Saturday, August 8, 2009

Our very own beach!

V and I were at one of the local home centers late in the week and we stumbled across the end of summer clearance pile. We've finally got a use for our sand covered riding arena. OUR VERY OWN BEACH! For half price we got a 15' diameter above ground pool. Yeah, I know, it's late in the season to be filling a pool with 3000 gallons of water. But we haven't had much of a summer. And it was in the low 90s today. Perfect weather for a trip to the beach and we decided we deserved an afternoon off.

Filling the top ring with air.
A view of the beach.
V and I under the umbrella
Frolicking children.
The pool will eventually be about 4 feet deep but we were in it as it filled. I also took time to take a walk over the hills to look for wildflowers.
Great Lobelia (I think)
Thistles- even though they're prickly, they're still beautiful.
Swamp milkweed
The Spotted Touch-me-Not (jewelweed) is also blooming but the flowers are so delicate it was too windy to get a good shot. We've also got wild bergamot (bee balm), white shakeroot and LOTS of others. It's going to be fun to figure them all out.

3 comments:

  1. WOW! Your very own BEACH!! Now THAT was a great idea! Paw might need to build a wood apron around the pool to help keep all the sand out....but,...all in goood time!!Pretty wild flowers!...debbie

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  2. Briliant! And you (and all your family) deserve that. Looks like a great time :-)

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  3. it looks like only two or three weeks before this post i was finding wildflowers, too... check out this photo of one i found - maybe you can confirm whether it's jewel weed or not? i Think it is...

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/pipdiddly/3770072733/

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