I am back!

Wow, I haven't blogged for a while! Last week I put the garden pictures on facebook. It takes sooooooo looooooong to put the pictures here. I wish I knew how to do them easier and more efficiently.

So, it is time for an update on life around Beechwoods! The garden is growing wonderfully well, and we have had the first few zucchini. Soon they will be a bumper crop! I nearly have the whole garden covered with grass clippings now, and those rows that looked so far apart seem to be getting closer! I am glad I have room so that I do not have to crowd my stuff.

We had Heidi, Kirsten, and Shane for the week preceeding the 4th of July. We had lots of fun, and did some cooking and baking together, and toward the end of the week, we made the girls jumpers and t-shirt tops. They each helped on theirs and we had a great time in the sewing room! They were justifiable proud of the finished project!

Another memorable thing we did on Sunday, July 5, was to ride bikes on Rails-to-Trails in Brockway. We went with Teresa and her girls and my brother Glenn. Some went two miles in and two miles back, including four-year old Shane on his little bike--wow, could that kid pedal! Heidi, Hannah, Leigh, Teresa, Lily, Glenn and I kept going to the swinging bridge. When we got back out, my bike speedometer was at over 12 miles! Fortunately it is pretty much flat--otherwise this ole granny would never be able to pedal that far!

Todd and I convinced Ken to get a bicycle. He was concerned about biking because on his old bike, his hands went to sleep. He got on comfort bike, a Giant Sedona, the same model as mine. Last weekend we took two rides together and it was great! Biking is such great exercise, and it makes me smile!

Life has proceeded through July. I have been focusing on trying to get some sewing done this week and it has been fun. My new sewing room works very well. With three windows in the room, the natural light is wonderful, and I can thread my sewing machines without my glasses most of the time! I have four new skirts and two new tops so far.

We are enjoying our new downstairs bedroom. For a while it felt like a motel room! It has so much space and is close to our two bathrooms--no more nocturnal trips down the steps for me in the middle of the night anymore! We are pleased with our furniture, and haven't really filled up all the drawers yet! We have a table, about 30 inches square which I have set in front of the windows and it makes a great place for the laptop. Last week we moved a wooden rocker from the living room back to a spot beside the table. It seems like we end up spending time in this bedroom. I used to say we didn't "live" in our bedrooms--they were upstairs and on the small side, so we never spent extra time there, but this one is different. We used to always close the door on this room on Sunday morning, but now I am pleased to keep the room tidy enough that I am not ashamed to keep the door open!

We are looking forward to our conventions next month. Three weeks from now we hope to be at Freedom and another two weeks after that will be Newry. Tomorrow we go to workday at Newry.