Living in the (almost) country

One of the reasons why we love our new house so much is that it's a little teeny bit like living in the country. Except with a Costco three minutes away.

One challenge: weeds! We had a glorious rainy season and waited way too long to buy a lawn mower, which left me with weeds taller than Ella:

Our poor mower made it through the bulk of the weeds before dying a tragic death. We now need a new mower quickly before the weeds regroup.

In happy news, our grapevines survived! There are loads of tiny little green grapes -- we'll see how they taste.

Guess where I stopped mowing? Thankfully, this tree was already dead before the weeds surrounded it and took over. If anyone feels like having a wood-chopping party, just let me know.

I felt almost bad mowing down all of the beautiful flowers.

Werner got stung by a scorpion a couple of weeks ago, and we promptly called our scorpion-killing friend who came and sprayed the house for us. No more sightings, thank goodness, and Werner said that the after-effects were some of the strangest feelings ever.

We also had baby birds in our carport! Mama bird laid her eggs and was very protective whenever any person or dog tried to walk underneath her nest. All four of the eggs hatched, and it was fun to stand underneath the nest and hear them peeping. The last of the four flew off today, but maybe they'll come back next year.

Suffice to say, we enjoy our house!