Peaches n Pumpkins

What? Peaches n Pumpkins? Yep. What I thought was a crazy hair-brained idea to buy some bare root fruit trees and plant them and expect fruit? It was weird to plant a tree with no root ball or anything but a stick. Well, the peaches are here and they are great. All the trees are doing great. And the pumpkin plant is a behemoth, it sprawls from the planter boxes into Benny n Jet's yard. We must have planted it way too early because they are already mature and we had to harvest them. First pumpkins up in the hood.

Benny

Benny has had a busy summer camping, boating, and everything in between. He has fit in to our family perfectly. He's a great little man, loves the boat and swimming. Sleeps in the car, and he has his crazy energy blasts that are hysterical. He has a lot of personality and is super funny. Jet has figured out now that Benny is getting bigger and he has got to respect him. He camped out with Shan and I last weekend on the boat at Detroit. And yes... he's a bed hog!

Shan's project

So, Shan had what I originally thought was a hair-brained idea, which turned into a really cool wall. Shan set up a project area in the driveway complete with covered area to keep you out of the heat while you saw-all off the boards and prep them with a little belt sanding, then the stain is applied. Different tones she used so every board is different. Sawzalling the boards off also kept the original nails in all the boards. It is hard work to collect the pallets, recruit some family members to help transform pallets to reclaimed wood, stain it, and lay out the final project in rows to dry. Love the wall... We are going to use the middle support boards from the pallets that has the manufacture stamped on it as a header on the back side of the room.

Cool image

This picture is very worthy to make the blog. Is Benny almost as tall as Jet already??? He's going to be a big boy for sure. Check out the image. Hummm... Benny is growing fast and is way cool. He's a great addition to our camp. We love him. He's fitting in perfectly with our family . He was only eleven weeks old when I took this picture last week when Shan left to go to the store. Where's momma going?