The frame of the new playhouse |
The children already playing in it |
If you click thru these first three pics quickly, you can see the children in action! |
Annelie showing off the work of the day |
Maddie and Lauren on the way home |
Beginning the roof with leftover lumber |
Another view |
The floor and porch go on |
Back at home, Angel cuddles up behind me. |
Out to learn about aronia berries |
Aronia berry bushes about six years old |
The six-year-old bushes, again, in perspective |
The original 200 bushes were planted 14 years ago. |
Three-year-old bushes and one-year-old ones behind |
An aronia berry, dried from winter |
The new store for aronia products at Sawmill Hollow Farms near Missouri Valley, Iowa |
Liz's artsy shot of a train passing in McPaul, Iowa |
Geese taking off from the pond...see my blog for an entry about them |
In the cabin with the girls, Bella and Blackbear |
The beginnings of artichokes! |
Setting up the greenhouse |
Filling the shelves with seed trays |
The roof going on the new barn |
Andre on the roof |
Ducks on the pond |
A closer view |
The spring garden!!! |
The freshly cultivated asparagus bed |
The barn roof, from up the hill |
The mandatory picture of Angel |