We shall start with Shorty taking a nap Went to the In Laws and we picked Okra... Look how tall they are... Moving the goats into the big field.... We got the hides hung up to dry out.... they got a little damp....  While we were gathering logs for building, we found a tree ... kissing tree Contact by email (marye.masterson@gmail.com) with comments or subscribe to receive by email and reply directly to it........ Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson All Photographs Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson

Yes, I am a day late on Weekend Updates but in my defense, we were busy working in the garden yesterday trying to catch it up on the weeds. This large of a garden is full time job. Limited day due to heat and humidity leaves us to work it in the morning hours up until about noon at the latest. Then pick up on other chores the rest of the day. On with the weekend...... Saturday we finished the corner posts on the big field. It is ready for fencing now. And then worked in the garden...... Sunday we headed for the lake..... What a gorgeous day we had! We left just in the nick of time. A storm moved in that was a gully washer or as some say down here a frog choker! No, we did not go water-skiing although it would have been fun! This guy was probably about a mile out on the water from us.  Last night more storms moved in that dropped about 6" of rain. It rained all night and just quite a bit ago. Soggy!! This is pure desperation to be in the hot tub! I...

It  hit a warm 60* here today!!! Can you see the grin from ear to ear?? So after getting Mtn Man off to his folks, I went to work cleaning that nasty mess in the hot tub . Drained it of it's ugliness then took it apart (whatever I could get my grimy hands on to clean) and cleaned (used ODOBAN) it thoroughly. Rinsed it, emptied again(shop vac is used for what is left, emptying it numerous times). Filled it completely added some H2o2 (35% Hydrogen Peroxide-Spa Science Brand) and then ran the jets running it through all the blowers and pipes only to find that there was some lingering uckies!! :( Empty again and yes, used the shop vac again for the third time! Wiped it out again to make sure I didn't have any lingering parts, with a lot of hope and confidence that this time surely it has to be clean I filled it again. Whew this time all was wonderful! This started today around 9 am and ended at 2:30 pm....Yes, I really like my hot tub and can't wait to use it again or should...

Ripped out wet carpet from water seeping in the walls from the ice build up behind the gutters. Heater to dry it out! Peanut inspecting Papa's Work Storage Space...Thank you Dad for building the shelves!!! Ice Crystals The deck boards started...tomorrow we will have this finished...then hot tub time!! Copyright © 2013 M.E. Masterson All Photographs Copyright © 2013 M.E. Masterson