All Entries Tagged With: "Roy"
Photo of the Day 2.16.2010
As you know, last week we got A LOT of snow, and the worst part only bad thing about it was that we had to shovel the snow off of the roofs.
Here is one of my favorite photos from the roof shoveling:
This is Ol’ Roy supervising the roof shoveling.
A visit from my grandparents
A couple of weeks ago we had a nice visit from my Grandparents (previously mentioned here, here, and here) and my Granddaddy’s brother and sister-in law, Stevie and Karen.
The came bearing gifts! They brought us: home-canned good (including pickles and fig preserves), a cookbook, and a birthday card with money in it!
And they were just [...]
Garden Update – Last Week of June
Oops! I am a little behind on my garden update for this week!
We were in North Carolina on Sunday and Monday which is usually when I take my garden update pictures,
so I took pictures of my parent’s garden instead!
Huge squash and zucchini plants. . .
And over grown zucchini.
(The zucchini model is my Dad) [...]
What’s in the Shavings Bin?
We had been running the planer all night, so Roy went out back to see how full the Shavings Bin was.
This is what he found:
He ran back into the shop, laughing, and said “Stop the blower and go look in the shavings bin, there’s something in there.” Ryan and I nervously ran out to [...]
Whitey the Cat
Whitey is Roy’s Shop Cat, she lives in the woodworking shop where he spends his days, and does whatever it is that she wants to do. . . in fact, she and Roy have a lot in common.
Whitey wasn’t always Roys cat, but when her owner passed away about 6 years ago, she decided [...]
Surprise Visit from Distant Relatives
On Sunday afternoon we had a surprise visit from some of Roy’s distant relatives.
During a visit to the area in search of some genealogical information, they stopped at the shop to take a picture of one of our old buildings. They had family members who attended the school in the late 19th century, and they [...]
Vegetable Gardens- Monticello’s and Ours
When we arrived at Monticello we had about a ten minute wait before our house tour began.
We took that time to admire the Vegetable Gardens.
Wildflowers bordering the garden.
Beautiful Expanse of Gardens
Orchard
Gorgeous rock wall separating the garden plateau from the orchard.
And this is our garden:
Not quite as beautiful, but much more entertaining!
Here [...]
