Sharon Edwards

Summer Evenings

Tess is just sitting on the porch on a warm summer evening. We sit out there a lot watching kids play and the deer and sometimes we make ice cream on the porch and sit and wait for it to be done. We love our porch – I always told Bill that when we built a house it had to have a front porch and we have loved every minute of having it. I have very fond memories of sitting on my grandmother’s porch and I think our kids will have some good memories of ours.

We have been fairly busy with swimming, and cooking out and just summer stuff – nothing really exciting, but just an easy going summer. We did order some Georgia peaches and Bethany has made a peach pie and is planning on making another. Everyone has loved having boxes of peaches.

Three of the girls have swimming lessons today and then we may grill out – not sure yet. Hope everyone has a nice summer day.

Computer Problems

Lately I have had a lot of computer issues and so haven’t been able to blog. Last Sunday afternoon my son, Michael, came over with his two boys to spray some bushes for me and let the boys play. The boys and my girls played soccer and we made ice cream and it was a lot of fun. I took lots of pictures and planned to blog, but my pictures would not load onto my computer. I tried over and over and over, but the computer kept telling me it could not recognize my card. I thought the SD card was bad so gave up. Then a few days later I had the same problem again. It was very frustrating. I finally got a few pictures to load and decided to do a short post tonight. I really need to get a new computer soon.

Anyway, I went out the other evening while Tess was doing a few things with the chickens. I walked around and looked at our garden and the chickens – trying to figure out all the things that need to be done. I have a lot to do to get the area looking good. I have flower seeds to plant, but haven’t gotten around to it and it’s probably too late now. I will still probably plant them, though.

Our little garden doesn’t look bad. We have lots of peppers growing and some strawberries and the blackberries are really getting big. We also have some rosemary, but need to plant more. I think I will get that done tomorrow and maybe get a few tomatoes planted. It is a very small garden, but that suits me fine. The good thing is that it is totally enclosed so the deer and other animals can’t get in and eat everything. I have my SIL, Jonathan, to thank for that. He did such a nice job building the enclosure last year. I really love it.

Well, summer is quickly coming and we are pretty happy about that. I have so many things I planned to do, though I probably won’t get everything done. I plan to start with getting our backyard cleaned up and some flowers planted and maybe a small walkway put down around our chicken houses. We have a lot of doctor appointments this week – 5 to be exact – so that will slow us down. But, I am still hopeful we will get a few things done. I’m just so glad warm weather is here to stay for awhile.