Berry season is over.. Summer is ticking away....

What a great surprise to see the abundance of wild raspberry and blackberry bushes! We picked about 4 qt of berries; they were juicy and tart and full of flavor!! They have been a nice little treat to have during a break after working with the brush cutter or chain saw.

Regrettably, the chain saw has not been up to the challenge and is at the shop for a new carburetor. Hopefully we'll have it back in the next couple of days. Without it, we have only gotten a smidgen of the work done that we had planned by now.

It has been unseasonably hot (and remember, no AC in the apartment!), but the nighttime temps have helped cool things off.

We have several small wood piles going including the better part of a paper birch that was down in the driveway since last year when we first looked at the property along with lots of smaller branches for use in the early part of the fire.

The driveway is well on its way to being roughed in (don't want the perfect finished driveway in until construction on the house is complete next year).