leder legends

I celebrated my birthday last Saturday... 71st time around the sun. It seems so old when I consider that number and yet it does not feel old. I am in relatively good health, I still have plenty of energy, I can still see and hear well, I read, I garden, I go out for lunch with friends, ... I could go on. Anyway... a friend took me to lunch. I celebrated , probably more than I should have  the death on the road very close to home. We took a lively ride through the countryside to Holland and had breakfast at De Boer's Bakerij and A didn't grouse once about having to wait 25 minutes for a table. The weather was gorgeous!  Later in the afternoon A even helped put up fencing around the backyard.  I considered it my birthday gift. 

  The fencing is up in part of the front yard... I think it's pretty effective BUT my deer radar is still up.  Tonight I spotted a "cute" fawn in the front yard. It might be too young to have human radar but I doubt it.  It has learned that it is totally "safe" in our neighborhood! I yelled...it looked up and continued eating! I turned on a light, opened the front door , walked within 3 feet of it while yelling at it the entire time.  It just stared at me.  When I got closer it finally "walked" away.  I terrorized it some more and it decided to go to the neighbor's yard where it continued to eat.  Finally I picked up a handful of gravel and threw it and hit it! It jumped and strolled away.  I crossed my flowerbeds and it finally had had enough and reluctantly trotted across the street! There are many more just like it that call our little part of paradise home.  No wonder we have to resort to putting up this not so attractive fencing. Le...

 My husband just started a blog and it is NOT at all like mine...that's no surprise.   He is writing about questions that have been posed in the Bible.  Questions like: Did God really say?? Check it out.  reflectionsonquestionsintheBible.blogspot.com Just highlight the address with the mouse, right click and pick the option go to...

I finally did it!  I spent some money on field fencing! Everyone knows that I am throughly disgusted with the deer that keep attacking my flowerbeds!  The neighbors have put up 5 foot field fencing around ALL of their flowerbeds!  While it has been effective, I have hesitated to do the same for two reasons. One is the cost and the other is that it is not too pretty. I think I reached a compromise... I am fencing in only 2 areas ( for now lol).  That certainly kept the price down. Thankfully,  my son Nathan arrived at crucial moment and helped me put it up.  Before that I rounded up all the pots and placed them in the area.  I used the fence, the shed and the pergola and ended up fencing just the front.  Now I have to decide if we can live with the aesthetics!

Have you ever heard of Slutty Brownies? What  an awful name for brownies! I wanted to make the brownies that either Ava or Sarah made with me years ago.    It’s a three layer concoction: cookie dough, Oreo cookies and brownie dough. I looked it up because I was not sure about pan size nor oven temperature and Slutty Brownies came up.  The recipe is simple especially if you use cookie dough from the store and a brownie mix. Three layers of gooey goodness! I am still not a fan of the name

Termites have been busy!! The exterminator had some good news--  nothing structurally needs fixing.  I also learned that the nest is never in the house. (I hope he is right). The house will be treated well around the perimeter.  The garage is also infected. There is also a compost pile and more behind the garage.  Cleanup started this morning.

I set a trap for the rodent in the backyard. I was hoping for the woodchuck but got this instead.  That was a bonus!!  The trap has been reset.. lol.