This week felt like summer already. The days were warm, high 70s, and even the nights didn't cool down too much. 
The bullfrogs in the pond are fighting for territory and who's getting a girl ... I wouldn't mind at all but they're making an awful lot of noise doing so, especially at night!

        

        

We went for another 'repeat' hike on Sunday, this time at the Trappist Abbey in Lafayette.

    

Last time we were here we hiked part of the outer Guadeloupe Loop, the Hermit's Trail and the St Juan Diego trail but this time we took the Monk's trail and the rest of the Guadeloupe Loop.

                                       

Just before we took of we came across this sign:

They only strap that sign on the gate of there were actual sightings so we were a little more cautious and on the lookout than previously.

We were early enough for the morning to be still nice and cool and very quiet:

                 

It's a beautiful area and you often see wildlife. We only came across one deer but there were lots of birds everywhere.  
It was a beautiful hike!                          

     

Back at the ranch we'd planned to clean the RV and the car and replace all four of the old, leaking awnings with new ones I'd ordered last year from Sunwave on E-bay.
Priced at $100 they're cheaper than most, where an 18' one usually costs somewhere around $200!

The original ones that came with the RV aren't made anymore and these new ones are slightly different in color and material but they work just fine with the blue and green striping and decals of the RV.
The smaller awnings over the slides were all white and cost even less.

The top picture is the old and the bottom the new one:

                                           

                                               

It was a lot of work though and it took us longer than we thought but we got them all done!
By the time we put the last one up we were pros!
We didn't manage to wash the RV, or the car, but there's always tomorrow ...

I've been reseeding, for the third time, some lettuce, arugula and spinach and finally, finally some are coming up. Third time's a charm!

That weird, tall green stuff growing through the roof of the cage there in the picture on the right is an Egyptian Walking Onion or Tree onion.
Yeah, I hadn't ever heard of it either!                 

         

They grow like normal onions but instead of growing bulbs on the bottom they form small, marble seize bulblets at the top. 
When they get heavy, the stalk bends over and the bulblets grow roots. They can walk almost 3 feet in one season!

You can eat the whole plant, they're like spring/green onions when young and like leek when older, as well as the little onions from the top.

These are my berries, 2 blueberries on the left and 2 raspberries on the right (a red and a yellow one).
They flowered well and I can't wait for the first fresh berries!