Setting Out the Stepping Stones in the Large Flower Garden

October 3, 2025 Yesterday (Thursday, October 2), I set the stepping stones in place. We had bought nine stepping stones at Lowe’s. I had wanted ten, but the last two stones at Lowe’s looked bad, so I went with nine instead of ten. To put a stepping stone in place, I pushed back the mulch, […]

Moving Logs and Branches

September 28, 2025 Yesterday (Saturday, September 27), Bruce and I decided to do more work in the back pasture. Bruce hooked the cart to the lawnmower and drove to the back pasture. He loaded a few logs into the cart and drove them close to where we plan to put in a new garden bed. […]

More Chipping and Dirt Moving

September 28, 2025 On September 21 (Monday), we headed out to work in the yard. From the barn, Bruce towed the chipper with the lawn mower to the large pile of branches from pine 2 and pine 3. Once he had the chipper in place, Bruce drove the mower back to barn and hooked up […]

Moving More Dirt to the Large Flower Bed

September 28, 2025 On September 21 (Sunday) morning, Bruce and I moved three carts of Bama Dirt Pro Mix to the front large flower bed. If you look closely at the walkway in the above picture, you can see the hummingbird bird feeders. In the late afternoon, I went out to get the hummingbird feeders […]

Finishing the Sweet Potato Harvest

September 27, 2025 I was eager to finish digging up the sweet potatoes, so I was up at sunrise on Saturday (September 20). Surprisingly, in a sweet potato flower blooming on a sweet potato in a grow bag on my patio, there was a bumble bee. I watched Nox until she was tired of sniffing […]

The Bear Painting Is Home

September 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 […]

The “Lion Cubs” Are Back Home

September 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 […]

Glass Floats by Loretta Eby Hot Glass Artist Purchased from Jekyll Island Welcome Center

September 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 […]

Helping Out Bruce’s Dad

September 11, 2025 Bruce and I cleaned my father-in-law’s garden shed while we were staying with him on Jekyll Island, GA. We had cleaned it out when we visited in the area in our RV. My FIL requested that we pressure-wash his driveway. Bruce and I took turns pressure-washing the driveway. I made squares, then […]

Traveling to Jekyll Island, Georgia

August 24, 2025 On Friday (August 22), Bruce and I started packing to go to Jekyll Island, Georgia to help out my father-in-law. He needs help while he recovers from his shoulder surgery. In hopes of saving my bucket garden, I brought all the peppers inside and watered them. I hope this will save them, […]