What a difference a day makes...

A snack for the workers which includes iced tea and FRESH melon. I have to keep their strength going as they are doing a fine job. :)

Jim & Josh get ready for the next wall by getting everything level.

The tools for the job. Ok, I will admit I can use this lifter and make it 2 feet max. Although I do have a very important job assisting the guys...just doesn't include heavy lifting.

It looks like everything is coming together!

Josh was actually singing on the tractor, who knew he had such talent. :)

Now it is time to glue the blocks and lights in place, I did help with this task.

Well ladies and gentlemen, what do you think? Amazing, just amazing.

Isn't this what weekends are for? Well in Colden some might think it is odd, but we think it is a blessing to have the strength and love to make this old house an even better place to enjoy. Come on down now, ya hear? The fifth room will host great gatherings for all to share. So it is now 6:39pm, what time do you think Jim will come inside tonight?

At dusk...

This picture was taken this evening to show the new lights are in!! Good job, Jim!

An evening we left Colden...

We actually got off the hill and away from the big patio project to see Peter's soccer game. Here he is making a goal!

The game was so much fun to watch and of course I took WAY TOO MANY pictures. Thank goodness for digital photography.

So I decided to take of picture of Jim cleaned up. I almost didn't recognize him without an inch of mud all over his clothes. :)

An update from Colden...

This photo reminds me of the fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk. :) The garden loves the sunshine...grow baby, grow.

My niece, Patsy came over last weekend and showed us some of her cheerleading jumps. Yikes, how does she do that?

Jim cutting some blocks with his dad's worm drive saw that is about 60 years old. Mike looks on to learn some "future homeowner" skills. Sarah & Mike have put a bid on a house and it was accepted, yeah!

There are lights under each bucket that will show us our way around after dark when we are sitting outside with our feet up and sipping on a nice glass of wine.

Just another view of the progress. :)

Mike, Peter & Jim working late one evening this week. Mike got a "jim/gym membership" LOL

The littlest helper with a smile. :)

Ok, so the work clothes need to go through a few rinse cycles before I can wash them.

What happened to the sunshine? Sigh...

So I decided on this dark and gloomy day to offer you a splash of color before I show you below what is happening outside. Beware.

I went to the farmers market today in East Aurora and purchased some produce and these beautiful flowers. Below you will see an update on our patio project. The water is still coming down and with no sign of slowing. This shot below is what the lawn in our back yard looks like now. So, I am singing to myself "rain rain go away come again another day"...

Summer has arrived!

Fresh from the garden...

So welcome summer! We have had 2 entire days of sunshine, who knew it could feel sooo good. One of my favorite things to do is put laundry out on the clothesline, old fashioned I know...but the bed will feel like a million dollars tonight. :)

Out in the garden I discovered after only two days of sunshine the raspberries decided to burst with color. Tomorrow morning I will head out to pick them and make some raspberry jam, of course a few will find their way to my watering mouth. I remember when I worked at Bassett Manor, waking one of our residents with these fresh picked raspberries, she was in heaven.

These next two photos were taken just a few hours ago and as I type Jim is still out there hammering, pounding and with the hum of the saw. 9:01pm

I tried to mow the lawn today and found it more like a maze between the holes, mud and equipment. I can taste the wine now...sitting back, feet up and sore backs. :) Enjoy and Love to you all.

Another day in paradise

Well after several days of rain this project is still underway. Before 7am this morning Great Lakes has arrived with a new shipment of blocks approx. 1,000 more to work with in the MUD.

Jim on the phone this morning with his "go to" gal, Becky at Great Lakes. Even with the crazy work he is still smiling. :)

Can you see it now? Flowers, herbs and a relaxing place to put up your feet and sip on a cool margrita...see you in August?

I am thinking this area should be a hot tub mud spa? Can you guess how many times I mop the kitchen floor? LOL I have purchased 2 new brown rugs for the bathroom floor and I have named my broom "the little broom that could" :)