Robinson Creek Reds

Always something to be thankful for..................

Thankful that these rains are keeping the West Nile(WN) mosquitoes away, or say they say on the news. They said that the WN ones like stagnant drought type water and what we have now are Flood Water mosquitoes, so that's good to know, as you get ate up by them. I did find a product that's called Repel. It uses Eucalyptus and Lemon oils, you have to use it a bit more but it's better than Deet any old day. They fly around me but then fly off and try again later. LOL! It works on my son too. I wonder if there is anything to use to repel them off of the poor dogs? Will have to research that.

It's so muggy, but after that year of dry sinuses I said I would never complain about it being muggy again. So praise God for the humidity.

Our Clan Gatherings have not been too big this year. I don't think it will get any better as we finally get hot weather. So far we are getting about 10-15 people each time. It's still fun to get together. Last year we had it set for 5pm to ? and we had complaints about having to drive home after dark, from some older relatives so we changed it to Noon-? and those folks still have not shown up. LOL! We may change it back as it seemed a better time last year. This year we tried to have a 'theme' each month, but that is not going too well either. We totally botched the 'Highland Games', but I told my husband that none of us were strong enough to do those games anymore anyways. Can you imagine all of us 'mostly over 40's' tossing the caber around? ha ha ha We have another one coming up the 23rd of this month which also marks my son's 3rd birthday. Momma turns 42 on the 19th too, and Father's Day this month. Everyone gets a day in June!!!

We didn't get many plums this year, as the wild ones got caught in the flood waters at the creek and the ones by the house......well that one may never recover from the drought last 2 yrs. It's half dead and half alive and looks quite sad really. The peach tree is loaded and we are thinking of culling some of that fruit as the branches are starting to bend a bit with the weight. Our grapes, wild and domestic, are loaded and doing fine. Can't wait for that grape jelly, may try some with honey this year, or maybe I should stick with what we know until we get better at it. ;)

Blessings, Deidre