Cliff said......

 Here's a pretty bloom to start your weekend because Lord knows we need something lovely to meditate on, especially after yesterday's encounter.

Now if you know anything about me, then you know I am deathly afraid of snakes. Well, I had an encounter, yesterday.

Do you remember this picture? I was pulling up weeds and grass by hand, laying down newspaper and then topping it off with wood chips. I finished that stage of the garden project and now I'm putting down a flagstone path around the outside perimeter of the garden to make mowing around it easier. I'll show you that, when I'm finished.

Yesterday, I was pushing the newspaper back on the outside edge and....OMG! There lay a snake. I just about freaked out. My hand was close enough that I may have touched it. I have never been so close to a snake before, except the time I stepped on one, when I was a child. Which is probably the reason I'm so afraid of them. Anyway, I backed up so fast that I nearly stumbled. For a split second I thought about running in the house and staying there. But, I braved up, grabbed the shovel and chopped the mess out of him. First time ever! He was all of 8 inches long. Long enough, okay!

Later, I asked Cliff if he told his mama that I had killed a snake and Cliff said, "She couldn't believe it - she almost choked on a vanilla wafer, when I told her."

HaHa! She knows me well.

We won't talk about the King snake I saw in the flower bed by the back door, this evening.  Now that one sent me running and squealing back into the house.

Happy Weekend,

Laurie

Camp Pizza and Red Bug Central

Gathering skewers. Need them to cook stuff.

See the old car in the back ground....left there during the Pioneer Days.

That's Snake City.

Sawyer came in the house the other day and said, "LaLa get the Clorox". "What, why"?, I asked. "Because Papi and I have been to snake city, tick heaven and red bug central", he says proudly.

"Oh my Lord, Sawyer. Go straight to the bathroom. Don't touch anything. Strip off and get in the tub".

I turned the shower on and took the nozzle and hosed him down. He asked, "LaLa, do we have to do this"?  "I'm afraid so, you've been to red bug central. Do you remember the last time"?

Well, having this boy around is certainly entertaining to say the least. Having had only girls, I have a lot of expectations in this boy child. I'm sure he will continue to floor me with his wit and things he gets into (at this point, however, his Papi is the ring leader). But, BUT, if he ever brings a snake around......well, I don't want to make empty threats, but it won't be pretty.

Sawyer had a great time at "the camp" (camp name is subject to change daily). As you will see in the following pictures, the boy is in heaven. Sawyer, his Papi and Lidia add to the camp every time they go to the woods. Pretty soon, they'll have their own little village out there. Well hidden in the woods in front of our house, it's every boys dream (and some girls too). I can't wait to see what he'll come up with next.

Today, the camp's name was dubbed "Camp Pizza".

For obvious reasons!

Cooking pizza on the camp fire. I'm pretty sure the skewers didn't work too well.

No need for china and cutlery when at the camp. A cleared place on a nice log will do.

Ditto.

And storage? No problem. Just store them on top of the logs.

A zip line....coming soon.....Oh Lord!

His very own authentic....made from scratch....hammock.

And what was Lidia doing, during this camp adventure? She was drugged up on Benadryl and sacked out on the sofa. Bless it! Allergies!

Hope you're having a great weekend!

Talk soon,

Laurie