Kitties & family fun day

Pretty weather out and it's time for a cookout and a little family game day

 no I won't wring your neck she says

 yeah we suck at cornhole LOL

 good day to hang around 

we are just not right!

my nephew, with the kitten he rescued from the hen house :)

yes, she is still a mess, but dirty because she was playing outside with us today and rolling around in the dirt!

geesh, another bath tonight for her!

can't forget pics of son and Scooter! Look how pretty pooch is posing and smiling for camera

kitten wants to hide or climb up his pant leg

she really IS growing, I know she still looks tiny, but she is getting bigger

Dundee Falls

Dundee Falls ~ Dundee, Ohio

I grew up within walking distance of the falls, everyone in the area knows where they are and probably have been there at least once, or so I thought, my neighbors hadn't, so after the wilderness center, we stopped in at the falls before heading home

(these photos were not from that day but wanted to share them with you, I took them many years ago however, it's still as beautiful as ever)

these are the little falls, there are 2 areas, big falls and little falls, will trails linking the 2 together

beautiful, I could hike around these falls every single day and never tire of the scenery

lots of beautiful old rocks to climb and streams to wade through

here we go, you can see it wasn't flowing as much the day we visited

but they seemed to enjoy our outing

I hope you enjoyed your little tour with us, stop back another time to see what we have been up to :)

Taking neighbors to the Wilderness Center

The Wilderness Center is located in Stark Co, Ohio, Wilmot to be exact, this is a place we went to frequently while I was growing up, so after chatting one day with my neighbors I come to find out these gals have never been there and they are in their 70's and lived their entire life in this area, it took us 30 minutes roughly to get there, I convinced them they needed to go to see it at least ONCE in their lifetime, I mean it's right in their neck of the woods and they had never been there?

We set out to remedy that in September

Let's meet the gals, these are my lovely neighbors on each side of us

there are a ton of hiking trails here

my neighbors with my sister, my tour guide helper :)

you can walk around to the many ponds and feed the ducks, geese and fish (turtles too)

sis feeding the geese, it smells so pretty there, do you see all the water lilies in bloom? the whole areas just smells so sweet from those blossoms

you can walk out above the lake to feed the fishies

always remember to take old bread or popcorn along when you go

you may even get lucky and see a huge snapping turtle

half way around the pond trail you get to this awesome observation tower, go up 3 stories and look out over the pond

see the area we were just at, feeding the fish and turtle down there?

 strike a pose!!

I think they all had fun!

a place to rest your feet or have a light picnic

then finish off the walk and head home, it was a beautiful day, from here we took them to Dundee Falls, another spot they had never been and it's only 15 minutes from where we all live!

More Japanese Morning Glory blooms

These vines are loving the spot I planted them, on the front walkway handrail!

How can you not enjoy Japanese morning glories, the colors are so much prettier than the standard american variety . . .

Kitchen & Dining room trim painting & barn find

I'm baccccckkkk!!!

I think I told you my husband likes wood in it's natural form, stained or just plain sealed, well I do too, for SOME things, not all, and I was a stinker, I decided I wanted my window trim and baseboard trim painted and of course, I had to sneak and do this when he wasn't home or he would pitch a fit with me about the beauty of natural wood, blah blah blah

heh heh heh - he's at work don't ya know! maybe he won't even notice?

BUT ~ doesn't it just look so much better painted??? not going to have many photos today because I am in a rush to get this done before he gets home HA HA

I did around the kitchen window, 2 windows in the dining room and all the baseboard trim today, I want to do the livingroom as well but I better see how this flies before I get too carried away . . .

farmer John took me to the original farm down the road from me, the farm was being sold and he was helping the current owner cleanup for the sale, they had a huge pile of "throw aways", well let me tell you, this pile I could have parked my explorer under it! I grabbed a ladder first thing, it was twice this size plus a bit more, I used part to hang on wall to put photos in, the other is half is standing in the corner with quilts draped over it in my bedroom at present time, don't you just love free treasures?

hmmm not sure I like that there, maybe the living room would be a better spot for it, time will tell . . .