Lawn Renovation--Fire Wood Relocation

 Earlier this month I decided to have my lawn resodded.  My yard had a very invasive weed that was taking over so I decided the only way to get rid of it was to kill of my existing grass and plant new.  I'm going to do an entire post on that process when it's all finished, but one thing I did to get ready was to get rid of my old water barrels and the storage bin that were housed under the avocado tree and relocate my firewood pile to where the barrels were.  It was quite a job.

I wish I had taken a picture of the "before", but the "after" looks great.  I enclosed it in a tarp, so avacado leaves should gather.

Now I can plant sod where the old wood pile was.

Who knew there was a tarp under half of the old pile?  And two big Christmas bows were under there too.  Just as I was on my last little pile, a mouse ran out and up the fence.  Scared me to death.  I tried to throw a piece of wood at him...no luck.

Happy Thanksgiving

Milo and Gale hosted Thanksgiving dinner this year.  It was delicious and we had a great time visiting.

 

Fall Stitchery

This was so much fun.  I bought this kit probably 15 years ago and just never got around to doing it.  Different stitches, new techniques, and I even shaded some of it with crayons.  Todd made the perfect frame and voila...a masterpiece.
 

Monday's Memory--Amy's Turkey

 Amy made this turkey when she was in second grade and a Brownie Scout.  It was made of a pinecone, for the body, a seed pod for the head, and chenille pipe cleaners for the tail.  It held the place of honor for many years, but as it became more bedraggled, it ended staying in the Thanksgiving box.  Somehow, I just couldn't throw it away...until this year!  A picture taken, a post in my journal, and out it went.