Making the Most of Home

Hello my friends.  How are you doing with staying home and staying safe?  We're trying to adapt to the new normal and make the best of things.  This single tulip has brought visual joy to the garden.

The yellow ones opened and I got a closeup of this one.

We decided to support a local business - the Historic Springdale Pub - and ordered a pizza.  You just drive up and they hand it to you through the window.  It was good and we're going to order one every few weeks.

We're having a FABULOUS weather week.  Sunny and warm.  Each day we spend time outside and enjoying our little slice of paradise.  I took this shot on my iPhone on the camera setting .5.  It encompasses much more than the #1 setting.

This is from the same place only on setting #1.

Our little Cairn Terrier Mocha has gotten quite bossy and wants to go outside many times a day.  Most times just to enjoy the outside and keep an eye on the squirrels.  This is how they spend a lot of time.  :-D

Hey.. kissy sounds.. look at mommy!

The 4th of July rose is putting out leaves and it's fun to see the rose hips on there, too.

The .5 setting captures all the way to the tops of the 75 foot Douglas Firs!

Normal setting.  Hey, one has to keep oneself occupied, right?

When we're spending time inside.. this one has adopted our guest chair as hers.  :-)  I put my little crocheted cat on that chair and she seems to be enjoying the company.

A pair of Blue Jays visited our feeders.  Not the best photo, the iPhone does fall short on the zoom feature.. very pixilated.  

The Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) is a jay native to western North America, closely related to the blue jay found in the rest of the continent, but with a black head and upper body. It is also known as the long-crested jay, mountain jay, and pine jay. It is the only crested jay west of the Rocky Mountains.

My blog friend, Lucy at Attic24, designed a Spring garland of flowers and leaves - go check it out.  So, I decided it would be neat to make one to string across our TV cabinet.  

So far I have 4 flowers with leaves done.  Only 16 more to go!  Plus, she puts a little flower between these larger flowers.  This will be pretty in the Spring and also the Summer.

We've also been looking for an outdoor fireplace for a long time and finally found one - it's also a pizza oven and has a grill on top for BBQing burgers, hotdogs and steaks.  It arrived yesterday in a wooden crate.  Dayle has his work cut out for him to put it together.  We're going to build a brick base to put it on next to the deck... actually right behind where it's sitting.

This is what it will look like when built.  The pizza oven door is where the sun is.  I'm sure looking forward to using this during the summer.

 The Bleeding Heart is blooming, I just love these.

Our big Koi, our last remaining fish, the Blue Heron wiped us out.  I'm so happy this guy is still with us.  We are looking at getting a few new ones for his company.

My big Lumix camera battery was dead on the night of the full moon - the pink moon.  I was not pleased.  And the battery charger decided to die.  But I found a fully charged battery the next day and so I got this photo the night after the full moon.  I like it!

And so.. that's my latest.. :-D  How are YOU keeping yourself occupied and safe?  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)  

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