I love line-drying our diapers. There's something seeing them hanging out there that makes me feel very peaceful. It feels good to know my clothes dryer isn't eating up energy. It feels good to admire our beautiful collection of diapers. And it feels good to know that I'm not filling up garbage bags with disposable ones. Do you line dry your diapers or clothes when the weather permits? I know some people dry in their garage or have other types of line drying systems set up. I would love … [Read more...]
My garden is planted!
Thanks to my gnomes, I was finally able to get my seeds in the ground today. It's really a late start for a garden here in North Texas, but I chose the veggies that were more likely to survive my tardiness. Before too long, we'll have squash, green beans, black-eyed peas, cucumbers, okra and peppers. Oh yeah...tomatoes, too. Small tomatoes--grape ones and yellow pear ones. I'm looking sooo forward to my ooey gooey cheesey squash, fried okra, stuffed peppers and fresh, crisp beans. Oh, … [Read more...]
Gnomes!!!
Yep. Gnomes. Our next door neighbors are a very sweet and wonderful couple. They are kind, fascinating, hard working people that I have tons of respect for. It's a great thing to have good neighbors, you know it? We have lots of them. Mainly retired widows and retired lesbian couples. But this particular non-lesbian couple have a love for gnomes. They collect them. There are gnomes of all shapes, sizes and expressions both in their home and in their yard. Ceramic ones, plastic ones, … [Read more...]
A day in the country
Today the kids and I went out to my Mom's house in the country. She bought some cattle yesterday and the kids love seeing the baby calves, so we headed out to check out the newbies. The babies were precious. There was one little white one who, while he was nursing, stuck his tail straight up in the air and hooked the very tip of it over in the shape of a candy cane. When he would get really excited, he'd flick it back and forth really fast. I love how exciting babies of all kinds get about … [Read more...]
Waiting for the rain
Yesterday I didn't take pictures of my yardwork endeavors, but I accomplished some major things out there! I got 2 flower beds cleaned out, 3 blisters on my hands, 1 splinter and 1 rose thorn under the fingernail. Note to self: buy gardening gloves. I am very proud though...these beds have been basically untouched for close to a decade if I'm figuring the history of the house correctly. You can imagine the root systems on some of these plants! It's a big job for my hoe! We're expecting … [Read more...]