Ditch day comes but once in awhile.
Here Della performs a simple magic trick. Abracadabra…
Hands muddy…
Hands relatively clean!
Plugged up at the culvert.
Other ditch day festivities.
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della and george 
Just checking in. Looks like life is treating all of you quite well. A beautiful childhood is being had out there!
Gotta ask though, is Utah like Ireland–no worry about snakes? I just read about someone in Asheville who woke up with a copperhead in her bedroom, so they’ve been, uh, preying on my mind a bit(e)…
My only snake-in-a-bedroom experience occurred at our previous residence just south of Old Town. https://squinksofanink.com/2013/06/08/snake-on-a-crib/
So don’t think you’re safe just because you live in the vicinity of a metropolis!!!
Gah! I know blacksnakes are harmless, but how on earth did it get into your house!?!?
Actually, I was thinking more darkly, of snakes in the ditch, the kind that, uh, bite, nastily?
How’re things going? It looks GORGEOUS out there!
The snake I guess got into the crawl space and then crawled up the wall and into the room through an unfinished eave.
As to your other question, we love it here. The change of lifestyle has not disappointed. Tough transition for the kids at their new school, naturally. But yes, it’s beautiful, and it feels so good to be here.