Living in Paradise

Well, we don't actually live in paradise, but we are making our home a uniquely Potter place. While it is certainly no France, we are making the best of our cottage. Today I had the opportunity to take up the brick path I have been laying and reset it in a new design, more conducive to a winding path. Surprising it looks wonderful and uses less brick. Right On! In other news (seriously slow news day here clearly) the girls took Hamish (bunny) outside to change his box and eat our lawn. The lawn, by the way, is growing marvelously in most places which means I now need to figure out how to cut it. Seriously, the lawn is not worth a lawn mower, but perhaps a weed eater would do the trick. Anyhow, after lounging in the sun for several hours, swinging on the tree the girls, Hamish, Serena and I came hungry for dinner. We have one fast Mexican food joint on the mountain, Alberto's, so off we dashed. We grabbed our food and went to a picnic stop on the rim to see if we could see this fire supposedly in the foothills (no sign). Moments into our delicious food MaCall noticed a bee (wasp, yellow jacket, hornet...whatever) hovering...then two, eight, twenty...full of fear (and a slight buzzing sensation in my ear) we ran for the car with the swarm of bees in tow. Screams and giggles erupted as I fumbled for my keys and eventually opened the doors. Once safely there, Serena proposed we eat there, but the girls and I had enough and we drove home. Well, enjoy the pictures below and remember we welcome all visitors here and we promise no bees near our cottage!