Outta The Tube, Baby!

This is perhaps one of the most beautiful sights I have seen in a long time. Just look at those glossy baby leaves! DiLong Ranch's first grape vines...wow.

Today is my birthday, I have decided to spend most of it blogging. I love to blog, but life has gotten so busy for us that I just don't have time to do it. So, this is my present to myself. I get to write.

In other ranch news, we are finally getting control over the weed situation, but the rabbits and squirrels still continue to run amok. I have not yet found the squirrel bait, Home Depot was out of stock last week, so I will make another run shortly to see if they got any more in. The rabbits are getting so desperate they are eating the garlic and the dead leaves off of our purple palms. This is NOT good. The men have started joking that they are gonna sit up at night with a pistol, a case of beer and a flood light. Aiy yai.

I am also, slowly but surely, starting to see my ground cover take hold...and I have decided to mostly landscape with garlics, since that is the last plant the rabbits are interested in eating. I also need to go out and look for the little white flowers that stink...I don't know what they are called, but the rabbits DEFINITELY don't eat them.

I have also been working on decorating the kids' bedrooms. Julian's room had NO paint at all, just the white the house came with, so his room has been the first one I tackled. It now has a warm feel, alternate walls painted brown and light blue...today perhaps I will get to the trim. But no promises...IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!