My aunt is now back on convention rounds after being back home for a month and Christina is in preps for Boring as of last night. She speaks next Sunday! Meeting starts at 6pm on the grounds. Her first time to speak in a G. meeting on 'home grounds'. She's doing pretty awesome! I love a thought that was shared a couple of weeks ago. The trouble with trouble is it almost always starts as fun.
We're hoping that this next week is cooler then this last week! We reached 104* and 105* on Wednesday and Thursday. And that was with really smoky skies from fires. It's supposed to 90's all week but maybe cooler the next week? There's some noises of rain that week. I'm really hoping that isn't the case since that's the week my carport roof is being replaced and the house roof is being re-coated! Fingers crossed it holds off. We do desperately need the rain since it's been a month and a half since we had any. But not on my roof week please and thank you! 😆
Business has been amazing. I've picked up several new clients this summer. One could turn into a pretty decent one. Amanda and Mia have definitely helped a ton!! One of those new clients is the roofer. He's asked to exchange services. I'll probably still pay something but it sounds like there's a lot of work to do on the books/payroll. He also has excellent reference from a remodeling client who's hired him on multiple jobs so it's a win/win.
Super bummed about my windows though. One was leaking this winter and when the guy that is doing repairs for me started investigating he found that the people who put in the windows didn't do a real good job and it's been leaking inside for a while and just made itself obvious this winter. One corner of the wood at the bottom just crumbled when he touched it. We'll see how bad it is but it would be good to get it fixed correctly! And then there's the other windows that company installed. That's the downside of owning- you have to fix the issues yourself and this year is shaping up to be a doozy!! Who know's maybe this is causing my issues. In that case motivation to work is quite counter productive!! Kind of need that money to pay for the repairs! :)
Here are some garden/family photos I've taken recently.
Bees and mint
Cool sunset in the mirror, lots of smoke makes for gorgeous sunsets!
First tomato!
Tomoto's seem pretty happy in their pots!
We picked 17 lbs this day! Christina found the perfect picking spot.
My mom would be so proud of Christina! Christina made this complete quilt by hand.
Fall raspberries are setting!
One happy kitty! Pippy rarely gets to go out so he enjoys it when we do!
My brother and his two boys! Where has the time went??
Sisters! It's been much too long since I've gotten a picture of them together!
Aunt Nancy and Scarlet had a great time!!
The purple butterfly bush that the birds so kindly gave me! :)
Just a little bit of pollen on this bumblebee!!
Potted potatoes-we'll see how they produced in another month or so.
The other potted potatoes!
Scarlet and Teagan fixing 'sandwiches'. :) Teagan starts Kindergarten this fall!!
