Love Craigslist.  Got this great 5+ x 8+ preformed pond for next to nothing.  Hubby put it in the ground yesterday… hot and sweaty job and I love him for it.

Took the dog out for his before bedtime potty and checked the old goldfish pond for my bullfrog.  She was there, in her usual spot (still haven’t gotten a name for her)

So, thought I’d check out the new pond too.  There, sitting on the edge, was a new bullfrog!!!  Noticeably smaller than the old pond frog, identical markings, looks to be a female too.  This pond had been in the ground and filled maybe 5 hours and already coming to life.

Amazing

Keeping in line with self-sufficiency and homesteading philosophies here at Mango Cottage, we hang clothes outside on a clothesline – we have a dryer but rarely use it, only when we absolutely have to.

Today I did whites.

Today our back neighbors have a tree trimming service trimming their big oaks, cutting down diseased and dead tress, and chipping it all in a GIANT chipper/shreader machine.

This creates huge clouds of sawdust, dirt, dust and grime.

The wind is blowing our direction from their yard.

My clothesline is near to and runs parallel with the fence that separates our yards.

I’m grateful I don’t have to wash clothes by hand.  Too demoralized to even take a picture.

Nuff said.