A Blueberry

 

On Blueberry Hill

 

Bill and I spent the weekend at Leo and Kristen's new home near Hawley, PA. They had just moved in three days earlier. We went to give them a hand and of course we were eager to see their new home which is very very very nice. It's half a mile down a dirt road where you feel as if you are out in no where and looking for a camping site - not a house! It is so quiet and peaceful there. You just hear the birds chirping. Behind their home is a large hill covered with wild blueberry bushes, ferns and trees. The blueberries were just beginning to ripen and Bill was the first to discover them. We saw the male and female wild turkey strutting around the hill and also a deer. A neighbor told us that they saw a bear with two cubs last year. Nature left a beautiful large rock in their backyard which I am pictured sitting on.

We helped them to get settled but we also found time for some recreation. There was a bluegrass concert only a few miles away on the grounds of the Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sancturary which we decided to go to. We sat on a tiered lawn surounded by tall pine trees. The weather was beautiful. The following day we drove into town and saw their Home Depot, K-Mart and Walmart and hospital. There are quite a few lakes in the area - the largest is Lake Wallenpaupack.

We are very happy for Leo and Kristen with their new house and a new baby on the way. For more on Blueberry Hill go to Bill's blog www.adramofscotch.blogspot.com.

New Shingles for Our House

 

We are presently in the process of having our roof done. A father - son team are working on this alone so it's taking a while but we think it's looking really good. Our roof is a little challenging. Our roofer thought the architect must've been on drugs!

I've Got Tomatoes

Here are my Ramapo tomatoes. Actually I have many blossoms but the Ramapo seems slow to start producing tomatoes. My one Early Girl plant has quite a few tomatoes now. But hopefully the Ramapo will be worth the wait.

Tomatoe Plants Looking Good

 

Fresh Peas from Our Garden

 

We're eating our peas. As you can see I had some very good help shelling those pods. The peas are pretty much finished now. They did not tolerate last week's heat wave well.

Overnight for Twins

 

Timmy and Bridget spent last night with us and their Mommy spent a night in NYC with Daddy. They were so good! Yesterday they enjoyed the pool with their older cousins. Timmy buddied up with Stephen and Bridget with Katie. The twins had just finished two swimming lessons and were very at ease in the water blowing bubbles, kicking and paddling with their hands shaped like ice cream scoops!

They went to bed good although Bridget did want me to lie down with her. Hoping to help her fall asleep I told her the story about Green Town Where Everything is Green. She stayed awake and suggested Red Town Story. She was still awake when I left but we didn't hear anymore from her until morning. Timmy fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow!

Oh, one near disaster at bedtime was that I could only find Spiderman Pullups. Bridget wanted her Cinderella ones. I told her with enthusiam that she could be like Timmy tonight and she could be Mrs. Spiderman. She bought this idea and then naturally wanted to tell Timmy. Then I feared Timmy wouldn't want her wearing his pullups. Well Timmy was fine with this so a trip to Walgreens was averted.

This morning we played the piano, put stickers in a sticker book and went to Holmdel Park where they played in a large sandbox and found a slide they just loved. It's fun watching them play together. We went to see the sheep at the farm there. They were all excited to pet a sheep and feed it some dandelion leaves. Timmy brought a leaf home for his mother - he had a stone for his father. After lunch they painted. I helped them fold their paper in half and press the it to spread the paint. They had some very nice painting - about 20.

Next they wanted to watch their Homeward Bound video again. Then before that was finished it was off to the station to see Mommy get off the train. Like all of our wonderful grandchildren they are welcome anytime! Oh, and after this Ammy rested!