The Great Outdoors

I know what you are thinking..."A blog post in back to back weeks?" I know I can't pull it off every week, I'm still shooting for once or twice a month, but I'll take what I can get.  I had a little time this afternoon, so I thought I'd fit in a quick post.

 

If you read the title then you'll know that all of these pictures are taken, you guessed it, outside!

 

Last Sunday afternoon, Parker and I went for a bicycle ride down the street. It's sure starting to warm up outside, but it was a fun ride with my bike buddy!

One night last week after dinner, we went outside to refill some of our bird feeders and do some plant watering.  It was particularly hot that night so it was popsicles all around!

Speaking of plants and flowers, some of our pots and hanging baskets are starting to do really good.  We spend a lot of time watering everything on the front and back porches and in our flower beds, but we love all of the colors and how pretty it all looks.

With the heat in full force these last few days, we sat down and made our annual Summer Fun List last week.  We came up with 20 things we wanted to try to do over the course of the summer. Chances are we won't get to everything on this list, but it at least gives us some options for enjoyable things to do to beat the heat! We usually do a mix of indoor/outdoor, free/costs money, at home/going elsewhere, easy/more involved, etc. to create a nice balance.  This is our fourth year to make such a list.  Last year I think we did all but 3-4 things.  We have some things that we have on our list year after year, but also add new fun things as well.  Summer isn't our favorite season, but we'll try to make the most of it with this list o' activities!

Well, we had to go to Plan B on protecting our garden.  The plastic forks did their job for a little while, but one evening we noticed one of our okra plants had been eaten (most likely by a creature with bunny ears).  So Friday night we went and purchased a few supplies to put up a small fence around it. It's tall enough to keep furry friends out, but we can step over to water, weed eat and tend to the garden. We got it finished Saturday morning.  Everything is growing pretty good so far!

While we worked on the garden fence, Parker ran through the sprinkler.  It was the perfect weather for it. As you can tell, Parker didn't enjoy it at all! 

Saturday night, we went to Haley's graduation party (our wonderful, old neighbor's oldest daughter).  It was a good opportunity to snap a family picture in the sunshine. 

 

I guess with Spring on it's way out in a little over a month and Summer heading our way, there will be a lot more happenings outside!

 

Until we meet again...

Riley