Homesteading on a Blackberry Hilltop
November 21, 2025 The last couple of days (November 20 and 21), have been rainy and foggy. With all the rain, there wasn’t anything I could do in the yard. I was happy to work on my drawing “Juneau in Wild Sunflowers.” Here’s the stopping point from Thursday (November 20). Here’s the stopping point from […]
Read More Working on My Drawing of “Juneau in Wild Sunflowers”November 21, 2025 On November 20 (Thursday), the doctor was satisfied with my father-in-law’s recovery and was prepared to move forward with the skin graft. My father-in-law had his surgery later in the day. The doctor removed some skin from my FIL’s thigh and applied a stem cell spray. This reduced the amount of skin […]
Read More Father-in-Law’s Skin Surgery Was CompletedNovember 20, 2025 On Monday (November 17), I unboxed the art we had used in the RV. I started putting it up. I’ll take pictures once it is all up. I hung up the crystal we bought at the Waterford Glass factory in the south-facing window so it would glitter in the sun. I love […]
Read More Minor Tasks on Blackberry HomesteadNovember 20, 2025 My father-in-law’s infection is gone! He is building tissue and pushing through his PT. The physical therapist has to slow my FIL down as my FIL keeps pushing to do more. His recovery has impressed the doctors and nurses. He is walking down the hall and back with his wound suck attached. […]
Read More Good News on my Father-in-Law‘s HealthNovember 18, 2025 On Sunday (November 16), by the afternoon I was feeling better. In the morning, I suffered from the aftereffects of the migraine. I felt exhausted and almost like I had a hangover. In the morning, Bruce climbed on the roof and blew the leaves from the gutters. Since I was feeling better […]
Read More Nox and the CowsNovember 16, 2025 Yesterday (Saturday, November 15), I woke up to a migraine starting. My nervous system went haywire on top of the migraine. My face, arms, and legs burned as if I had a bad sunburn. I took my medication. At first the migraine did not get worse, but it didn’t go away. I […]
Read More Woke Up with a MigraineNovember 16, 2025 On Tuesday (November 11), it was bitter cold in the morning. By the afternoon, it had warmed up to just cold. Bruce decided to get the U-Haul truck in position for the movers. We put Nox inside her crate so she wouldn’t get hurt. Bruce drove the truck around back, opened it […]
Read More Moving the Furniture from the U-Haul Truck and Getting It Set UpNovember 14, 2025 While Bruce was gone from November 8 to November 10, I was very busy. We had an Arctic blast heading our way, so I wanted to protect my plants as much as possible. On November 8 (Saturday), when I got back from dropping Bruce off at the airport, I came in to […]
Read More What Did I Do While Bruce Was Gone?November 11, 2025 Tonight, I got to see the northern lights! My sister messaged me asking if I could see the northern lights. So, I went out to see if I could see them. There was a red glow to the northwest! The northern lights were visible! I ran in to get Bruce. Bruce got […]
Read More Northern Lights in North AlabamaTrip to get the last of the furniture from storage and closing out the storage unit.
Read More Leaving on a Jet Plane and Arriving in a U-Haul Truck
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