Clearly there is not enough floor space in my 2650 square foot house to allow my cats to not have to cram into their carriers two at a time!! (Calvin & Malcolm pictured here) 

Me in gardening progress.... 

L.C. of course, loves the new garden. Loose dirt to roll around in, what is not to like? 

This is what I just finished - a small vegetable garden ! Compliments of MK, Amy & Ninja-G, via a Home Depot gift card for my b-day (this is the first half). 

Here it is weeded...this weekend's project. Doesn't look like much, but I sure was sore. 

This is my back garden area. As you can see, I hadn't weeded there in the last round on working on the yard. 

This is the latest project...this is an air compressor (named Fluffy), that is going to be powered (we hope) by a VW Rabbit engine (named Rabbit). Combined together, it is now named Fluffy Bunny. It's not quite done yet, but almost.... 

So my Gramma and her senior citizen friends are trying various ways to raise money to keep their senior center open. This is an article from the local paper, that covers the "Rockathon" that Gramma participated in. People sponsored her 30 minutes of rocking. Gramma is 88. She rocks! LOL :) The caption says, "Three generations from one family rock at the Ypsilanti Senior Center's Rochathon on April 29. From left to right, Connie Chapman, her daugher Melissa Chapman, and Connie's mother, Thora Keene. 

There he is - Teddy in his new stand ! :) 

View - top down. 

Oh yea - almost forgot. No shop is complete without a drill press. 

Here is Teddy's stand all welded up. Now it just needs to be cleaned and waxed. It is so heavy, I can barely lift it.  

The machine you see here is called an ironworker. And you thought an iron worker, was just someone that worked with iron, right? 

Here is the stand Chuck is making for Teddy - work in progress. This is a couple of days ago. 

Oh yea - you can't work on iron without a forge. Who knew we would have one of those. (I had never even seen one before.) 

L.C. is SO happy it has warmed up. She darts out whenever you open the door. L.C. says "hi" to Bob! 

Another pretty one, that also needs a bit of work. That's Chuck's semi in the background. It's name is Nitty Gritty. 

Fred, the prior owner, put in some pretty plants/trees. This one needed some pruning and got it last weekend. (After this picture.) It's like alfalfa, with the sticking up branch. 

This is 6 days later. Gotta love Spring. 

This was April 15th. 

Spring. 

Sometimes we just use our dress to clean up. 

Aleigha...for such a little girl, she has a big shadow. 

Aleigha with Mom. 

Pop !