Homesteading

 Been doing some work around the house. Especially since losing Willow a couple weeks ago and wanting to start prep for puppy.  

Ryan Creek's Tears on the Willow RN, BN, RI 

5/12/2014 - 5/22/2026

One of my Roma plants has a teeny tiny tomato on it.  

The strawberry plants are shooting out runners like MAD.  My box is just about full of plants and there are still runners.  The plants to the right side(by my hand) of the following pictures is a baby runner the one to the bottom/left is one I had transplanted.  Granted it was the smallest of them that I transplanted. 

Of coarse there is a random tomato plant in the middle of my strawberry bed.  We aren't 100% sure but betting it's a cherry tomato plant.

Weed eated around the shed where dad can't get the mower so I could start doing plastic. 

Sorry the image is sideways but that's all of Allen's weed plastic down Didn't get as far as I had expected.  Also got the first 10 stones down that I had bought to border it.  I think I like those stones so I can start picking some more up as finances allow.  First more plastic!

Water pictures

 I had some time today that I didn't use to go visit Stormy because I knew I had to go to work in the afternoon and it was super windy.  So I took a drive and was just taking pictures.

  

Fresh start to the New Year

 Of coarse need an obligatory Dog show picture in it!  November 30th Autumn finished both her Novice Obedience Title and her Rally Advanced title.  As of right now I am starting to work Willow back into condition so hopefully she can finish her Rally Advanced title.  

Now onto the New Year fun stuff.  Snowmaggeden as everyone was calling it is here.  They were saying 18-24" of snow with some sleet and ice in it.  Made a HUGE run on the grocery stores.  Even banana's didn't survive the masses emptying the store shelves out.  

What did we get?  an inch or two and it's currently freezing rain outside.  When it switches back to snow I'll scrap the porch and clear my car off.  But the weather didn't even slow Autumn down when it came to playing with her Jolly Ball that Natalie got her a few months ago.  But I enjoyed getting Icicle pictures and the girls out in the mess. 

Willow has been quite enjoying the crate mat I bought for Autumn's show crate with a blanket over it to lay on.  

Yesterday before the snow started I ran to Lowes to let the girls get out and do something and I picked up a set of drill bites since I knew I needed to drill holes for putting anchors in.  I had bought some clear plastic floating shelves to put up in my room for displaying My Little Ponies on.
I put a few of them up.

Now that I have the little camera back in action basically I'll try to do better about updating.  With more than just Dog Shows.

Fishing Trip round 2

 Today dad and I went down to Grayson lake.  Grayson was smooth and not so flooded

The girls were so happy when I got home.  They didn't appreciate me having 2 fishing trips in one week.  But they enjoyed their romping around in the fenced yard afterwards

Fishing Trip!

 

Dad and I took the boat out for a good shake down run and a little fishing.  Neither of us were expecting Cave Run to be THAT flooded still.  Dad was still able to get it launched over at Scott's Creek and we got it out in the water.  It was rather rough and just getting worse.  We lasted only hour and a half-ish 

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Pics below you can see how high the water levels had been.