Things are looking peachy!

This is the first blossom on one of our nine peach trees. (Sorry it's a little fuzzy - the puppies were jumping up to my face while I bent down to take the pictures) Spring is absolutely beautiful here and just getting better. Everything is blooming! And the winter garden is lush. Lots of little strawberries and the rabbit is a regular visitor -

We've had lots of good rain - and a stronger storm yesterday that sent us down to one of our storage containers for shelter. It was a good thing too because the recorded winds were in excess of 70 miles an hour. The trailer held up well but the wind certainly blew things around. We were quite comfortable on our lawn chairs with the three dogs and the chickens (in a dog carrier). Skip lit a coleman lantern and we had to rope the door shut from the outside to the inside - but it held! We went down there about 3:30 am and came back to the trailer about 5 am when the rain stopped. Just another adventure!

Today we will probably try to dig the holes for our bigger and stronger poles for the blackberries and the grapes. We have a gas-powered auger that makes the digging much easier.

Our builder came two days ago with his wife and set the marks for the geologist to do the soil samples where the house will sit. He said he will be coming out to mark out the house shortly. Now that we have five straight days of "clear" on the weather station, we are hoping for lots of progress on the foundation. The builder put his sign out by the front gate so we know a lot of our friends will be looking for the big trucks to arrive soon. Especially the folks at church which is right across the street. This weekend we will be ordaining our cowboy church pastor. Very exciting! He is a very good and dear man and for a gift, we are giving him a cute sign that lists the ten commandments, Texas style. Like "Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff" - it will be perfect to hang up in the cowboy church.

More later - vaya con Dios!