Friday, October 10, 2025

One of Those Posts of This and That

The sunflowers I planted at the farm failed fairly miserably, but somehow the pumpkins--planted in the same area--thrived! I never did thin them, so we didn't get as many truly large ones as we otherwise might have, but it was still a tremendous success! I love pumpkins. I'd be thrilled if we got enough in future plantings to line the entire drive up to the new house! And I'm delighted to have the rental currently look like it is part of a Hallmark movie set. :)

Here we are harvesting them:

And back at the rental with the pumpkins all arranged:

Mike took me to The Wailin' Jennys in September. I've loved them ever since Mike first heard (and then introduced me to) them after hearing them on a Garrison Keillor episode back when we lived in WA. I just think they have such great voices that blend so beautifully together. It was fun hearing them in person.

We had a lunar eclipse not long ago:

Naturally, Jesse saw the Eye of Sauron in it:

We also had a super moon. 

And these starlings on our swing set. (They lined the whole thing. Sadly, we scared some away by opening the door for a photo.):

And various morning fogs and mists returning. (Though I don't think we've yet had them as regularly as our first fall and winter here.):

Jesse borrowed his grandma's accordion awhile back. He doesn't really know how to play it, but we still think it's delightful occasionally seeing him out messing around with it:
Even if we did have to share this gem with him:
What a cool kid.

The house has been coming along. Somehow, we went for a solid month or more with pretty much nothing happening. Issues with windows. Issues with incorrect siding. Etc. So, it has been nice seeing things happening again. 

Siding going up:
(It's a stained [as opposed to painted] hardy board meant to mimic wood siding. [I would have chosen wood siding if it didn't require so darn much maintenance.] I'm not sure if it's really fooling anyone, but perhaps once the trim is painted to match it will give more of a "wood siding" vibe.)

Sheetrock is also mostly done. (Not completely. The windows that were wrong have held things up around those spots. And there are a few other areas that still need fixed up, but it mostly looks like real walls now!) And a good deal of the finish trim is up around doors and windows. Shelves are in the pantry and the closets. And this cool bookshelf built-in is just about done. (We worry if we had it made too deep? We want it to primarily be a bookshelf but also wanted the option of baskets and other things. Now we wonder if it looks odd having such deep shelves for a bookshelf? But anyway, we are painting it dark green, and I think it will be so fun.) (I didn't quite dare to do all my kitchen cabinets green and still sort of wish I had. But we are making up for it by having this bookshelf as well as sort of a pea green on our interior doors. Oh, I'm sure that will go out of fashion--if it ever was in fashion--soon enough, but Mike really wants the house to have some elements of the property's pea-viner history, and any truly good house ought to have a few quirky elements anyway, I think. Green doors that might never match anyone's bedding should fit the bill nicely.)
Mike and I are such good decision makers together. On my own I panic a bit, but when the two of us are together we seem to be able to decide things quite quickly without much agonizing or overthinking. And we both seem to be able to sense when the other cares more about something than the other and to give accordingly. It's been fun deciding house things with him.

Speaking of Mike: I'm 99.9% sure that this photo captured him just as he delivered the final powerful, defeating haymaker to a sea beast. 

Let's see. What else? 

Oh. Look at this cute little married couple:

Oh, and this! We rented a male pygmy goat for a month. We have a male, but he's neutered and thus ... not up to the job we need done. Uh-um. I'd heard that non-neutered male goats smell awful, and it's true! This rented he-goat has the strongest musky scent, and I'm thrilled that the month is almost up and he can go back to his own farm. And now, hopefully, our female goat will have babies in the spring. (Babies who will be raised by their mother and their gentleman-like and non-smelly uncle!)

Here is a cute little friend:

And another cute person:

She and Anders rode bikes to the church recently:

And, to end, Hans and Mette goofing around (with my phone for their camera) at the park the other day. (I especially like Hans meditating.)

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