I'm lying in bed, reading my book in preparation for sleep, when Pepe decided to announce his presence outside the window! So-o-o-o I came flying out of the bedroom, shutting the door behind me, and decided to visit LJ for a while. I believe this is the first visit of the year for us. We don't get as excited about skunk visits as when we had a dog ( Read more... )

Everything is coming together nicely, I'm pleased to say. Transplanted more tomato plants (Roma, Beefsteak) & Husk Tomatoes (Ground Cherries) Still have a few flower starts upstairs which are too tiny to put outside yet.The packet of sunflower seeds I bought a while back says the flowers only get six inches tall. To me, that's not a sunflower! So I ( Read more... )

I don't talk about politics here, but this was just cute. I pulled into a parking spot and the car in front of me had a bumper sticker that said, "RE-ELECT  NOBODY". While I was thinking about that, an older woman came up to the car and took a picture of the bumper sticker with her phone. That's what I thought was cute. Wonder if the picture will ( Read more... )

Kind of a lazy day today. Wandered around the yards, just looking at everything. Smelled the lilacs. Pulled a few weeds around the Peony bush and tied it up. It's in a tomato cage, but some new branches always escape. There are lots of small buds. It's on the west side of the back yard. Many years ago my neighbor to the east had a Peony that ( Read more... )

I clip coupons and then usually let them expire. Today some of the coupons had additional savings if I would go on line and print them or "clip" them to my card with the company. First was Health Essentials for Aveeno. I signed up with password, name and address, etc., picked the coupon I wanted, then got screen that said I didn't have JAVA, and ( Read more... )

Quick post today. I just remembered I want to plant potatoes tomorrow, and they're not cut up yet. I'll be doing that in a few minutes ( Read more... )

Notes to self and impressions of Cookie Sale 4/18/15: Took a test run to the rest stop on Friday, because I'm a visual person. You can describe things to me until you're blue in the face, but I won't understand it until I see it. At the rest stop I saw/learned: 1. How to make coffee in the thirty-cup percolaters (turned out to be wrong, amount of ( Read more... )

So haven't had time to be on LJ. Cookies are for a sale at a rest stop next weekend. Made 4 out of the 8 varieties I plan to make. The S'Mores Bars are too gooey to go to the sale, but the neighbors thought they were great! The Raspberry Oat Bars, small batch, are going to the sale, but they are crumbly and the jam is sticky. These results lead me ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here at my computer desk, minding my own business when something falls on my head. It was kind of heavy and made a brief noise like a vibration. When I'm sitting here, there is a huge begonia plant tied up over my head, and a wind chime with lots of small shells strung together. The strange thing is that I can't find what fell. Anywhere ( Read more... )

All happened today! I was killing dandelions (with vinegar, lemon juice & dish soap) and made it into the house about 30 seconds before the hail started pounding down, Thank You, God! The temperature is supposed to drop to 20 degrees F. tonight, so Harry brought in the black planter bags from the front porch. He got quite a few things done in the ( Read more... )