admin | August 31, 2009
It was just an ordinary morning. We were just doing chores, feeding chickens, and minding our own business getting ready to go to the dentist, When…….. We have an egg! In Samuel’s chicken coop! This is so Eggciting! We have done the happy egg dance and completely lost track of [...]
admin | August 30, 2009
Well, it is official, I am definitely country now. We all went up to the Fairgrounds this afternoon to enter some of my canned goods into the county fair! I have entered my Spaghetti Sauce, Blackberry Jam, Peach Jam, Pumpkin Butter and Pear Honey. I have never done anything like [...]
admin | August 29, 2009
One of my clients asked if I wanted some pears the other day. “Heck yeah”, I think was my response. She wanted the boys and I to come and pick her small pear tree. She told me that she lost a limb already due to a storm.
So we went over [...]
admin | August 25, 2009
Roscoe enjoyed the cool yet partially sunny Sunday as well.
Roscoe is an old dog so naps are more frequent nowadays. Sometimes we really have to look and make sure that he is still breathing. Today I think he had found the perfect spot. Right in the middle of the side yard.
I [...]
admin | August 24, 2009
Quinn was off work Saturday morning so he took the boys into Nashville for the Dragon Boat Races on the Cumberland river. They had such a good time. They had hot dogs, snow cones, shaved ice and even a funnel cake.
There was lots to see and do… a really nice family event. [...]
admin | August 23, 2009
After church today it was still pretty cool out. It was in the high 50’s overnight. Yea, fall is coming! Quinn and the boys decided to walk to the creek and try to catch some crayfish or something. I decided to do some much needed weeding in the front flowerbed.
This picture [...]
admin | August 20, 2009
One of my Turkens, a breed of chicken with no feathers on their necks, has a really bad wound on her head. I treated it two days ago with ointment and it looked a little better but today it looks like it got opened up again. I guess the others are either picking [...]
admin | August 17, 2009
The case of the Mystery Plant has been closed.
It turns out we have a Princess Tree. The bad news is that it is a tree and it is not a perennial. More bad news is that it is on the Undesirable list. Apparently it is a huge tree with ugly flowers that [...]
admin | August 16, 2009
We had a very busy day again today. I am at the point now where I wish there were about 3 more hours in the day so I can get everything done. After church we went to a church member/friends house for a little get together. Gosh it was a ton of [...]
admin | August 12, 2009
Excerpt from my ‘MyYahoo’ homepage weather report:
Greenbrier, TN
SEVERE WEATHER ALERT
Forecast Details:
Plenty of sunshine. High 84F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.
Yikes. There is a severe weather alert today? I guess with all the rain we’ve been having we should be alerted to sunshine?! Looks like we will even have a break [...]
