I've been playing in the dirt a lot lately. There's nothing that brings me satisfaction and peace like digging and planting. Until recently I've never been great at keeping plants alive, unfortunately, with the exception of vegetable gardens planted in rainy years. Living in North Texas near the Oklahoma border has put our town dead-smack in the center of what's called an "exceptional drought". The past 5 years have been horribly dry to the point that our combined lake level was barely … [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...]