Shopping Montana Style

Our little

~Nancy~

is here visiting this week

I love this girl

as if she were my own

Her Dad had to be on a conference call almost all day

So we made a visit to

BigFork

One of the best little shopping towns around the

Flathead Valley

Loved this little shop

She made me get this hat

If you live in Montana you must have a

Hat

We had to eat lunch...isn't this funny

Sushi and a cowboy hat

Sake to me Sushi

 is one of the best I've had

again...in Montana sushi?

This was last week with my good friend

Lilly

who told us about this place

Montana is getting ready for the fall

This little guy was $2800

He's cute but not that cute.......

There is a lot of money

in Bigfork

Lots of celebrities and

wealthy people

come to retire and

live around

Flathead Lake

so that means ....

great shopping or for me

window shopping

The BigFork Inn

a beautiful landmark

into the town

Isn't she so cute?

Love their sign

and their windows

I couldn't get enough of this building

Not very big in size but huge in

style

Wish I would have taken more pictures of the

beautiful shops

Guess I better go back?

Life on the farm

We have gotten all that we are going to do done!

It has been 2 weeks of never ending yard work

getting ready for our family reunion

they will all converge

tomorrow

I made a vat of potato salad

and the fridge is full

so bring em on......

We call this a farm, we don't farm anything

a few years back in Vermont we saw the cutest little

sheep

we had to have some of our own

aren't they just the cutest

The Hubs created this monster

He weed eats all around the posts

Can you imagine weed eating all around this place?

He also mows, his favorite thing to do, really...

I think men like to mow because

then they don't have to hear us ????

See him out there?

This little guy got a make-over a few years ago

isn't he cute?

Almost 5 acres of mowing...

The poor little willow died this year in a

huge fall frost, we think he might come back

I loved this willow he was so beautiful

We love "ole green" look how loaded down

with red rock he is...3 loads this year

Lots of work to unload it but worth it!

The North side gets mowed with the tractor

The valley is hazy today with smoke from

the fires in Canada

Some people are out having fun on the lake,

but no we are working hard

there is no rest for my Hubs......

Wait what's this, and Spanky too

I guess he deserves it!

Welcome to the Front Porch

I am in

~farmhouse~

 mode this month

we love our little

~farmhouse~

we used to spend 6 months a year

~here~

now we come just in the summer for our annual

~family reunion~

that will be next week

we have been doing yardwork

non-stop

The Hubs created a monster

over the last 10 years....

We will start with the

front porch...

Check out the

 Before & After Party at

Debbiedoos

&

Outdoor Wednesdays at

A southern day dreamer

Spring

~Summer~
my beloved Kramer on the right
may he R.I.P

~Fall~

Winter..... dahhh

Summer last year

before we lost our roses & pond

Now for this year

I'm not sure  the name of these pretty little

succulants

but I love them....

Some more yard

~before & afters~

The Hubs and Brother Bill made this wagon.....

very cool, but I only filled it with flowers 2 years

too much work watering and

tough seeing the deer destroy all that

hard work

Our 5 acre

*working farm*

the only thing working on it is

US

We have the most beautiful green lake

no one really knows why it turns

such a beautiful color

~Before~

years prior

years prior.....

~After~

newly painted pump

newly stained barrel

newly pecked by

Woody Woodpecker.....

notice giant hole in the barrel

I like the orange mums with the red pump

~Before~

Hubs made this a few years ago

I planted,

 a group effort

for 2 accounting types this is

big for us!

~After~

Newly stained and loving my Zinnias this year

they are suppose to be deerproof

we will see

4 nights and counting

More to come,

we are almost done