Wednesday, August 14, 2013

A walk at work...

On my morning walk at work....

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this is a little trail that leads down into the woods - I didn't go today it's a bit wet and can be slick when wet.

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And look what I was gifted on the path! I don't know if it came from the Redtails that nest in the trees in the background but I squeeeed when I saw it!

Monday, August 5, 2013

Magic Harley Grandson

We had Bill's grandson Noah this past weekend. We picked him up Saturday morning and took him to the Magic House in Kirkwood, MO. This place has really gotten a lot bigger since the last time I took my kids there! One of the funniest things is the electromagetic sphere - you touch it and all your hair stands on end!

Bill and Noah at the Magic House

Then we took him to Big St. Charles Motor Sports where my son Erik works.

Erik and Noah at Big St. Charles
Noah has a dirt bike about this size at home

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Noah is a big MotoCross fan.

Noah in the Harley Store
We visited Erik's girlfriend over on the Harley side of the store too

I think we wore poor Bill out, he and Noah both needed a nap when we got home! We all went to Racanelli's Pizza for dinner and Erik, Meghan and Noah made a fort in Erik's room and played video games until bedtime. I think the boys had a lot of fun.

Friday, August 2, 2013

Mary Mary, Quite contrary, how does your garden grow.....

Kinda slow. I've gotten 5 green peppers this year, mostely off of one plant but the other one is doing ok too I guess. I have lots of flowers on my tomatoes but just a few actualy fruits and I have determined that they are Roma's since they are getting longer rather than roundy. But they aren't getting very big nor are they turning red. As my friend pointed out - we need long hot days and we havn't had that this summer so I guess that is the problem.

I have two yellow squash growing and lots of flowers so we'll see how those do. And the Eggplants... I guess I'm not meant to grow them. This is the third year with nothing. No flowers. I had to pull the squash off of them as they were crowding into the eggplant area but still - no flowers or anything. I guess I'll buying them from the farmer's market.

With the weather so nice the past few weeks, Bill has been working inside to get the purlings up in the appartment so that he can put the ceiling up. Once that is done the electric and plumbing need to be finished and the HVAC needs to be hooked up so that he can work through the winter this year. Weather has really played a role in how much he can do in the house since it's either freezing in the winter or too hot in the summer. I told him he has about a year left before I need to move in so hopefully we'll start seeing some progress with that place.

We have his grandson this weekend and if the weather holds we plan to go camping. But if not, we do have a backup plan - The Magin House in Webster Groves. The kids used to love that place! It's been years since I've been and I hear they have expanded it greatly. The best part (for the kids) was after you got to the top of the third floor and were ready to leave - you just slid down the slide all the way to the ground floor! They also had a magnetic ball that when you touch it all your hair stands up on end and a wall that is photo sensitive and flashes every few seconds so that you can cast your 'shadow' on the wall and it stays for a few seconds. :)