Out to the Garden...

This morning, I spent time out in the yard...

What did the Terrible Two do?

They stayed inside and made more cracker crumbs for me to clean up...

I did a bit of planting and a lot of watering.

When I came back inside, I started rocking again... I may never get all of the rocks on this thing at this rate...


I thought you would rather see what the squirrels are up to, rather than more photographs of rocks.

This is one of the first batch of babies for this year.  He is almost as big as his parents. 

As you can see, he has his cheek pouches filled and is ready to go back to the tunnels and relax. He is going to be a big, big squirrel if he keeps it up!

Same squirrel... Different cheek to fill... He or she is going to be one BIG squirrel if he(or she) keeps filling those pouches and running back to the nest and to eat it all.

I had the tail end of a bag or ice and I put it in the water bowls this morning. They seem to like a little cool water whenever I do that. 

Anyway, I just looked out the window and there are still a bunch of squirrels running around the yard and laying in the shade relaxing. 

I do love looking out and seeing them.  They are very relaxing and entertaining when I get tired of typing. Back to work... More stoning to do.
See you tomorrow.

So Much for the Magic Door!

I went to Wednesday Witches this afternoon.  All I accomplished was a little bit of a watch band and I am tearing out the orange part.

So much for the watchband.

When I left for Witches, Tessie was about to try the Magic Door to get to the back yard.

I don't think that it worked very well...

When I got home, I started looking around for the door...

I looked and I looked....

I finally found it in the workroom closet... As high as Tessie could zap it.  She managed the bottom shelf of the top of the closet. 

She was sitting beneath it breathing hard and making all kinds of unkind remarks about it.

She explained that she got out to the back yard through it and a squirrel almost ate her for lunch! She had to run for her life and he was chasing her all the way back to the door.

She finally just forgot the door and zapped herself back in the house!

Make a note... I didn't know that she could zap from outside to in!  Now I know... I am going to

have to sit down and have a long talk with her about lizards and squirrels and the hazards of playing with them...

I do believe that the experience will keep her from going outside alone. The squirrels and even some of the lizards are larger than she is...  

The rest of the afternoon she has been in her potions room... I asked what she was working on... She answered, "I am making squirrel and lizard repellent.  I am going to wear it if I ever go out in the back yard again... Though it is NOT LIKELY!"

Well... Lesson learned!  Back to work,

See you tomorrow.

Baby Squirrels at Breakfast...

Here's proof that we have three new babies...

Salad for breakfast?

"This is the very best thing I have eaten so far. Yum!"

Salad is a good thing for breakfast... If you are a baby squirrel...

Mom has to get in on the act.  After all, she is the one that suggested salad for breakfast in the first place.

She is not a lot bigger than the babies now. They are growing by leaps and bounds!

And  the answer to your next question... Yes. I am working on the front porch of the castle.

I fear that the grass is going to have to be replaced... If so, there will be a trip to the train store before long.

But actually, if I don't have grass stuff, I will just have to watch the squirrels a while longer.. That's a LOT more fun than replacing sod!

Back to work.

See you tomorrow. Grass or no grass!