Weekend before the Holiday!

 We went up to the lake this weekend to cut the grass and trim up everything before the holiday weekend. I sprayed the weeds (itch weed) growing on the path and weeds around the firepit and beach. Plus, trimmed up all around the trees and decking etc.. It looks good for now but will need a touch up if it rains all this week. We were hoping to pick up the dock Friday, but it doesn't arrive till the 30th. So we have plans to pick it up on Thursday and assemble it. Hopefully, we get it done by Thursday or Friday morning at the latest. At least we'll have it for the 4th which was the goal! 

No wind the first day up at the lake. Perfect for kayaking! 

Hotdogs over the fire...

Another Mishap!

Well, it only took Steve 4 months to dent his brand new truck. The tail bed was crushed by the dead tree he cut down that over hung the drivway. It bounced back just enough to hit the top of the truck and of course crush it a bit and mess up his camera. 

We did get semi good news in the mail. The guy who hit him, has to pay restitution, meaning we will get our $500 deductable paid back from the guy which will go right into paying for the damage Steve did to his truck. Guess its a wash! I think we are done cutting trees and will leave it to the professionals from now on! 

 

Standing water and new pets!

 The neighbors are running their sprinklers and filling up the low area by the driveway. We figured its going to be standing water for weeks and a mosquito breeding area. Not a great situation. 

I had a great idea to purchase some fat head minnows after reading they are super at eating mosquito larve. Perfect! So off we went to spend $6 on our new puddle fish pets. It's also going to rain every day this entire week so between all the rain and the watering daily, this puddle should have plenty of water in it for weeks! 

Unfortantley, there are alot of trees also in standing water, including maples. I'm sure they will all be dead in no time. Ugh!!! More tree loss! 

I tried to get a photo of our pet fish 

Kevin and Angelika's Wedding

 

Fococcia bread and home made noodles

 I made for the first time ever some focaccia bread. The key was to warm up the olive oil with chopped garlic and fresh rosemary and oregano for 10 min to infuse the flavors. It turned out nice and light and fluffy, with crispy edges. I did forget to finish with Malden salt, so when it was baking I threw some on top. 

I also made some noodles. 3 eggs, flour and some olive oil with salt. Super good and easy to make too. I added flour to keep the noodles from sticking and that was the trick. Plus added olive oil when they were cooling off in the pan. 

A delicious home made meal! 

Trees record at Sauk 6/12/26