Up Close and Personal

Well, I guess we had our last day of nice weather. "Nice" being not 24 degrees outside! It's so cold today!!

Joseph's been doing ok not being able to run around outside as much so far, but he does get a little antsy at times. I've got to sharpen my mommy-inside-activities-skills and keep him busy.

I couldn't believe it when I looked over and he was trying to climb up the fence! Wasn't he just a little baby a minute ago? Didn't he just depend on us to feed him, clothe him, hold him?!

He sure got a kick out of this new trick! I guess I did too. Good ol' chain-link fence!

That's about as high as he got, but that's pretty good! I was comfortable with that but much higher and I might have had to step in and blow the mommy referee whistle!

And my crazy cherry tomato plant...that didn't put out all summer...and nothing on the one from last year for that matter...decided to put on some tomatoes in late fall! Good grief! I went ahead and pulled these but only one turned red. I ate it with much gusto! (It wasn't that good...)

And I finally figured out how these walnuts were getting themselves in the fence. I asked Josh if he had been doing it, then much to my better judgment thought they were falling from the tree, bouncing on the ground and impaling themselves in the fence. I never actually saw the culprit until Joseph told me he stuck that walnut in the fence! That makes much more sense. ;)

Farewell long days outside...until next spring my friend. Our tools will lay awaiting repair on the slide, patio furniture and bbq grill until then.