Our Big Red Screen Door!! The Garden and Wildflowers! Sunday At the Ranch!

It's been such a good Sunday 'At the Ranch!'

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Louis Dean's biggest accomplishment was putting up the big red screen door that I bought at Mart's city wide garage sale a couple of  years ago. We were just beginning the new room and that red door set the color scheme!

It is up and functioning!

Our borders are now closed to the swarms of invading flies that we have been swatting all day.

They were literally dancing and frolicking all over the place.

I.do.NOT.like.flies.

About the time the screen door was up, the weather kicked in high gear and the wind gathered itself up and blew over everything in the front room that wasn't tied down. All the windows were open and we didn't get to them fast enough! I had been inside the camper where my friend, Val, was telling me about the sudden storm that blew through Irving, knocked out the power and blew out again. It left without flooding rain this time.

The temps fell when the wind arrived and once it blew itself out, we went down to see all the gardens and critters.

I do so love this place.

These geese are pretty but aggressive.

The pyrenees were hanging around us and the geese are afraid of them so we had safe passage.

Pretty chickens.....

This is the peacock that came from who knows where.

It was good to see he has survived so far. 

Dean and Sherry say they can't put in in the pen with the other two.....

because the two males would probably kill each other.

There's a peahen in there and that's probably what attracted the visitor.

Three of the four baby goats.

They have gown but are still at the cute stage.

The youngest baby.......Baby Goat Elsa.

And the Great Pyre that guards her.

The meadow was looking all pretty and green!

Louis Dean is 'outstanding in his field.'

Next on our tour was Dean and Sherry's garden.

Although my pics are out of order and this pepper came from teh garden patch across from the camper. Louis Dean planted a row of various peppers and I picked this ripe one today.

Sherry's tomatoes.

Pretty as a picture!!!

And her hot peppers!

These look like green bell peppers.

They are supposed to be colored ones.

Sherry doesn't like green ones so if they stay green.........

perhaps we will get them!!!

She has the most beautiful roses.

I've never seen this kind before.

And then there are all the wildflowers......

They are everywhere and different than the ones we had last year!

The black eyed Susan's are my favorite.

These small purple ones are new to the ranch.

They are as beautiful as they are plentiful this year.

"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them."

A.A. Milne

It was a glorious Sunday on the ranch!

And we get to stay all week and have one more Sunday here before we go home!

Win! WIN!!