Monday, June 23rd - A gorgeous week ahead

Temperature at 5:00 am: 10'
Expected later: 23' and lots of sunshine!

The front flower bed is filling in quite nicely...

Finally some great weather! It was a rainy Friday and cool and overcast Saturday. I was working so I really

... as is my little herb garden

didn't mind. Lloyd came into town around lunchtime with my motorcycle. He dropped it off at the body shop where it will get painted, hopefully sooner rather than later. I have no idea what their work load is right now. But it really needs to be done. I took a few minutes off work to go over and pick him up then he left to run some errands until I was done at 2:00. After a visit to the hardware store to pick up a paint sprayer, we headed downtown for something to eat. They have a trio of dips with warm pita breads at St. Jame's Gate that Brenda and I had really enjoyed in the winter. So we went there and we were not disappointed. I knew Lloyd would enjoy it. Then a quick stop at the grocery store and home. We both headed off for a bit of a nap as it was
just that kind of day. I was awake about half an hour later but Lloyd slept right through till around 10:30. He'd only had a couple of hours sleep in the morning after his night shift so he had a bit of catching up to do. Needless to say, not much got done on Saturday. Not true - I read a book.

Checking out the lilacs

Sunday morning started out overcast and a bit cool but it turned around later in the afternoon and became an absolutely beautiful day. The cooler morning was great weather for cutting the lawn and then weeding my flower beds, which haven't been touched at all this year. So it was actually a very productive day for me and for Lloyd. He spent the day finishing up the last small pieces of wood on the walls of the garage and then clearing it all out so it's now ready to start painting this morning. With the paint sprayer, it should be finished in no time. Once that's done, he can then turn his energies into prepping the floor for the concrete to be poured. It will be great to have that done because then we can start organizing storage and finding permanent places for a lot of stuff that's right now under tarps all around the yard!

and the flower beds

There didn't seem to be any sign of the neighbours dog around yesterday and because we were both out there working we let the chickens out to roam around and eat bugs and worms and grass etc. They spent the first half of the day fairly close to their pen but then got a little braver. They were over at the side of the house poking around under the lilac bushes and then I was sitting out front taking a bit of a break and reading when they came around to the front yard. When they got around to the other side of the house and started digging in my newly weeded and mulched herb garden, and digging up the plants I'd just put in, it was time for them to go home.
Besides Cooper had been kept in all day because they were out, so it was only fair that he should have a bit of sunshine for a while as well.

Madison

Speaking of dogs, the Dennison family has a new puppy. Her name is Madison and apparently she's a very quiet, gentle little puppy and they all love her to bits.She's a cross between a shitzu and a beagle - not intentionally apparently.  Meadow is a bit afraid of her and the puppy chases her around and tries to nip at her feet.

Just swinging along...

And lastly, speaking of babies, Lloyd went downstairs yesterday morning to feed the baby chicks, who aren't really babies anymore. The feeder they have is suspended by two light chains on each end to keep it up off the ground. When he went down, they were all sitting on the feeder like a swing!  Sounds like it's soon time for them to move outside with a real feeder!