With the holidays coming, some folks who don't process sugar and sweets well may feel a bit left out of the cookie/cake/pie frenzy. Here are two...
I had previously posted a photo of Gorg, our Easter Island statue, placed on top of a stump in our front yard. In the spirit of the season, my...
I am not gifted with crafts, but this has worked for me for several years. When we go to buy our fresh Christmas tree, we see a pile of free tree...
This past weekend was the second weekend of the Cornell U. feeder watch, and we finally got some birds! We had 13 species, which was 'way more...
We've been here on the farm for nearly 10 years, and today my husband saw our first red fox! It ran across the road, across the front yard, and...
And if she was, do you have any family recipes to share? I grew up thinking my mom was a great cook. After all, that is what she said, and moms...
We've had a "super moon" for the last few nights, an occurrence that won't happen again until 2030, or thereabouts. Frankly, I didn't see anything...
We are fortunate in that we don't have deer damage in our yard or gardens. We've seen only one deer in nine years. We have rosemary in the flower...
I admit to being frugal (my husband says I throw nickels around like manhole covers), and there is a relatively new low-price, no frills grocery...
I have been parceling out my small store of shelled pecans to make sweet breads for the holidays. When I went to the hair salon today, one of the...
Earlier I had posted about a trip to a rose nursery and coming home with seven roses. One of them was David Austin's Sophy's Rose. She bloomed...
My husband built a raised bed for our garlic (he is such a good gardener!) and I planted cloves a week ago. We've had good rain since, and this...
Yesterday after the mist and fog cleared, we had a double rainbow appear over the far field: [ATTACH] I was hoping for two pots of gold, but...
We have two Passionvines planted on purpose for the Gulf Fritillary butterflies (host plant). The vines were thriving, and even bloomed. Here is...
We recently had a large hackberry tree taken down that was threatening our home, and our lives. The 3' stump provided an opportunity to do a...
I know this sounds silly, but I am still going to ask. I wash a lot of cleaning cloths and workshop cloths in my clothes washer. I've noticed that...
I've mentioned before that we go to Chamblee's in Tyler Texas to get roses--huge selection of very healthy roses, and the place smells wonderful!...
Hank had asked how the cattle next door were doing, so my husband took our camera out this morning when all four (yes, four!) were out. Here are...
May you all be safe, and may you dodge the damage that Matthew is carrying. Please let us know how you are, as soon as you can. Meanwhile, you...
I often bring fresh breads to the hair salon, simply because the stylists and the clients are such nice people (and I love the cooing sounds they...
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