Isn't this cute? Cortney ordered it for my birthday. Yep, my b-day
was yesterday and I proudly tell you that I'm 44 yrs. old!
Aging means so little to me that I thought I was just turning 43 yrs.
old when Mike corrected me and said no you're two years younger
than me and I'm 46 yrs old( as of May) WOW! I feel like I lost a
whole year somewhere! *giggle and winking*

This is a functional decoration for our kitchen, in the

tail are measuring spoons; Tbsp., Tsp.,1/2 tsp. and 1/4 tsp. It is

all ceramic,even the spoons, so we'll need to be careful when

using them.

This shows how they fit. She's so thoughtful and picked something that was not only beautiful but functional. Maybe she does take after me just a bit?

When Mike got home and saw how much we'd weeded in the garden, he said get changed and cleaned up we're going out for supper.

We've all been making an effort to cut back on the portions we eat and we all ended up bringing home leftovers.

My Mom bought a pineapple upside down cake, for my B-day, so we had dessert at home, later after supper had digested a bit.

Typically we don't make a big deal over adult B-days but this year I was truly blessed. Cortney's gift, my folks getting me a card and some $$$, plus the cake and Mike taking me to supper after a long day of fighting weeds.

I'll post pictures of our progress in the garden, we're seeing daylight now, WaHooo! I also worked on hilling up the taters, still have 3-1/2 rows to weed and hill today. We had a 100% germination of our seed potatoes and the plants all look healthy, so we pray for another high yield crop of spuds this Fall. Now I do snitch from the hills to BBQ and when the green beans begin producing we have our traditional ham, green beans and new potatoes meal, Mmmm, Mmmm!

The pole beans are just beginning to get their runners, so Mike will put up the cattle panels sometime next week.

Mike only has Sunday off this week and he needs to work on getting firewood hauled home. He also needs to make a trip to the city to pick up some steel to rebuild the wedge on the splitter and then the splitter will be all ready for several seasons of splitting wood.

Today's To Do List:

Clean the barns

Water the greenhouse plants

Finish weeding and hilling the taters

Finish weeding the strawberries, enjoying some berries while I'm at it. Then cover with netting to keep the birds at bay.

Wash to dogs, they are still shedding and really stink!

Plant our second planting of sweetcorn

Transplant some cabbage, more late cabbage, in the garden

Get the Mangle Beets planted

and.....

if time allows weed some more and possibly run the small tiller through the rows( walking areas), after we weed them. This seems to slow the bindweed a bit and anything is a blessing!

Praying your weekend is filled with lovely weather,relaxation, the wondrous blessing of the Lord.