Listening to the continuing rain. It started Saturday afternoon, but I did manage to get some time in at my personal “swim club.” The handiwork at the top right is WM’s effort to keep Murphy and Jack (the boxer living…
Succulent birdbath garden
Back in April as I was chasing Murphy around the yard I tripped over something that turned out to be a birdbath buried underneath the ivy that covers the back third of our backyard. After some Pinterest researching, here’s what…
Around the House
This summer all of the HGTV we’ve been watching finally began to stick, because we did quite a lot of work around the house. WM built a work bench for the garage. It’s spiffy. Next he built some above-window shelves…
Currently, mid-April edition
Eating pounds of Easter bread that I baked this weekend. I am just a load of carbs, and I didn’t even have any Easter candy. Waiting for our grass out front to grow. We seeded it 10 hours ago and…
February update
Hello, lovelies! I was going to quietly sunset this blog after the last post but UGH I miss it too much. So you’re stuck with sporadic updates until I die or retire and can’t afford hosting, I guess. Today is…
My defeat garden
(not to become a Victory Garden until it bears edible products) My self-mutilation is healing quite well. I think. Cleaning it isn’t so bad and bactine is now sting-free. (Kids are wimps these days…sting-free bactine, custom flavored medicine, gumdrop vitamins)….
I beg your pardon…
Somewhat lazy weekend. We cancelled the yard sale due to dampness and rain, and the fact that we couldn’t get everything together in time. Maybe the first Saturday in May? Sunday we finally planted the garden in the bed we…
Catch-up
Thor’s at the theater experiencing part 3 of six but really-hopefully- the last Star Wars movie. As you can tell, I’m not there. To each his own. Now before I go out and start tending to our barren garden…let’s catch…
