Photos from this week

I haven't blogged in ages, since a uncooperative computer stopped most of my internet access. Now it is working well again. I also have been getting used to the idea of being pregnant again, now in my 17th week, and struggling with debilitating morning sickness which is starting to pass now. Now that I am doing fairly well, I don't have an excuse not to post. So here are some photos from the past week.

Last weekend, we had Isabelle over for a sleepover. The girls did a lot of arguing, not helped by being stuck inside due to torrential rains, so finally we had to just put them in their rain clothes and send them outside. They didn't mind, and jumped in all the puddles. Then they were climbing and sliding down the big piles of crushed limestone and dirt we have lying around for landscaping. They were completely covered in gray limestone, so Stefan had to go out and hose them off before they could come in.

We have had at least 2 little foxes hanging around the house, coming several times a day. They have been pooping everywhere too. Stefan and Haylie are still on vacation, and are home during the days. This little fox snuck up on Stefan while he was working on the landscaping, and was right behind him before he noticed. It came back when they were sitting on the step, totally unafraid. This picture is taken without zoom, just a few feet away from them. Stefan finally had to throw a stick at it to scare it off. We are going to end up with one in the house one of these days if this keeps up.

Here is what Stefan has been working on, at the front of the house. Haylie is in the background on the big dirt pile. I have moved some of my perennials that we brought from the apartment there, and in the middle is the fountain I got for my 30th birthday. Now we just need stones to cover the green mesh; we will collect some from the shore next time we are at a rocky beach.

We are making a little patio, which together with the front step will be covered in Hoburgs limestone, like we have in the entry but not polished and cut. They will be irregularly shaped pieces which Stefan will have to put together like a jigsaw puzzle. You can see a few of the pieces we brought home last week next to the step. Now we just need more and we can make the patio. The front was a nice place to sit in the sun in the early mornings, and in the shade during the heat of the day in the summer. Stefan has wired the fountain and the spotlights on it to switches in the house. It will be nice when this gets done, so something feels "done" on the outside.

Haylie was having fun on the big dirt pile, digging and burying her feet, including her shoes. The feet came up without the shoes, and she had to dig them out.

The dirty feet, standing on the Hoburgs limestone.