Dry Spells

Usually, July hits Ohio hard with a hot, dry spell. Grass becomes crispy, flowers look beseechingly at the sky, mid-afternoon is deafening in its quiet as laughing children and dogs hide out in air-conditioned houses. On days like this, all you want to do is find a swimming pool. A little mid-western oasis.

I said “Usually.”

Today it is July 1, and it is a glorious 75 degrees. Birds are singing, children playing, and the foliage is still lush and green. The dry spell will come, but not today!

I’ve been in my own dry spell of sorts. Little writing, even less home tending. But now, I’m setting some goals and getting the watering can ready. Recently, my husband and I decided to do a little home improvement (or at least, hire it out.) This decision came to us as we learned a lesson from watching my sweet parents. (More on that at another time.) The lesson is the importance of maintaining and making reasonable improvements to your home.

I am ending my dry spell and doing some watering. Eventually, things will grow. These photos show a bit of what we have bitten off…More to follow!

Bigger, better driveway

Lily performing driveway inspection (See another project looming in the background. Landscaping.)

Out with the old siding, in with the new...Can't wait to show you the finished project! Of course, we now MUST have a new front door...

And now, just because she’s cute and has been a big girl through all of the commotion…

Lillums

What projects are you doing this summer? Everything counts!