Walking Around the Back Field

May 13, 2026 It had been long enough that I can’t remember what I did on May 2, other than walking around the back field. I was so busy I didn’t have time to take pictures of my work to jog my memory. Some of the blueberry plants have ripening berries.

The Reign of Destruction Continues with a New Player

May 13, 2026 On May 1, Bruce’s reign of terror and destruction continued as he once again worked on removing Pine Tree One’s stump. He wasn’t going to let a little thing like a moat stop him! A new player entered the field to pull the stump out, Cliff the Big Red Truck. For those […]

Bruce Reigns Terror on Pine Tree One’s Stump with Tractor

May 12, 2026 In the morning of April 30, Bruce continued his reign of destruction on Pine Tree One’s stump. He needed to remove logs from around the stump to reach it from a different angle. After watching Bruce for a bit, I went to check on the garden. I watered to soften up the […]

Update on Recovering from Gallbladder Removal Surgery

May 12, 2026 I am in less pain from my four wounds. Yes, “wounds” is the term used in the “how-to recover and what to watch for” document from the hospital. The surgeon was great about providing a pain management strategy using medication. The rest of the document came standard from the hospital. The document […]

Starting to Dig Out the Stump of Pine Tree One with the Tractor

May 11, 2026 Since Bruce got his tractor, he decided it was time to put it to use. Since this post has a lot of pictures, I am going to see if I can do a read more. It may or may not work.

Mother’s Day

May 10, 2026 Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers. Children, may your mothers live a long, healthy, and happy life. Cherish your mother while you have her. I lost my mother to Alzheimer’s in September of 2024. My loss is still too recent for Mother’s Day to be a good day for me. The […]

Farmer Bruce Gets His Tractor!

May 9, 2026 On April 28, 2026, it rained so much over night we couldn’t really do anything outside. In the morning, with perfect timing, the Rural King tractor salesman called Bruce. Bruce had filled an out a form online asking Rural King to contact him about a tractor. Bruce was exited to hear the […]

Stunning Get Well Flowers from a Dear Friend

May 9, 2026 My dear friend Jeanne, who blogs as ajeanneinthekitchen.com, sent me a stunning flower arrangement as a get well wish for a quick recovery. (If you are behind on reading my blog and are just picking up here, I had gallbladder removal surgery on May 6.) The flowers arrived on May 8th. The […]

Finished Filling the New Garden Bed

May 9, 2026 On April 27, Bruce and I planted another Japanese persimmon. The blue measuring wheel is next to the stick that will become a tree, if all goes well. In the new garden bed, I finished putting the layer of Bama Dirt Pro Mix over the Lowe’s topsoil layer. Bruce stopped by and […]

Three Bucket Dirt Moving

May 9, 2026 On a previous post, I said I couldn’t remember what I did that day. A picture from another day jogged my memory. I moved dirt. I used the three 5-gallon buckets in a wagon method. Bama Dirt Pro Mix is shoveled into the 5-gallon buckets in the wagon. I pull the wagon […]