Homesteading on a Blackberry Hilltop
September 21, 2025 Early morning, on Saturday ( September 13), Bruce and I rode the motorcycle to Tuscumbia Spring Park in Tuscumbia, AL. We were excited to attend the Oka Kapassa Festival. https://okakapassafestival.org/2025-festival-schedule/ Once we parked, we took off our motorcycle gear. I changed out of my motorcycle boots and put on tennis shoes. While […]
Read More Visiting Tuscumbia Spring Park for the Oka Kapassa FestivalSeptember 19, 2025 One of my radicchio plants bolted while I was gone. It makes beautiful flowers in the morning, so I’ve left it blooming. It is a fairly large plant. I enjoyed watching this common eastern bumble bee buzz around and stop to pollinate the radicchio flowers.
Read More Bee Bums on Bolted RadicchioSeptember 18, 2025 This post is out of order, but my father-in-law really wants to see his granddaughter’s painting. Yesterday (September 17), I received a call from the frame shop. The frame shop had finished the framing job, and we could go pick up the painting of the bear by my daughter. My daughter painted […]
Read More The Bear Painting Is HomeSeptember 16, 2025 Nox loves eating angel hair pasta. Sometimes, we’ll give her a strand or two without any sauce.
Read More Nox Eating Angel Hair PastaSeptember 16, 2025 On Friday (September 12), I filled in two more holes in the morning. Around noon, Bruce and I walked down to the mailbox. I looked down into the creek and saw several tiny fish (minnows). I can’t tell what species of fish they are. In looking at minnows on outdoorAlabama.com, Mosquitofish seems […]
Read More The Sheep and a Donkey Are Watching UsSeptember 16, 2025 On Thursday (September 16), I filled in two more of the pink-flagged holes in the yard. While I was moving dirt, Bruce set the burn pile on fire. He also lit a fire in the burn barrel over an old pine stump after the burn pile burned out. I have to cut […]
Read More Working on Removing the Pink FlagsSeptember 15, 2025 On Wednesday (September 10), I got a call from the picture frame shop. The “Lion Cubs” framing was completed. The shop was having trouble getting the frame stock we had picked for the painting of the bear. We decided to go pick up the “Lion Cubs” and select a different frame for […]
Read More The “Lion Cubs” Are Back HomeSeptember 15, 2025 On Sunday (September 7), we had a pretty sunset, but no fireflies. On Monday (September 7), I didn’t do much; I mostly napped part of the afternoon away. I did get some pictures of butterflies. I walked out to the orchard with soap spray for aphids while Bruce mowed. I sprayed the […]
Read More A Busy Few Days after Getting HomeSeptember 13, 2025 When we stopped at the Jekyll Island Welcome Center, they were selling Loretta Eby’s glass floats for 20% off since she was closing her studio. She decided to retire. We wound up buying three of her glass floats. Here is the card that is included with them. Here are the three glass […]
Read More Glass Floats by Loretta Eby Hot Glass Artist Purchased from Jekyll Island Welcome CenterSeptember 12, 2025 On Sunday (September 7), after we got back from breakfast, Bruce and I headed to the garden to see how everything looked. Oh, the tomato plants were eaten. Tomato Hornworms and Armyworms were munching away. Some of the other plants didn’t do very well. Some plants grew well. The basil was spectacular. […]
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