July 2022 2nd half

 July 16: always good to be home but not so much for chores!

Watering plants, 13 plants under the pines

Binding carpet remnants 

applying the binding

finish off with hot glue

Finished product!  It turned out pretty good, was pretty easy to complete.  We have a few more we will do on Monday as it is suppose to be very hot and humid!  Good day to spend in the basement.

We have not smoked chicken in a long time, found a great recipe for Orange glazed chicken.  It turned out Oh so good

Monday was so hot I pretty much stayed inside until late in the afternoon. Eric completed the carpet binding project, 4 rugs in total. They all look great.  good day for computer work and cleaning closets. Tuesday looks to be the same!

Wed July 20 was our Pink Ribbon Fundraiser at Tagalong Golf Club.  We had over 90 ladies in pink, wonderful day golfing, laughing and having fun. 

Don't know what kind of Butterfly but it sure is pretty

July 21: our 33rd wedding anniversary!  A beautiful day to spend on the lake.  We got out there by 10 am, lunch at The Landing.  The lake was pretty quiet as it is Thursday.

July 22: We spend so much time outside, especially since we put a TV out in the wood shed we purchased an awning. We had a bit of trouble installing the new awning on the wood shed but we conquered the bad instructions and are happy with the new addition to our outdoor living area. It took us two tries but we got it!

Yep we need a bit of shade

we put it together in the Pole Barn, using the utility trailer as a table

Much easier with 3 ladders than having me try to pull the awning up.

Got all of our tools to get the job done!

looking good so far!

shall we try to open the shade?

Looks good from above

Might as well put the TV on, although it's a bit early to sit and watch TV.  (10:00 AM). By 2 pm the sun will move to give us shade. 

We made reservations for dinner at our favorite place, the Pine Brook Farm.  It closed down last year, but are having pan fried Walleye once a month.  We lucked out and got reservations for today. 

A cocktail on the porch before dinner

the walleye was perfect! 

July 23: Eric went with Steve G and Kevin P for a kayak ride down the Red Cedar River. Of course they had fun but did get wet from a bit of rain. 

Our Crane Family hangs around by the Pole Barn so when they hear the corn shaking in the bucket they come out for a little meal!  The baby is getting so big

The fawn twins and family came out too

The male turkeys came out before the deer and the female turkeys came out after the deer but no pictures..  the squirrels are always there..

I only have 5 surviving rose bushes out of 14 (over the years). I did buy a new one this year, that one and one other are the only ones blooming.  The other 4 are growing but no buds..  So I am planting Perenials and the garden looks great.

Thursday July 28 was a cool day, good for outdoor chores and good for going to a new place for dinner. Bear Paw Resort on Lake Chetac, about 18 miles from home.  Nice outdoor space, great food.

I had the grilled shrimp tacos with mango salsa, a bit spicy for me but oh so good

Eric's fried shrimp basket was also good with plenty of shrimp

This is a Repeat place.  we will be back...

Our new awning works great in the rain too!  We were not watching the sky or the weather app so did not see this rain coming.  

Friday we went to Lynndale Golf for a round.  We really need to practice more if we expect to improve our game... It was a great day to be out and about. 

Saturday was a beautiful day.  We did not win the Mega Million Lottery that was at 1.3. Billion $ but we sure do have a million dollar view while floating on the lake.  We had 5 chances and came kind of close to winning, only needed 5 more numbers on 3 of the lines!

Summer finally arrived in July!  What a fun month.  Our veggie garden is growing and should produce red tomatoes in a few weeks. Apples are getting red/yellow.  Flowers are blooming.  Baby birds have left the nest, fawns are getting bigger and of course so is our baby sandhill crane.