Wake up call...

Had a beautiful sunrise this morning, it was in the high 40's, maybe a bit into the very low 50's, but just chilly enough to see your breath and it was MOSQUITO FREE!!!

Wake up call from Russell Crow...

Sunrise series from this morning...

Tomato's, tomato's everywhere...

Can't believe its been 11 days...

since I last posted...time fly's...Everything is going well at Coop De Ville, the residents seem to have settled in very nicely. Still have some exterior work to do on CDV before I will declare it complete, well really, it probably will never be "completely complete", there will always be room for improvements! The four-leggers seem to be more tolerant of the new residents, however, I am far from letting the chicken's live a "free-range" lifestyle yet, that would certainly foreshorten their lifespan...

Not much more to report, the grass and the garden are growing at warp speed, which we feel blessed about, well at least the garden part. The problem with the grass is if I cannot cut the entire property at least within a few days, it is like starting over again...arghhhh...but we are getting so much free water (from rain) that we will not complain!!!

To say the mosquito's are abundant this summer would be an understatement, it is now second nature to spray your legs, arms and neck before you venture out, so tomorrow morning's garden trip will be an adventure in anti-mosquitoism...but most definitely worth it!!!

Until tomorrow...Peace R Dean

Sunrise series...it just doesn't get any better than this!!!

Russell Crow and his girls...

Pecking around in the morning while a four-legger loiters outside!!!

New 2 gallon waterer for inside the coop...

A look from inside the coop...hmmm...scary looking shadow, kinda looks like Freddy Kreuger!!! YIKES!!!

Tussle time...the four-leggers doing one of the three things they do best...play, the other two, eat and sleep!!!

Nitschke standing in a bucket of water to cool off...he's a nut case!!!

A jam packed garden and still growing...

Garden variety sunflower...

Reaping the rewards of our garden...

Satisfying Sunday...

Just got back in from taking the four-leggers out for ball chucking and a general romp around the property! The girls cut their romp short as someone up the road a quarter or so mile was shooting their semi-automatic pistol!!! They don't like gunfire...kind of strange as they are full blooded Labs...go figure!!! hahaha...

But me and Nitschke stayed out and played chuck-it so he got his energy burn, but boy was he muddy as all get out once we were done. Thank goodness for a stash of old towels in the garage!!!

Enjoyed our first burgers from the cow, they were awesome!!!

Not much more to report, so "over and out" for now!!!

Peace...R Dean

Sunday morning sunrise...

First burgers from the cow...yummmmmm...

Maggy and Nitschke totally zonked out...modest he's not!!!

Has it REALLY been 2 weeks?...

Mornings getting cloudier and "cooooooler"...Fall weather is setting in...FAST!

Wow...how time flies! Yesterday, I received an e-mail from Chelsea's mom (Chelsea, btw, is one of Mollie's offspring, the VERY cute yellow lab who has appeared on our blog on more than one occasion!) asking.."is everything okay? Haven't seen much activity on your blog." Well, everything is okay, thanks for asking Kathy! We have just been so busy with the garden, the dogs, etc., etc.! But I guess in reality, a bit of laziness on my behalf should also be factored in there somewhere as well! :-)

Anyway, just wanted to post something quick and let everyone know that I have NOT forgotten about your blogs...I will be doing some overdue "blog visiting and posting" tonight...promise!

Enjoy your day!

R Dean

It's Monday night...do you know where your Blogger is?

I'm back!

I'm back in the saddle again

I'm back!

I'm back in the saddle again

ridin' into town alone by the light of the moon I'm lookin' for old Sukie Jones, she crazy horse saloon barkeep gimme a drink, that's when she caught my eye she turned to give me a wink, that'd make a grown man cry

I'm back in the saddle again

I'm back!

I'm back in the saddle again I'm back!

Okay...I know, I know...enough already of the Aerosmith lyrics...but come on...you cancel an entire tour JUST because you fell off stage at Sturgis...come on...we'll start calling you Stephanie Tyler from now on...

If you can't laugh at yourself, what good is it...right?

Can't wait to catch up on all of YOUR blogs...that is where the COOLNESS and CREATIVITY resides...so I'll keep this short and sweet...hope you enjoy these pics AND the lyrics...I thought they were pretty cool for a Monday night post...the sunrises are really starting to migrate in a South Easterly direction...

Peace...

R Dean

Fog, fog, and more fog...

When is it going to end...ahhhhhhhh....every morning we are "fogged in"

All complaining aside...at least it provides for some good photo ops...

JD took these...so she deserves ALL the credit...will add these to her photo portfolio, because you never know when we'll need to borrow $24 million dollars and photograph's can be worth a lot of money...right Annie Leibovitz? Money...the root of all evil!!

Anyway...I'll end my goofy sense of humor blog entry here and leave you with this parting message...

Enjoy your life!! You deserve it!!

Peace everyone...

R Dean

It's a beautiful morning....

Molly the "Corn Dog"

Finally shucked...and ready for the compost bin!

This was our dinner...well not all of it! Just corn, butter, salt and pepper..mmmmmmmm

Freshly picked minutes earlier...

We have had several ears with "multiple ears within an ear"...What causes this? Did we have two types of corn too close to one another? If anyone knows why this happens, please explain...

This is why I love where I live...I'm soooo fortunate and thankful!

Morning everyone...hope you have big plans for your day and even bigger plans for the holiday weekend! Be safe and most importantly, spend time with the ones you love because life is to short not to!

Peace...

Yesterday's sunrise...was sooooo cool

Good morning...

I overslept this morning..didn't get up until 5:30am so I'm trying to cram a lot of stuff into a short period of time this morning. I wanted to post a cool picture I took yesterday morning in landscape mode, where the camera actually stiches together three shots...

More to come later today/tonight, I want to post an update on Bucky's condition (good news...not bad thank goodness)!

Have a fantastic day, and by the way thanks a million for taking the time to stop by my blog and post a quick comment, that really makes my day!

Peace...

R Dean

Weekend weather...

The weather was brutal this weekend. It wasn't so much the temperatures, but instead the air quality. It hit me really hard on Saturday after spending a few hours trimming and cutting grass on the property. According to the weather pollencast, weed was "moderate" so I guess that was giving me the problems. I must have sneezed one hundred times yesterday!!

When you walk outside, the air is still heavy, even at 9:21pm..which is atypical for the WI climate. Even this morning, the air was heavy when we got up around 5:45am.

Here comes the sun....

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter

Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun and I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces

Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun and I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting

Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right

It's all right

George Harrison

Friday morning...5:35am

It doesn't get any better than this!

Good morning everyone! It is a beautiful day in WI! Thought I would share "another" sunrise photo I took this morning. Have a wonderful day!



Peace!

R Dean

Beautiful sunrise...

This morning I slept in until 5:09am and I almost missed the sunrise. I love beautiful sunrises! It is so tranquill out here, no noise other than the birds starting to chirp and the sound of the rope on the flag pole being pushed into the pole as the wind begins to pick up. Did I ever say how windy it is here? The title of the blog says it all!

Well, I'm off to do dishes, and then walk our Black Labs around the property, and then pull out the pups to walk and play with them before I head off to work.

Enjoy the day!

R Dean