Porch Time Sitting

Good evening sweet friends.

Temps here in our neck of the woods is more like Autumn.

Been reading your blogs, but not much time to comment.

Extremely busy and plus it was a

good time to redo our sad looking porch.

We had a half moon on the right side that had shrubs.

Red Snake shrubs...

actually they were red barberry shrubs,

but the snakes loved them.

The snakes used the thorns to shed their skin.

The original porch was 5 feet by 20 feet.

Our new one is 10 feet by 20 feet.

They raised the grade on the left for our steps.

All done!

Yipee!

Now we have to water it down for a few days.

Let it cure for a month.

Then add the railings.

Oh yeah, steps come in tomorrow.

We already have a cool rusty tin table and rattan chairs,

that are dying to come out of the garage.

Hey mom and dad.

Over here.

When do we get to come out and play?

Its been a busy week again.

Transplanting the shrubs we wanted to keep.

Discussing with the mason what we wanted.

The mason who did the job is Bob's cousin Jimmy.

Went to the zoo on Thursday with Mikayla's school.

Friday started weeding my flower beds.

What I found startled me a bit.
I blame missy Robin over at Cranky Crow.
She must have told them to leave Nod
and head to Michigan.
LOL  

Came across a baby fox snake

curled up into a ball.

 He was trying to bite as I was trying to gather him up.

I don't mind babies, but they grow up to big uns.

I took him over to the edge of the state land by our house

and let him go.

These snakes are protected in our state,

as the adults have a small rattle

and lots of folks killed them thinking they were

our native Massasauga Rattlesnake.

All I can say is what comes around 
goes around Robin...just kidding.

Front Porch Blessings To All!
Janice