Keepin' Busy

We have all been keeping pretty busy around here lately. It is now officially summer, we have been having warm summer weather. We have been having lots of fun with Melissa's puppy, Tizzy. Last Sunday afternoon we took her over to the beach for the first time. She was so excited, there was so much to see and do! The waves made her a little nervous but she didn't mind getting wet.



Our friend Bethany also got a puppy and named her Sadie. Sadie is one of Tizzy's sisters. Whenever we get together they both bring their puppies. Tizzy and Sadie love it, they go wild and have a blast.



Tizzy love to see different people... when people come over or we take her to someone's house she gets so excited. This picture is at the neighbors house.



We have all been working on cleaning up the back porch for the last few weeks. Back in February we added on to the porch. So we were cleaning the old wood and oiling the whole thing. Oiling was such a messy job. I basicly was covered in it when I finished.





It has been fun to pick and use fresh fruit from our orchard. A few weeks ago the apricots were ripe. They were so big and juicy and delicious. This past week we picked all of the white nectarines. The tree was loaded. This is the first year we have gotten any good ones. Usually they are small and scaly. We have been having nectarine cobbler and crisp. Yum!





Now I am going to bore you all with more pictures of my garden. But this is so exciting to me. It is doing so well and I am kind of amazed. So here is a squash plant, a little tomatillo, tomatoes starting to come on, and the whole garden.









One other project I have been working on this week is sourdough starter. We have made sourdough starter before but is has never been very sour. So.. I ordered a sourdough culture here. I orderd the Italian cultures. It came with two different cultures. On Monday I started one. Activating it was a little trickky because it had to be a certian temperature. It took three days to activate fully. Then yesterday morning it was ready to use. I made one loaf of bread to try it. It takes a long time for sourdough to rise, pretty much all day, then it was ready for dinner. We ate it with spagetti and meatballs. Everyone agreed that bread was a success. It was nice and sour and had a nice crispy crust. Next week I want to start the other culture!







Tomorrow we are heading down south for Gabe and Mandy's wedding. I am really looking forward to it. There should be a new post soon after I get back.