Netty, "compost pumpkins" are the best! Soon you'll have more pumpkins than you need. Maybe your sister will get some pumpkins after all! Doing a...
[ATTACH] Our crepe myrtles are trained as small trees. They were here when we moved, and I'm of the "if it blooms it stays" school of thought. We...
In a span of 11 years, 115 people died in weight lifting accidents at a gym. In 11 years, only one person died of eating a doughnut. Make good...
Kay, lovely photo and very innovative bird feeder. Where did you get it, please? We could use one to supplement the two feeders we have. We...
Easier today than yesterday! Yesterday I did the last of the pumpkins--two people can absorb just so much pumpkin pulp in pies and breads. Any...
It's diarrhea awareness week. Runs to Saturday.
What a lovely, heartening narrative! That dove was one lucky bird to encounter you and your bride. On behalf of all our feathered friends, thank you!
Sjoerd, there is still an equal amount of almonds on the tree. When we shell the ones we have, and the ones to come, we'll weigh them. Pac,...
Gee Netty, how exciting are our lives! Sunday is supposedly a "day of rest" but not if you have almonds that need shelling. Our almond collection...
We saw this young deer in the pasture. Very calm, very photogenic. [ATTACH] Sorry the photo is kind of dark but it was early in the morning.
What do dentists call their x-rays? Tooth pics.
Thank you all for the anniversary wishes, so kind. Today is back to normal. I'm baking four pumpkins for pulp, husband is tidying his workshop,...
Timi likes to nap on my husband's feet. Head tucked against one foot, hind legs against the other. Cat and husband both enjoy it! [ATTACH]
It's Wednesday and our 53rd anniversary! I don't know what I did to deserve such a wonderful husband, but I'm sure glad I did it. We are both...
Skinny people are easier to kidnap. Stay safe, eat cake!
Well, today is "hull the almonds" day. There is an outer hull on almonds, and sometimes it falls off and sometimes it doesn't. [ATTACH] The...
It's almond picking day! We have a bumper crop of almonds, thanks to the spring/early summer rains. We'll be cracking and picking out almonds for...
“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.” - A. A. Milne
Sjoerd, the pumpkins will be "pulpified" and become pumpkin pecan breads, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin pies, and pumpkin cookies. Pac, our gardens...
Never trust a skinny chef.
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