Thanks to my gnomes, I was finally able to get my seeds in the ground today. It’s really a late start for a garden here in North Texas, but I chose the veggies that were more likely to survive my tardiness. Before too long, we’ll have squash, green beans, black-eyed peas, cucumbers, okra [...]
Continue reading...30. April 2008
Yep. Gnomes. Our next door neighbors are a very sweet and wonderful couple. They are kind, fascinating, hard working people that I have tons of respect for. It’s a great thing to have good neighbors, you know it? We have lots of them. Mainly retired widows and retired lesbian couples. But this particular [...]
Continue reading...13. April 2008
Today the kids and I went out to my Mom’s house in the country. She bought some cattle yesterday and the kids love seeing the baby calves, so we headed out to check out the newbies. The babies were precious. There was one little white one who, while he was nursing, stuck [...]
Continue reading...2. April 2008
Yesterday I didn’t take pictures of my yardwork endeavors, but I accomplished some major things out there! I got 2 flower beds cleaned out, 3 blisters on my hands, 1 splinter and 1 rose thorn under the fingernail. Note to self: buy gardening gloves. I am very proud though…these beds have been [...]
Continue reading...31. March 2008
I was in the backyard hanging out diapers on the clothesline and thought to myself, “Hey, I should water our grapevine!” So I finished the diapers, grabbed the hose and started watering the vine. Then I saw the irises needed a drink, so they got the hose. Just look how pretty! At least…I think that’s [...]
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4. May 2008
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