Ruby Sipes

For our 25th Anniversary we decided to make our way back to Ireland. We got engaged in Killarny Ireland in June of 1995. This vacation started on September 21, 2018 and ended October 3rd, 2018. First we had to say goodbye to these faces. We were lucky to have friends that were willing to watch them while we were gone. I think they miss their new friends now. We got to the airport early as required. We started watching the first season of Grimm to kill the time. Our first day we traveled by car, bus, light rail, and 2 planes. We were in some stage of travel for  about 23 hours. Our flight was broken into 2 chunks we went from Portland, OR to Vancouver, BC. Then Vancouver to London. Flying with Air Canada was much nicer then our direct flight with Delta. We will definitely take this option for future travel. Saturday September 23rd, 2018 We landed in London and customs seemed fasted landing from Canada rather than the US. We tool the tube and locate...

Truth be told I am allergic to fresh cut grass and mowing is not my favorite chore. Shane and I have lived here for 4 years and have barely touched the front. we decided to drop the grass, build a planter fence, get some roses and grow more food. April 5th: Happy Easter! Rented sod cutter. Cut and rolled rent yard April 6th: First planter built and fence started. April 15th: Delay due to weather. First half of roses planted. April 17th: Roses mulched and fence has progress. Brick pathway First L done April 18th: Collecting supplies... Progress April 19th : Plants! April 21st: More plants. Second planter Our first rose April 25th: The next section of fence... and more. April 26th: Pergola April 27th: Brick path and pergola. May 3rd:

Well it has been a while but life gets busy. So just as we were getting comfortable with our super mild winter... this happened. The snow has melted some and we had some freezing rain overnight. The ice on the car is crazy. This is the layer of ice on top of the snow. The dogs were frolicking in the backyard. Asrtid loves it. Oliver not so much.  I am just looking forward to spring and getting into the garden. Shane has some of the seeds started and we have the bees hive and bees ordered.