Month: July 2025

Thursday Blogging 7-31-2025

The work that we have put into the pollinator garden is paying off!
Our passionflower is fruiting.
The sunflowers love it here.
Luscious and green.
We even have tall sunflowers grown in a pot from seed.

Zel and David are happy to deliver biscuits to the SPCA.

Brandon cutting up outside.
Cleve really enjoys taking care of the yard.
Brianna found a delicious recipe for our acorn squash.
Herb and parmesan baked acorn squash turned out amazing!
CL and Maryann prepping to make homemade stir fry for lunch.
Maryann and CL are grilling buddies.
Brianna made brownies to share with us after lunch.
Chocolatey goodness. Yum!
Steve cleaning up. Thank you Steve.

Serve Youth Volunteers from Pennsylvania 7-23-2025

We were so excited to have a return visit from the youth volunteers of Serve in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania!  These fantastic young folks have been returning to see us each summer for the past several years.  Some familiar faces came back while we met some new folks.  Thank you so much for all of your hard work this week and for choosing us again!  Enjoy the photos showcasing this wonderful group.

 

Thursday Blogging 7-24-2025

Steve and Barbara prepping freshly harvested acorn squash.
David hollowing acorn squash to bake.
Brianna shredding zucchini for bread making.
Our zucchini bread only lasts long enough to take a picture.
Steve likes his cats like his coffee.
Steve, Cleve and Barbara enjoy volunteering at animal control.
Jess and Brandon getting ready to tie dye.
Nicole and Brianna tying shirts for tie dye fun.
David can’t wait to create his shirt.
Jess, Nicole and Brianna are letting their artsy sides show.
Brandon really liked all of the colors.
Brianna has a strategy.
CL is partial to bright colors.
Ken picked Bengal team colors.
David and Cleve are tie dye pros.
Steve and Barbara checking out the designs.
Zel is envious of his colors.
Brianna and her dragonfly masterpiece.
Brandon was excited to plant bulbs in the pollinator garden.
Can’t wait to see how beautiful the flowers will be.
Houston, we grew our first sunflower!
Steve says he is ready for the hot dog cart.
Our passionflower has grown halfway up the trellis.
Brianna harvested fresh red cabbage from our garden.
David jamming out.
Zel and Maryann making chocolate chip cookies for our youth volunteers.
David, Brandon and Cleve making dog biscuits for animal control and SPCA.
CL cut up onion and red cabbage to cook with kielbasa. Yum!
Steve, Jadia and Kevin putting in the new butterfly watering hole.
Nancy girl is still hanging out with us and waiting for a home.
Brandon and Maryann sharing watermelon with the chickens.
Nothing says summer like our gorgeous hibiscus.

 

Thursday Blogging 7/17/2025

Zel, Brandon, Rachel and Finn at our hot dog cart event last Friday.
CL and Robin at the hot dog cart. It was great to see you!
Brianna and her grandparents enjoying lunch together.
Zel and Calvin working.
Steve says nothing beats a great hot dog.
Brandon got a homerun!
Brianna testing out pro pitch baseball toss.
Brandon and Kyle checking the rain gauge after a storm.
Chef David whipping up some spaghetti for our cafe lunch.
David and Maryann make a great team in the kitchen.
Brandon, Kevin and Cleve delivering treats to the SPCA and Animal Control.

Kevin and Brianna processing catnip.
Thank you Manna Cafe for a delicious orange chicken meal.
Full bellies and great company at Manna
Cafe.

Thursday Blogging 7-10-2025

We are all excited.
Kevin, Zel and David constructing a birdbath.
David loading the birdbath with lava rocks.
Kevin adding the final touch to the project to attract bees and butterflies.
If you build it, they will come.

Who knew we could grow potatoes?
Zel and Maryann making chocolate chip cookies for Youthworks volunteers.
CL volunteered to make cat toys for local kitties.
Brianna making cat toys to support the member activity fund.
Brandon planting the hibiscus tree that we were gifted. Thank you Thomas!
Brandon is hoping the hibiscus is hardy.
Ken and Brandon worked on fractions.
Steve and Jadia showing Calvin the bucketball game.
Zel and David checking out one of our new games.

 

 

Thursday Blogging 7-3-2025

Everyone was in the mood for zucchini bread, so we made it fresh.
All hands on deck for zucchini bread.
Great job, it was delicious.
Chef-Boyar-David and Maryann making a chocolate strawberry cake for the Wachapreague Carnival.
Connie came from Kiwanis to pick up the carnival cake. Thank you for the opportunity.
Brandon was a huge help with putting the mower belt on.

Brianna dehydrating fresh rosemary from our herb garden.
Steve and Jadia are finding all of the best reads.
Zel and David are looking up books using the ShoreCat catalog.
Kevin and Cleve delivering our homemade dog treats to the SPCA.
Kevin put new magnets on the No Limits vehicles.
New magnet for the case management ride.

We are good at socializing feral kittens.
We got a new baseball game. Let’s play ball.
Steve is on team Orioles.
David says he is going to win.
Calvin winds up for the pitch.
Music zoom with Kyler was fun. Thank you for the instruments!
Brianna made cucumber salad for the group with our fresh veggies.

Our bee friend likes the pollinator garden.