So, not gonna ease into it: on top of everything else going on, my 16 year old cat Wally got hit in the road this week. He so seldom went in the street, it’s kinda hard to process that’s how it ended for him.
Continue reading “Some Sad News”
Texas has lost its ever loving mind, I tell you what.
Continue reading “Texas in May, Mothers’ Day, and (Mostly) at Home we Stay”
I am resolved to stop with beginning blog posts with “It’s been a busy couple of weeks…” Considering we have three kids, multiple house projects, two full time jobs, and holidays and visitors moving through the calendar and house that is obviously a “no shit, it’ll be like that till ya die” statement. So like, here is a recap of some of the recent goings-on.
Continue reading “A Day in the Lonesome October”
(Originally posted a few years ago, but reposting due to upcoming swimsuit season.)
Fishing and watching River Monsters re-runs has completely ruined me on swimsuit shopping. Look, I had a bit of a shark phobia to begin with, but now getting eaten by a catfish is a real fear too? (FYI, it’s always catfish. Or Tiger Fish.) Ugh. It’s amazing I love the water as much as I do.
Continue reading “Of Swimsuits and Fishing Lures”
Happy Mother’s Day!
We’re just back from a camping trip with a group of our friends- 12 adults and 16 kids out in Junction, TX. I broke my fishing pole but landed the fish that broke it. And the campsite one over from us had a 4′ rattlesnake that had to be relocated by the park ranger- our girls and their cousin were the ones that found it. Two out of our 3 children refused to wear shoes. And we took a canoe trip with most of the group and all of the toddlers.
There was a toddler overboard moment (wear your life jackets, folks. he was fine.) and a couple or four crying toddlers (ours was one of those.) Though I asked her the next day and she said she loved the boats, sooo… don’t let it stop you from doing stuff like that with them. Toddlers are resilient and selectively forgetful.) Packs of children running around like indians. Campfire coffee and smoke and hammocks and fun. All capped off with an hour-too-long sunburned drive home. But it was awesome and the setting of a river among arid hills is my very, very favorite.
While we were away, the tomatoes are growing like gangbusters:
Sweet 100
Sungold
Sungold wins for the first set of the season!
HM 1823- And, a tomato setting on this one too!
Bobcat- stocky and looking good!
The older new garden. Triangle garden? Office window garden? Am I going to have to name these things?
View down on the Mexican Olive Tree in the middle of the bronze fennel
Mexican Hat along the new fence
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