About a month ago, when our friends the Goldmans were visiting from North Carolina, Timmy and Johnny had apples as a snack. “Um, okay…I guess that’s exciting…” Wait, there’s more! I promise! Timmy typically makes one pass around an apple, taking off the skin and any flesh underneath that the first set of bites will … Read more
This is what much of my drive up I-59 and I-81 looked like last month. If you’re unfamiliar with the southeastern U.S., you might have never seen this. Having lived in North Carolina for 3 years, there were areas where we came to expect it. So…what is kudzu? You can read the details, from the … Read more
On May 30th I saw a black swallowtail butterfly flitting around my herb garden. A familiar sight, we’d seen many of them when we lived on the east coast of Florida, North Carolina, Nebraska and now again we’re greeted. I knew what she was doing — laying eggs! The next day I scoured the herbs … Read more
UPDATE: Whatever is going on is related to my Safari browser. So here I am using Firefox and everything seems fine. Phew! Apparently my Blogger account (not Google account, just the Blogging part of it) is having some problems, so I will be attempting to do some blogging via e-mail, which is the only way … Read more
Isn’t he cute???? So here’s our first watermelon. There are two of them growing right now. This thing is TINY! We’re talking about the size of my thumbnail…see how big the blades of grass look? Our garden is doing well, although the lack of rain has made it a struggle. Yesterday afternoon and overnight last … Read more
Last night the boys asked to make homemade salsa. We were coming home from a fun run last evening and I told the boys we could stop at Publix to pick up the things we need. I whipped out my iPhone (“Pardon me while I whip this out….”) and Googled a salsa recipe. I don’t … Read more
And here she is! About 3″ long so far. There’s another one on an adjacent vine that’s a little smaller, I’ll call that one #2!
In 2009 I had tried hand-pollinating pumpkins for the first time. (If you click the link, make sure to start at the bottom and work your way up, the posts are appearing in reverse chronological order). After seeing award-winning pumpkins at the NC and NE State Fairs, I wanted to learn more about how one … Read more
I was planning to be scarce from the blogosphere while Dave and I attend a “Squadron Commander’s Course” at the base all week. The kids were going to the before- and after-school child care. But on Tuesday, Jacob came home from school looking and feeling pretty poor, and had a 101F fever. I kept Jacob … Read more
…How does your garden grow? In this location, with lots of containers! The wooden frame around the small containers was left here by the homeowner. He had made a sandbox, but never used it. He said we could use it as a sandbox…um…that’s okay. It’ll be more of a bench for our container garden. Definitely … Read more