Nature is abundant this year...does that mean a hard winter ahead?  We were walking in the woods to check out a couple of trees that Rob had cut and we startled a whole family of either quail or partridge...I had no idea they were there in the back, just inside the wood line!  Rob has found some red spotted newts and will take one home with him...apparently they have a 20 year life span! 

The garden is doing it's thing...I have baby summer squash,baby cukes and baby beans...looks like a bumper crop.  I have a dilema with my raspberries...the grass has grown back around them, so I have to figure out how to fix that.   I planted a few more beans in a space vacated by broccoli, and replanted radishes and spinach. 

I'm having a great herb harvest, and finally all the "Wave" petunias I planted are starting to run, so they and the marigolds have filled in my "mound" in the center of the cottage garden...the new shed/garage is up and has a space on the side for yet another garden bed....nothing is ready for division, so I guess I'll be getting a few more plants (oh darn!)

More wood is in the woodshed, still not enough for the winter, but we are where we were when we moved in, so that's enough until January or February.  I'm already starting a list of what to plant next year and where...I'mso please with how things have grown here!

The basement remains an issue, but since Ed has decided to make the basement his workshop and the sun room my craft space, I no longer have to worry about getting it perfectly organized...just finding stuff isstill an issue.  I have no idea how long it will take to get things moved around or whipped into shape.  He needs to run electricity to the sun room and since it involved crawling into a small space under it, he puts it off as long as he can.  Ed's schedule is crazy at work and will continue to be crazy until the ship is launched, so no telling what will happen.  Once the ground freezes, work on the sunroom will probably come to a halt.

I've noticed several people commenting on how fast the summer is going by...I thought the spring would never  move forward, but now, it seems like the days  fly by !   I haven't been this busy in the summer for a long time,but jeez! This is rediculous!

We took a hike to a local spot called "Tannery Falls" yesterday.  I am amazed that it's not a more publicized spot.  The falls were amazing to see!

Have a great day!