Was grumbly about the dogs demanding to be walked so early but it was nice to be out early, views were beautiful.

Patrick is getting pretty accurate on the five-seven and Kimber.

So many weeds thrive here, way more then in suburbia.  Of particular annoyance is a vine-like grass called snake grass that gets into EVERYTHING.  We pulled out 2 full loads of weeds.  Look closely at the mound of weeds in the back of the UTV and still sitting on the driveway…backs are sore…ugh.

Moving into late summer, coming along nicely…

Going on one of her famous ‘walk abouts’ !

One of our neighbors has a pair of mules that got spooked and bolted over the fence onto our property.  They tried to find them but couldn’t locate them.  They came back at dusk in the hopes that they had calmed down and could be led home but to no avail.  However, when the couple went home they were surprised to find that the mules had made their way back and were safely in their pen!

Had a slew of folks over to celebrate Paul’s graduation from VCU with a BS in Computer Science, a minor in Math and graduating Cum Laude.  Very impressed and happy parents!  Weather cooperated and I think everyone had a great time as can be seen in the pictures below.

This little fuzz ball was all curled up in the grass by the barn.  It later got up and ran into the reeds by the barn pond.

Saw a large turtle in the big pond 2 weeks ago and finally put in the trap last Thursday with two Gwaltney hotdogs as the bait.  This trap works really well for turtles as you can submerge most of it, and two sides open wide to let a big turtle get in.  When I got there today, lo and behold the trap was sprung and a big snapper was in it.  I called Jerry, a local mason, and he agreed to stop by and pick it up, evidently he makes a mean turtle soup, says they are very tasty!

Thats a big snapper, they just can’t resist Gwaltney hotdogs