and Dad’s new cabin.We drove over on Friday, met up with Dad and Mo, and quickly saw some deer.

But we also noticed wildlife on our farm.  A seemingly well fed coyote on our back pasture fence line.

 

Then Saturday morning we noticed a motorcycle cop with its lights on near our driveway.  We knew something was happening.

 

But we have a great farmsitter so I wasn’t too worried.  I proceeded to walk around with the beagle.  The weather was amazing, and the views wonderful.

Ryeleigh still enjoys her corner of the couch in the cabin when she’s not out on a walk.

The wildflowers were amazing.  It took a lot of self-control not to take photos of each variety I saw like I usually do.

My brother and Sue joined us on Saturday.  I noticed a new chair he had created with scrap wood from the cabin build.  Pretty ingenious and artistic.

That evening we had a nice BBQ ribs dinner, and then there was a gorgeous sunset.

Sunday morning on the beagle walk, I noticed two dead mice on Buddy’s grave.  Greg had left three of them for his favorite cat the day before.

Ryeleigh and I headed to the creek.  I captured a moment of peacefulness by it.

Then we walked over to the next ravine and enjoyed the views and long shadows.

We had picked a large stone and painted on it.  My brother moved it over to where we had scattered Steve’s ashes our previous visit in February.  I added some more ashes under the rock this trip as well.  Greg and Sue left in the morning.

That afternoon we took a variety of ATVs to Lion’s Rock.  The views were amazing.

We looked at the traffic forecasts to decide when we would return.  We all decided Tuesday morning made more sense than fighting Monday traffic.

Ryeleigh kept holding the cabin couch down.

Monday morning the beagle and I walked more.  I couldn’t help taking photos of these lovely flowers.  There were so many varieties in bloom.  It was amazing.

That afternoon I was able to knit on the porch.

But we were also able to see that there are now two coyotes patrolling our back pasture fence line, next to the calf.

 

I made cocktails for 5:00.  I had to get creative with the ingredients I had which were apples, one orange, bitters and rum.  So thanks to google I found a recipe for Apple Smash.   It was surprisingly good.

Ryeleigh held down the couch while a nasty storm blew through with heavy rains and winds.

There was a nice rainbow near the end.

We headed out this morning arriving around noon to a lot of farm chores.  It apparently was windy here too as some lawn furniture and items on our deck were blown around.  Plus we found some tire tracks and a tore up ditch from an apparent car accident.  This must have been the reason the motorcycle officer was here Saturday morning,  Tom speculates that the right front tire of the car blew out sending them to the ditch.  Our farmsitter had already confirmed that our fence was still intact so no harm to us.  Hopefully the car occupants are all right.