A beautiful gift that will keep on giving.
My new greenhouse arrived yesterday afternoon.
For now, we'll simply admire its beauty as it sits next to the garden.
The structure was designed and built by Bill Bales, a carpenter who works next to Trader's Building Supply in Sandpoint.
He says the demand for these structures has not slowed down over the past several months.
Bill and his friend Randy came into the driveway, with Bill driving the truck and Randy on his big motorcycle.
Within minutes of backing up to the spot, Bill and Randy had deftly guided the greenhouse to its permanent resting spot.
Within a minute or so of that, a few bees showed up.
We figured they were thinking we had provided them a new house to replace the one Bill Love had dismantled this past week.
Twas obvious these bees wanted to move in, so I loaded a bee trap and hung it on the plum tree behind the greenhouse.
They swarmed around the trap for about an hour and disappeared. I hope they've headed to greener pastures.
The greenhouse is a birthday gift from Bill, but it should be a gift to both of us as its purpose is to give start to beauty and bounty here at the Lovestead.
We hope that will happen for years to come.
For now, it's a lovely sight in its new setting.
Thank you, Bill, Bill (beautiful craftsmanship) and Randy.
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In other news as we look forward to the weekend, the major item on the agenda involves bringing CB back home.
We'll do that Sunday afternoon. I'm sure Lily and Lefty will be happy to see their buddy come back home.
I'm hoping to climb aboard CB soon and hoping to dismount on my own. I'll make sure to have a crowd around, just in case CB feels a bit frisky.
It will be good to have him home, and I'm guessing my Fitbit will be busy recording steps as I take three horses back and forth to pasture twice daily.
We're hoping our pasture lasts long enough for a good rain. So far, that's a long way off as ten more days on the iphone shows suns and temps in the 90s.
Happily, we have that portable electric fence, which can be set up wherever there's grass. Fortunately, grass is plentiful in our woods and its accompanying small meadows.
The long span of hot weather has definitely created ideal growing conditions for corn.
My stalks are now loaded with growing ears. For once in a number of years, we might be eating fresh corn from the garden soon.
Cukes keep coming, and a few tomatoes are ripening. Yesterday I robbed the potato plants of some of their new spuds.
Twas a yum, yum dinner last night with fresh potatoes, cucumbers, ham and home-canned applesauce.
Meanwhile, in regard to our travel wishes, the trip to Canada seems to get more confusing and complicated now that the U.S. has set Aug. 21 as the date travelers can come into the states from Canada via land or ferries.
So, do we go to Canada for a day trip on Aug. 9, armed with our evidence of vaccinations and negative Covid test, only to be turned back at the Canadian side when we want to return that evening?
Will we have to stay in Canada until Aug. 21 to come back home?
Right now, the information does seem a bit confusing, so we'll do as we've done for the last several months--wait and see.
Enquiring minds who want to go to Canada want to know these things.
In the meantime, we'll keep the fans going and plucking goodies from the garden in between walking those horses up and down the lane.
Happy Friday.
One neat update, now that today's Summer Olympics opening ceremony has begun in Japan.
Rui of ZAGS fame, holding the flag of his homeland.
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