Happy to report there have been no more dead possum incidents, though the dog has started digging in the garden... so couple solid weeks of "that's a bad dog" around here. It isn't too bad- he's picked spots that needed to be turned over, so if he would just stop kicking the dirt into the …
Continue reading The Texas Garden in November, Mostly Citrus Edition
...you make lemonade. Now, when life gives you explosive 90lb dog diarrhea at 6 am all over the kitchen... the best you can do is say that at least the rest of the day has to all be up from there. Be an optimist about it- yeah! But the next morning, when you find the …
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, …
Reposted from October 2018... Now when it comes to talking about Dia de los Muertos... as a white, middle aged, blond haired, green eyed guera, I consider myself no entitled-ass expert over here or anything. But know this- while I am not Mexican by birth I married one, we're raising three, AND I made alters …
September is almost over and you can finally feel it. It's "cooled off" to only the high nineties most days, no more the 100 degree plus days of July and August, and we've finally had some rain. The plants all look in better shape, with less wilting and more new growth pretty much all around. …
Continue reading That’s September for Ya- County Fair, Gomphrenas, and Bundt Cake
So periodically I like to see what gets dredged up from the mental depths with a post inspired by the first word out of a random word generator. Considering the first word out this go round was "rehabilitation" I almost chunked the whole thing because that seemed pretty damn fraught what with the past year and …
Continue reading Random Word Generator Inspired Post: Rehabilitation
I've needed a new "thing" on the blog for a while- how about a recommendation series? I worked at a garden center for a number of years in college, and there are so many plants that are awesome but don't get the love they deserve- mostly because a particular plant doesn't look good in small …
