October 22,2010

from this load of wood to this...........

slight diversion from unloading wood to walk about the yard and these stragglers are still smiling......

and yes these are still brilliant with color a reminder of what was.......

a glimpse of the woodshed either half full or half empty depending how you care to look at it......

and 2 and 1/2 hours later an empty truck....waiting for a refill ....

today has been another lovely day...weather was warm and sunny...we were in town today...done some errands...took my friend shopping and caught up my blog...I also got that load of wood put away...I am so proud of my self..it took me 2 and 1/2 hours......usually Lyle and I unload in about 30-40 minutes....but today I just took my time ...Lyle was at work so I just puttered away at it....we are off to the kotima in the morning for another load and hope to be back in town by 5:00p.m. as there is a Rider game...it has been a GOOD day... I am very tired so am going to bed soon...but a very satisfying GOOD tired...we'll see what I feel like in a.m. but don't feel worse for the wear.........:)

Monday October 18th to Thursday October21,2010

Lyle planning what to do while he sits on the truck having coffee and smoke........

fresh fallen poplar .....this will stay out to season till next year when we will cut it up ......

the Ford looking at dry wood waiting to be cut up.....we use the Ford to drag out the poplars to be stacked.....

Lyle holding up trees or is he pushing them done trying to be tough......

..........back to deciding what to do next...........

well here we are another gorgeous week is upon us...Lyle and I have spent most of the week at the kotima in the bush cutting wood...what a treat it is the weather is fabulous and we are so blessed to be able to have the time to spend cutting wood....the wind has been a bit bothersome in the late afternoons.....this has been a very busy week of birthdays in the Vennard family...I have a daughter,brother-in-law and sister-in law and 2 cousins who celebrated this week....to busy .....on Wednesday we popped back into town with a load of wood and left Thursday after my haircut...we filled the truck again with cut dry wood and stayed at home as Lyle got called into work for Friday a.m.....Friday will be busy as we are going back to the kotima on Saturday a.m.........GOOD days...tired extremely but it's a GOOD tired.........

Sunday October 10-Sunday October 17,2010

this is an example of a discovery on our hiking trail..it is a path that the elk use to cross thro' the bush..the trees have rubbings on them(not clearly visible..trees in front)....the day after this was taken my Dad took my 2 gbabes for a ride and they seen a doe crossing here.....

a view of the farma across the field from the road......facing north (I think if I have my directions correct)

at the farma Dad has a hiking trail cut thro' the bush on the old farm..tho a hiking trail we usually prefer to explore it from his golf cart...so much to see along here and in winter is a great snow mobile trail.......

I guess I must have liked this photo of Dani ...or maybe this just shows my poor pc skills...anyway it is a GOOD picture and I am always impressed with the way she loves to draw and sketch.......

gdaughter busy doing her homework or maybe she was drawing at the kotima when she visited us the Thanksgiving weekend.....

this has been neither a really GOOD nor really Bad week..,.just a rather busy and confusing week...the 10th and 11th we had the gbabies here which was fun but the 1oth being needle day was a yucky day (was very sick and unable to do much with anybody..:(....but it came and went and the 11th was a recuperating day and much better)12th and 13th was spent at the kotima getting things ready for our annual wood cut....weather was absolutely gorgeous...14th to the 16th I went to the farma and spent time with my Dad and Mom along with my sister from B.C. and we were joined by my daughter and her family...great fun lots of reminiscing laughter and new memory making (sad to say my gson who is 10 had not met my sister..talked on phone but never actually met) lots of GOOD food and maybe even way to much..I left on the 16th and my sister from Winnipeg arrived for a few day visit (I came home as the 17th was needle day and I did not want to be sick away from home and GOOD thing I did as the 17th was a not so GOOD bordering on BAD day and to make things worse our football team the RoughRiders forgot and left their game faces at home and lost their game to Calgary...oh well by Monday the 18th things looked much better)...the 18th is my daughter's birthday ...celebrating this occasion just reminds me of how blessed I really am....maybe my life is boring but after this week I am truly reminded of how much I have and how loved I am.......:)