Purling Oaks

Getting the broom out and....

*Brushing away the blog cobwebs.....*

I've found that getting adjusted to a new travel schedule, setting up and moving to POE, and a seemingly heavier work schedule took some, well, adjusting.  More adjusting than I thought but after a few weeks the schedule has been smoothing out and the psychic adjustments that DH and I have had to make are also smoothing out.  We are continuing to make changes and find more time together, quality time.  Maybe more than before, which is nice.  We didn't know we were missing that.  Anyway, I thought I would check out the blog and show you a few things that are interesting at Purling Oaks Central this weekend.

Lamb's ear has spread around my garden.  I've been harsher with it this year to contain it but I still love it for the texture and color of the leaves and the pretty lavender flowers.  

Lime thyme is flowering....along with all the other thymes.  This one does have a citrus aroma, leaning toward lime, but I think the color of the leaves may have as much to do with the name of "lime" as the fragrance.

 The black raspberries are just beginning to ripen.  Fortunately for berry production, we've been getting rain.  As I type this it is raining---of course, I am also wondering what the rain will do to my flight schedule today.  No big worries though.  I'm reading Nora Roberts' Kindred in Death in paperback and have a book or two available on the iPad.  

Yes, iPad.  I gave in to my inner geek and bought one with 32 gig - wifi only.  I really like it and found that I don't miss having the 3GS service.  My back up plan, should I need constant wireless access, is to buy one of the wireless access points I can carry in my purse or pocket so it can be used for multiple devices.  I'm not at that point yet.  I like that the screen is large enough to actually *see* something and I can stream Netflix over the wireless at the apartment.  

Blue on the Rock on an early summer Wisconsin day:

 

Have a great Sunday and a very good week!

 

  

Baby Bluebirds

There are really five baby birds in the nest, one was shy for the photographer (my DH).  DH has been monitoring the bluebird nesting activities this Spring and his actions have resulted in me feeling that home could almost be called "Bluebird Central Hatchery."  He's placed a number of bird houses suitable for bluebirds on the property and dealt with the evil sparrows.  (Did you know sparrows have pecked baby bluebirds and swallows to death?!)   

Saturday's egg count was 15 eggs and at least these five babies.  That's only the "in process" birds!  A cycle of eggs and fledging has all ready occurred this year.  And yes, bluebirds like the number "5" for family size.

Happy Bluebird Sunday!

 

Lovely, too-short vacation

It was a marvelous vacation but so very short. The blue sky is Thursday's from the California high desert where we (me, DH, Mom, DB, & DB's DGF) spent a lovely day. We need more of those.  It was so nice to spend time together.

 AKA Dr. E's Rapid Decompression Course. Highly recommended. :D 

Back to the East coast soon after a short stop in the Midwest. Ahead this week: unpacking the moving van, work, and the start of a new chapter. Opportunity abounds. 

 Nephew #2's HS graduation was Wednesday evening.  Congratulations to our DN.