Too at Twin Lake: Perfect June weekend

The weather was about perfect. It did rain a little Friday but by Saturday the ground was drying out and the sun was shining. The evenings were cool but the days pleasantly warm. Himself mowed the grounds. Not once, but twice! The grass is so thick and it was tall and a little wet when he mowed the first time so it really did look a lot nicer after the second mowing. If you read Nana's View, you will know I've been struggling with writing lately so here are some photos to help me tell you about the weekend.

All spring, our visits have been met with rains or we came just after heavy rains and the ground has been soggy and wet. We've had boards thrown down to walk on, between the cabins. This weekend started out that way too, on Friday. Saturday, midday, the ground was drying out, the sun shining and the temps a rising. Saturday turned out to be a perfect "outdoor" working day so we did.

We moved the brackets that hold the wasp trap and the hummingbird feeder from hanging over the porch to "over hanging" the porch. Hhmm. We kill creatures at one end of the porch and nuture them at the other???? I might need to think about this!

I made more syrup for the Oriole/Hummingbird feeder. And we watched the Orioles and the Hummers when we could, while we were taking breaks or walking by. Himself has been standing at the feeder and had a hummingbird zip through within itches of his head. The hummers are feisting, aggresive tiny birds. Some hummingbirds live in Iowa in the summer and winter in South America. Isn't that amazing? That boggles my mind how far they fly, which is why the stuff themselves all summer in Iowa on honey and nectar.

Himself climbed on the roof of the little cabin and cut tree limbs back that were hitting the vent and the TV antenna. While he was up there, we decided he may as well do what he needed to do to take the old television antenna down. Between the two of us, we got that accomplished. 30 years worth of rusted metal made it a bit of a challenge but we gotterdone AND I now have the materials I need to build a handrail. Stay tuned for the rest of the story there!

I changed my mind about Gramps old bench. I had painted it gray and while it looked so much better than it had, I just kept noticing it as we were working around outside. Finally, I said to Himself. Shouldn't that bench be red? And he agreed. I think it will now be a great accent to our front porch.

We not only bird watched this weekend, we critter watched too. This is a little ground squirrel. Some folks call them Squinties. My neighbor up the hill told me how just the day before, a Squinty ran into her trailer and how they had to corral it and run it back out! We have had a pair of squinties living under the bridge but now they have moved under the cabin and their family is inhabiting our entire lot. We see them everywhere. We may have to declare war. Himself also saw a badger this weekend. He has zero tolerance for badgers so I imagine he is planning war strategies and cleaning the rifle.

Himself and I did a little planting and rearranging this weekend, too. We left the Illinois Katchutree on the hill and moved the honeysuckle. I dug out around the Katchur hoping it will take off -- but if it doesn't very soon, it will be transplanted to a sunnier, lower area. The honeysuckle was transplanted to the front corner of the new porch where I have visions of the future flowerbed. It will be the basis for a new shade garden.