Another blogger bites the dust.

My daughter, Cindra (formerly chikkentales.wordpress), shut down her two blogs. Without any warning. And this is the girl that got me into this!
When my sister, Charlene,  got Cindra into blogging, I wondered how Cindra would have time for it. She said, “Oh, Mom, it doesn’t take long. I’m on the computer all day for work, and [...]

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The seasons come, the seasons go.

I’ve been cutting back plants in the garden this week. It seems like our bloom season just started, yet for many things in my garden, it’s ending. The iris have all wilted and I’ve cut them down so that I can see other flowers coming up behind them.  I won’t see them again until next [...]

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This one’s for T.

When I’m sitting at the computer ‘blogging’, T always asks if I’m blogging about the Little Red Express. Well, here you go, T. Now I’m blogging about the LRT.
Just as reading, and the gardens and flowers, are my passion – things with engines in them are T’s passion. And he is all about Mopar. This last year, it’s the [...]

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To whack or not to whack?

Our front yard is fairly small, as is my garden, and my ’secret’ garden. All three areas are very managable sizes – I’m playing out there – not working.  That is the way I like it.
I’m all about digging in the dirt. I like everything to do with the plants, fruits, veggies. I even like to weed! [...]

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The $%&#*@ whirly-gigs are winning.

Normally, I like to mow. After today? Not so much. I had carpal tunnel surgery on both wrists several years ago. My wrists were slow to heal, and I didn’t have much strength in them for some time. So we bought my cute little 13 inch, electric mower to make it easier for me to mow - and I [...]

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One of life’s little inconsistencies. And some jam.

Miss Kitty is a priss. She’s always been prissy. She’s picky and finicky. She hollers if you can see ANY portion of the bottom of her dish – it MUST be completely full in order for her to dine properly. And she MUST have her throne for her beauty sleep.

Why then, every morning, does she [...]

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I made it all by myself!

Woo hoo! My first garden ‘bounty’.
    
                                          It’s GOOSEBERRY JAM!
We planted a gooseberry bush three years ago, in honor of T’s dad, who loved them. The last two years I’ve only gotten enough fruit to make one pie each year. I would use the fruit after it turned purply-red and was soft.
Right now, the bush [...]

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Not the sharpest hoe in the garden…

I walked out into the yard and garden this morning, just looking around and admiring, and I had to laugh.  I’ve got plants coming up on top of plants. And don’t even know what some of them are anymore! Like this one. I’ll have a little surprise coming when it blooms!

After raising three kids alone, [...]

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I say ‘eclectic’!

I’m enjoying being back in the house. After seven months in the motor home – our little home feels palatial to me! And I’m enjoying the treasures we brought back from the desert.
When I called my sister, Caryl, from Arizona, to tell her about my great treasures – she was less than impressed. First off, she [...]

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And So Grows the Garden.

It’s just about my favorite time of year. I can walk out into the yard or the gardens, and practically see things growing.  
Lupine is coming up in the front yard and in the fenced garden area.  I only have pink ones and these purply/blue varieties.

                                                                            Pretty faces.
                                                      
I love the little faces on [...]

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