Hello . I cant believe it has been a week since I have posted last , usually I post something with in the week lol ! Hope all our American bloggers had a nice 4th of July .
This can be a busy time of year for lots of people and it was kind of busy for Papa and I as he had the week off of work for a small summer staycation as they call it when you don't go away on a vacation lol ! We are home dweller's and love our gardens and wildlife which is what we would of done like camping or something like that had we not lived in the country in a valley any ways lol !
This weeks weather was very hot and humid so we didn't get into a lot of yard work but did putter about some . The weather as of today has cooled right off and it is lovely now , the cool breezes and fresh air with lots of clear sky's and sunshine today was just perfect for getting down and dirty in my gardens weeding so that's what I did .
I found a few fungi that caught my eye in the grass earlier this week .
The sky's were hazy with humid air when I took photos of the Harvard's flying over our house and valley .
Our Mrs Molly Wren has moved in her old house again this year , we were kind of getting worried for a bit there as we hadn't seen her about in the beginning of the season which was odd but happily she has been busy stuffing nesting material in it and sitting up on it singing and trilling her little heart out .
It is soo nice to have her back again , I could watch her come and go for hours . . Papa and I will be building another Dutch style barn bird house like this one in the pic above in his work shop over the weekend and will be painting it the same colours as our house, grey and white , we have two others he built about the yard, one is red and white and the other is green and yellow .
Miggs has been puttering about to with the heat this past week and she has a sore elbow now to as her elbow had been so dry and she has been licking it like mad and made it bleed , so Papa and I have rigged up a few ideas to help protect her elbow from getting dirt in it and from her liking it making it worse for a while and our vet gave us some antibiotic's for 2 weeks to help whilst it heals and she has to wear the cone of shame every now and then if she is to be unsupervised as well . I am really amazed at how good she is with the cone , she really doesn't mind wearing it and puts her head in it all by herself for us instead of us struggling to put it on her . Such a good girl, bless her 
I saw a few Bald Eagles soaring over head but they were wayy up there and tried to do my best to get a pic or two of them but they were just out of my lens reach . 
This weekend weather is going to be cool and sunny and Papa , Miggs and I are just going to take it all in sit back and enjoy as much as possible , we may take a trip to our water gardens place and get some thing else for our little pond garden . I am in the midst of designing and making a pond garden sign and Papa has printed some stencils of pond things for me to transfer to the sign then paint them after so that will be fun , I love siting outside on a nice summer day painting , be it painting fences, signs or what ever needs to be freshened up , which we both repainted and freshened up our porch polls and back garden picket fencing during the week
Well that's about it for me for now . Until next time , Have a good weekend !
Country Gal
4 comments:
Nice day today, and hopefully we won't have to endure another prolonged heat wave like that.
We had that high heat for several days- they said on Canada Day here the humidex reached 47C. I've never seen it like that. Fortunately now it's cooled off, at least for the moment.
Staying home instead of fighting traffic and crowds is a great idea when you can enjoy your lovely yard and gardens, Elaine. Enjoyed seeing the fungi photos and hope Miggs elbow will be better soon.
It is so hot and dry. Poor Miggs with that fur coat :)
Your photos always make me smile. Love the fungi shots. Have fun painting.
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