Missing in action

I know... I know.... I've been missing in action again... But trust me I have not been missing any action.

Look what happened to our apple tree on July 6th. It was the only tree in the back lawn so I really am going to miss it for several reasons, not just the apples. I knew that it's days were numbered because every year it has been losing a limb, and I've noticed when the wind blew lately the whole top would twist on the trunk. So I wasn't suprised when I came home and found it like this.
July 4th we both had the day off work so we decided to go to the livestock auction in Spingville, NY and this is what came home with us. I had not been to the auction in over a year and S.O. had never been there so we really enjoyed our day. He said he wished he had more Wednesdays off so we could go more often.

I finally got a picuture of our Jack Russell puppy uploaded. Meet Ace he is 15 wks old now and just as adorable as the day we got him.

We did finally get our lawn tractor home and mowed the lawn but since then it has been so dry around here that all the grass has turned brown (as you can see in the picture of Ace) and we havn't had to mow since.

I'll post more later today ( I promise) but right now I have to go see if I can get some fencing up around the corral that will keep the goats in. We have been trying to make time to get this done for quite a while so I better quit thinking about it and just go do it.