A Grinding Halt

We are in the Dog Days. Despite the unbearable heat we have been pretty busy. I have found myself nesting - though not in the same way one nests when expecting a baby. I think I'm nesting because soon enough I'll be back at work and I won't be spending quite as much time noticing our outdated light fixtures, plants, the gravel...

In case you were wondering here are some of the fun things going on in the Cherrry-Montgomery household...

Butterfly Trail - with back breaking weed pulling and plenty of raking, we have made a nice little woodland path through our front yard. At the start of it is a butterfly bush (which survived the transplant from Oakwood Drive to Coachway) so we named the path "Butterfly Trail" With some good advice from Ed & Helene we hope to cultivate and plant shade loving and deer resistant plants in the fall. It's a peaceful place...walk along it and it's kindof like walking a labrynth.

The Truman Show - our favorite all-black slinky cat from Charlotte has come to live with us (again). Truman has been relocated from Dan and Paula's by way of Grandmother Cherry's to make his home once again in Chapel Hill. Let's hope he can avoid the cone this time!

"Hi Kitty" - On another cat note, Eliza has discovered that she can talk! It's unmistakable. She can say "Hi Kitty" fairly clearly. Yes, her "first word" was in fact a 2 word sentence. But she does say it to a cat, a zebra, a chimpanzee. So she hasn't quite gotten the full concept. I hope we'll upload videos soon.

Hit the Deck - Our friend and master builder, Luke, is building a deck that will wrap around the sunroom porch. It looks wonderfully structurally sound so far and will be a beautiful outdoor living space soon. And the added bonus is that the uprooted ferns and shrubs once surrounding the sunroom were beautifully transplanted by Uncle Dan to the aforementioned Butterfly Trail. Rest assured if you are reading this you will be invited to a housewarming and see it for your own eyes.

Stay tuned...many more exciting regular everyday accounts of our lives to come.