Where's my mom?

Surprise! Don and I decided to trim the hedge by our patio tonight. When we were done we walked around my flower gardens talking about the changes I want to make. He mentioned that two of the shrubs in the front yard had really taken a beating this past winter from all the snow. We decided to take a look at them. Then we noticed a couple of little mallard ducklings crossing the road coming right toward us. They weren't afraid of us at all - even wth Mellie staring at them! The two of them came right up to me. I knelt down and they waddles right underneath me! Mellie only tried to eat them once - she's such a good dog.

Don looked arojnd the neighborhood for the mother duck and/or their nest with no luck. He then called a couple of places trying to find out what to do with them. No luck so far . . .





Alyssa is in heaven, but very unhappy we can't keep them. The longer they stay the more attached she's becoming. We need a call fast!

Pyromania

A surprise invite to a bonfire, what could be better? Getting an invite to a really HUGE bonfire. Eric has once again outdone himself. This ones been a long time coming - like two years worth of wood! Eric named Alyssa the honorary pyromaniac. Starting a bonfire with a torch - what a blast!

The fire was not contained to the ring of boulders - that's right, boulders. Not your normal little rocks. Bigger is better, right?

You'll notice everyone is WAY back from the fire. The heat was amazing. I was wearing capris. Felt like shaving my legs wasn't necessary, the hair felt like it had been burned off!

Except for the major bug bites we had a blast. Thanks for the invite, bro!

Jill

Bonus!

An additional post! Not waiting for a game night to let you know what's been up for once.

Make you hungry for ice cream? We're very predictable. Lys had chocolate chip cookie dough. Don had mint chocolate chunk. I had Chicago dark chocolate.

Hulk Alyssa. I'm telling ya - she is very strong. She held up this tree as long as she could so it wouldn't fall. We were in Lakewood at Cathedral Pines for Alyssa's pic. I actually got a picture of one of the Great Blue Herons flying overhead building a nest. I've been there about 5 times and this was the first time I got the pic. Now you wish I would show you the picture, don't you? Too bad.

We went antiquing a little bit on Saturday. I think it's so fun to look for Pilsbury Dough Boy collectibles with Lys. We didn't even see any this trip, but Lys found a live bear she wanted to take home.

The dog's name is Bear. He was at this shop last year when we visited and the two hung out with each other like this then, too. Couldn't resist the pic. Bear cooperated, too.

AND, we saw a real bear! We were on Newton Lake Road and this cub trotted across the road in front of us. I went for my camera immediately, fully expecting to not even be able to see the bear by the time we got to where he crossed. However, when we got there he was leaning against a tree posing for the picture. We were high fiving each other that I actually got the picture. Awesome!

Fishing. Lys lives for it. She was the first to get a fish off the dock by Pop's Resort. She can do this for hours. I can't. I end up reading my Kindle.

Don also caught a fish. His was caught on Newton Lake.

Just needed to let you know my garden has now awakened. These anemone remind me of butterflies. Being white, they glow at night. Beautiful.

Summer has arrived finally. I really enjoy the warm weather. Bring it on!

And by the way, Eric has started his new job. He has filled me in on some scary driving going on at night. Come on people! My little brother is on the streets of the Green Bay area driving a truck that has no get up and go - you need to take it easy on him!

Jill