Looking back here on my LJ, I realized that I never posted about what I've been dealing with the last 2 months.

On July 1st, Mark and I were out at the barn helping to bring in the first cutting of hay. While we were there, Josephine, the barn owner, told us that she had found a litter of kittens in the tractor shed with no momma. She watched them ( Read more... )

My garden is doing well. I got lots of good veggies from it, made lots of zucchini bread, and now I am knee deep in tomatoes. :D


( Read more... )

The garden is growing well. ;D

Click to view

Here is an update on my garden. So far, so good...

Click to view

Of course, we won't know if it's successful until harvest time, but since I haven't killed it yet, I think it's a fair bet. ;D

Those of you who know me, know I am a self-proclaimed black thumb. I am awful at gardening, but every year I try to grow at least tomatoes and basil. The past 2 years I have had a "pot" garden of containers on my deck. I had some small success, but not much. And I had to eb careful who I told that I lived in a "cat house" and was growing a pot ( Read more... )

Way back in 1999, Mark and I hosted two foreign exchange students for a year. One was from Japan and one was from a tiny country on the Russian Steppes called Tuva. They were Ritsuya (Ricky) and Aydemir (Aydem ( Read more... )

I realized today that my life is centered around waiting for death. It’s not a pleasant thing to think about, nor is it what I want my life to be about, but there it is. Every day I go to my client in Rebersburg, and if he is still in bed when I arrive, the first thing I do is check to see if he is breathing. I think, “Is this the day I find him ( Read more... )

I dunno how many of you remember my client in Rebersburg and his grand-niece's horses. He lives on a family farm and the horses are in a small pasture right next to his trailer. A good portion of the pasture is taken up by a pond. There is no fence keeping the horses out of the pond. Nokomis, the youngest mare, was born in winter and learned early ( Read more... )

I guess it's safe to say that 2010 was a great deal better than 2009. With the exception of my brother's wife passing away suddenly, the year has been remarkably uneventful ( Read more... )

I have donated 4 of my completed Cracker Box Ornaments for auction to raise funds for two of the cat rescues I support. Please share far and wide to get the word out on these auctions. Each one of these ornaments represents hours of work. Auction ends Monday, ornaments will be shipped USPS Priority Mail and will be delivered before Christmas. Thank ( Read more... )