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Current House Pictures

October 4, 2024 I received a strong hint from a fellow blogger that I should share more pictures of the house. Here are some pictures I took this morning at sunrise of the back of the house. Here are the pictures of the current state of the kitchen. Here are pictures of the original pink […]

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Blackberry Homestead

October 3, 2024 Bruce wanted to give our property a name. Frog Hall was his suggestion, due to the tadpoles he discovered in a water bucket. Blackberry Hill was mine, since there are so many wild blackberries on our hill. Bruce liked the Blackberry part of the name, but wanted something else besides Hill. I […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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