Are we smarter than a raccoon? I guess not.

Well I can quit worrying about the rooster – he is outside right now in full voice. 

Got the first Barn Quilt done and up.  Putting it up. I couldn’t watch – a ladder on gravel and way above their heads.

How it looks up. View from almost the street.

Still working on the other one it will go on the other side of the building.

While I was working on it Bill and our friend Tom were building birdhouses as most of ours got trashed last winter. Bill is building them and Tom is painting them. Good team work.

The new contractors got so much done the other night. The shower is completely in with plumbing even and one of the vanities is even completely installed. They are supposed to come back this evening and hopefully finish up. Then I’ll just have to do the painting in there – again. (And still have to finish the bridge.)

And will also have to paint the hallway where a hammer from the bathroom came through. Sure hope we can match the paint close enough so I just have to do the one wall and not the whole hall.

Glory Be – tomorrow we are actually going to pick up the Alfa. Then we have all the stuff that has been sitting in the garage to put back in it. I know everything will have to be cleaned/washed before putting it back. Oh well more to keep us busy.

And about the raccoon. He has become a real pest – tearing up the screen and coming into the back porch. So we bought a live trap and finally figured out how to set it up and put it right by the torn screen with bananas inside it. I was sitting in the den watching TV about 11:00 last night when I heard SNAP – the trap closing. Sure enough there was the raccoon inside. Now what to do with him?  Bill had wired the back of the trap so the animal couldn’t get out that way. So anyway he took him, trap and all out and put it in the bed of the pickup thinking we’d take him out to the woods way far away this morning. HA – this morning the trap sat empty in the truck. He figured out how to get out past the trap door – AND THEN had the gall to come back up on the porch and make another mess!!! So on to plan B.

Simple things.

Oh boy oh boy oh boy – the new contractor is here and is tearing out all the shower and toilet. All new will be put in. Lovely. But at least it is getting done. It is 7:30 in the evening now. He started work about an hour ago and figures it will take him just a couple more evenings. And he is going to finish absolutely everything in that bathroom, except the painting which I’ll have to do all over again.

Have not heard the neighbor’s rooster since yesterday morning when he was over here picking up corn kernels around our trees. He’s a pretty thing. Hope he is okay. We have coyotes, foxes and big wild cats in the woods.

Simple things amuse simple minds. Bill and I love to sit out front and watch the squirrels with the corn ferris wheels. They sure can contort.

holding corn in his "hands"

Got the front side of one of my barn quilts polyurethaned today. Will do the back side tomorrow morning and can maybe get it hung tomorrow afternoon. So excited. Starting on the second on – it’s going to be red, white and blue so had to go to town to get some really red paint. Think it will look good. 

There are orange day lilies in bloom all over – they grow wild in the woods. They are so pretty.

A cold front is supposed to be moving through this evening but think the rain will be south of us. Can already feel the cooler air. So tomorrow morning bright and early I should go out and finish painting the bridge. Ugh. 

Heard on the news that the area where we store the Alfa was getting winds and one inch hail. Hope it’s okay. Maybe we should call tomorrow – or go pick it up this week!!!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all fathers out there.
We have had a good day. Out to breakfast and Wal*Mart for groceries this morning. Then home in the rain. It has turned out to be a kind of warm (for me anyway) and humid day with heavy rain  off and on. Glad I got more of the bridge painted yesterday. And managed to get a sun burn on my face.
Fixing a roast and potatoes and carrots for dinner tonight - one of Bill's favorite dinners.
I watched the NASCAR race this afternoon while he read/snoozed and now he is watching soccer. Sporty day for us.
Tomorrow someone is supposed to come and check out what needs to be done in the upstairs bathroom to fix it. Bill is supposed to take the little pickup to the body shop to get a spot of rust taken care of. I'll finish putting out bedroom  and bathroom back together - and getting rid of the winters dust etc. Exciting life.
Last night we heard noises out side, Bill got up to look but didn't see anything to get concerned about. But turns out he looked out the wrong windows. The "sweet" raccoon tore a hole in the screen around the back porch and came in and made a MESS. Ate a couple packages of suet, got in the bucket of bird seed and tore up an artificial plant out there. He better not show his face around here for a few days.

Have you seen a brown cat?

Nice summer weather here at least for a while.

I was reading a book the other day and it mentioned a character picking up her “dark brown cat.” It was named Coffee because of its color. Got me to thinking. I don’t ever remember seeing a brown cat. I’ve seen white, gray, black, tan, calico, tiger striped, and orange striped – but never a dark brown cat.

Also found out that one of our sons is now engaged. She is a wonderful woman and he is a lucky man. No wedding date yet.

I’ve been real busy with the Barn Quilts. 

It just needs second coat of all colors and then to be polyurethaned and hung. Don’t know how we’ll get it up on the car port but I’m sure Bill will think of something. I’ve also decided the colors for the second one. They are fun to do….where can we hang more?

Monday a couple people are supposed to come and check out the upstairs bathroom and see if it can be fixed without too much problem. Big problem or not it has to be fixed – can’t use the shower the way it is. Maybe next time I won’t be too cheap to use Angie’s List.

Found a new blog. It is a couple who are from California and they are FLYING Route 66. How much fun that would be. Check it out – it’s now on my list of blogs to follow.