Author: Julia

I am a retired software solutions architect. I have been married to my husband, Bruce, for over forty years. We went full-time RVing for 3.5 years and saw much of the United States. After deciding to stop RVing, we bought a ranch house halfway up a hill on five acres. After Bruce and I talked about names for our five acres, we settled on Blackberry Homestead as a homage to the wild blackberries on the hill. We are working on creating our homestead. I love cooking and enjoy sharing recipes. I am also an artist, and I’ll share my current projects. Gardening and reading are my favorite hobbies.

Tennessee Added to Our Maps

October 2, 2024 Today, I added Tennessee to our maps since we spent a couple of nights in Nashville, Tennessee.

Property Tax Payment

October 1, 2024 This morning, we stopped at the Colbert County Courthouse Annex to pay for last year’s property tax and to get our homestead tax rate. We arrived at a good time. After going through security, we headed to the window for tax payments. We were the only ones in line and were helped […]

Cleaning House

October 1, 2024 On Sunday, September 29, we stopped at the house to make sure everything was fine. We saw large tree limbs down as we neared the RV park. We were worried we might have tree limbs down. While at the house, I noticed signs of mice. Yesterday, September 30, we stopped by Rural […]

Flower of the Day

October 1, 2024 I love crepe myrtles.

Last Long Trip in Our Riverstone?

October 1, 2024 I did a brief post on our trip to Florence AL RV Park from the Riverstone factory in Topeka on September 25 to September 26. I am sharing my pictures of our trip. We drove from the hotel we stayed in at Goshen, Indiana to the Riverstone factory in Topeka, Indiana. We […]

Back from My Mom’s Funeral

September 29, 2024 Friday, September 27, Bruce drove us down to my parents’ farm. It took six hours plus some to get there. We were put up in the “cabin” my dad built. It is a three bedroom, two bath house in the woods. It has a very nice kitchen, a dining area and a […]

Made It Back to Florence, AL

September 27, 2024 We picked up the RV on Wednesday and left the factory at 2:30 PM. Bruce drove to just south of Indianapolis, Indiana. We got up early and got out at 7:30 AM. Bruce drove to Florence with stops at rest areas and truck stops. We arrived at the Florence RV Park at […]

Fishing on the Tennessee River

September 24, 2024 On September 10, we were walking along the bank of the Tennessee River when we spotted a great blue heron eating a fish.

Update on Work on RV

September 24, 2024 The RV roof membrane has been replaced, along with all the broken parts on the roof. We even have a new heat pump for the bedroom unit. Yesterday, we stopped by the factory to get some items from the RV. The RV was in a bay while they worked on the end […]

Goodbye to my Mom

September 21, 2024 My sisters called to let me know our mother passed away at 4:00 AM this morning. She had been suffering from Alzheimer’s for many years. Mom didn’t want any extreme measures taken to keep her alive. For the last few years, she was mostly unable to talk or walk. The image of […]