since we do everyting organic and made by hand, we got into action. First we turned the soil and pulled any big weeds. Then we needed to prepare the beds for the seeds. We planted zucchini, squash, 4 types of tomatoes, pole beans, snap beans, corn, watermelon, canteloupe, cucumber, celery, asparagus, strawberries, and basil. Yum! As things begin to come up I will be posting more pictures.

Wild turkeys

So today I was walking down our driveway and I spotted one of the turkeys that live on the property. Can you see her in the pictures? This is just one of the 8 female turkeys that follow the male turkey "Franklin". I haven't seen him yet but I'm keeping an eye out to see him strutting around the property. When you come up you might spot them in the Hunza garden or hunting for bugs under the oak trees. I'll keep you updated with more pics when I see them again!