The Bunnies Have Friends. Big Friends

Maybe putting hot sauce on the green beans made the bunnies mad.  Looks like they’ve gone out and found some muscle in their fight against the humans in the garden. Half-eaten tomatoes and big bites out of cucumbers aren’t the work of rabbits; then today Bud saw a big groundhog waddle out of the garden [...]

Tabascoing the Bunnies

I love to garden.  And I love to watch the bunnies frolicking in my yard.  However, I DO NOT love to watch the bunnies frolicking through my garden, eating the green beans. I took care of the problem, but have to admit to feeling a bit sorry for the little bunny seen from the kitchen window by [...]

I Could Float An Ark In My Back Yard

I haven’t blogged since February.  Really??  February???? Guess I need to get better organized.  But then, I’ve been really busy.  Really, really busy.  And last month I got even busier, what with the new calling at church and all.  I’m not complaining mind you, just trying to justify my neglect of things. Before I continue, [...]

What a Beautiful Day!

This was the kind of day we wait all year for – high in the 80′s, bright and sunny most of the time, humidity not terrible, light breeze.  Too bad they can’t all be like this. I spent two hours with two garden hoses, watering the garden, the young fruit trees, the strawberry bed, the chrysanthemums [...]

It Feels Like Fall

The nights are chilly now and today stayed that way.  Leaves are browning and beginning to fall, the grass is burned up from lack of rain, and not much is growing. I picked what are probably my last tomatoes a few days ago but there are still many peppers coming on – if the weather [...]

Canning Salsa, Among Other Things

I had so much to do today I didn’t know where to start, but decided to can salsa anyway.  That was after I worked on a church presentation most of the morning and fixed the food for dinner guests. I have a lot of Roma tomatoes and someone had to do something with them.  I’ve [...]

When Does Life Slow Down?

I’m a grandmother of 16.  Shouldn’t I be sitting in a rocking chair, wrapped in a shawl and crocheting blankets or something? Instead, I hardly have time to eat, let alone sit and rock (although I don’t seem to be losing weight – hmmm).  Between a week’s vacation, out of town trips to work on a [...]

What a Glorious Day

I feel like bursting out in song, something like “Oh, What A Beautiful Morning” from Oklahoma. No one would want to hear that though (not the song – my singing), so I have spent the afternoon working in the yard.  I have pruned dead wood out of lilac bushes, pulled weeds from flower beds all [...]

Sweet Potatoes

Me:  I need to bring in the sweet potatoes before we get a hard frost tonight. He (with a puzzled look):  You didn’t get any.  I mean, the plants are just vines with nothing on them. Me:  They’re potatoes.  They grow IN the ground and you dig them up. He:  Oh.  I knew that. So, [...]

Busy, Busy, Busy

This is the time that tries men’s souls, or something like that. No, we aren’t getting ready for another Revolutionary War around here, just another campaign season.  While I love doing the work of a trustee, I can’t say the same about running for the office.  Iam not a hand-shaking, back-slapping, good-fellow-well-met sort of person [...]