Summerโs over; time to drain and put away the swimming pool. Didnโt get very many swims this year; seemed like a brief and cool summer, with only a few hot days.

Summerโs over; time to drain and put away the swimming pool. Didnโt get very many swims this year; seemed like a brief and cool summer, with only a few hot days.

New glasses, who dis?

On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update! #Caturday ๐

On the Dejus YouTube channel: Hummingbirds and a wasp: standing outside a couple of feet from a popular hummingbird feeder, that was also being visited by a wasp. Listen to the hummingbird chirping.
Some more low-res pictures from our NZ house: landscaping in 1998 and 1999. #ThrowbackThursday







A grasshopper on the window.

On the homestead blog: Added cat house, electrical, shop, beekeeping, plumbing, and chicken run project summaries. Check them out for a quick way to see pictures and info about each of my homestead projects.
A bunch of apples on one of the two big apple trees behind our shop. ๐๐ณ


The first day of fall (autumnal equinox) is officially in a week, but some trees are already doing their thing. So I put my homemade netting cover over the small pond, to stop it filling up with leaves. ๐
