We headed up for Memorial Day weekend. Traffic was bad, took us a while to get out of Illinois. We had 2 cats with us. Riley cried for about 4 hours straight. But did settle down. We stopped at Arby's on the way up, I won't mention the name of the town but it is famous for it's overalls. The Arby's was out of Beef, My Gosh how can Arby's run out of beef! And I wanted a Jamocha shake! Anyway Culvers got our business. Arby's get your act together!

We spent the weekend trying to get Nikki used to Riley. We are almost there. But Nikki has a really loud scream when Riley gets near her. We had to warn the neighbors.

Sunday while mowing the lawn and clean up the yard, I spotted this little fellow.



Riley the Cat is bigger than the fawn. I think it was born just that morning. His mother was no where to be found, but I did see her later.

And we did finally see the house repainted. Look below at the before and after photos.



The photo on the right or bottom is the after. And belive it or not that is the original color of the house (red cedar). The color was matched using a piece of siding stored away in the garage that had the original stain.

And yes everything is turning green up there.

Joe