Spring (and a new well)!

Well digging and underground water storage... plus we painted the house and built a pergola!

It's early June and the weather has been consistently in the mid-70's for a few weeks. It's wonderful! We've had an inordinate amount of rain recently, so the hills are bursting with color. Every shade of green grass, bright yellow balsamroot, blueweed... I'm even happy to see the dandelions.

Early June.

John and I have kicked it into high gear because we know in a month the temps will be in the 90's and, although we'll still be working outdoors, we won't be enjoying it near as much. For now, though, the windows are wide open, the birds are singing and I'm running around making everything "pretty" like a girl is prone to do in springtime.

In our time together, John has built me three pergolas at our different houses (I'm a sucker for pergolas!). Naturally, a pergola is something I have been wanting (and occasionally mentioning) since we moved here, but there have been far more vital tasks to tac…