My Turn to See a Snake

November 15, 2024 My friend Jeanne from ajeanneinthekitchen.com, had a snake in her garage just a couple of days ago. What’s a snake doing out in Colorado when they’ve just has a foot of snow? Bruce said, “that snake is just trying to stay warm.” Yesterday, Bruce had a very startlingly encounter with a copperhead […]

Big Storm Last Night, We have a Leaky Roof

November 14, 2024 When I went to the kitchen this morning, I discovered a puddle on the stovetop. It wasn’t there last night. The stovetop was beautifully clean when I went to bed. I could trace where the water came down from the top of the upper cabinet. It ran down the cabinet doors, over […]

Nature Pictures from Blackberry Homestead

November 13, 2024 After I got back from getting my driver’s license yesterday, I walked around and took some pictures. There were several variegated fritillary butterflies flitting around. I was lucky enough to get a picture of this one. There was a small bird’s nest in the fence row. My index finger is for scale. […]

More Rain Today

November 13, 2024 It rained all morning. After lunch, I decided to wait until one o’clock to drive to the DMV. I wanted to avoid the lunch rush. The rain stopped and it was 1:30 before I drove to the DMV and presented my two pieces of mail to be scanned for the Star ID. […]

No Longer Florida Woman, Now Alabama Woman

November 13, 2024 Yesterday, I drove to the county courthouse, only to discover the driver’s license was at the Alabama State Police building, eight miles away. At the DMV, they had a kiosk to pick what you wanted to do. I selected “Transfer license from another state” and the machine spit out a ticket. I […]

Added Some Decorative Touches to Shower Curtain

November 13, 2024 My fabric pens arrived on Monday. I was excited to try them out on the shower curtain. I was busy with other things, so I didn’t decorate the shower curtain until yesterday evening. Here’s the before picture. Here’s the after picture. I free handed this with the fabric pens. I was pleased […]

Rain, Rain, We Needed It

November 10, 2024 It has been a rather rainy day with breaks in the weather now and then. During one of the beaks, I spotted a bluebird on the pump house. I was able to get pictures from the kitchen window, but he flew away when I moved into the dining room. I had hoped […]

Sights Around Blackberry Homestead

November 8, 2024 This afternoon, I went with Nox into the backyard. I was able to get a great picture of the yellow fall leaves on the hickory tree next door. Later in the afternoon, I walked to the mailbox to see if we had gotten any mail. On the way back to the house, […]

The Drains Are Working!!!

November 8, 2024 This morning, I got a call at 11:47 from the Roto-Rooter office administrator. She was calling to let me know the plumbers were on their way! I was so excited! There were two teams. The first team dealt with the stoppage. They were amazed (as was I) to find a spoon stuck […]

The Dishwasher Came!!!

November 8, 2024 I got several things yesterday from different deliveries. In the morning, I got the FedEx from Bruce, as well as the coveralls I ordered. You can tell I am not practiced in taking my picture in the mirror. The coveralls are heavier fabric than I expected and are very well made. I […]