We have a shallow watering station for butterflies (butterflies don't swim well, so it is shallow) that the birds have discovered. They have their...
I'm not talking about tasting and critiquing, but about the ghastly contests where contestants cram as much food down as possible in a short...
I found this article on AP News this morning. Good reading, good advice, and saves money (something dear to my heart!)....
I've been told, on road trips, to "eat where the locals eat." Why? I know what the locals around here eat, and some of it is okay and most of it...
When I open a tin of tuna I drain it into a kitty bowl and put it out for Timi and Buddy. Buddy is especially fond of tuna water and laps it up...
Birds around here haven't been acting normal. We had a house sparrow come to the hummingbird feeder and dip its beak! Sorry for the blur, but you...
This is mostly for US members, but anyone can chime in and be welcome! Did you watch Great American Recipes on PBS Friday night? It features "home...
Cats have 32 muscles in each ear to help them ignore you better.
A native Texas tree called the Retama is blooming in the corner of our barn lot. We planted it shortly after we moved here, and it has survived...
There is a program on TV called House Hunters. Prospective home buyers always need more room to entertain, more bedrooms for relatives to stay and...
To fathers, proudly refusing to ask directions since 1845. Also, Thanks Dad, you did a great job. I turned out awesome!
For the last few days we've had a red bellied woodpecker hanging around the feeder and watering station, and going up and down a nearby tree. So...
My husband was mowing the front lawn, and came in to ask, What is that little pink rose in the front bed?" I was surprised, flabbergasted, and oh,...
Our compost pile developed a pumpkin vine,and, lo and behold, we have a pumpkin! Anyone for pumpkin pie in June? [ATTACH]
We have barn swallows nesting in a corner of the house. We are leaving it because it isn't over a doorway or in the carport. Sometimes I get the...
There was a broom closet in the kitchen--too small to be of any use. so we "repurposed" it to be useful as a wine closet. Take off the doors, add...
We had two of these on the screens this morning. Either they aren't getting enough to eat, or are on a very strict diet! Locally they are called...
Australians are just British Texans. (I love this!)
This is a quote from Bill Engvall, a really funny man: In 1903 the Wright brothers invented the airplane. In 1902 they took a cross country road...
I was going to send a private message, then thought there are so many good cooks on this forum, that I'd beg a recipe from DanielW on an open...
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