my week in review...

Walking into the bathroom one day this week, I was surprised to see a tiny frog sitting by the faucet. It's not unusual to occasionally find tiny geckos in the house, but this is the first time I've come across a frog. I scooped him up into a plastic container and was going to save him for our granddaughter who loves frogs. But then I realized she already had 2... and both of these were big enough to probably eat this little thing, so I just took a picture for her and released him into the back yard.

Also... we have security cameras in the back that we check daily. They show the ferals that come to the yard - usually the cats, kittens, possums, raccoons, and box turtles - but occasionally a coyote or bobcat come by. Yesterday to our surprise the camera showed a coyote chasing our little black kitten. Luckily he/she was smart enough to run up the tree that is close by the porch and escape. 

We do have a 6 ft fence... but apparently the coyotes can jump it. So now we're getting an estimate to see if we can raise it to 8 ft. 

Another fun (ha!) experience this week was my visit to the dentist. I was told that I had a small cavity underneath an old cap on one of my teeth - so the dentist needed to remove the cap, treat the decay, and take an impression for a new cap... and there was a 'possibility' of a root canal. Well, going to the dentist (even for cleaning) is difficult for me. I tell myself it's silly and to not be such a wuss, but my heart beats wildly and it's hard not to panic. But I tell myself, "JUST DO IT!" and did. It wasn't awful... just a nerve wracking 2 hours (and luckily the root canal wasn't necessary). And I will say that this dentist and his staff are very kind and extremely good at what they do.

On another note, I made a chicken enchilada pie today. It's my 'cheat' on the original chicken enchilada recipe made with either corn or flour tortillas. I use the same recipe, but instead of putting the filling into tortillas, I put it into a covered pie shell. It's faster and really good (and takes less time than filling 12 tortilla shells).

That's about it. We hope to go to Ham's Peach Orchard some time this week (will try to remember to take pics). They have wonderful fresh peaches, blueberries, strawberries, etc. as well as dozens of products made with peaches, baked goods, frozen goods, etc. And fresh peach and strawberry ice-cream! Also they now have peach pulled pork sandwiches (which are really good).

As for some of the crazy political stuff going on :

and for DH's Father's Day: 

And Happy Father's Day to all of the Dad's out there!

Hugs (virtual),

Rian